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THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE, T1HRSDAY, MAY 2, 1918.
NO AllVANCIC IN I'llH K
iNEUMONIA
Fir l call • physician.
Then begin hot
j applications oi—
*H«w ■ LlUt w4y 0u*w> mTfc f HBHJ*
LIBERTY MY MS
CELEBRRTED HERE
MISER HMIGEDII
EFFIGY IT WYLIE
as<* so* i °o
HACK I'ltoM SlIlllMAIS.
l>r. J. I. Pierce Mi lii I 'nilin Meeting
In Tliui city.
Dr. .1. 1.. Pierce of ''its eltv 'M n'
home after n two weeK* ansi-ncc in
Shei i*' iii wlii re be v • 11I Ii.v invitation
to do tlx- preaching in a union meet-
ing liv tho First fn nliyti rinn church
unit Uu Travis Htrci'i Methodist
<ihurch. Tin- i-iM-vii i n wi-ri held alter-
(lately in those two churches. Dr.
Pierce, who in pastor of the First
Methodist church ut McKinney, was
for four years pan.'or of the Travis
Hlrc'-t church in Sliero- u in whlcti
city his ability us a preacher Is known
unil app '■'* I ^ '• "ii lulu in of all
denominations The union meeting lust
clone.| ||< that eilv reniiit*"I in nincli
good to both churchi'M participating
and to the cihibc of Christianity
general In Sherman.
William Hohciiaollen wiih hanged In
■ffigy ut Wyliu, Saturday, und tin
Image of (lie iniirdcroiiH beast of Her-
11ii suspt -iidcd iii mid-air on the main
street attrai linl the eyes of the thous
anils of visitors that til roll (fed thut lit-
tle southeast t'ollin county town uii
day. It is said Hint tills is the first In-
cident in whioli the kulsor bus boon
hanged in effigy cmphuslsting the com-
munity's odium, to havo taken plan
.south of Chicago.
\Vylle aa IVr Cent Over.
Approximately $25,00(1 in new sub-
scriptions to the Liberty loan were ob-
tained during this patriotic rally ui
Wylie Saturday. Added to the sub j
sciipllons already in hand, Chairman
J. Crimes of the soliciting committee
i ii in ii i need that Wylie had ovor-
d legation from 'subscribed her quota ^f $77,H00 aiioul
huge truck bear- 25 per cent, which would run the total .
mu i coneert l and playing a lively 1 subscriptions well nbovo tho $100,000 ,
march I >•■ 11111 ii k tie l r i ii in pliant march | mark. Chairman Crimes also said thai
National Liberty I lav was a day
long lo lie remembered In McKinney.
All stores i xei pt restaurants and ho-
'eli remained closed the entire day
and a large force of business men
left the city at nine u'cloi k for their
second drive in tiie precinct for sub-
scriptions lo I lie Liberty loan.
I'l'i-co and Allen llcrc.
Frisco, Allen and I'lano have gone
over tin- lop with their Liberty loan
1111 e1; IH. \ ho iii thlrlv-five automobiles
gaily decorated with the red, white
und Id tie filed in from Frisco about
i wo o'clock Friday afternoon and
amid the din of horns sounding and
voices cheering they paraded through
the streets of McKintiey, finally tak-
Iih: their stand on Hie cast side of the
public square. Iii a short time they
a ere followed by i
Allen beaded by a
in
of i delegation win.si standard is an the subscriptions In the Wylie precinct
In.nor flag of the Third Liberty loan.
KNTi :iti :s'n \ <; i m i it
FUoM Mi l
IIV MIS
Veteran Soldiers
The announcement, a
that the Veterans of
would drill on tho
•were well distributed, practically every
person In that community having bc-
lirlll. Icome owners of bonds lo tho extent of
r. w days ago tln ir ability. Several $1000 and $500
the civil war , subscriptions were made there Sutlli-
square Friday day.
Tli
froi in mer McIsimi
prove nf interest lo i'ourb-r-t iassette
reai! i Young llymls was born and
rear ! 'it McKinnev. A number • I
ycat ■ -o he nioveil iii 1 >nrant with
his ]' I 1 •!11
the
following interesting letter "roused U"'" «it roHt among
I ... will' |oiifederiites and ex-l nloii sol-
diers w ho compose the remants of the
ai mil s of Lee and (Irant. Some twenty
or thirty of these honored old gentle-
men formed in column of two at tho
appointed time Willi lien. K. W. Kirk-
Patrick in command, some of them on
The Senior | crutches, some with canes, but alt
citizen I thrilling with the consciousness that
n
hi.. 1
tip' ctt
Hi
nf Mi Kin
n< Mi-
city is a
tne v.-liter
which V. e I 111; I
Democrat:
"Mother Pear:
let I e ia 111 .lalltl;
me atul mm h < >
Hiif •' that time 1
ml was associated v i'It
e 'ate \V. M. Hynds, in
biiMtnv
>r in ny year
. anil ill the cotton b isi-
' .la 11 Merrill of this
-tcl- ol Lieutenant HJ lid ,
oi the following letter
from tin? 11 rant I mil..
Onlv two
rj II. h.'i'e
>ld have h
ut no news
\ our
bed
m i . 1 believe. S'
all my friend- are
jieac cf 1 days in oui
We -i'c all working
never worked belor
I hope '
ell and ■
good old
over her'
, but it
PI"
and
; \.
.VP
not
they were living over again In a
measure the days win n they were
comrades in the ranks With Sergeant
I lewev Wiley bearing did tilory and
i 'la n lice Ailcll playing tiie drum.
' Jen. Kirk Patrick put these veterans
of i duys of yore through sonic of
the military tactics which they used in
the ci\il war. They marched com-
pletely around tile square and balled
i ll tiie east side where several ad- j follov
s a v.ere made by various promt-1 no nil
<'amp liick <'inlets l>urtlcl|iutc.
liver one hundred and fifty aviii • ]
lion eiidcts from Camp Dick, at Dal-'
las. participated in tiie big pa rail" 1
I and celeb rat Ion. They were brought1
to that place in automobiles by pub-I
lie spirited citizens. At noon they j
i nterlained in the homea of tho Wy-
lie people and many were taken lo
the i uiiitry for dinner. Tho cadeln
were h aded by a military blind from
''amp I tick, w hich dispersed excellent
inn ie llefore the parad" couimeilceil
nt I o'liuck, the caib-ts gave exhibi-
tion drills on II" public school cam-
pus. which were witnessed by bun-!
11ri I ol peli|,li T • ii led by the inlli-
(.. rv band, tie cadets marched to
u n, through the principnl streets,
I by e\ i'.>11fi derate soldiers,
• ui' war savings societies.
GOOD TASTE IN
MEN'S CLOTHES
Men of tfood taste in dress cannot
go wrong in coming to the Store
of Style for their wearing ap-
parel. Our showing for this spring
and summer embraces one of the
most attractive lines it has ever
been our pleasure to show.
Come in right away and see our
new spring hats in straws, felts
and panamas. The season is here
for them so come in and pick
yours out.
We are also showing an excep-
tionally strong line of classy
spring neckwear, shirts, hose,
gloves, light weight underwear
and other things needed by men.
Always glad to have you drop
in whether you come to buy or
not.
HOWELL & LUCAS
hurting us as we are all Hue and lit
ouch one trying with a vim to do hi-
tit (Maybe l inherited poetry). We
have hut'one determination and that
in Bucce: s and peace for our homeland
nero-;s the sea "Home, Sweet Home."
1 can just see the trees getting green
In Oklahoma and the grass and hedg-
es growing. Won't Sam have a job
before long getting it all cut before
breakfast. We have a kind of wint,v
licnl linn of Nh-Kinney C ii' inl Kirk-! thrift societies, school children, pro-
le trick made a rousing speech in • dueers, and others. The parade wan
which he denounced tile slacker and | v,.| , Inip'isln^ and the subject of much
uiged all young men who are not | admiration.
tie, di d at home to take advantage of
their opportunity to enlist ill the
new Texas National (luard cavalry
units being organized here.
"Air I la 111" Staged.
Shortly after one o'clock Friday
afternoon three military airplanes
from liove Field, Dallas, appeared
over the city and before the antl-atr-
AlHiy Captain S|H-ak.s.
The marchers were directed to the
Farmers warehouse which had been
comfortably seated, where tlio crowd
listened attentively to (.'apt. liaaMOr,
an army ollb-er, who delivered a
forceful address respecting tho de-
sirability anil necessity of subscrib-
ing for Liberty lionds. Mrs. It. I
(jr.irs over h"t'e that si .y> nveeti like craft artillery could be trained on rioiiblen of McKlnncy also spoke
Kentucky blue grass. Ort the streets
you see many women and girls with
baskets nf (lowers for sale nil the
flowers are new to me and it mih-t be
their fragrance that makes th in a*-
titem, they had "bombed" McKinney
and made their departure. No casual-
ties resulted except several people
who have not done their duty ill tho
Third Liberty loan were reported to
tractive for tie y do not look pre'ty almost seared to death. Tho
iue. It may be that.we have sticli
lovely flowers in Oklahoma th5t I
have lost my conception of how the
ordinary (lower look-
II seem that Oklahoma ha« had n
lonn and severe winter. The people
over here say that It Is the coldest
winter France has had in 10 years
the people look exactly as 1 had pic-
tured them they have suffered much
but are of good courage i'hev have
given yp all frivolity and have revived
the spirit of Joan of Arc. are patriotic
tinrt sacrificing The women tend the
fields, shops, cars and everything in
fact A man of my age in civilian
clothes is a curiosity.
I met Brigadier c.oneral Scott fr- • i
McKlnney, Texas, the other day II"
is looking fine; also see Mr. K. f. Mil-
lion often so the v r-rld
enough I have many things to toll
you when I am -Itiing b. ami ab o
keep the hone- fires i. rn ••
cheerful and don't worr ahoet lie.
Jtipt he proud of up. proud ii '
tart a son to isive, proud tlu-.i V-'nel,-
f-,nri (hoc. lit m- tit 'o h'-tii shottldnr
tne higge I UIldefl-'kinK that 1 «• III
tried iii do f'ince ITT'V i mav , oin"
home i-ovei• i with giorv an 1 I in '
fif.t com hack at all. but let "ii d 1
beert hvell wiih a sen-, or
tloti thai I i'ii a better man and i :rood
robber. I haven't lorao'ten -.-o-i ani
Bister e minute and tli
h'T> fiahtlni.'. Do a?.k «
ut the Iti d I'r - Ot' D 'ft
they can to help the
Franei- that '-ve. riip- and
Ihn t wi
prcri 't
"bombs" which were dropped on the
city were circulars the substance of
which conveyed the general idea that
this mock raid might become a real
raid by German planes if tin people
do not do their duty with the Liberty
loan.
HO A III) I VI'HAINS A Nl MHKH
OF MI X FOR CANTONMENT
briefly concerning the Importanco of
the loan.
The crowd was estimated to lie the
largest ever seen Ihcro In the history
of the town. All stores of the city wore
dosed from 12 o'clock till lilt - In the
afternoon.
VI.TI.ItAN MINISTKK.
Of (lilislliin ( bui-cb (if Toxilrt Vlsitcil
lOld. IU O. Honi. I
/
11 'he
d-
ill
nuiy tee
ire heititling for those who ep
fittf lives :«hd our sncriflceH
Good night, lovingly. WILLIAM.
hkki;
vrri'.MUNt; itnkraIi
OF I,ATI Miss KFItHY
Among th" relatives and friends
from out of the county attending the
tQfiernl of the Inte Miss Violet Kerby.
who died April !!nd, and was laid to
rent in Fl'zhugh cemetery at Forest
Orove Wednesday, April L'lth wer>
Mrs. W. T Foronu 1 an«l daughter.
Mi' s I /its, Mrs. rron MeClendon.
Mlas ttuby StJinc and M-ss Meryl-
fVwb r of Duncan, Oklahoma; 'idle
Ooffev of lone Grove, Oklahoma; Mr
Mid Mrs rhos. f'hastaln and little
daughter of Carrollton. Texas; Miss
Jomde Walker and Miss llutii Criffey
who af attending the College of In-
dustil.'it Arts gt fienton.
It was est I mated that there were
from six to ten thousand people at
the train to bid farewell to the hoys
who composed the draft contingent
v.hu-h left at fi:23 Sunday evening
for a camp "somewhere 111 Texas."
Thirty-one men were entrained, four
■ t whom wore transferred here from
boards elsewhere. Following Is a list
of the men entrained:
Will Walthall, McKlnney.
Jack Savage, Frisco
Jere Rutherford, Prosper.
W. C. llagy, Allen.
Geo. C Slmerly, McKlnney.
L Self, McKlnney.
.1 B Franklin, Celine.
Da\a T Coffey. Melissa.
W. H M< Neegp, Frisco.
U. L Hroeknian, McKlnney.
(".-.as D. Nelson, McKinncy.
Geo. Iones, i'lano. ,
Tillman Gulnn. Sanger.
llutson Itlce, I 'In no.
W t' Henry, Melissa.
Frank S. Spencer, Weston.
Frank F Tucker. McKinney.
IimiTiie Giges, McKinney,
James I* Whltt, t'iano.
Grover C. Wetsel, Piano.
James K. Malone, McKlnney.
N. J. l-jHhonbronner, darksrlllc
lien F. Forshee, McKlnney.
Joe Burns, Wylie.
W A. Davidson, Piano.
I<ee Henry, Melissa.
It. Walthall, McKlnney.
The following men W'-rn transfer-
r< d to the McKlnney Local Bonrd for
■ -ntralnment:
ode Self. Roby.
c. fi5. Met.calf, Snyder
H S Pope. Me A Icitter Oklft.
W H Hose, Dcnlson.
KUl. A. J. Bush of Dallas left Mo-
Is Innow for home after a visit to his
long-time friend Kid. It. C. Horn at
Vineland. lie attended tho Horn dec-
oration and reunion Saturday
First Christian church at McKlnncy
for several years, but loft hero about
and ten years ago and boa been pastor at
I reached twice for Mldor Horn Sun- carrollton, Missouri, for eight years,
day at Vineland. Eld Bush Is one of
the veteran ministers of tho Christian
churches of Texas. Ho was the first
corresponding secretary and Shite
Organize Oil Company.
A new oil company has been
or-
Kvangollst of that denomination In ganlr.ed by a number of Celina cltl-
Textis. Kid. Bush Is 72 years old, but sens for tho purpose of developing
Is still quite active. ||i!« son. Kid. and refining oil in tho Kloctra field.
George L. Bush was pastor of tho Their officers are as follows: Former
Mayor W. E. Seltz, president; Walter
Parvln, vice president; G. S. Patrick,
secretary and treasurer; P. M. Ship-
ley. John B. Stonp, H. P. Haling and
J. Ben Lewis, trustees.
CiiiH. Taylor Transferred.
Cn.pt. J. F. Taylor of Camp Baker,
Kl Paso, has recently been transferred
to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he
will bo trained In the operation of the
machine gun. Capt. Taylor Is a West
Point graduate and Is a very effi-
cient officer. Ho Is a brother of Mrs.
J. B. lreson of Celinn.
Wswi 5. Melissa 1.
Tiie Frisco High school defeated
Melissa at Mcllsna, Saturday, 6 to 1.
The batteries were. Frisco, Hickman
and Smith; Melissa, Long and Suther-
land.
TO THE DEMOCRATS
Of The 4th Congressional District of Texas:
Mlsr Pearl Sanders has returned to
her home In ' ••Una after a month's
visit with relatives st Paul's Valley,
Oklahoma
Don't let your
die Veep them
them
young chicks
healthy. Feed
Condimental
Poultry Tone
Manufactured and sold by A
J. JONKH. MeKlnney, Texas
Mall orders given prompt at-
tention.
i:\ki. p. m vf, Gi-rrs
SECOND MKI TENANT V
Earl P Love son of Mr and Mrs.
Ilobeft l.ove, has been honored with
, Second Lieutenancy in the New
National Army. l->i.rl Is a graduate of
th' Kentucky Mill'arv College, and
yolunter-ere<l hi t services to his coun-
try II has been training in Camp
Taylor. l/>ulsvllle, Kv . for the past
j three months Earl married a
[daughter ol Mr and Mm T C Perry
f this city
Flr-t Visit In Forty Years.
I hereby annoimct myself as a can-
didate for Congress from tills district
subject to your action In July primary.
i am an original Woodrow Wilson
man and I heartily indorse his ad-
min 1st rati on.
In 1912 my name was on the licket
in this district on a platform In which
I tried to emphasiise tho Importanoo
of conservation. My opponents predi-
cated their campaigns mainly upon
the tariff issue, Since then tho ImifT
has been revised downward and then
revised upward for needed revenue.
Sugar was put on tho free list, hut It
Is now taxed for needed revenue.
Within Ave yenrs wo have tho spec-
taelo of a food administrator with
loss than half of the tlllahlo land of
the country In cultivation. Much of
this land is held out of use by specu-
lation at exorbitant prices. With this
land occupied by the surplus popula-
tion of our cities and towns and witn
proper cultivation there would be no
occasion for a food shortage In this
country. None of my opponents
their children. We have vast resources among the stales and territories in
of revenue vet untouched by taxa- proportion to population. As we hav ■■
t|on, resources which Is used would scon bond issues cause Inflation as
lighten the burden on consumption President Wilson pointed out li t
and stimulate greater production l y April. Bonds are issued with tho In- 'and watirways
Our merchant marine Is closely co-
orllnaicd with our inland waterways.
The development of all feasible In-
is a part of tho task
W O, Stiader of Celinn and JosTi
Bales of Farmersvllle came to Texas
from Kentucky together forty years
ago. Mr, Strader visited Mr. Bales
last week for the first time during
that forty years.
Building New Home.
J R McCoy Is building a new It-
room bungalow In Cetlna. J. C. Finn-
cry la the contractor In charge.
opening up the bounties of nature to tentlon of levying heavy burdens of of conservation. In tho langugo of
labor and Industry. There are toll- taxation upon consumption for their will lam M. Black clilcf of
lions of dollars of land values due to repayment. The taxing power i-iiouhl ....... ' I
presence of population In city blocks, be used to tho fullest extent and to " ' H "r " ted States army and
coal, oil and mineral lands, frttn- n-sur to loans only for any deficit In ' 111 ,|nan of tlio vvotor transportation
chlses of public service corporations, revenuo. committee of tho Council of DofonBo:
forests, fisheries and agricultural , "Not one pound of freight should
holdings. According to the report of democratization of Europe by he shipped by rail that can he shipped
the geological survey tho available J',t> w,lr believe, result in a big by -water." Our water transportation
supply of coal most of which Is mo- lowering of tariff walls over tin re. system will likely dovelop a policy
nopollsed, Is 1,000 times what was °"r "vstom of taxation will have lo bo which will bring government owner-
mined in 1010. A tax of 1 cent a ton ftdjustod to meet the changed cpmll- ship of railroads. Colossal waste can
on the coal reserves of the nation, ,,on'' Wo""i America and China will ls« eliminated by tho unification nf
most of which is monopolised, would b tlio coveted markets of the world lines.
yield $32.2r>2.!M3.nno or 12 bl!llon ',f,;r( ,'''; w,'r' G,'r ,ni(l0 with litem Too much money Is spent In polltl-
dollars more than the physical valun- V noK' B,, ' cal campaigns In Texas. As an 0X-
tlon of our railroads. For the coal ^ v r,) pliirt- our share of that um,,|c t|,0 present Incumbent rccotvod
reserves of the nation lo be mono,.- trade wo must pursue a more lib r„l ln flh'out 4 votes and m-
ollrod Is (defensible. {'°lk'v t w,l|r'' tho^ , mw material ,,0|,„t1K to „Wo
....... , i, ■ . Bigger foreign markets would mean M11I,M. nnn,iv «■>««« u.. i V
Governor Hobby tells us In his pint- f|, fnriorles In our midst More , neatly *2,000. Such lingo ox-
form Hint there lire no.onn.noo Idle wmllll nnlllt.„,„, u„„,„ pendltures 1 believe are Indefensible,
speeches 111 19 IK. SOIIIO of them will
In all probability be around telling
the people how to conserve and uso
the resources of tho nation lo win tho
wn r.
To Una lice the -war I favor a
of 'n/-ros In Texas. The governor nppar- mlxr|<f,ts for
ess of
Texas have something lo do with these
pay.
fa.fries would moan enlarged home linnoccHwlry, un-American and tin-
We st have enlarged ^
merchant marlno. ■• .
[for nvory
Idle acres having value leading econ- i vote received ho spent something like
omlsts have pointed out l*e necessity I - \or stringent laws lo ennn rv- Under tho laws of Missouri
of Increasing taxation as the war pro- hn a life in every way poss'bie. I Speaker Clark is not allowed lo spend
needs. Consumption will not bear any specially indorse tho administration ' lor'' ,,mn "''out $600 for tiomlnallon
further tnxallon. Advantage or prlvl- child labor law. although so'ae o' 11 an'' election. I shall limit my expenses
as-ypu-go policy as far a« possible. Ilege should bear the burden of In- Tex delegation In Congress voted • could give tho dllTorencn
The war must be carried nn by the creased taxation The public revenues a .t it The national child lain r between my actual expense anil $000
surplus of production. We cannot1 should come from a natural fund re- couim tteo report shows that the mln- ■' ('i'oss and not spend one-
draw upon the future for the neces- I suiting from social growth and not |ng .m| manufacturing states have 'bird as much as the present Incum-
"arles to wage tho war. The war from the earnings of those who toll the highest percentage of rejections ,M'nt ,n HI8. In order to reduce
should be paid for as It proceeds in I favor the Crosser bill (II. Tl. 40241 lis pit slcnlly unlit for military n rv- ,ny expenses to tho minimum I re-
dollars as well as In lives. Tltero which proposes to raise $2,000 nno.nno ire. Ttie agricultural states have the "pectfully ask the co-oporallon of tho
should be no crushing legacy of bond- by a direct tax on value of land, which best lowing as lo the physically (It. P«"'Plo.
*d debt to be paid In taxes by tho f have enumerated, without regard to , a vot against the child labor law was short I favor a liberal program,
men who havo done the fighting and Improvements, to be apportioned n vote ngalnst preparedness. Yours very truly
ROBERT LOVELACE, Ravenna, Texas. Pebiuarv, 1918
P. S. Please hand lo a friend or pout in a conpictious place. I would be pleased In Ii ear from nil Wio indorse the above
(Political Advertise! icnt).
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1918, newspaper, May 2, 1918; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299934/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.