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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14
WATERS OUTFITS.
And Other Outfits puisnss Fer Men
Of Various Oeeupstisns

The man who dinci always IN the
same restaurant might suppose that
the Jackets worn by the walters there
were the same M those worn every
where. that walters jackets were all
alike, but as II matter Of fact such
jackets, with other equipment for
walters. are made In great variety FOR
use I'm different places and seasons.
and there are concerns that devote
themselves solely to the manufacture
OF walters outfits. together with out
hts for cooks butchers. latkccprrs
soda dispensers. BARRIERS. dentists and
surgeons
one such establishment that issues
an Illustrated catalogue Of It's pro-
duCtlons announces that it, name Is
known In every pablo diniug room
and Kitchen in this country and that 1t
receives orders from Alaska. Canada.
Cuba. the Hawaiian Islands and Mex
leo and that the United States govern
ment has adopted Its Jackets and
aprons for government mess rooms.
Walters jackets and coats are made
not only IN many styles. but of various
materials. and vary ns 10 manner of
finish and nre lined and unlined. They
range from n simple white duck Jacket
to the full dress coat and include coats
and Jackets appropriate for all en-
gagged In the work. from head walters
and captains down. and are suitable
for all sorts Of places and occasions.
OF course there are provided walters
neckwcar In variety for various uses
and other necessary items of personal
equipment. as collars, and So ON, and
thus II Is possible for any waiter TO
supply himself Mt one place with n
complete outfit.
There are half dozen styles Of
cooks caps and as many varieties Of
cooks jackets. including jackets sim
gle breasted and double breasted. and
/ there are trousers made for cooks
use. and FOR cooks and for walters
there are made aprons In many styles
| and sizes and of various materials.
/ For barkeepers' use there are made
coats in various styles of drill or of
duck. some of these being made with
loop buttons, and there are made bar
keepers wastcoats In various styles.
some without and some with sleeves.
OF butchers gowns and coats and
aprons there are made various styles
in variety of materials. There is a
variety Of styles OF coats designed for
BARRIERS. and there are coats specially
designed for druggists, and coats for
dentists. and specially designed gowns
and suits made for the use Of sur
geons. The manufacture OF all these
special garments for the various trades
and professions enumerated constitutes
a business by ltself.-Cleyeland Plain
/ Denlpr
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14
FRISCO FIRE A YEAR AGO.
.Ssr AMOUNT OF WORK THAT
HAS BEEN DONE SINCE.
Lsno Is No Cheaper Than Before the
Fire-steets Nearly All Cleared
Of Debris-car Lines In oper-
ation-euildings Restored.

San Francisco, April IA year
ago lacking five days-April 1S-the
greatest fire that ever burned In any
city OF any time in the history OF the
wcrld left the heart of San Francisco
three days after its beginning n ruin
OF stupendous proportions.
Nearly three thousand acres which
had been compactly built section.
covered with towering business
blocks, great manufactures and sol
i'd block after block of thlcEly pop-
ulated residence districts, presented
simply An indescribable tangle of
melted and bent steel and iron build
ing frames. great mounds Of brick,
amid which in some sections streets
were scarcely distinguishable and an
uneven surface of burned-over land
marked with partly filled holes which
at one time had been Easements OF
buildings. The property loss was prob
ably 500 millions Of dollars, maybe
"a OF billion. In the burned dis
trict public utilities were practically
destroyed or temporarily rendered
useless. Nothing of utility survived
the terrific heat of the fire except
some two dozen of the ordinary fire
proof, stee.framed class A buildings
which had been constructed In re-
cent years.
II was this wilderness OF bent and
broken steel and iron and brick that
the courage OF San Francisco set it.
self to reclaim as its own.The task
was not one of rebuilding primarily
but first Of all the clearing of will
derness. There were millions of tons
of debris to be moved; millions of
of brick. which must be either carted
out of the city or cleaned and used
again
The attack began all along the line.
The railways laid Temporary tracks on
the streets for use in hauling this
debris. Great gangs of men were set
TO work clearing the principal avenues
of traffic The street car companies
restored the service along the prin
clpal streets The business men OF
San Francisco housed themselves TEN
porarlly in the residence and unde
stroyed manufacturing sections
around thc outskirts OF drsolation
that they might take care of business
and then gave up what had erstwhilC
been leisure hours to the greater
problem of rehabilitation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14
DON'T PUT OFF

for tomorrow what you can do today.
If YOU put off buying a bottle OF Bal
lard's Snow Liniment, when that pain
comes you won't have any, buy bot
tie today. A positive cure for kheu-
matism, Burns, Cuts Sprains, Con
tracted Muscles, etc. T. s. Graham,
Prairie Grove. Ark, writes:
81 wish to thank you for the good
results | received from Snow Lint
ment. 1t positively cured me OF Rheu'
matism after others had failed. Sold
by f. ] Ramsey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14
s194.294.3669

February, 1907, were sl9i,294 ,36693,
showing an increase of 24.36 per cent
over February 1906. In this connec.
ton | tshould be noted that insurance
money. which at no time cuts very
much figure in returns. was practical
ly no factor at all In February.
Within the boundaries of ten blocks
there are now in course of construc-
ton more than $50 business build
ings, TO be Of from five to twenty
stories each. There will be no limit the
next few years in building activity
except by the amount Of building ma
terial and by the number of workmen.
skilled and unskilled. available. Work
will be continuous day and night for
three shifts of workmen. Trans-con-
tinental railways are using the utmost
efforts to handle the immense amount
of business pouring into the city The
Southern Pacific company alone Is
spending millions Of dollars in in.
crea.sing its Oakland and San Fran
cisco tetmlanls-a work that began
Immediately after the fire. There are
hundreds OF cargoes OF steam and
sailing vessels bound to San Francis
co from practically all parts OF the
earth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14

The st. Francis hotel is being rush
ed to completion. but It will not be
ready until September l. The steel
work for the third wing is now going
up. The ltemHPrary ST. Francis is
operating meanwhile The new Fair
mount hotel, covering an entire block
on Mob hill six stories high. will be
ready for occupancy April 10. The
new Palace hotel Is to be nine sto-
ries High and win be open this sum
mer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14
F Sale!

One lot on corner OF f street and
Sth avenue, n. W., 70xl03 feet.
One lot on Il street. 7Ox103 feet.
One lot On D street and Sth avenue,
N. W., 1O2x2O0 feet, with eight rooms
and basement, with GO feet OF porch
all kinds OF fruit trees; within two
blocks OF Hargrove college and two
blocks OF First Ward school.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14
polna Business Again.

when my friends thought ! was
lrout to take leave of this world, on
account Of indigestion, nervousness
md general debility" writes A. A
chisholm, Treadwell, n. Y, "and
when It looked as II there was no
hope left. was persuaded TO try Elec
'ric Bitter5, and I rejoice to say that
hey are curing me. | am now doing
business again as of old, and am still
ginning daily" Best tonic medicine
on earth. Guaranteed by w. b, Frame
druggist, and City Drug Store. soc
mi
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14

One year after shows a change.
The problem of clearing the way was
solved and with amazing celerity,
and today nearly all of the area In
the burned district and a great deal
of that in the residence district has
been cleared. The tangled structural
material has been almost altogether
taken away. Millions upon millions OF
brick have been cleaned and piled
in orderly array and used in recon
struction, and quantities beyond meas
ure. untitled for further service, have
been hauled from the city.
All of the streets are clean and are
oren for traffic. Nearly all of the street
car lines have been re-established.
The work of reconstruction has in
cludcd temporary buildings of burned
brick and of wood, and also the larg
est reinforced concrete building in
the world an eighteenstory, class A
steel structure.
1t Is safe to say that by April 16 the
aggregate Of building permits Will
have reached 10 million dollars, and
the plans already adopted for other
buildings indicate that the next
twelve months will see expended in
San Francisco greater amount or
money for buildings. and for better
buildings. Than has ever been expend'
ed in any other city in the world In
an equal length of time.
Land values have not deprecated
and the owners of new or restored
building IN the burned district are
receiving as great or greater rentals
than they did before the fire. To a
person who states that the difcul
ties as exhibited in a scarcity OF
labor and a scarcity Of material, and
increased cost OF both. are interfer
ing with the progress of reconstruc
ton, It Is only necessary to point
out the reconstruction under way. II
Is true that labor is scarce In Sar
Francisco. II Is also true that higher
wa>,s and steader demand vii
be found in San Francisco the mex
five years than in any other city.
At the close of the year 1906 th'
bank clearances OF San francisco
were practically a billion dollars, ai
increase of 500 per cent over the pre-
vious year, showing the city in it
supposedly crippled cono.tion to b.
equal in business way to Pittsburg
the greatest manufacturing and con
mercial center of cities of its class Il
the world, The bank clearances 70
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14

A man may be a failure without
knowing It, but If he is success he
not only knows It himself but lets
everybody else know it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-14

March 2 was the great cleaning up
day of San Francisco. when citizens
voluntarily turned out by the tens of
thousands to clear the sidewalks OF
debris throughout the burned district.
Men of all stations and classes in life
worked side by side, to the end that
the sidewalks and the streets might
be as clean and open to travel as
they we're before the fire. Contract
ors gave their teams and wagons 10
haul away the waste material. The
work was efficiently organized and
strenuou.ly carried on. The resulting
change. especially in the appearance
of sidewalks. was miraculous. But,
above all. this day Of labor strildngly
illustrates that community of spirit
working for a community of interest,
and the common pride and faith of the
city which should bring home to the
doubters, who do not know condi-
tions here. how irresistible is the
movement Tor the making OF great
or city than the people of San Fran
cisco had ever dreamed of before the
fire.
/ There is an erroneous and wide
spread belief that strangers cannot
find accommodation in the city. The
stranger coming to San Francisco will
meet with no more difficulties in Sc
curing accommodations than he is apt
to meet with in any other busy city
at the busy soason-and this will be
busy city with a continuous busy
season for a long time to come. Rooms
may be reserved by letter or tele'
graph. The prices for accommodations
usually are very reasonable.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-02-27
A Surprise Party.

A most enjoyable surprise party
was given Miss Irma Crawford
last Thursday night, the occasion
being her birthday. Elegant re-
freshments were served the guests
and the evening spent was hearth
Iy enjoyed by all.
Among those present, as far as
we can learn were:
Misses Nell McCann, .Lcta Lam
bright, Kate Curran, Hazel Cos
nahan, Maud Bleecker, Myrtis
Wentworth, Edna Shaw, Miss
Ney; r. g. AppleWhite and wife,
Mrs. Chas. Penn and Mrs. / Ill.
Hartman; Messrs. Dune McCor-
mick, Pete Cantoni, Claud Pep
per, DIR. E. FL. Montgomery and
Ernest Cosnahan, Of Norfeld,
Randolph Smith, Oscar Hartman,
Ell. Cain, Cecil Byrne, E. s. Nc
Clendon, Tom Sasser, Howard
Penn, and E. Nj. Brinkman and
others.
Miss Irma was the recipient Of
many handsome presents.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-02-27
Smash-Up on Mississippi Central.

A smash up occurred on the
Mississippi Central Sunday nom :
ing about quarter of a mile east
of Seavey's brick yard, which had
1t not been for the presence of
mind of the engineer might have
proven more disastrous than it
did.
Train No. 3 due from Hatties-
burg at 1925 a. m. was rounding
the curve near the brick works
when the engine all at once sWcea-
ed and the engineer found his
train on the siding with three
fat cars of bridge steel a hundred
yards away. The fireman jumped
but the engineer reversed his en-
CINE and threw on his air with
such force as to break the conrec-
tion on the engine. The jar serv-
ed to break the coupling of the
mail car, however, and this in
falling caught in the truck and
braked the three coaches. The
engine kept on and struck the
heavily loaded freight cars with
sufficient force to severely damage
the head Of the engine and two of
the cars. But for the extremely
light weight of the engine free OF
the momentum of tie train back
of it more serious damage would
certainly have resulted.
As it was no injuries we're sus-
tanned by the passengers and with
the exception of Wetting to the
impatient ones who walked into
town in the downpour no one was
the worse for the experience.
The coaches were pushed into
Brookhaven about an hour late by
an Illinois Central switch engine.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-02-27
Bro. Dale Of the Monticello Press
Threatens the BrOOkhaVen
POStOffiCe.

All our papers routed to go via
Brookhaven we're returned from
that office Saturday morning with
out apparently ever having been
touched, so those3of our subscrib-
ers at Salisbury, Boyd, Topeka,
Tryus and other points, whose pa
pers are routed to go that way,
need not be surprised at receiving
last weeks paper several days
late. If this were the first act Of
negligence tracesble to the post
Office at Brookhayen, We would
not be inclined to complain, but
the fact is, the score is a long one.
Other people here may stand the
treatment if they like, but as for
ourself, the next time our papers
fail to go through we shall GER
tainly report the matter to the
department. Lawrence County
Press, 21st.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-02-27
WashingtOn's Birthday at the Public
School.

On last Friday afternoon Wash
ington's Birthday was celebrated
by the three primary grades Of
the Public School. Many Of the
mothers and friends of the partic-
ipants were present, and the oc-
caslon was a very enjoyable one,
both to visitors and pupils. The
large hall down stairs was effect
lively decorated in red, white and
blue, and each small patriot
proudly carried a miniature "Old
Glory"
The program consisted of songs,
recitations and dialogues in keep
ing with the spirit Of the day.
The visitors we're presented
with souvenirs in the form Of
small hatchets tad with the ma
Etional coIors and bearing the date,
February 22nd, 1882.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-02-27
Resolutions to be Submitted to Mass
Meeting.

Your committee, appointed to
draft an appropriate resolution to
be presented at the meeting to be
held Friday night, March 1st, re-
port the following:
Whereas, at q recent mass meet
ing of the citizens of Brookhaven,
a resolution was adopted express
ing the sense of the meeting that
the new depot station should be
located at the present site;
And whereas, such action was
taken on the idea that the Illinois
Central Railroad Company desir-
ed the people to select a definite
site, and that it preferred the
present site;
And whereas, Mr.. j. /. Harra-
han, president of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company, has ex-
pressed preference for the loea-
tion of said depot at point
between Cherokee street and
Chickasaw street. If arrangements
can be made by which a brick de-
pot can be erected; or a frame
depot at Court street if no such
arrangement can be made;
Now therefore, be it resolved
That the said previous resolution
sof the mass meeting heretofore
held, designating the present site,
be rescinded.
Be it further resolved, That it
| is the sense of this meeting that
said depot be located at any point
between Court street and Chicka-
saw street most convenient and
most desirable to the Illinois Cen
ltral Railroad Company on the
west side Of the railroad.
Be it further resolved, That the
location Of such depot, between
Chickasaw and Cherokee streets,
will be acceptable to the people 81
| Brookhayen.
Be it further resolved, That :
copy or these resolutions be trans.
United to Mr.. j. I. Harrahan.
l Ell. CASSIDY,
@. NEWTON, JR.,
B. T. HOBBS.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-02-27

who was her mothers constant
aid and companion. Sympathy
goes out abundantIy to the strick-
en- household, SO rich in bouyant
young life and the comforts the
faithful years have wrought, SO
poor now without the mother love
with which it was endowed.
On yesterday afternoon the fun
eral services took place at the
A bshagen home and were conduct
ed by Rev. w. E. Phifer, assisted
by Rev. T. w. Adams, after
which the beloved mortal body
was laid away at Rosehill, to
await the coming of the resurrec
tion morn.
"Soon shall ye reach the heavenly
plain,
And see your loved and lost again,
But lost no more.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-02-27
A WONDERFUL BOOK.

An eminent scholar was once
asked what books he considered
the most important as an aid to
literary work, and replied, "The
Bible and Shakespeare, and that
opinion is shared by many distin-
guished people, Gen. Lew Wallace
among them, who became convert
ed to Christianity while studying
the New Testament, in connection
with Oriental history, for the
facts for his greatest work, Ben
HUI" Up to that time Gen.
Wallace had doubted the Divinity
of Christ. He was converted
by his own research for material
for his immortal story.
The Bible is universally read in
all Christian and civilized coun-
tries, the world over. 1t is the
one book that the traveller will
meet with in voyage around the
world, whether bound for the
East or the West-an old friend
whether be speaks English, ltal-
ian, French, Spanish, German,
Russian, Portuguese, Danish, Jap
anese, Chinese, Arabic or any
other language an ever present
comforter, lamp and guide.
The American Bible Society,
which prints Bibles in many diff
ferent languages, sending them to
Jail parts Of the world, reports the
sales of the Bible for the past
twelve months as phenomenal, the
greatest ever known IN the histo-
ny Of tbe association.
And who wonders, for, not
withstanding the moody forebod-
ings of the pessimist, the world is
growing better, greater and
stronger as the years go By, and
more people are embracing the
Christian religion than ever be-
/ fore.
The Bible is often referred to
rs the greatest CLASSIC IN Illefa-
ture, a book that all public men
should be conyersant with the
lawyer the public speaker, the
editor. the artisan, the doctor, the
man of affairs, for it contains more
Information and wisdom than any
book printed.
The New York Times, COM
nlenting upon Prof. Phelps con-
ltentlon that every candidate for
entrance to a university should be
required to be familiar with The
English classics, says Of the Bible;
lis influence is, of course, di.
rect and dominant over all our lit.
lerature; its style, whether nara
ltive, descriptive, poeticaI, dra.
lmatic, argumentative, or oratori.
Ical, has been the supreme mode
for the Lincolns, the Burles, tht
Cokes. for the Carlyles, the Addi.
Isons, the Swifts, the Defoes, ane
lit overshadowed Milton anl
Shakespeare. The products Of ths
entire range Of English literature
and history may be considered on
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ly as eorollaries to its mighty ar
gument. How profound must be
the ultimate ignorance of these to
students who have not approached
them through the noble and sim
pie master medium. y
Henry Watterson says that mo
student of worlds literature,
Christian or Jew, Buddhist or
Mohammedan, agnostic or atheist,
can afford to be without the edu-
cation that comes from enriching
the mind with the treasures that
are to be found between the coy-
ers Of a volume that is more valu-
able to the scholar than any of the
other great classics.
DR.. Beardslee, Professor of
Theology in Hartford Theological
Seminary, says that the Bible as
it stands, is in the general iudg-
ment of Christendom, book alto
gether unique. Therein Chris
tians look to find the very word of
God. This divine message they
deem pure and full, and they glad
ly adopt, it as a binding rule of
faith and life. A central feature
of the volume-is its claim to di-
vine origin. Here God speaks to
men; here men learn of God. p
Daily Clarion-L Ledger.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-02-27
In Memory of Mrs. Vim. Abshagen.

On Monday afternoon at 3
O'Clock the sweet spirit of Mrs.
VIM. Abshagen left its mortal
habitation and fed away to the
land of the blest, where the wick
ed cease from troubling and the
weary are at rest.
II seems only a brief span since
this good woman was the picture
of robust health, with light and
energy in her bright face, and her
willing, busy hands filled with
kind deeds and ready blessings to
be shed upon the fortunate ones
about her way. But, alas, with
recent years there came much of
trial and of pain; and although
every key to restoration had been
sounded, and every resort made to
bring back the roses of health and
accustomed vigor. the rounded
cheek grew hollow, the lines deep
ened about the gentle lips, the
heavy tresses grew thin about the
throbbing temples, and relentless
Death claimed its own at last.
How much of misery, forbearance
and fortitude was summed up
through those suffering years,
both by the afflicted and her loved
ones who would gladly have borne
her pain for her, only God knows.
The echoing silences about the
place, where once her fastening
footsteps sped, the faint sem
blance of her voice that once call
ed strong and clear, the poor,
shrunk. suffering, face, where
once the smiles chased each other
in mirthful iollity, all told too
plainly that Mama would soon
pass beyond any. of these things,
that rob life here of JOY. tits
something Of consolation to reflect
that in the higher life that contin-
ues after the long sleep which we
call death, Joy is unmarried by
weakness or any i'll that mortal
flesh is heir to.
Mrs. Abshagen leaves to mourn
her Iamented taking off, her de-
voted husband, VIM. Abshagen,
long known to Brookhayens three
sons, Willie, AdoIph and Ferd
and one DAUGHTER, Miss Mary,