The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1912 Page: 2 of 16
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THX WI1KLT D JDMOCRATOAZETTE, THURSDAY, OCT. 24.
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THE CIRCUS AND ELEPHANT.
The Barnum & BaWey circus and
elephants were with us Friday, and
we welcomed them. We are and have
always been a friend to the circus.
They are entertaining, edifying, In-
structive, and the cheapest enjoy-
ment a poor man, woman, boy or
girl can possibly have. Show us the
man or woman who does not like to
attend a clrcuB, and we will show
ytfu one who Is getting "aged." You
can now get in the "main show"
for BO cents, llow different, when
we were a boy. We well remember
the first circus we ever attended,
and how we worked to get In. It
was over In the sandy land of East
Texas. Wo Btudied and admired
the big pictures on the barns and
fences for a month before the show
came. We had never seen a clown,
elephant, or anythlug el ho much.
We were seven or eight years of age,
and had no way of making money,
except by picking cotton, and the cot-
ton picking season Vas over. We
worked our young brain over anil
■over, trying to scheme a plan by
which we could see the circus. Our
parents were too poor to send us,
and we were too proud to beg to go.
Tom II. Napier of tho Dallas Times
Herald was with us. He was a cir-
cu^ kid himself, as poor, ugly and
green as were wo. We got our
heads together and deckled to go
to the circus or know tho reason
why. We kept tab on the, to us
us slowly approaching day, because
we could not afford to miss it. Tho
circus came In about 4 a. m., and
Tom, in a great, hurry to see the
elephant, (having never seen one
before), forgot about us and was
eoon on the ground. Tho circus on-
ly had three elephants. Tom tackled
tho showman at 5 a. m, to carry wa-
ter for two of them until 12 that
night for a ticket. Tho elephants
were thirsty, and it took 98 buckets
to fill up two sufficiently to carry
them over for the next town. Wo
were Boon on the ground—about 0
a. m.—and tackled the show man to
water the other anhnui for a ticket.
Contract was closed instanter, and
we commenced. Wo were too busy
filling up the beast to remember
how many buckets it took to accom-
plish the job; neither did we care—-
we were going to see the whole show
and tha world looked bright to rfs.
Only having one elephant to "water,"
wo got through by 2 p. m., and at-
tended the circus without Tom. Tom
having two elephants to "water,"
he did not finish his job in tlmo to
attend tho circus in the day time
but went at night. Hb told us that
he was so tired that really he did
not enjoy tho circus as he should
have. But, at any rate,
wo both got to attend the circus,
while, to our great sorrow, many of
our younger friends in the old san-
dy land, only saw the street parade.
We well remember the funny clowns,
the big giraffe, the fine horses, the
trained monkeys, and the men and
women who wore "tights," looking
to us like they had no clothes on.
We have never missed a circus since,
and never expect to, as long as we
can get the price. The circus at
that tlmo was Indeed a small affair,
compared to the present 20th cen-
tury circus. You can now see the
"whole shooting match" for 50
cents when Iti that time it took a
whole dollar to get half way In. The
circus Is more than twenty times as
largo and Instructive today, as when
we were a boy. So much for prog-
ress.
Tho circus visiting McKlnney Fri-
day was indeed a wonder We don't
see how the brain of man can com-
prehend such a gigantic task. It s
too big for us. We remember three
years ago when the bill was before
the Senate of Texas to reduce the
license of circuses. It passed the
lower house, with only a few votes
against jt. Tom Napier used to bo
a member of the lower house fro«n
Wood county, and had he been there,
Tom would havo kept awake all
night to vote against taxing the In-
nocent amusements of the poor boys
and girls of Texas. We voted lu
the Senate to take the tax ofT, and
do not believe there was a Senator
thire who bad the heart to vote
the measure. It carried, but
went up to a cruel governor,
and he put the "veto" on it, depriv-
ing the poor boys and girls of Texas
or many of them, the happy privilege
of attending the circus. We did not
think that Texas would ever elect a
man to tie governor of this state with
huc1i#:i hard heart In him. They did;
but they will never do It again. It
Is not right to tax Institutions of this
or any other kind, out of existence
—there Is a different way, If you
want to get rid of them. The people
pay the freight, and if you tax the
poor boy and girls' amusement—50
cents to see the whole show—then
you practically put them out of
business.
Many boys and girls In McKlnney
Friday picked cotton all the fall,
in order to take one day off and come
In and see the circus. God bid them
good speed! You can Just bo a boy
and girl once in life, then you grow
old, and maybe tho circus fever
leaves you. It will never leave us,
we hope, until this old form is laid
beneath the cold nod of mother earth,
In some quiet, secluded spot, and
our spirit has been wafted to that
bourne from which no traveler ever
returned. Somo will argue that it
takes lots of money out of the coun-
try. Yes, it does, but It takos con-
siderable to feed the animals and to
carry on the circus, and no doubt,
tho circus Friday in McsKinney left
in local circulation several hundreds
of the dollars It collected. Rut what
are we going to do with our money
when we die, anyhow? Can't carry
it with us; that's a lchd-plpe cinch.
Jay Gould, E. H. Harriman and oth-
V
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it
AMERICA'S GREATEST j
FAIR
AT
DALLAS
sweet in the recollections of a
not spent without an effort.
life
WoDdrrful preparation* Mir
Fair of Tf ««.
Oct. 12 to Oct 27
$75,000 In Improvement!
$75,0*0 In Awards
Moat Miifcntricfnt Offerings In
History. Fl'iest Fair Ground* In
Amarlca. Muatodonlo Amuse-
ment F.nteri rln«. Buperb Musical
Attractions. Wonderful Exhibi-
tions.
RARE RACING PROGRAM
Program calls for six races
each day. Greatest Horses In
America nrc corning. 185,000 In
Purses and Stakes. Most bril-
liant raclriK events In history as-
sured.
Lowest of Railroad Rates
ASK YOUR AOS NT
J. J. FOKFORD, President.
VV. H. STRATTON, Secretary.
er rich peoplo didn't carry theirs
with them. Neither will Rockefel-
ler, Carnegie, Tom H. Napier or this
writer. We will all meet on the
name level—at the cemetery—some
In a potter's field, others In well-
kept cemeteries, with flowers galore.
Then let us get the best that Is In
etore for us. Please count us In as
one of the circus boys yet, although
our hair Is becoming tinged with the
whiteness of age, and our step is not
as firm and steady as In the oldeh
days In East Texas, when Tom H.
Napier and the writer robbed blue
birds' nests, stole watermelons to-
gether, went swimming together in
the old swimming hole, and "water-
ed tho elephant," that we might not
be out-shown by our town brethren.
Those days are gone, but indeed
IF
TEDDY
should succeed Taft there
could be no more forcible ar-
gument substantiating the
proposition that life Is just,
one thing after another. But
the Dull Moose Is an animal
that Is just about extinct In
Texas, probably the largest
specimen to be found in the
State Is grazing around Sher-
%
man. This specimen has
about as much chance to win
as a one-legged man has to
win a kicking contest but that
docs not cut any very large
hunks of Ice with yours truly,
the proposition that we wish
to wise you to is that in the
matter of good cigars well
kept we have them all down
on their knees begging for
mercy. If you want a good ci-
gar that has been treated like
a cigar ought to be do not pass
us because it is a long ways
to any more.
North.Side
Drug Store
"That Fussy Pill Plant"
And now that the ralu and the cir-
cus are over the boys can all get
back hito the cotton patch and make
the staple fairly fly into the big,
long sacks. Let 'er come. McKln-
ney buyers will take it.
It Is announced that BclentistB
have produced a stingless bee. Well,
that's nothing. We have produced
a few of that kind ourselves. It Is
said, you know, that a beo is fling-
Time Was
When pictures were a
luxury for the favored
few—modern photogra-
phy has changed condi-
tions.
Our children are grow-
ing up* but we can keep
them ^s they are—can
follow them through
school—can always be
with them and have
them with us in pictures
We have new and at-
tractive styles in school
picures.
H. D. Mouzon
I Maker of Fine Photograph*. X
FREE
No, you don't want
something for noth-
' ing—but we are sell-
ing watches cheaper
i you can buy them anywhere
in Texas.
THB.STORE OP GOOD JKWKLKY
less after he has performed one oper-
ation!
If high prices of land is any in-
dication of prosperity and progress,
then McKlnney mudt lie one of the
best to4ws In Texas. The price of
city proqprty and county farm land
Is abovo the average of other towns
and counties in our class.
Ere very many months the city
of Dallas will be "at home" in bne
of the finest, most costly homes of
any city administration in the South-
west. The new city hall, on which
work was commenced the past week,
will cost, when completed, $693,000.
That is going somo, even for Grand-
oldtexas.
"I guess I turned out to be some
good, after all," sighed Bill Rugh,
just before he died in a Gary, Indl-'
ana, hospital last Friday morning.
This was the poor, crippled newsboy
who allowed his crippled lower limb
to be amputated in order that tha
skin from the member might b«
grafted on the body of Ethel Smith,
who had been terribly burned. Tha
operation cost the poor fellow his
life, but he dl^d a happy martyr.
Yes, he turned out to be some good,
after all. He was only a poor
tramp, crippled, friendless, and Un-
known, but he proved that he ha^a j
white, Christian heart within hla I
breast when, without a thought of
the consequences, hq voldtoteered to
give his poor gift, a withered limb,
to save the life ofc an* unfortunate
girl he had never seen, and the giv-
ing of which cost him his life. God
rest the soul of Gill Rugh.
A suggestion to the farmers: Let
'not another season pass without a
big, w4jl equipped canning plant,
centrally located, ' which will take
care of the surplus fruit and vege-
tables. Begin now to make prepara-
tions for the next crop.
Buying Time !
HERE AGAIN
THE fine crops have put new life into buyers of farms, houses aud lots.. And we
arp now getting busy. There's something doing down our way. Have you
bought that place yet? Better come in and consult with us. We have a splendid list
of bargains in farms and if you buy now you can make good money on your iiitfest-
ment within next six months for there's going to be lively demand for our fine black
land farms. Below is a partial list of what we have for sale :
No 97—A No. 1 6-room house, close Special bargain for snort while, of No. 15 640 acresv of fine lev*;! land
In with all equipments, good as new. 35 acres of fine black lana near Mc- in Northwest Texas, sell or trade. All
No. 98.—5-room new bungalo, close Kinney at $75 per acre. Kent goes grass no Improvements.
In finished throughout. with place. Fine alfaira land. Also No. 16—95 acres, a good farm, well
No 99 —A 6-room bungalow, now, have a good (5-rooiri house well locat- Improved, a good location.
well located Easy terms, ed, lot 100x200. East front, faame No. 17 27 acres close In.
No 100.—380 acres of land In 5 owner. Call on J. B. RAY at Exanil- No. 19—117 acres good land, house
miles' of McKlnney, *65 per acre, ner Office. nnd to"1- !*8 |;ra;*8> l>]«nty of water,
hnrna ' "ear school and church.
TLnLa'srhon^nd church No- 4-—65 acres flne alfalfa land, No. 9—15 1-2 acres of fine land. $80
and houses, "ear school Ind church, aU Jn cultIvatloo> 30 acres in alfalfa. per acre.
nirtnni^' Q ' ' .good 4-room house, large barn, plenty no. 10—27 acres fine .land, .small
So 91.-6-room house, lot 75x150 of flne water. Price $75.00. house, barn, plenty of water, some
feet 'well located in Denton, worth No. 95—104 acres fine land 3 1-2 timber on branch. $80.
$1890 To trade for McKlnney prop- miles from MiKinney, 5-room house, No. 11—255 acres, 190 acres in cul-
? barn and other outbuildings, 95 acres tivation. 60 acres flne grass, plenty of
No 92.—One section of flne agrlcul- in cultivation, a little timber and food deep water, 2 houses and barns,
turai land dark chocolate soil, shal- plenty of water $75. Worth the price.
Inw water'belt This Is a section of No. 76—308 acres black sandy land No. 6—30 acres near McKlnney, flne
Hnf> unlmnroved land in Deaf Smltn 200 acres In cultivation, 5-room house land, a good house. $50 per acre.
Jmmtl nTr Hereford' well and windmill. Want to exchange No. 7-17 acres good land, good
Wo 93-One 4-room house on one this for merchandise of about equal house and barn, near school and
Of the h^t streets in Denton good value. $55 per acre. church, on R. F. D„ a good little Tarm.
out luildlncs lot 95x150 f*>et for trade No. 45—650 acres in Moore county, No. 8.—127acres well located, at a
outbuildings, lot 9oxlo0 reet. ror traae ^ ^ ^ [q cultjva. bargain. Would lnUe an aut0 aud a
nI' BS-1-ronm house and good tlon, 4-room house. little cash down. Terms on balance.
lot 60x150 feet, corner lot, South No. 46—10 acres of land, 6-room ,InVenTenta"on'R°V^D* pleniy'of
front. $500. Cheap. , house, large barn, adjoins College improvements, on It. P. D., plenty or
No! 89.—91 acres of good sandy property in Westminster, Collin coun- ^hn^ha .fi5gnfr8ftpre sch°o1
laud l„ Dentojxou.tr 1 M ty At .bargain. nSVS« houao M
a nL°Wr' > „r.nH „„ ty0, 41—75 acres of fine land on the barn, plenty of water, some grass,
No', 9°™ rmP ?allas und s^erman road'1-2 ralle No. 4—85 acres good sandy land in
new, In Wichita Falls, electric lights interurban stop, 5-room house good Denton ty to rel, or trade
and gas in each room bath room, barn and other outbuildings, 65 acres of th)s land is good and wl„ go ftl a
Veil located, large lot, $2250, 1-3 cash. jn cultivation. This Is a good one b^riraln
No. 84-143 acres of East Texas and cheap. "No'. 3'l-3-room house and 2 vacant
bottom land, covered with flne timber No 42__so acpes> 70 0f which is ex- lots In Abilene to trade for something
no Improvements, will trade this land tra ^ne pasture, is in one mile of in McKlnney.
for house and lot In McKlnney, or for g0Q(j Collin black land town. $85 per No. 32.—3-r
merchandise. acre. big lot.
mo7e'rn85^iPme2ts6'rKshOUhoet "anS No, 43-100 acres good quality of No. 33-6-room house, good location
j u„,.n iiuv9!>« ordinary land, good house and barn, kast. rront.
,1?. In n Kood^ilack land Collin coun- " « I•" "« road, Hue valuo at (.5 •W-Ho,, I „o . 4 , of 4-
ty town, to trade for an automobile. Per acre. rooms ea(rh good lots. Cheap fo.
No. 77—193 acres, a splendid farm, No. 58—500 acres of land to trade cash or Its equl alent
well located, good improvements 25 for McKlnney property McKlnn an 8.room 9truSc.
acres pasture, balance in cultivation. No. 40-156 acres of land to sell or ture wlth all modern equ,pment8> 3
quick sale cheap. One-third cash, long trade. Now Is a good time to get his it,nda 0f water, a high, dry location,
time on 2-3 at 8 per cent. good farm, good house, flne deep wat- aj| kinds 0f outbuildings, about 3 acres
No. 83—6 room house and outbuild- --
-room house in McKlnney,
Ings, big lot, good terms. Worth the
price.
No, 81—4-room house and
good barn and other good outbuild
Ings, good location $1,000 for this
er. Worth the money. 0f ]and. Is a most delightful home at
No. 27—120 acres flne, smooth, rich much less than cost.
black land, plenty, of water, well lo- No. 29.—3-room house, good lot East
^ cated, 1 mile of market. front, near school. $500.
No. 35—32 1-2 acrcs on Sherman No. 18—Vavant block 130x200 feet.
. . . and Dallas road, 3-room house and Cheap.
property, will take wagon and team barn, 5 miles from McKlnney. $50 per n. 22—A few vacant lots In Petro-
and a few cows on this propitty. See 8cre |r)00 cagh „a 4
♦V? °^Ce y°U want a barga'n °* No. 36—57 acres flne land, 4-room No. 25—An up-to-date 5-room house,
this kind, house, barn and other outbuildings, big lot, barn. Cheap. N'ear Interur-
No. 78—320 acres, 90 per cent the all in cultivation. $70. bin, for less than cost. One-half cash,
best of Collin county land, 10 miles No. 37—206 acres, .2 .houses, .135 No. 26—6-room house, good barn,
from McKlnney, 3 good houses, about acres In cultivation, balance timber plenty of water, 1 1-4 acre lot. Cllfeap.
300 acres In cultivation, well located, and grass, plenty of deep water. $40, -One-half cash.
No. 80—First-class blacksmith shop Worth the price. No. 2—House of 8-roOms. big lot,
outfit In McKlnney for sale, or trade No. 20—200 acres, 160 In cultlva- good barn and other outbuildings,
for East Texas land. tlon, balance grass, plenty of water, a will take an auto on this piece of
Nn 70 i oq q k norps 1T.R acres In small house and barn. property. '
cultivation, one 'house 'and barn, 3 No- 21-«2aSc^9Rfln®'anJ* °ettrw,n No; ^TV^e timber and
wells of water, plenty of timber, a Kinney, worth $125 per acre. Will flne bottom land. Cheap.
first-class/place for the price, $55 per s01' Rt No. 12—A good 4-room house and
:ri. Will sell one half of this place. No. 24—700 acres good land, weir outbulldlngs. Lot 100x200 feet.
located, well Improved. Worth the Nq 13_A modern up.to.dat(J g.
j „ No! 14-40 acres near McKlnney. ">om j1™8®. «°°?kbarnl- bl« i0t> weH
cultivation, plenty of water and tlm- , vniue located. Worth the price,
ber, 4-room house, barn, 1-2 mile to No ^ br)ck building in a good No 62—183 acres of land 5 mllea
black land town. This buUdlpg Is h7rl nf.J". fjfa^, ,'a.n(1,
fiOYfiA fnot EY*r raIa or lirndp one house, barn, 125 aepps In cultlva*
50x60 feet. For sale or <rade. tion, balance pasture and timber.
No. 54—180 acres all In cultivation, No. 53—27 acres, small houBe and
to 4-room house, barn, $40 pe r acre, barn, but flne land, plenty of water,
Worth the price. some timber, 22 acres In cultivation.
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acre. Will sell one half of this place.
No. 82—60 acres of good land 12
miles out from McKlnney, 45 acres In
school and church, $75 per acre.
No. 71—227 acres flne land, good
Improvements, some meadow and
some pasture, deep well, plenty of
water, on public road, 1-2 mile
schOQl and church.
If you want to sell your place list it with us. We will treat your business strictly
confidential, and if we do not get you a buyer it will cost you not one cent.
Yours truly,
COLLIN COUNTY LAND AGENCY, s
J. B. RAY, Manager, McKinney, Texas. .
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