McKinney Daily Courier-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 19, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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Juir Rinnep -Daily Couru
ESTABLISHED MARCH 4, 1897.
McKINNEY, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19, 1924—8 PAGES.
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
HEAVY FI
OSS EARLY WEDNES
MORE THAN 200
JOIN RED CROSS
IN FIRST DRIVE
New Local Fire
Equipment Saves
West Side Block
Camp Fire Girls To
Canvass Residence
' Section Saturday
Red Cross Roll Call in McKin-
ley netted more than 200 joiners as
a result of the first day's canvass, C.
W. South, Red Cross Roll Chairman,
said. The canvass began at 9:30
o'clock Tuesday morning at which
time twenty ladies representing most
of the women's clubs of the city as-
sembled at the Chamber of Com-
meree from which point they went
out to canvass the business district
of the city. 1
Mrs. George W. Jellies and Miss
Harriet Smith, directors of the Camp
Fire Giris, will direct the members
of that organization in the canvass
of the residence section of the city
on Saturday. The Camp Fire Girls
to the number of about forty or
fifty range in age from 11 to 18.
County Roll Call Chairman C. W.
Smith and J. Ed“Rhea, president of
the Collin County Ited Cross chap-
ter, commend the efforts of these
girls in their work of mercy and
relief for the Red Cross to the house,
wives of our city. Give them a wel-
come reception and wherever possible
enlist as a Red Cross member for
the ensuing year. . .
The enrollment fee for the year
is $1.00, Of course, larger amounts
will be acceptable. All parties con-
cerned are highly pleased with the
generous response made to the work-
ers on the irst day of the canvass.
Chairman Smith of the County Roll
Call is loud in his praise of the pro-
men's clubs for their cooperation
and to the workers who gave their
time and attention to the matter.
The Red Cross Is an International
organization whose efforts relieve
distress where ever it is found. Col-
lin county wants to maintain its
county organization and therefore is
putting on a county wire roll call.
The successful leadership of Mc-
Kinney In the roll call Is expected
to be followed by other towns and
communities in the county.
The new* equipment for the
Fire Department saved the west
side block early Wednesday morn-
ing, more than ten times paying
for the equipment. •
Said Fire Chief J. N. Mekin-
mey: “I was at home when the
fire alarm was turned in. I was
soon in the square, and found the
big Heard Bros. building, on the
west side occupied by F. W. Wool-
worth & Co., enveloped in flames,
I ordered out the entire fire
equipment. In a few miiiiitas we
had both of our new pumper, with
six hose, playing on the big fire.
They did wonderful work. Our fire
boys, who give their services frew
worked like trogans. Our new
equipment—all praise to Mayor
Perkins and commissioners Rhea
and Jones for their good busi-
INN fore-sight for the city—saved
the west side and ton times paid
for the new engines and other
equipment. The fire was a quick
and real hot one, but or boys,
with our excellent equipment, were
equal to the emergency. | cannot
give too much praise for the noble
fire boy, who did, I think, one
of Hie best firefighting jobs of
their whole existence Tuesday
morning.”
Koch To Tell Of Canca:
Formula
District Stewards
Will Meet In
McKinney Friday
McKinney Pastor
Officiates At
Red Oak Wedding
IINK FURNACE
MURDER ACT OF
SOME OUTSIDER
FAMILY OF MINISTER’S WIFE
Was NOT AT SCENE
COOLIDGE SAYS
MUST LEARN TO
GROW TIMBER
AMERICA NEEDS TO ACQUIRE
SENSE OF FOREST CROPS.
WOOLWORTH, HEARD BROS.
AND WALLER & COMPANY
SUSTAIN HEAVY LOSSES
Itev. C. A. Long, presiding elder of
the McKinney district, has called the
annual district stewards meeting to
convene in the First Methodist Church
of McKinney at 3 o'clock Friday after-
noon. November 21. Important matters
relating to district church affairs un-
der supervision of Rev. Mr. Long will
be considered, itev. Mr. Long is start,
ing on hla third year in the district.
He has about twenty-five pastors and
a number of churches in his district.
All departments of church . activities
have prospered under his ad ministra-
tion thus far. He and his pastors and
official laymen of the district feel san-
guine of a still greater year of pros
ress for the church throughout the
district during this year than either of
the preceding ones. Rev. Mr. Long is
held In high esteem throughout the
district. His administration is one of
the most successful In the history of
the district.
Rev. Hugh S. Porter, pastor of the
South Wilcox Street Methodist church
and of the Rhea Mills Methodist
Church, officiated at the recent marri-
age in Red Oak, Denton county, of
Miss Lillian Price of that place to J
Marshall Koons of Sanger. The bride
was educated in Trinity University M1
in the Texas State Teachers College
at Denton. The groom is a practicing
lawyer of Sanger having graduated
from the Cumberland Law School at
Lebanon, Tennessee after which he
finished a special law course at the
University of Southern California. The
happy young people will reside in
Sanger.
KANSAS CITY BI LL
IK GRAND CHAMPION
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 19.—The
suicide theory was practically aban-
doned in the Sheatsley furnace mys-
tery today.
Convinced that the Rev. C. V.
Sheatsley’s wife was murdered and
her body stuffed in on the coals of
the parsonage furnace, police and
Prosecutor John It. King continued
their investigation.
King was careful to point out that
he now believes a solution to the
mystery lies outside the pastor's
family. Sheatsley and his four chil-
dren have furnished acceptable ali-
bis allowing that Mrs. Sheatsley’s
body was placed in the furnace dur-
ing their absence. King said.
Abandoning tiie suicide theory, the
county prosecutor explained that
there was never a trace of insanity
in Mrs. Sheatsiey’s family and that
it would have been physically Im-
possible for her to crawl through
the fourteen-inch square of the fur-
nace door and deliberately pull the
door shut upon herself while the
flames played about her body.
ACT OF DEGENERATE
The only theory which authori-
ties would make public was that a
degenerate may have slipped Into
the parsonage between 1:45 and 3:15
p. in. Monday, while all except the
pastor’s wife were absent. He may
have attacked Mrs. Sheatsley and
thrust her dead or unconscious body
Into the furnace.
Washington, Nov. 19. - President
Coolidge today recoin mended as the
way to combat the timber shortage in
this country, the eventual use of one-
fourth of the Nation's area for grow-
ing Of timber.
In an address to the national con-
ference on utilization of forest pro-
ducts attended by representatives of
every branch of forest industry and
allied interests, the President asserted
"the time is at hand when our coun-
try is actually confronted with a tim-
ber shortage."
“The Government is going to ask
you to consider definite plans for re-
ducing timber waste,” said Mr. Cool-
idge. “It is going to suggest that out
of this conference shall emerge a pro-
gram of specific action for timber
saving rather than a mere expression
of ideas.
“The era of free wild timber is
reaching Its end as the era of free
wild food ended so long ago. We must
face the situation that we are not far
from timber exhaustion."
The President advocated “growing
our wood from the soil, like any other
crop.”
J. 8. Heard stated Wednesday morn-
ing to a representative of the Daily
Courier-Gazette and Weekly Demo-
crat-Gazette that he intended to re-
build on the lot devastated by fire
Wednesday morning, but could not as
yet give definite information as to
just what nature and extent the new
building plans will assume..
The entire stock of the y, W. Wool-
worth 6c, 10c and 15c Store on the
West side of the courthouse square
and the two story building occupied
by the store were completely destroy-
ed by a fire that was first discovered
about 5:30 o'clock Wednesday morn.
Ing. A. F. Popplewell, manager of the
local Woolworth Store declined to
make an estimate of the loss to his
company nor of the amount of Insur-
ance carried. But the Woolworth stock
must have run far up into thousands
of dollars, as it occupied with the
stock room practically all of two
floors of a two-story brick building
that was something like 40x100 feet in
size. The one space in the building not
occupied by the Woolworth corpora-
tion was an upstairs office occupied
jointly by J. S. & S. D. Heard, own-
ers of the building, and W. K. Wallee
& Co.’s insurance office. Mr. Waller
stated Wednesday morning that his
loss in the office and all the looses of
Heard Bros. Is completely covered by
Insurance.
• 4 *
SAN SABA MAN HERE
O. T. Smithhart of Itlehland
Springs in San Saba county was in
Me Kir.ney Wednesday morning. Mr
Smith hart Is here on a visit to his
uncle, J.
W Davis, the Sunshine
Cotton man of
relatives.
Lucas, and other
Kansas City, Nov. 19.—Laurel Per-
fection 5th. aged Hereford bull ex-
hibited by Kansas City owners, be-
came grand champion of the Ameri-
can Royal Livestock Show here to-
day when he defeated Prince Domino
144th, junior champion from Little-
ton. Colo.
- Laurel Perfection 5th has been a
consistent winner in several state
fairs this year. • The bull weighs
about 2,300 pounds.
GENERAL FEDERATION FILM
SHOWING PLAN OF DEVELOPING
CITIZENSHIP TO BE HERE NOV. 21
th KEVOTONE view co. new von
Dr. Wm. F. Koch, of Detroit,
Mich , who was expelled from the
American Medical Association for
refusing to tell his secret for cur-
ink cancer by injections, is to give
his story of his cure to the world
In a publication shortly. Dr. Kock
has explained little of his idea,
just explaining that the disease is
caused by a germ which can be
killed by a synthetic chemical
which forms an anti-toxin in the
body. The germ cannot be killed
by radium, as already shown.
COMMANDERY TO MEET.
McKinney Commandcry will meet
tonight at 7:03 p. m for the pur-
pose of drill preparatory to Inspection
tomorrow evening. All members are
requested to be present In full uni-
form.
W. L. BROWN. E. C.
B. F. SKELTON, Rec.
LIONS PAY HONOR TO MRS.
LOVEJOY AS SHE TELLS OF
/ LADIES’ CLUB WORK HERE
STO
CONTINUES ITS
UPWARD CUN
OVER 2 1-4 MILLION SHARES
DEALT IN ON 1STH DAY.
Friday, Nov. Sl. Is designated in th
owl Club booklet as “Citizenal ip
Day."
Ever desirous to help the communi-
ty. uplift and inspire our young boys
and girls. The Club has secured a very
beautiful film, which was made from
the production of a pageant in
Chautauqua, N. Y.
if was through the influence of the
“General Federation of Women’s
Clubs," that this picture was produced
and for the sole purpose of develop
Ing better and higher citizenship.
Through the generosity and
courtesy of Mr. R. L. Brockman, this
film will be shown at the Pope
Theatre Friday afternoon, beginning
at 3:30,
This is entirely free, and a sorlial
invitation is extended to every one
who wishes to avail himself of The
opportunity to see a clean, beruti ul,
inspiring picture, but s very special
invitation Is extended to the young
boys and girls of our city. Below, is
the story of the picture:
THE STORY.
It is the "natal day" of Columbia.
July the 4th. A great celebration is
held in her honor, announced by her-
aids, who call on all good citizens to
offer their allegiance. Columbia sits
enthroned with Liberty and Justice on
either hand. Liberty with her torch.
Justice with her scales. Opportunity,
her hand-maiden, holds the great
riotism of our citizens, Columbia bids
them assemble in the "Hall of Ciu-
venship,"
Here, in the presence of the as-
sembly. Liberty, Justice and Oppor-
tunity are given high places. Then n
magistrate comes forward to conduct
the ceremonial.
Now the sound of files and drums is
heard, The Spirit of *76 comes back
again, - lending the march of the
Minute Men. Then a trumpet sounds
and, at the summons, the youths of
the nation, who are about to celebrate
their majority, come forward to take
the oath of Citizenship.
Under an arch of bayonets of the
American Legion preceded by children
who scatter flowers, they come for-
ward to their great privilege, “Our
Nation's pride and flower.”
It is a proud and happy day. Tan-
ners are waving, the great assembly
FOOTBALL GAME
FRIDAY HERE WITH
DENTON NORMA
REGULARLY SCHEDULED GAME
WILL BE PLAYED. '
A tribute to Mrs. John J. Lovejor.
as fine a compliment as they cou’d
pay was given to Mrs. John L. Love-
joy at the noon Luncheon Wednesday
when she was the guest of honor and
the speaker of the day. As she was
presented to the Lions she was lauded
as one of the most public spirited citi-
zens of the town and her interest in
rural education, home demonstration
work, fine arts and other worthy
movements were recounted. As an
apostle of good cheer, a worker and
enthusiastic friend for her home town
and one who be lieves in the giving o
flowers to the living, she was given to
know that the Lions had observed and
appreciated her work. As she rose to
speak the Lions cheered her vigorous-
ly and all during the course of her
address she was given an attentive
hearing. She was introduced by Sec-
retary A. G. Mayse.
Mrs. Lovejoy recently returned from
the state convention at Amarillo
where she represented the McKinney
Federation of Clubs and gave her an-
nual report.
The Lions were delighted an 1
deeply interested in the magnificent
work of the ladies clubs as revealed in
her report. She told of the work of
the club in equipping a ward at the
City Hospital and of their Interest in
the crippled girl, Annie Tooley whom
they have been caring for and endeav-
oring to restore to a state of physical
fitness that would permit her to walk.
For twenty-seven years she has been
able to get about only by crawling.
The recent lag day and the rummage
sale netted about three hundred dol-
lars.
New York, Nor. 19.—Upsetting all
forecasts, the New York Stock Ex-
change today entered its thirteenth
day of unprecedented activity follow.
Ing a new record spurt yesterday when
2,257,780 shares were dealt in.
The day's advance carried industrial
stocks up 1.25 per cent and railroad
stocks up three-fourths of 1 per cent,
the entire market advancing exactly
one point, which broke all existing
records.
Many Collin
Farmers Buying
Corn And Hay
stands expectant, Here they
At 4 p. m. Friday McKinney High
School football team will play the
second team of the Denton Normal
at Benge Park in a regularly sched-
uled game of the season. Plans are
being made by the McKinney team
to capture the game. Coach Cobb
has been carrying his boys through
some stiff practice and if the visitors
MRS. J. L. LOVEJOY.
golden key that Is to unlock the
“Door of the Future” for all the chil-
dren of Columbia—that door through
which they catch visions or homes, of
education, of Industries, of Weath, of
peace and Plenty and Pleasure.
After History has showed the scenes
of the Past, meant to inspire the pat-
with glad young faces with strong
step, to take upon them the sacred
duties and privileges of Citizenship.
The magistrate addresses them
solemnly, and reads the oath that was
wont lo be given to the youths of
Athens, on such occasions. Then, with
raised hands, they take our own oath
of allegiance, while the multitude
thunder applause.
Again the bugle sounds. Now the
foreign born come forward, and take
the same oath. There Is a waving of
flags, a choer, and a welcoming of all
the new citizens. Columbia extends
her hands In welcome, Justice holds
aloft her balance. Liberty her torch,
and Opportunity hor golden key.'
Overhead is unfurled the great flag
to which they have just sworn allegi-
ance, and the whole assembly joins in
acclamation-"The Star Spangled
Banner.
come, get away with the game they will
have to play real football. Bo on
the sidelines and help root for the
home team. Also help the athletic
fund, which is getting low.
• The Thanksgiving game will be
played with the Denton High school.
CHILD ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT NEAR ANNA
Just as the Daily Courler-Gazette
was going to press Wednesday after-
noon word was received that L. L.
Bourland, the 4-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. 11. E. Bourland of Anna,
route 1, wase accidentally shot in
the stomach and had been brought
to the City Hospital In a serious
condition. Hospital authorities con-
firmed the statements as given above,
but were not able to give further
particulars of the accident.
TELLS OF WORK.
She told of the hope of the Feder-
ation to get a Public Library for Mi -
Kinney and a Public Health Nurse for
the city. The support of the rest room
in the court house, which the clubs
refurnished, the observance of fire
prevention week, fine art exhibits,
Clean-Up week and co-operation with
the Chamber of Commerce in all
things was mentioned by Mrs. Love-
joy.
• * •
WOMAN’S CM R spRERE
club a new insight to the sphere of
women's clubs and what they are
doing in McKinney and elsewhere.
She said soon the clubs of the
state would start a better homes
movement and that they hoped to
indue) some one In McKinney to
build a model home for this move-
ment. She would also like to see
Collin county have one of the State
Parks now being established and
said the Federation would lend its
support to such a movement.
In Texas there are fifty thousand
club ladies and in the Clubs of
the United States there are two mil-
lion members. In the International
organization there is an astonishing
number of active members. The in-
ternacional meeting is next to be
held in Washington.
Mrs. Lovejcy praised the McKin-
ney Lions club for its enthusiasm and
goad it had done in McKinney. Her
talk was a most excellent one and
of a different nature from most talks
heard before the club.
RED GROSS ENDORSED.
On motion of L. R. Hoover the
club endorsed the Red Cross Drive,
membership for which is now the
object of a special campaign here.
On motion of Dr. J. C. Erwin. Jr.,
the club will again sponsor the sale
of Christmas seals in McKinney. The
Lions made McKinney the first town
in Texas last year to raise its full
quota For this work President
Walton appointed H. A. Finch, S. E.
walker and R. A* LeReaux. %
KNEAD UGLIEST LION, %
President 11. J. Walton, in his
usual originality to give the Lions
something new and different In-
troduced a contest to decide who
is the ugliest Lion In McKinney, it
was put to a vote and there were
eight Lions in the running but the
three high Lions in the voting Were
E. O. Snead, S. E. Ballard and
Gabe Kerby with Snead winning by
the narrow margin of one vote. He
was presented with a package of
beauty cream from the North Side
Drug Store and a handsome shirt
from Adam Bond's. Ranker Snead
acknowledged the honor In graceful
form. His guest. Dr. C. T. Lewis
was presented to the club after the
roll call.
President Witon presided over the
meeting and at the close reminded
the Lions that next week was elec-
tion week. The secretary of the
club presented the anker of the
Geo. Reinhardt, manager of Rein-
hardt & Company wholesale grain and
feed firm of this city, states that
farmers in different parts of Collin
county are buying corn and hay in car
load lots.. This is the best possible In-
dication of the short corn crop yield
and of the insufficient hay crop to
meet the local demand. However,
much Johnson grass and Bermuda
hay was shipped out of the county
during the past haying season. Other-
wise the county would have probably
produced its own needed bay supply
this year. Mr. Reinhardt states that
the corn crops in the states of Okla-
homa and Kansas were good this year
but short in Texas and most of the
corn producing states of the north.
The corn crop estimate for this year
is around two and one half billion
bushels. The average corn production
Of the United States is three billion
bushels. The average corn production
lion bushel shortage in the United
States crop this year. There are some
elements however, of relief in the
fact that the oat crop is a fourth
o fa billion bushels above the average
production this year and there are
big kaffir corn and milo maize crops
which are excellent substitutes for
corn in many instances. A big cotton
crop also gives a large cotton seed
feed products increase and a big
wheat yield over the nation which is
being extensively exported in the
form of flour leaves much feed stuit
In the way of bran and shorts in the
country. There are fewer hogs than
usual in the United States this year
and cattle prices are so unsatistacery
that less corn will be bought than
usual to feed cattle. These factors
somewhat compensate for shortage
of the corn crop this year in the Unit,
ed States so thinks Mr. Reinhardt.
SPREAD CHECKED.
The McKinney Volunteer Fire De-
partment did some excellent work in
that they prevented any fire damage
to the business on either side which
joined walls with the Woolworth store.
The whole inside of the store was
aflame when the fire department
reached the front and their effective
work of controlling the blaze was done
within the compass of a few minutes.
The Bone & Ray Shoe Store which
joined Woolworth’s on the south re-
ported a skylight broken and a little
water split in, but practically no
damage. The Olympia Confectionery
which joined on the north side of
Woolworth's reported no damage.
The origin of the fire la not known. I
Among the first men who saw it, and
who turned in the alarm were Jack
Nelson, operator of a local jitney serv-
ice who was up waiting for the re-
turn of a car he had rented out, and
M. L. Copeland, dispatcher for the In-
terurban, w ho was driving across the
square to begin his work in the In-
terurban station. Both these men saw
the fire at about 5:25 or 5:30 and
rushed to the fire station, awoke the
drivers and assisted in turning on the
alarm and getting the fire fighting
equipment on the ground and ready
for action while the firemen were
rushing up from all directions.
Mr. Copeland was among the first
known to have discovered the fire. He
states that when he first say It It
appeared to be one table blazing in
the centre of the downstairs room.
Mr. Nelson saw It about five minutes
later, and saw a fire in the centre of
the room and toward the north side
of the building. When the fire depart-
ment arrived about twenty minutes
later the whole building was filled
with flames and the front windows
were falling in.
Fire Chief J. S. McKinney, Im-
mediately upon his arrival, put a hose
line on each side of the roof of the
building, three lines in nt the front
and one at the rear, by which ade-
quate waterflow they were able lo
confine the flames to the one build-
ing.
Manager Popplewell and wife, L. E.
Lindley and T. H. Hensley employes,
had worked in the Woolworth stock
loom upstairs until about 11:30
o’clock Tuesday night.
The fire was still blazing and
smouldering among the ruins until
noon Wednesday, one hose team being
kept at work to finally drench out the
remaining fire.
Tills is the heaviest fire lass In Mc-
Kinney since the Crouch hardware
and furniture store was destroyed sev-
eral years ago.
A large stock of Christmas goods
had been partly displayed.
MINNIE sToUT TRAVELED
WITH RINGLING CIRCUS
Lonnie Stout of Dallas was at Mc-
Kinney with the Hella Temple Band
recently. He is a professional trap
drummer and performer on other
band musical instruments and travel-
ed during the past season in one of
the big bands with Ringling Bros. cir-
cus. Lonnie is a son of John P. Stout,
who formerly lived in McKinney but
for a number of years past has resid-
ed in Denison. John P. Stout is a
brother of W. H. Wout and of Mrs.
(>. C. Spencer both of this city. Dur-
ing his recent visit at his early child-
hood home in McKinney Lonnie visit-
ed his cousin, David L. Runion and
several other relatives who reside
here.
WEATHER FOROAST.
MOTHER AND FATHER
HERE WITH PASTOR BON
Pastor and Mrs. Clifford s. Weav-
er of the First Christian church re-
turned today noon from Fort Worth,
where they have been attending an
important'church meeting. They were
accompanied home by Dr. Weaver's
father and mother of Lindale, Texas,
who had also been in attendance at
the meeting. The local pastor’s fath-
er, T. F. Weaver is also a Christian
minister and preaches at his home
town.
In this connection attention is call-
•d to the second lecture on “The
Puritan," to be given at T o’clock
at the First Christian church. The
message will be illustrated with the
use of the stereopticon.
(Courtesy, Nail & Rubush.)
bonisiana, tonight and Thursday,
partly cloudy; warmer, moderate to
fresh easterly winds on the coast
Arkansas, tonight. Increasing
cloudiness, showers in northwest por-
tion. warmer Thursday, unsettled,
showers, warmer.
Oklahoma, tonight and Thursday,
unsettled, probably showers; warmer
tonight; colder in west portion
Thursday.
East Texas, tonight, increasing
cloudiness, warmer; Thursday partly
cloudy.
COTTON MARKET
Spot cotton In McKinney Wednes-
day forenoon was bringing 23.60
cents.
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