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•I UK WKKKi.Y DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE, TIH ItNil.VY, SKI"!'. J!l. I9J1.
Medical Missionary To African
Congo Describes Country, Natives
And Tells Interesting Story of Trip
Dr. I . T< Mutupown. iiicdlon) niiM-jhiMl worn urroew th*- I.nK«'iiyi. uml all
Mionarv of th«* MHlmcllNt Kplm't'iinl 148 wire* frla.il.
AAA
church. South, liai* written an inter-
outing li tter to .1 I Shelton, a friend. I
or tills city. it. Which ho .1. k. . «Tfi( nntlv(i haB oonHl|.u„ted thl-
the country mil sonit of his recent, |v(ntj ,,f , xpianation fur a natural phe-
experiences in the Afrifuii i ongo. ",- i noim rion lhat he sees mo uften and hus
Muiiipowci is mi eiitei t.lining wl'""r, lcurn« «l to fear The lightning Ih hii
ami inn nativi- nl a i •lit lit 1 I i'.vih city, animal resembling |ihyHlcally. a sheep,
and is u I'll - k no« n to several \,'lvin- I > ■ 11 possessing uuullties of lioldnem
ney people Following is a copy of ,ult| jn.W(|| thut the sheep is notable
hln recent letter: I'm- not having lie carrion with him
Methodist KpiHi opal Congo Mission, |a miraculous fire, Is exceedingly
lie in bo Nlania, Congo llelge. t are l)I1(| |ms „ powerful voli When
IV C. M, Lushmbo, district ilu San-|||,, i|,hccii<Is upon a building. he sets
kuru. This little trip thai 1 am tutik" if on fire, ijulckly digs a hole In the
Ing to the northwest ami west of the ground, ami vanishes thereby, or lie
r
Strictly
sanitary
Luxuriously
Comfortable
Witch Roclor's i:\plaiiallon.
Put nil) call the lightning iiii unl-
EXCLUSIVE AUTO
AMBULANCE
Limn motor Service
Day or Night
SAM J. MASSIE
UNDERTAKING CO
I uncial Directors
I'Imiiic Ilia, ml or 14.
McKimicy, Texas.
Wenibo Niumn station of our Con no
Mist-ion gives me the opportunity '
have looked foi of writing to several
of my friends in the State in answer
to recent letters. I know you will not
object to the tact that this same ac-
count trues to three or four of you;
If 1 confined it to only one, it could
may alight upon a man or upon a
!eif*. with various results depending
upon the power of his opponent One
who has been struck and escape! <s
looked upon as possessing unusual
powers. Since the hole In the wound
is tint always found close to tin* ob-
ject struck, the native says that the
YATES PREACHES
ON NEED OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD
NAVAL MAN
GIVES TALK TO
ROTARIANS
The i'omin iiidi-i J. S- Howell il talk
tu tile Kotury i'lub was one o! the
features of Friday's iiu-cllngs. < 'om-
inaiidci Howell is a native ol our cit>
a ml Wit* among boyhood friends an i
ardent admirers for the splendid re< -
old tliat the young naval officer has
already achieved. "Joliu," as ills old
home, friends, persist in calling liiin
was appointed to a cadctahip ill the
lulled States Naval Academy at.
Annapolis from which lie graduated,
lie has steadily risen in tank since Ills
graduation, ilu vas recently changed
from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to sec-
ond in command of tliu battleship
Tcmui.siovv in the i'ai lllc lleet and sta-
tioned at San I'Yancisco to which clt.v
lie and vvll'c and three little sons are
enroutu where lie will assume liis new
duties, lie has stravcleil extensively
and seen much of the world, i 'otn -
ii.under Howell made an interesting
talk to the itotariuiiH who gave him all
ovation.
Kobt II. Brown for the hascbnll
committee reported Mint the Hotary
be only a fourth as long, though that ,\yania has filled It up after him.
might suit you better. How very interesting il is to hear
From day to day, with perhaps a I explanations, as you sit in your
few intervals now and then when I
am especially luzy I Intend to give you
some idea of the life that one lives on (ui,0'|,t you in the
the road, with remarks upon the life
of the nut iv i people in their villages.
And any other comments that seem
to me apropos I will make, for a
diary gives one considerable latitude
in his remarks, and I know you will
not object to. but rather prefer, ob-
htttr by the evening fire, with the
"boys of your caravan gathered
lark, and no sem-
blallce of a white person nliOUt (-.'ac-
cept yourself) to remind you of a
prosaic am! commercial civilization
Yes. Indeed, old NJiitiI Is aa anitual.
I can well believe it, and If ther-i is
a -witch doctor In any of these v 11
lages that call drive I)ilit across llir
nervations upon tile common things i.uiienyt or any other river, let
and circumstances that are met with
among these interesting people
Today Is Sunday April 10 Last
Thursday the 7th, I left Wembo-Nl-
atna to go to Loja, a place about one
hundred miles northwest of Wainbo-
Kiama 1 received a call from a white
man tor help in a professional way to
wait upon a si. k member of his fam-
ily. When such 1 alls as these come.
1 do my best to answer them. for
white people are few ami far between
in this country, and they mean much
to the country. This does not mean
that they always mea.n much to th.
country in a good sense, in fact many
of them are distinctly detrimental to
the morals of the people, but their
Influence is so great, as is the influ-
ence of every white person here, that
any means to turn their influence in-
1110
that doc close by. For during
these storms, I always think of every
mean tiling that I have done nr want-
ed to do and exemplify over ind over
again Shakespeare's '■ o wards die
many times before their death."
on Sunday April IT. we stayed In a
village whose inhabitants are called
Ase Kkunda. that is Forest People.
Thcsi arc people, who. while belong-
ing the Butetela tribe, have withdrawn
from the larger centers oi popula-
tion .it'.'i go in off into the recesses of
the forest. Bushmen Is . good nsuiie
for them They prefer to be left by
the outside world but of course the
outside world won't leave them alone.
For example, the people of this ve.-v
village are gathered from several vil-
lages in the forest and brought 1 o the
main highway by the «i rnnicnt of
G. O. I lavis of Pallas, guest of C. .1
C. S. N„
of Henry VV.
to the right channel is seized upon by ((i(. colpnv m order that tiny
us. even at some <.lismiiv&ntH|*e to out
work at the station Sometimes it is
hard to decide whether or not call*
from sin h a distance should be an-
swered for It Is a week at least after
the
i y De
. asily reached for taxes and other
purposes. But in coming to the main
highway they have not >cl forgot all
pet uliar customs. They are very ex-
, it tide and any happening out of the
all is l et eived before the I,h>" j or,Unary calls forth a great torrent of
sic la n can get to the sick person, and j qH,,M(ion*, explanations, arguments,
during that time either the best or the iju)' )OU(l' uUk in general; the ne rest
worst has happened. However, there
are other eompensations to a trip like
this other than th. physical stood that
one tnav do to the afflicted family
reseinbiaiK e to a football game th.it
I have vet heard or seen In this land.
Tin people are not very hospitable as
t'ai ts their own color are concerned
There is the opportunity of working though they treat the white mm witn
with the native people in the various
village in which one stays for the aft-
ernoon of each day's Journey; there is
the different view that one receives
of his work when he gets avvav from
it for a while: there is brought clear-
ly to him the responsibility that lie
owes to others than those already
reached at th. mission station, there
art a thousand and one plans that he
has the opportu ity of turning ov r in
ills mind that he cannot review at
the station because of the many calls
that come to him in the daily dis-
charge ot the duties of his office.
the customary respect that ail l-.a-
tetela show toward our color It was
oniv after much talking that I got
hold of houses for my men to sleep iti
and these houses Were
boost of.
nothing to
Soic
with tra
this cou
biles
that all
thiS leg
of the
and bedding, t
and half sack <
food for the n
small trunk tv
of medicines at
each of tw
utensils a
hammock -
Then then
|ie«4'rll>«- < aravan.
if you are already
el in Africa as it is
in-y -.old of horses.
Iroad.v and airplan
L'wri"
list
familiar
done in
Not
but
desert t
my cot
a suitcase
t.vVeS
unit
ho;
.ts
•f
.1
cooking
for the
making sixteen in all
is tlo most important one
of all that I almost forgot because he
is so Important anil so alwiiys-with-
us, namely, the personal t.oy and cook
who looks aft-r the physical welfare
of his bos*, his eating, sleeping
washing clothing, and so on. Altogem-
er. there are eighteen of us. Just the
right number for a good time and
plenty to eat
Many interesting thm#s oc-
cur on the path, interesting even to
one who has become familiar with
tin in by rept tted experiences. Certain
superstitions belong to this i ;a s. In
regard to superstitions. It seems to
me that this ougnt to be said; Notions
and ideas that we more vivillied peo-
ple all superstitions a:e not always
( ustoms Peculiar To People.
During the two days 1 was there,
many opportunities were presented of
talking with the chief and men of
the village and learning something
something of the customs peculiar to
tins kind of people. I found that they
tie much wist r than superficial ot-
. rvation indicates. Polygamy is not
i oninion. neither are their girls mar-
ried off until they are about eighteen
or twenty. Evil doers are dealt with
very severely. The village was kept
.■lean and the houses, though small,
were neat, well-built, and suificient
to theii needs. 1 did not notice much
sickness, though the people nr.' not
•ioteii for their dally bathing Fhysi-
nr.- rather •mall, but
i equal to other dtvl-
rie who are taller and
e not "on to" th< ways
an. but are more do-
n they do come under his in-
though not so apt to 'earn as
In their understanding of
V'lant and animal life. I should sav that
they ex'-el Their food consists most-
ly of cassava, with the occasional ad-
dition of fish and other meat The
general impression among .•ivlliated
people is that men cannot live with-
out salt, but I am sure that ir.any of
these people have never had salt save
as they rnu> have got It thiough eat-
ing meat, and then in such small nunn-
t:?i s as to be imperceptible to the
i Many weeks often elapse with-
. .11 a bit of meat, the diet being nl-
n. st exclusively carbohydrates; to ua
'e h a diet woultl be very t' stless
ich better for us in this cll-
: he
jf the
r. Th-
whit
lb.
th> r<
The Fundamental need of the
Kingdom of fSod" was the subject of
Mho Sunday morning sermon bv Dr.
It; I- Yates at the First Baptist ,-l,lb hutl ha<i one ","1 'lefealed
church "Trained leadership" was "'elr opposing club (Lions),
his answer to this need of the1 Horwell 10. Smith, chairman or the
ehuii h He called attention to the educational committee, reported that
tact that his church here in McKin- his committee Is now functioning One
Iie.v had 7r. members and was look or two ambitions youngsters for a col-
led to among the Baptists of this sec- lege education has been assisted.
lion for leadership. I Pr- K- U presented a
i "The hope of this and every other scheme for a suitable memorial to lie
'church is in its young people." lie reeled in McKlnney for the World
declared, adding "if we fall to train War veterans who went out from Pol-
them the time will come when he will "n county. l r. (5. I.. Yates made
I be unspeakably ashamed." motion that a committee be appointed
^ ^ ^ Mo look into the matter and make ree-
Biirdcii of t'liiircli. otnniendatlons. President Warden will
Numbers, he said, will rover the announce this committee personal
'real importance of church work later.
j "unless we set ourselves to the task! Gen. U3. W Kirk Patrick also pro-
'of training our young people." He posed a memorial to these world war
I iH liev t 11 that tin- greatest burden of heroes in the way f planting u pecan
'tin church today is Its untrained or setting, out a pecan ttee for each
I members, people who did not have of them.
the advantage of training In church j Moxle i'rails, the popular young sec-
I membership. There must be a place. rotary, made a partial report of the
in the First Baptist church for the conference of notary secretaries an l
training of voting Baptists, he said presidents at Waco. Will .I. Hliea. who
II. culled young Baptists those who also attended, will finish up this re-
had been Baptists but a short while port at next week's luncheon.
regard lens of their age. A young peo-j <'lub visitors were present as fol
! pie's training service under the dl-ib vvs:
ret tlon of a special worker has been I
in progress at the church for the Smith. J. S. Powell Jr..
past week with good results. I Washington. I> guest
« «. Warden. John B. May of Dallas, guest
Orguni/ution Perfcctcd. of T E. Craig mid .T. H. I'alrmun
Following an Institute held by Mr guest of F D. Perkins.
T. C (iardtier. State B. Y. P. F. Sec- | *
ri■ tai v more than a hundred young Mi'KINNKY ill'NIOlt t'Ol/LK(iK
people met it the First Baptist KtXTCIVKM OKI<,\HOMA STI UKN'IS
I hurch at it:30 Sunday evening and , ~
led i.v th. pastor the training depart-j Two Morn Oklahoma Pupl's.
I nit tit* wits organized. The department! Miss Oerthie t'ook of Tipton. Dkla
!consists of four organizations to be- homa, a last years student, also
gin with two Senior Unions, one In- George Hadduck of Guthrie. Okla-
termediatc and one Junior. Several homa. brother of Professor Hadduck
'training classes for teachers wilt be arrived Tuesday. A number more will
I conducted also at this hour. The pas- arrive this week.
I tor spoke on training for service at I ♦ ♦ ♦
the morning hour, and was delight- Brought Sister to Scixsil.
ed beyond expression ut the splendid Cietua Hudson, the hustler, went
beginning made last evening. Each home Monday to bring his sister. May.
'organization will be under the dlrec- who attended last year but the t'uii-
i tioti of competent leaders or sponsors, ure of cotton had kept home this,
and Mrs. W. E. McKnight is the dl- Tuesday lie came in all smiles bring-
ret tor in charge of the entire de- ing May with him. If there were more
purtment. Nominating committees Interested brothers like t'letus. there
were selected from each group and would be many more happy May's In
'will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 the world.
at the church to name the officers forj ♦ ♦ ♦
each organization. The perfection of, "Hotter KUquct Club."
this department of church activity I Surprising things are happening all
will ivc to Mt Kinney one of the best the time and one was sprung in chapel
organ.zed churches in the state. Tuesday morning when Professoi
• « * : Harden announced the plan of or-
IIrclicstra Valuable Asset. gnnUIng a "Better Etiquette Club." at
The newly organized orchestra for throe o'clock. Everyone sees the need,
tin Men's Bible Class of the church everyone Is talking It. and I suppose
lias also been furnishing music for everyone will Join but those who are
the Sunday morning services. Prof, too lazy to be good mannered.
F w Bail ivvs. is directing the or-, • ♦ •
■ histia and the number of musicians Working For College.
,, 11], it, . organization is increos- President Howiand left for Chicago,
g• aduailv a "leeidt-d improve- Pennsylvania and Now York. Monday
in. i■ t in th. music "t 'he church has evening for a few weeks stay in the
stMt d during the past two interests of the college. Wrhil" the
weeks. work Is hardly started, and new stu-
dents are coming In every day, yet It
Itl.il Pl.Woll l Hi Cl 1\ I S Is nee. ossnrv for him to be out in the
IH). W \TRRMI'.liON field, 'making hay while the sun
shines." He will attend the Pittsburg
T. F. Hughston. an honored old oil City and New York conferences, j
Piano pioneer citizen and < 'onfederutc also the Educational Board meetings |
veteran, has received a much appr« - In Chicago before his return. Pre-
dated triat in the way of a big HI fessor Hardin, who Is a tine and ex-
pound watermelon, sent to htni by lilr perieneed school hand has charge In :
nephew, Ex-Sheriff Tont M. Beverly his absence.
of Crowell Foard county. Texas The
watermelon crop In Texas was an ex-
cellent one this year. But the Juicy
melons are now about all gone and
will soon be a thing of memory only
until their season rolls around again
next year. Mr. Hughston is the father
of Hon. Wallace Hughston of this city.
What Is The Life of an
Exide Battery
Wo have on r lt isubject to inspection) letters from Buttery owners
stating thut the;, have received the following service from Exlde Bat-
teries. These Butteries are iii pructicully every make of car and were
nearly till still ti servici when the letter* were written.
4 linttt'rii's ovt'r S y.'iirs.
J llattcrios over 7 yrnrs >i.\ months.
li Buttcrips over 7 years.
>) Batteries over <1 years <1 months.
Batteries over <i years.
4 Batteries over "j years i months.
Si Batteries over D years.
(i Batteries over 4 years (> months.
4 Batteries over 4 years.
;{ Batteries over .'5 years.
'J Batteries over 2 years <5 months.
The average lift of these 15 batteries is o years and a little less
than 5 months.
Exide Battery Station
C. J. SMITH.
N. Tenn. St., McKlnney.
Phone 715.
KARL, TALK1NQTON
?
I OHI'Y-FOUK YlvVltS
AGO IN McKINM Y
\mom: 'lie local Hems wore Ihe fol
low ing which will be recalled by some
oi oni olili si citizens:
I'etei Wetst'l, an old citizen of Col-
lin county died ut liis home near i
no. last week. His remains wen
I niiiulii in McKlnney for Interment.
M S Winn, ol the Ithea Mills neigh
Inn hood, Is enclosing 800 acres of land
lie states that the school lands are he
mg enclosed very rapidly, jind there is
no longer range for cuttle in that sec-
tion.
Davy Wileoxson. for many years
past a citizen of Collin county, died
near Fannersville a week or two
since For one or two years he had
been prostrated by mental and physi
cal ailments.
our friend J. J. Thompson, (we know
he is a friend, by ihe way he treat*
us), dropped in on us ihis week, an
handed us a good club of subscribers
from Hock Mill, and what makes ti
appreciate it more, is the fact that th
cash accompanied the names. We hope
he may prosper in his own business
anil never forget the Enquirer.
For the past two weeks the mercury
has ranged front 94 to 1(10, the highest
during the present year.
Reports from the western part of the
(ounty say that the cotton is very
promising, but that water is very
scarce and rain much needed.
Tuesday a cool wind blew up front
the north, causing the mercury to drop
below 90, and making life endurable.
I>. Howell's new building on the
north side of the square is fnst tip-
; ioaching completion, and will be oc-
cupied in it short time.
In those days the postmaster publish-
ed :t regular list of letters which had
been uncalled for. Here is a list of
that date:
LETTER LIST.
List of letters rentuining in the Post-
cilice at McKlnney, Collin county,
Texas, August 4, 1877. which if not
tailed for in four weeks v.ill be sent
to the Dead Letter Olllce. Washington,
n. C.
Uarnhouse, F. A.
Reamer. W. F.
Davison, Miss An-
nie
Helms, Thud
Johnson, Cap. A. II
Maschmeyer, Win.
Murray, John M.
Robertson, Miss
Annie
Whisenant, J. H.
k \ I Y
■ Kb
Take The Paper.
Every time I pick tip the Courler-
(lanette a feeling of "Oet-up-an-do-
something" possesses me if it's noth-
ing more than peel potatoes for din-
ner. If more people took the paper
there would be more "workers" in
every phase of life, and enthusiastic
TRAIN KVM.S ones, for every page of the paper
TWO NEAR DVHANT breathes forth an atmosphere emenat-
Ing from an aggressive, hustling, wide
Sllt.ll
part
idler,
tli.y are rather efforts on the
if unlnstru.ted minds to explain
m>'iiu the cause of which they
tin ie t and cannot understand .is yet
Hist th. other day I stopped in a lit-
tle villniie for th> night. Thut even-
ing ti..- :of a hot sultry day. a
heavy tioplcwl stuun came up. It was
act onipunb <i by mu. h rain, wind, and
lightning Whil* at its worst someone
way at th. other end of the one street
of the village could be heard pro-
nouncing ini|iri vttons gainst the
lightning
l.a
ters hav
fort ed l
jl.jei ts hav
csn wait till
M i
than th- d tiiy meat diet han
• accustomed to in Amerba.
t. r- I all. son,, that I do not
:h. time to go with this recital
, •!. noes on the road, but rnftt-
so turned out that I am
stop here. Many Interesting
been left out. but they
dome future time —D. L.
Very truly yours,
lj 1. Mt'M POWER.
.1 O iHin'un Here.
J. O Duncan of Santa Maria. Sou'
I uld not myself under- Texas, is spending a few days in M
stand his words 1 isk.tl one of the ](inney visiting relatives anil friend
sentries to t* II me whut h- was say- anfj attending 'o business Mr Duncan
ing H« said that the man talking was waa reared near McKlnney and fo.-
the witch doctor of th- vil utt> and neveral years lived in Mcl- nney He
that he was saylt g something like WRB formerly engaged In the grocery
this. "NJadl. nyanin ka kola eoka business here He is In the grocery
wetli * lukenyl. Dlnil halukoke woma, ;lt ^nnta Msrin Mr« ftuncan
iambukulekn wota," or. lightning a rtanghtor of Mr anl Mrs W It
wick-d anlncil. to to th. other side of Ki^dt* of th'.s city
the I.ukenyi 1 am not afraid of you — ... ' « - .
I have overcome you " The English Infant's Death.
translation sounds Just a little weak -
and unemphattc as oiupared writh th. Alms gterlir g 12-duy-old son of
native words The Lukenyl is a river yr \t, , \v r V.'ade who re.,
about twenty miles to the north, and „r()r ,h«. otton mill died Sat-
the witch doctor was exercising his .lr.trty ,it\r.ut . o..n, Fun ral services
power against one of the enemies of wer held at the residence Sunday
his townsman And he succeeded' morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by
For within a few minutes the storm t>„. Rov E F Watson. Burial fol-
was over and the Lightning Animal lowed In Pecan drove cemetery.
Th* fast Katy train on which Willie awake town.
■ ; Portei of Denver. Colorado, and if you want to tlnd an editor who
M«t.-r Mrs C W. Brooks and baby, has high moral Ideals, who believes in
. f Sab I.ake city were traveling en the rights of all; who has the Inter
tout, to McKlnney to visit their puts of the town and community at
parents, this week, struck an auto heart; who does not condemn a thing
Durant Oklahoma, and killed until he knows It right to be condetnn-
i.oth if Its op. upants -n farmer and Pd, then frankly, openly hut klntllv
his son Mr Porter said It was a dees his duty; one who believes In re-
horrible «ight The auto drove onto ]|gion and lets people know It through
'rti« Hack In front of the fast Iraln on the columns of his paper, hut Is never
i grade crossing In a deep railroad offensive—McKlnney has thnt editor
■ ut when the a.pproachlng trai l Bn(j the Courter-Oazette possesses
could not be seen Willie Porter and him.
v,i« -inter formerly Miss Nona Por-j Take your town papers and you will
t.-r v> • .- t.oth reare I in McKlnney. j,p a better cltigen—more wide awake
Th-;,- are children of Mr and Mrs. T. An() aggressive. You will find out
• porter, Willie is a teller In one of things you ought to know which will
th" lug. I leaver bunks His sister make VOU a better and more helpful
Mrs Brooks, has her little son. eititan.
Clar. nte Brooks Jr., with her. This
little youngster adds a double meas-
ure of pleasure in their visit to Its
proud grandparents in this city for a!
few days. |
Return From (.aloc-vllle
PRWS REPORTER.
Seven Rnlen Prom 18 \crcs.
O. O. Christian was here Monday
nfternoon from the Chatnbersvllle
community. Mr. Christian Is don-'
picking cotton He had 1* ncres In col-
li U O Brb n and wife and J R tnn Knd got 7 bales Mr, christian said
i i .. n rcnirr.ed to thdr homes in ,hnt he had Just had a letter from hi"
Mt Klnne-, Mu lay evening from ^vifr, who Is at Ssnltorlum, Texns, nn 1
'lii'.-ville where ot, Sunday after- that she was Improving nlcelv She ha*
nr.. n they «t'. tied the funeral and ,her« for three months
burial of A. C Van er. formerly a well. «
Ki.own busines man of M. Kinney 1 Mu. J. R Idol. 1127 Wnvne St
The deceased was a brother-in-law of Kansas Pity. Missouri, sends in her re
M O'lli ten snd • . ousln of Mr. newa| subscription to The Weekly
' Democrat-fliuette
Antlersun, T. C.
Bauvise, Frank
t'hutubei's, Miss
Kittle, 2.
iiannvr, Peter
Johnston, Mrs. An
nie
Mat his, A. J.
McKlnney, Uufus
Siiiith, Mrs. S. J.
Sloan. John, 'i
Williams, Bud
Persons culling for letters on this
list iiuist say they are "Advertised,"
otherwise they niuy fail to get them.
JAS. W. THOMAS,
Postmaster.
(Jus. W. Thomas' son, Jim 1'. Thom-
as is now one of our most efficient
postal clerks here, and has been I'oi
years. He may be our next post-
muster.—Editor.)
or. J. McC'arty, who has been trav-
eling in Southern and Western Texas
tor several weeks past, returned on
Wednesday last. During his absence
he visited the mountains of Western
Texas, and the noted watering places
ol Southern Texas. He has improved
much in appearance, and we hope may
derive permanent benefit from his trip
Notwithstanding the cry of hard
times there is much improvement go-
ing on in the country. The lumber
yards are selling good quantities and
prosperity is evidenced on every side
Mr. Chandler, who has been living
near Allen several years, left this
week on his return to his old home in
Missouri.
Dr. Foote has purchased a line lfi
-hooting Winchester rifle, and is ex
ireiuely anxious that the fall season
<otne. so that he can go to the fr n
tier and kill game.
L Butler, Homer Murray and wile,
and ,'O'iie others, left a few days since
oi a short trip to the oil Springs in
•he Indian Territory. They go for P
purpose of recuperating their shatter-
ed health.
Two Crops in One Vear. Dr. ti A
Foote planted a plot of ground, near
his residence. In wheat Inst fall, and
reaped 22"> bushels per acre iasi
spring. He then planted II in corn
and on the 2nd of August hail good
roasting ears from It He Is sure of
2a bushels of corn per acre, and with
one more good rain will raise :ir. bush
els per acre
Burglary, Last Friday night l lis
icidcnce of J II Wood was entered
hv some one and $22 nn In money and
some valuable papers stolen
The brick work on Mr Rhine's
handsome new dwelllm: will lie com
l b-let! ill the out Iv pan or next week
This will probably be Ihe costliest
Icsillellec In Ihe city
It M Hoard, .las \ Anton and T
\ Church, of Parinorsvillo, left this
'Friday) morning for New York to
luy In their slocks of fall goods
Mrs. Bradley's school for Voting
Ladies, (Jliis and Little Boys wil.
open on Monday, September Mrd. 1877
and continue four months. All the
English blanches taught ut Ihe inn
lorni price of $2.00 per month. Rei'
•'fence: The parents and guardians
nl I lie It I pupils instructed during her
former school in ibis place. School
room at the head of Virginia street,
third house west of Captain Board's
residence.
W. S. Skeen \ Co. are now busily
engaged in mending a number of en-
tilnrs. preparatory to the opening of
the ginning season. Thev nre good
machinists and do honest work.
Very little wheat seems to be com-
ing into market ut present. Wo pre-
sume It Is on account of the low prlct-i
it commands.
Messrs. Board & Markhunt will oe
cupy the new brick store house of
tiovornor Throckmorton, as soon as
it is finished.
Circulating Library. Messrs. Seay
have determined to establish n circu
luting library, the annual membership
of which will be $5.fln This will en
title a member to the use of any book
In the Library for a sufficient lime to
read it. when he can return It and get.
another The Library will be fully
supplied with choice works of the best
authors, together with the foremost
literature of the day Mr. Robert Seay
will start next week for the East to se-
lect the works.
Removal! Removal! Isaac Crouch,
manufacturer and dealer in furniture,
and undertaker, McKinney, Texas, has
opened a new and magnificent stock
of parlor, bed room and kitchen furni
tttre. desks, chairs, etc., in his new
furniture rooms in the Brick Block,
south sitle public square,
o
Carmiciiael Is Alert Citizen.
C. T. Carmiciiael, cashier of the Se-
curity State Bunk at Blue Ridge, -was
transacting business here Saturday
morning. Mr. Cnrmlchaet is one of the
county's most wide awuke, alert and
progress citizens He is taking a zretit
ileal of interest Jn the raising ot mo. o
ana better :ivm'.o,.k and the Itvurstfl-
cation of ciops. He stulcd that inorn-
ink; thnt J. W i'ldgeway. formerly of
the A. & M. College, but now of the
Nisseley Creamery Co. of Fort Worth,
would visit Blue Ridge next Tuesday
and at S o'clock would give an illus-
trated lecture on dairy cows. He will
■also make pluns to establish u cream-
ery station at Blue Ridge.
A comparison of the financial con-
dition of dairy farmers and dairy com-
munities with cotton fanners and cot-
ton communities in Mississippi brings
| out the fact thnt while 80 or 90
cent of the cotton farmers owe the
banks money and are asking for ex-
tensions on their notes, there nre al-
most no instances of notes held against
dairy farmers. The merchants hi
towns siirounded by the best dairy
j communities report their huslncn
tlioughout last fall and winter ns re-
mnrkably good, .
This statement Is mnde on the au-
thority of the extension dairy hus-
bandman who for nearly 10 years has
engaged In the movement cnrrled on
by the United Stntes Department of
Agriculture nnd the State Agricultural
College of Mississippi to build up
dairying In thnt state and furnish the
farmers with a source of Income after
the boll weevil hnd reduced the pro-
duction of the Smith's great stnple.
Quits Farming.
R. A. Crank of Prosper gave us a
welcome business cnll Monday. Mr
Crank Is not only a successful farmer
but also a successful livestock breeder,
having registered Ilolstein cattle and
registered big bone Poland China hog*
One of his llolnleln cows recently gave
birth to flue twin bull calves of which
he Is very proud. Mr. Crank lives In
Prosper and has rented out Ills excel-
lent farm which adjoins Prosper on
the west, nnd does not expect to farm
next year.
War Veteran Visits Here.
Walter Evans of Ft Bavard. New
Mexico, has arrived In McKlnney for
a visit to relatives and friends in thto
•ity and county. He will he her
about a month. Walter was reared
at Verona He Is a veteran of th*
World War,
T I Bedford of Walkon Iowa,
visiting IiIh cousin. W. T. Ford, and
wife In this city. He hail been lo
Htephensvtllc, to visit other relatives
and stopped off in McKlnney en route
home This was the first meeting n«-
tweon these two cousins, but they
greatly enjoyed It.
Mrs. Mlln Hall of Westminster sends
In her remwai to The Weekly Demo-
crat OasetU Thanks
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1921, newspaper, September 29, 1921; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291726/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.