The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1901 Page: 4 of 8
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cum colus uopktt
LAW must UE upheld.
COLLIN covin 6LEAXM6S.
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...J. H. Faulkner
offwbrs
District Judge J
District Clerk
County Judge
County Clerk .
County Attorney .. Wallace Hnghston.
Tax Assessor . H. Graham.
Tax Collector Yancy Powell.
Sheriff J. W. Pafford.
Treasurer D. E. Neathery.
County Superintendent ...J. H. Hill.
Rkranty Surveyor W- G. Barnes.
Elsewhere in this issue is an NEWS of the week gathered by
;account of the assault «>n Dr. the democrat cosres-
• i Hancock of Farmersville ami R pondents.
E Dillard. c Dia, of Ore^envi!le. The Dcin-
W T. Cox '
Ocrat has attempted without mal- Items From Ad aceat Towns, Vlliaacs
.J. P. Moulden. ji«e to give as full hii acount as
possible of the deplorable affair.
The citizens in and around Farm-
and Communities ot a General
and Personal Interest.
New Firm,
COMMISSIONERS.
Hrecinct 1 S. H. Fox.
Precinct 2 J. T. Howard.
Precinct 3 W N. Osborn.
Precinct 4 H. R. Chaddick.
DtoiRic-t Court—Meets sixth Mon-
day after first Monday in February and
September.
Coonty Court—Meets third Monday
in February, third Monday in May,
fourth Monday in July, second Monday
in September and December.
Commissioners' Court—Meets sec-
Van Alstyne.
ersrille and Greenville arc
much wrought up and well they
might be. Their cause is just. A i
community without any laws isj
hardly in a worse condition than a
community with uninforced laws.
. „ , . „ . „ s, dine their community of an v law-1... .
ond Mondays in February, May. An- . * who has
very
March 26,
Edgar McKmncv, and father
ex-collector ,iohn VV. Me Kinney
were in town Saturday.
,Ioe Scott ~of the Coffin an
r„, ^ . . . . neighborhood was here Satur-
Ihe Democrat is not m sympathy (|ay
with law-breakers. It believes in \ XM ~ . _
. , „ , , ! Mr. Scott is >unvring from
the enforcement of the people s j rheumatism, >ut always he
demands whether expressed at the Was in the best of humor.
ballot box or through chosen rep- p,.of 8am Slevcus w.-il
resentatives. If a law is unjust j known in Collin county, but now
its enforcement will swiftly secure • at Burk school, went to Sherman
its repeal. If just it should be a Saturday to att-nd the teachers
permanent feature of the statutes. S '1 * ^ x (.Mh 4 ,n^ !n~
\ . . , , plates going to Indian or Okla-
Any citizen or body of citizens homa Territory, to !ive in the
have a right and should demand future. He has been a faithful
that their chosen servants, the ■ energetic school man and sac-
officials, to do their duty in rid-!£fSH, t attended lii> work.
A Lcogerwood, also a man
s made his influence felt
gust and November. , breaking element. The interest j jn t]w 9Chools of Collin was in
Justices Courts. : of good society is at stake. Why McKinney Saturday in attend-
Precinct No. 1—McKinney, meets 1 should any man irrespective of con j ance on the teachers meeting
w. S. yjetions on any subject encourage there. ^r* Ledgerwood is a
by word or act another man who
persistently endeavors to over-
ride the authority of law, and the
desire of his community? If not
checked, such a spirit of despot-
ism will end in chaos when both
property and life will stand in
danger, and the peace, pr< sperity
and the happiness of the citizen
will fade from view. In th«i hour
of excitement cool dispassionate
words and act* should prevail
among officials and leaders, but
G- Bowles | firmness and strict adherence to
t>_ • . < .. lawshould never be abandoned.
Precinct 8—Bine Ridite, meets fourth j
Friday In each month. John Beckham j All citizens who love law, order
and home, in Hunt and Collin
|counties, should give their sup-
' port to the officers and the victims
iof wrong-doers.
t
New Goods,
Low Prices
last Monday in each month
'ferrell, J P.
Piecinct 2—Farmersville. meets sec-
ond Tuesday in each month. L. A.
Sears, J, P,
Precinct No. 3—Melissa, meets sec-
ond Thursday in each month. J. P.
Obffey, J. P.
Precinct 4—Weston, meets third Sat-
urday in eachonth. B. F. Hardin,
J. P.
Precinct 5—Piano, meets fourth
Monday in each month. J. M. Berry-
man, J P
Precinct 6—Lebanon, meets second
Wednesday in each month. Lee Bar-
num, J. P.
Precinct 7—Nevada, meets third Sat
urduy in each month. T
J. P.
THE DEMOCRAT.
WEST SIDE OK SQt ARE. UP STAIRS.
UAMBL1NO OOtKED OUT.
THOMPSON & WILSON,
PROPRIETORS.
F. C. Thompson, Editor.
Walter S. Wilson, Local Editor.
St ASCRIPTION RATES:
One Copy One Year.
One Copy Six Months,
The New Arkansas Law Will Impose
a Severe Penalty.
Little Hock, Ark., March 22.—
j After a spirited contc-t. the
House of Representatives this
aftenoon refused to reconsider the
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EIGHT PAGES.
vote by which it passed the senate
bill for the suppression of gam-
THUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1901. h,in^- The biU si fine of
$500 to $1000 for gameing, half
if i knew.
fast
the fine to go to the informant
and half to the common school
j fund. It provides if any prosecut
{ing Attorney, City Attorney or
Mayor who shall know or is in-
formed of any violation of the act
j and shall refu.se or neglect to
i prosecute shall, upon indictment
and conviction be fined, removed
from office and disqualified there-
after from holding office in this
; State.
During the debates on the bill to
day Representative J. W. Clark
(of Yell county caused a sensation
by declaring he could have receiv-
ed $200 if he would vote against
the bill. Advocates of the bill
J. L. Aldridge has purchased ! contend it will be a death blow to
the Piano Courier from R H. j gambling in this State.
Coleman. The former gentlemen !
If 1 knew the bo* wh rr th* smiirs are kept.
Ko matter how Unto thf- key
Or atroBgthe bolt, I -.vould try go hard,
Twould open. 1 know, for me.
Then over the land anl the *t a, br>>v cast.
I'd scatter tbe 4miie* ro play,
That the children * face., luittnt hold them
For many and ma > y a tiny.
If I kne* a box that wan Iirjre enough
To hold all the frowri" I in-et,
I would like to ftatb' r them everj no
From nursery «chool and street,
Then folding and bol 'inf. I'd p-tck them in.
And turniox the mun t r key,
I'd hire a (riant to drop the bo*
To the depth of the deepest tea.
- -Selected.
In a prohibition election at
Madisonville the pros won by one
vote.
will be editor and proprietor.
THE ONE WE L1EE.
Representative John K. Smith jHe DCIer fT'" ^ U' 1 cftnDot
. f u ffnn I "
of this county says that he fears
that this legislature will go down
in history as the ''worst free pass,
violatior of party demands, and
enemy to the people of any legis-
lature since reconstruction days."
Representative Dillard
Bowie county has resigned his
position in the legislature. His
reason mainly is, as he alleges,
the present legislature has sold
itself oat body and soul to the
corporations. The lobby he says
is master of the situation.
The catalogue of tbe fourth an-
nnal session of the Texas Uni-
versity School is at hand. The
school is for the benefit of teach-
ers and other persons who cannot
attend the regular sessions. It
will open June 13 and close July
26. For information write to
President W. L. Prather of the
State Univerfity at Austin stating
that you saw notice of the cata-
logue in the McKinney Democrat.
afford it,
Nor, "I'm getting more papeis
now than I can read,"
But always says, "Send ft, the
family likes it,
In fact we all think it a real
household need."
of How welcome he is when he steps
in the sanctum.
How He makes my heartthrob,
how he makes my eyes dance I
I outward thank him, I inwardly
bless hiui,
The steady subscriber, who pays
in advance.
—Mason (la.) Democrat.
The four reasons why you
should put the stamp in the upper
jright-hand corner of an envelope
are: First, the United States Gov-
ernment requests you to do s >.
Second: All truely refined or fash-
ionable people always do. Third:
Because if you do not, it causes
tbe postman inconvenience in
cancelling the stamp, and,
Fourth: it shows you are either ig-
norant or rulgar if you fail to put
proper corner.
National Bank at Imda.
The first National Bank of
Nevada with authorized capital
of $25,000, opened its doors
Monday for business with M. J.
Dennis, cashier: T. W. Leverett,
president; R W. Brum mitt,
vice president and J. M. Smith,
E. H. Evans, J. H. Stanford, J.
E. Davis, J. C. Jones and G, W.
Pool as directors.
whole souled, conscientious, posi-
tive man. He and Speaker
Prince of the h-gishu ure, Con-
gressman "Black Eagle" De-
Graffenried were all students of
the University of Tennessee at
same time, but they were not
class mates.
J. H. and VV. S. M oore made
a business trip to Corpus Christ i
last week, lhev expect to leave
again today for southeast Texa-.
Sam and Dick Douglass for-
merly of Weston luit now living
in Oklahoma am! Indian Territ-
ory, are here visiting lien and K.
M. Douglass. Dick expects to
make an effort to secure soni«
land in the Kiowa-Comanche
country when it is thrown open to
jtett lenient.
About thirty boys were
brought here from a New York
orphanage and given homes
among people in this section.
Mrs. Lehner of Dallas lectured
at the Christian church here Sun-
day and Monday nigliis. Quite
interesting she is said to have
been in each lecture.
While at Bremond we met W.
II. Morgan formerly of Anna,
Mr. M< >rgan is now express agent
at Bremond. WeJ accepted an in-
vitation to dinner on ^nuday at
his pleasant home. There is a
home in which you are made to
feel that you are among friends.
Mrs. Morgan, who is a daughter
of Mr. Brown of Weston, is the
very irabodimeut of the ideal
hostess. While .i more whole
souled jolly congenial man than
Will Morgan would be hard t >
tind. His brother Fred is with
him. and assi-ts in the express
office. \N e hope to go there
again.
Noel Lkon.
New Hope.
Prof. F
I ins best
is pie-
Arrest
disease by the timely use of
Tutt's Liver PiUs, an old and
favorite remedy of increasing
popularity. Always cures
SICK HEADACHE,
sour stomach, malaria, indiges-
tion, torpid liver, constipation
and all bSfious
March 2.r>,
A. Kluttz one of Col-
teachers spent Satur-
day and Sunday with his brother
and family here. He teaches
near Lebanon.
Nota E. Akins has just return-
ed from a visit to Missouri where
he spent a few days with home
folks.
The measles epidemic
▼ailing quite generally.
Preaching at New Hope Sun-
day evening the 24th. at 3'oelock
by Eld. Faulkner, of Wylie, was
welllattended. He deliyered an
excellent sermon.
We are glad to learn the New-
Hope school under the manage-
ment of Prof. T. O. Murry and
wife is doing good work. They
are well qualified for the posit .
ion they hold and we wish them
success.
The farmers have good wheat
crops.
Schofield Pope has recovered
from the measles.
Mrs. Mattie Temple and
husband attended church at New
Hope Sunday.
Miss Lula Bates entertained a
crowd of young folks Sunday
evening.
Mr. Lindsey of Farmersville
spent Sunday with Dave Brown.
Matt Wise and Miss Lena
Pullen attended church here Sun-
day.
Mr. Barnnerof McKinney was
in our neighboroootl last week.
Misse- Ros i Welch nd Lizzie
and Mattie Il ggin- <-f McKinney
attended c!iur«-Ii he;e Sunday.
Kosk Bud.
We are daily receiving large quantities of DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS and MILLINERY bought from
manufacturers at BOTTOM PRICES, and they will be sold
CHEAP.
Miss Fuller of St. Louis, an experienced Milliner, selected
our Millinery stock in person, and everything is new and up to
date. The ladies are cordially invited to call and inspect our
new goods.
| O'NEAL <&. CO.,
McKinney, - - - Texas.
is visiting herl parents Mr. and commitees will rush it through.
\f.. \I' T
M ies Floy Leach is expected
Mrs. Win Turner.
| Miss Moy l^eacli is expec
Mastin Gay and wife of Nevada home from Vanalstvne Wednes
Brundridges last day.
Mrs. E l Foster Iims the measles.
Messrs Dan Brown and Will
n,i> Cox of Celma were here Monday.
Ci ovek Leak.
Melissa.
vi-ited at Rev
week.
Thorn s Bates has returned
from Commerce where ht
been attending school.
Prof. W. T. Turner is teaching
a singing school at Millwood, i
Quite a number of young people
from Little Creek are attending. ^ ^ r
Mes.-rs W . I). Mott and .link ** ,*•. , , ,
. . • i i , . Marvin (iibson who has been
nrundndge made a business trip • i f „ . . ,
, v . i w: * i h *'ck for the past two weeks is no
to Nevada Saturday. . r
better.
Miss Gradie Rogan visited her
mother in McKinney last Satur- .
day and attended the Teacher's ,vU''E-
Institute. Bro. Crane filled his
Misses W eat herall.Trail ham and m<*nt !lt theC- P- church Siinda
Robinson of Lavon visited Miss The W. C. T. U. met with M. .
llattie Mott last Sunday evening. Slaughter Monday afternoon with
Augustus Corrv of Commerce, M11'*'' number present,
was mingling with old friends; Hunter Hill of Weatherford
h iv last week. i visited his parents here Sunday.
Marion Ic.llrt of Lavon visited Mr. McClendon of Kherumn
"■ * ■ an(' A. J. Mott visited his brother at thi> place
Sunday. last week.
Kfv. Hiundiidge of Little. Mrs. T K. Shirley Snndaved in
Creek preached an excellent; Howe.
>ennon at Lavon on last Sabbath j
inornintr.
Pearl Stephens is vcrv
up point-
1901.
My stock of medium-
priced and cheap Mil-
linery is more exten-
s ve than any other in
the city.
Dr. K E, King of McKinnev
will deliver a lecture on the Holy
Land, at Millwood in the near
future.
Eld. Beu Faulkner, accompani-
ed by his son. James, was in our
midst recently. He preached
one of his splendid sermons to
itn appreciative audience at!
Lavon, and left an appointment'
for the first Thursday nigdt in j
April.
What has become of 4,On the _. • •/ '
Wing"? We have not noticed "h.ch, if unclaimed m two weeks,
his cherrv face amAn<r f* r will be sent to the
soiiin time.
Mrs. Speck of McKinney visited
parents here Sunday.
The box supper that was given
by the ladies Aid Society was
quite a success.
Mrs. Ready has opened a new
millinery house here.
r No.
List of Letters-
Remaining in the postoffice at
McKinney, March 28th, 1901,
among us for
Miss Patsy.
Weston.
March 28.
Quite a cold spell has visited us
again.
Little Dow Maxwell is real
sick.
Tom Bounds went to McKinney
Monday.
Dr. Cross white went to Mc-
Kinney Monday.
Mrs. Eula Douglas is quite sick
with measles.
Dr. Avant who has been real
sick is able to sit up again.
Little Myrtle Roberts has the
measles.
The prospects are good for
work to commence on the Metho-
dist church soon. The church is
badly needed and we hope the
Dead Letter
office at Washington, D. C.
ladies.
Neely Miss Martha
GENTLEMEN.
Cosby Joe Vernon
Davie Kin
Fanlar Tom
Foster Joe
George Adolphes
Graves C E
Hill C O
Higgirn H R
Howe! Andrew
Massh John F
Perry John
Robbins Fred
Scarlet Frank
Truelove W S
Weaver Walter
Youug W J
Persons calling for letterw in
above list please say "Advertis-
ed-" H. E. Smith,
Postmaster.
We are alway the
first to show the new
Spring styles in Pat-
tern and Street Hats,
from the costliest cre-
ations to the cheap-
est in prices. The la-
dies of Collin county
| cannot afford, in jus-
; tice to their purses,
i
j to miss seeing my
\ stock and prices be-
fore buying else where
Mrs. W. E. Marshall,
Over White Dry Goods Co.,
-(cy:
2
Little Cheek.
March 25,
Crops are looking well with the
exception of wheat which is
being damaged by the Hessian
fly. Most of the farmers have
finished planting core.
rJXi
Mrs. E. H. Corrv of <
Cotisti
icmaness,
relieved mod cured by this
m good for the
but it tent han assure and safe i
It costs a tfaoaaaad times more thaa
OR. TUNER'S
UVERMBLOOD SYRUP
which cures yoiritbt at your borne
of ail dlieMM of tha Liver, Blood
and Kidneys. Your Backache,
m. Dizziness, Rheumatism, Loss of Appetite, Bill-
Headache, Bright's Disease, Diabetes or Dyspepsia can bo
Garden Seeds
In Packages and Bulk-
Onion Sets and a
Car Load of
Tennessee Triumph Seed Potatoes
reliable remedy. To feel right and have your
system in perfect condition means everything. Try a bottle today.
My wife has been troubled with Hwtr cow plaint, cwliiuui and rick headache. Dr.
-AT-
thia remedy to all.
A. a. GOODWIN,
PRICE STIFF-
■■Hp oip
FHOXTS 87.
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Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1901, newspaper, March 28, 1901; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192063/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.