The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1908 Page: 3 of 16
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THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1908.
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..Improved and Perfected Order of Woodcraft..
| WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
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THE ONLY WOODMEN ORDER THAT HAS A RESERVE f.
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Latest Revised Equitable Mini-
intiiii Graded Kates.
KnxTKriicy Fund to keep As^kh-
IllCllt* I ji III it 111.
In addition to payment of H5oil to
iwt a beautiful monument
i l every grove.
Oiic-tenth of th * whole benefit
annual payable after TO years of age
for total physical disability.
Grand Class Initiation of l(MM)
eandidutes at Mckiiuiey March -(I,
IMOM. If you ure not already a
member get busy. Consult any iiieiu-
lier for partieiilars or address .1. I).
Alexander, sjieeial deputy in charge
of elass, box 211, Mekinucy, or
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25,000
MONUMENTS
ERECTED.
$6 000,000
EMERGENCY
FUND and
SURPLUS.
W. A. FRASER, Sovereign Adviser,
618J Wilson Bids.
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LIFE FLED IN
AN INSTANT
Dr. F. It. Moore, one of the prom-
ineut physiclaiiri of Palestine, drop-
ped deail Feb. Hi at Ills home. Pres-
ided! of the I'lilted Charities, a Icad-
er lit Masonic and Pythian circles,
he will he greatly missed by the rum-
inanity. I> • Moore uttended a Ma-
sonic meeting the previous night
and his death came unexpectedly to
all. He has suffered in the pant fntm
heart trouble, which was the cause
of his death.
Dr. Moore wan a brother of Mrs,
J. W. Horum, teacher of the Rock
! Hill public school, and was an uncle
| of Mrs. Walter I'arvin of this city.
He was reared iti Collin county near
Parviu, near the Denton county line,
going to Palestine in his young
manhood, and meeting with great
success in the practice of his pro-
fession. Mr. and Mrs. Horum and
Mrs. Walter I'arvin left for Palestine
at once after receiving news of Dr.
Moore's sudden death.
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CHILD'S PLAY
spk iking at wvlie.
Sovereigns Alevander and Perkins
Talk on Woodcraft.
Wylle, Tex., Feb. 20, A good
; sized audience listened for some
\ two hours here last night at. the city
hall to Sovereigns .1. D. Alexander
and Torn W. Perkins speak on Wood-
craft. The Camp here iH in fine con-
dition, growing very fast. Over
'thirl) new applications have been re-
ceived here up to date and probably
twice this many will be received
here by March lath. Many Wood-
men will go from Wylie to McKin-
ney to the bin initiation March 20.
Fainting is not difficult if the paint
i right. Painting is easy with «
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LINCOLN PAINT
A color that won't fade. A body
that stands wear. A mixture easi-
ly applied. No danger of running
or scaling
I You Could Use it Your Child Could Use it
RHEA & SCOTT
J PAINT AND WALL PAPER McKINNEY, TEXAS
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Keep a cool he&d and attend
strictly to your own affairs. Bel-
ter times are Just ahead of us.
Collin county has the products,
and money will soon find its way
here to purchase our cotton and
grain and other crops.
In the., meantime ask R. L.
Ray about the Southwestern Life
Insurance Company, the Texas
Company with the motto
"Keep Texas Money In Texas."
If this advice had been heeded
by the people of this great State,
we would not uow be waiting for
money to come from New York
to move our crops. Next year we
will till know better and will help
the Southwestern "Turn the cow
around" and keep our money in
our own State.
Southwestern Life In-
surance Co.
K. L. KAY, Manager for This
District.
home of their parents.
The Sunday School at Wilson;
church was only slimlv attended, on
account of the muddy roads.
We are pleased to learn that Mr.
Goo. Kindle is improving. He lias
been very low with pneumonia.
On account of the rtcent heavy
ruiiis, agriculture has been retarded
especially so in the onion culture.
The county roads are like McKin-
ney, want lifting out of the mud. j
Now is the time to test the split log
drag.
We are all on the quivive to par-
ticipate in tiie great Woodmen gatli-1
ering in McKinnej next month. We j
anticipate a glorous time.
Bert Mathls will be in a post ion 1
this season to supply McKlnney with ,
fresh, delicious Dewberries, straight
from the vine. Bert believes iu di-
versifying.
Riggers, Feb. 2< .
PHOKPKU.
I). J, Mitchel is visiting in Denton.
Nenland Lester has been visit ins
relatives in Denton during the last
week.
Mrs. W. B. Smith has returned
home from her visit to Sulphur
Springs.
Rev. Preston, pastor at large, ut
the Presbyterian chimb, was iu
town last week.
The young people of Prosper were
intertwined last Saturday night at
Dr. W. R. Mathers.
Rev. BlacKwood of Fort Worth litis
accepted a call as pastor of the Pres-
byterian church here.
The members of the Junior
l,eagne were nlven a Valentine social
at the home of W. B. Smith.
B. B. Smith of the Continental
Bnnk and Trust Co., was suddenly
called away to fill a vacancy at
Crowley.
W. F. Levy has traded a house and
lot here for property in Ornnbury.
Mr. Levy will now make Granbury
his home.
Messrs J. L. Chambers and Acy
Spencer have just returned from the
West, where they have been on a
prospecting trip.
During an electric storm Inst
Thursday evening, Miss Allie Ed-
wards received a severe shock. She
was sitting nt the switchboard in the
local telephone office when lightning
struck nearby. Miss Bdwnrds was
knocked unconscous for a few min-
utes but received no permanent In-
juries.
Prosper. Feb. 20.
PIKE.
Rosco Curtis, formerly of this
place but now of Electra, Texas, is
dangerously ill, with mumps and ap-
pendicitis. !
Frazier Bvrd. than whom there Is
not a better blacksmith iu Texas, is 1
putting a new roof on the north half
of his shop.
Miss Stella Wheeler, our assistant
teacher, is sick. She has the la
grippe and her sister. Miss Bet tie, is
teaching for her.
Tom Fry, the happy father of ten
children till very recently, now wears
a smile that truly will not "come off
in his sleep," for he and his wife
have twins this time, a boy and a
girl.
Mr. Swlney's ten years old son of
near Lane, who was operated on for
appendicitis a few days since, is re-
covering- This operation was post-
poned so long that a great deal of
pus bad formed and a portion of the
appendix had slaughed. but Dr. John
Pendergrass of Leonard, one of the
most successful surgeons of north-
east Texas, performed the operation
and saved the boy,
Last Thursday during the thunder
storm Mr. Albert Woods, residing j
two miles southwest of town, had a
mule and a mare worth $100 killed ;
by lightning and his corn and bay j
set on lire. The roof of galvanized 1
sheet iron, was torn off by Mr. |
Woods and Mr. Skipworth intitne to j
let the rain in on his corn and bay j
and save it and the barn from burn-|
Ing. There were four head of mules j
and horses standing in as many stalls j
and only one in every other stall j
was killed. This loss falls very
heavily on Mr. Woods as he is a
renter and one of the horses not
killed belonged to Mr. Skipworth,
and Mr. Woods' only horse left wan a
two year old colt.
Pike, Fob. 20.
FINDS TURNER
WASHINGTON
Deputy Sheriff Albert MeCauley
returned Wednesday from Gaines-
ville, having iu custody Turner
Washington, the uegro who Is charg-
ed with assuult to murder S. D
Spiller, an employe of a carnival
company which was exhibiting here
in August 1906. It will be remem-
bered that Washington became in-
censed at the young man who was in
charge of n merry-go-round at the
carnival grounds .and seriously cut
and stabbed him with a knife, after
which he ran away and has since
been at large. Spiller recovered from
his wounds. On being brought here
this afternoon Washington was plac-
ed in jail.
DEATH NEAR AW A.
GIVEN TWENTY
YEARS IN PEN
The Jury in the case of the State
vs. John Gaines, a negro charged
with criminal assault upon bis young
step-d itug liter, returned a verdict
Friday, finding the defendant
guilty and assessing a sentence of
twenty years in the penitentiary
against him. The jury was out less
than half an hour. This is one of I
the heaviest penalties that has been
assessed here in years.
Freed of ('barge.
In the case of the State vs. Elmer
George, ^harged with arson, the
prosecution did not introduce evi-
dence, and the defendant was freed
of the charge against him.
Work Well Done
Titer's lots of bund work on
these Suttle ladles' shoes.
They iu*e a combination of
mitcliinc and hand manufac-
ture. It makes the shoes
cheaper and makes them
wear liettcr. No danger but
that you will be satisfied
with the wear Suttle shoes
will give you.
COPYRIGHT
Suttle Shoe Store
Suit).' Brick, McKlnney, Tela*.
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BRANNON'S NOVELTY
HOIHE.
Machines, Hewing;
Machines, all kinds records
Machines, Talking
Machines, Writing
Machines at half price.
All the latest Sheet Music.
Phone : 9.
Mrs. S. M. Barrett of Near That
Place Buried at Van Alstync.
Rev. O. E. Moreland, who is serv-
ing Ills second year as pastor of the
Weston circuit, M. E. Church, South,
was a welcome caller at the Daily
Courier-Gazette and Weekly Demo-
crat-Gazette office. He went to
Van Alstync Tuesday to conduct
the funeral of Mrs. S. M. Barrett,
who died Monday at her home three
miles west of Anna, after a lingering
illiieys. She was a member of the
Weston Methodist church After
the funeral, Rev. Moreland came
down on the train to transact some
business at McKinney, returning
home today by Vr;tn Alstyne where
he left his horse to lake the train.
Mrs. L. A. Burk, Mother of Pastor of
M. e. Church, South.
Frisco, Tex., Peb, 20.—Mrs.
Burk, mother of Rev. L. A. Burk,
pastor of the M. E. Church, South,
at this place, died Saturday night.
Her remains «vere shipped to Celina
and interred in the Cottage Hill
cemetery. Deceased was M years
old.
speaking at anna,
Interesting Kxercisi-s
Woodmen Hall
Held
There
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Of
^^Il Mud You Have Alwjys
riggers.
Choice Land Itargains.
fiO acres of fine black land. I 1-4
miles of town: a good house and
barn; a bargain for some one. >
125 acres In Denton county; 115
acres In cultivation; the balance in
pasture.
t!2 acres north of McKinney; price
$:ir .00 per acre.
McKlNNKY REALTY CO.
Frank Dowell, Mgr.
At Democrat-Gazette office d-w
The general health of the commun-
ity we are pleased to note la improv-
ing.
K. Smith and wife of McKinney. Powell. Mr. Powell snld our week-
r«re visiting here Sunday at the. |y |g very popular In their home.
Snm O. Powell of route 2, Celina,
i was in to renew for The Democrnt-
| Gazette today, for his father, T. E.
When You
Settle Down
■ TO READ -
bow your enjoyment is increas-
ed by pleasant surroundings.
There's nothing enhances the
pleasure of reading so much as
GOOD LIBRARY FUR-
NITURE.
We want you to come ami see
what we can do for you In that
direction. Comfortable chairs,
handy bookcases, roomy tables,
cheerful rugs. They are all
here at so reasonable a price
that going without them is a
needless sacrifice of comfort
and pleasure.
J. P. Dowell
Hardware and Furniture
'The (Quality Furniture House"
McKINNEY, TEXAS.
Anna. Tex., Feb. 21. (Special) —
Sovereigns .!. D. Alexander and Tom
W. Perkins spoke at the Woodmen
hail Thursday night to a large and
interested audience in the interest of
Woodcraft. Sovereign Lee Guthrie,
i past consul commander, presided
over the meeting. The exercises were
opened with prayer by Rev. Hanson,
pastor of the Methodist church here.
The addresses by Sovereigns Alexan-
der and Perkins were entertaining
and instructive and were listened to
j with close attention.
Robert Nepp is consul commander
J of the camp here, which lias a mem-
bership of about sixty, and much in-
terest is manifested in the big Wood-
men rally to be held at McKinney
March ^C.
S \D VISITATIONS.
Death of Sister and Nephew Follow-
ed by Serious Illness.
A. J. Carroll of Altoga was in Fri-
day to subscribe for the Dallas
News at clubbing rate, be being al-
ready a reader of our weekly. Mr
Carrell informed us of the serious
Illness of his sister, Mrs. T. A.
Wright, at her home In Fort Worth
Her father, A. C. Carrell, is at her
bedside. Mrs. I F. Red well, anoth-
er sister of Mr. Carrell, died Jan. 17
last at her home In Fort / Worth.
Three days before her demise, her
eleven year old son died. Pneumonia
was the fatal illnes* with both of
them. Mrs. Bedwell is survived l >
her husband and three little chil-
dren. The latter have been Dtl^B to
the home of their grandpai eatffrSlr.
and Mrs. A. C. Carrell. at Altoga.
We deeply sympathize with the be-
reaved relatives in these sad visita-
tions of death.
FOR SALE—On North College
street, lot 1 0 by 180, five-room
house In good condition, city water
young orchard and Rrape vineyard
Price $1000.—McKinney Realty Co.
' Frank Q. Dowell, Mgr.
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headquarters for anything in the fur-
niture and house furnishing line.
Our stock of bed room suits, iron
beds, odd dressers, chiffoniers, din-
ing chairs, rockers, etc., is the most
complete we have had in a long time
and as we are a little overstocked on
some of the above Items are making
special prices and can save you mon-
ey. We carry the largest ass< rtment
in the city and we can till your wants.
Give us a call and be convinced.
CROUCH-SAIGLING CO.
HARDWARE AND FURNITURE
McKinney, Texas.
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Greenwoo^
are everywhere
•Ask your neigh-
bor, he
WILL TELL YOU.
We are h e a d-
quarters for fine
Post Cards.
Phone\600, McKinney, Tex
Photographs $
More than 2800
have been finish
ed at our studio
SINCE JAN. I, '08:,
Kodak finishing
is a specialty.
It's neatly and
promplty done.
Now Is the Time
On North Chestnut street, lot 100
'jy 200, with 8-room house and good
mtbulldlngs. As the owner Is not a
•esldent of the stale, will take 1750
'or a few weeks only.—McKinney
Realty Co., Frank G. Dowell, Mgr.
Heath at I 'armervvllle.
Mrs. Massle Warner, aged 32
years, wife of D. A. Warner of Far-
mersvlile, died Monday morning and
was buried Tuesday In the Odd Fel-
lows cemetery. Rev. R. A. Davis con-
ducting the funeral services.
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1908, newspaper, February 27, 1908; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292035/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.