The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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THE PLANO
XXVI. NO. 1
PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY
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y the ability and character of the men in charge ;;
By the sworn published statements of its officers
By the amount of paid-up capital and surplus
By the standing of its board of directors
By the responsibility of its stockholders
By its business record in years past
ANNODItCEMENT OF
HON. W. J. MATHIS.
session of the Twenty-Nintl
Legislature of Texas.
Ite/errinK to W J. Mathis, the I WINS THE PENNANT. If
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We Solicit Your Business, Promising Every Accom- ::
modation Consistent witly Good Banking.
The Plano National Bank
FOUR PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
Aspires to tke Office of District Judge,
59th Judicial District of Texas.
DIRECTORS:
T. C. JASPER. J. H. BOWMAN. W. A. VINES.
* G. W. BOWMAN. S. L. HARRINGTON.
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To The People of Plano
By reason of the recent reduc-
tion in prices of materials we
aye reducing the prices of our
walks. From this date on we
will build your walks for 11 1-2
:ents per square foot.
SEE US NOW.
JOE C. JARRETT - Waxahachie, Texas
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| Plano, Texas.
H. M. YEAGER
MEAT MARKET.
Next Door to Postoffice. Solicits Your Patronage. ;
Only the Best Meats Handled, at Fair Prices.
»Phone No. 163.....PLANO
HANDLING BREAD
that is always so fresh,
delicious, dependable and
satisfying is a real pleas-
ure. Eating it is a great-
er one. A loaf of our
bread will convert any-
one into a big bread eat-
er. And as bread is a
perfect food the more of
ours you consume the
better for your health.
The Palace Bakery - Plano, Tex.
HiANO GARAGE
A. T. SHIPP. Pmnri^tnr
RENT CARS AT YOUR SERVICE, RATES REASONABLE.
Calls Answered Day or Night. Day Phone 226, Night Phone 257.
In the announcement column
of this issue of the Star-Courier
will be found the name of W. J.
Mathis as a candidate for Judge
of the Fifty-Ninth Judicial Dis-
trict Court, composed of Grayson
and Collin counties.
Judge W. J. Mathis \ws born
in Marion county, Georgia, on
February 9, 1870. He graduated
from the law department of the
University of Texas in 1895 and
began the practice of his profes-
sion in Grayson county during
the same year. Almost from the
very start, Judge Mathis took a
prominent position as a member
of the bar and as an attorney and
counsellor at law.
During the illness ol Judge J
E. Pearson, the bar elected Judge
Mathis to preside over the 59th
District Court and it was in this
position that he won the confi-
dence and esteem of the entire
public, as a judicial officer. His
work in this court was so satis-
factory that when the Special
District Court of Grayson Coun-
ty was created, Judge Mathis
was the unanimous choice of the
bar for the position of Judge of
this court. He was appointed
.Judge of the Special District
Court and qualified on May 10,
1913. Upon taking up the duties
of the office, Judge Mathis pro-
mulgated certain rules for the
court.
The announcement of the said
rules attracted wide attention
throughout the State, and they
have been adopted in many juris-
dictions with success. This new
departure met with general ap-
proval by the press and the bar.
The Dallas News commended
them in the following editorial:
Wednesday’s News contained
two items relating to the general
subject of judicial procedure
They were signally antithetical in
their nature. In equally high
degree one denoted the spirit of
progress that is at work in the
realm of the judiciary and the
other the spirit of reactionism
that has to be overcome. One of
these items came from Sherman.
It told of Judge Mathis taking
the bench of a court recently
created by the legislature. He
invited the attorneys who would
practice before the court to as
semble, and then outlined some
rules he had resolved on to expe-
dite the trial of cases, which, we
think, signifies a purpose on the
part of Judge Mathis to assert
the convenience of the lawyers
and the interest of the principals
in trials. The spirit of them is
altogether admirable. It dis-
closes the right temper on the
part of this judge, an impatience
with those customs that work
for delay and defect of justice.
The Special District Court was
created in order to afford relief
to the other district courts of the
county, and the same expires by
operation of law on November 30,
1914. It is the belief of those in
position to know the facts, that
all of our district courts will be
up with their work before the
Sjiecial District Court shall have
passed out of existence.
Judge Mathis earnestly be-
lieves that, consistent with our
laws of procedure, technicalities
and delays should find no place
in the courts, and he proposes,
if elected, to continue to apply
these principles in the disposi-
tion oi the business of the 59th
District Court.
During his long residence in
Grayson County, Judge Mathis
has been an aspirant for public
office only on two occasions. He
was an assistant county attorney
from 1898 to 1900. inclusive, and
uI*>n the death of Hon. J. D.
Woods, Judge Mathis was elect-
| eu uy tne iieople of this county to
fill out the deceased’s unexpired
i term in the legislature, and serv
I ed in that capacity at a sjiecial
Sherman Democrat makes the
following editorial reference to
his work as a judicial officer:
“In the appointment of Hon. j
W. J. Mathis as Judge of the
Special District Court of Gray-
son county, the Governor used
splendid judgment, and could
not have pleased more people
throughout the county than he
has, had he been aiming solely at
that object. .Judge Mathis is a
capable lawyer, whose character
is of the kind that is needed on
the benches throughout the
country and he has shown a dis-
jHisition and an ability to handle
the business of the court in a
business like way. Without cast-
ing any sort of reflection on any-
body, we do not hesitate to say
that if every .Judge in Texas
were like Judge Mathis of Gray-
son county there wouldn’t b<
much talk of court reform.”
The McKinney Courier-Gazette
had the following complimentary
notice of Judge W. J. Mathis:
“Judge Mathis of Sherman is
holding court here this week,
having exchanged benches with
Judge Garnett, who is disqualifi-
ed to sit in several important
cases. We were pleased to meet
.Judge Mathis, lie having called
in to see us. He is a man of most
pleasing address, and is a lawyer
and judge of great ability.
“The judge is a practical print-
er, reporter and editor. He has
worked himself up from a salary
of 35 cents per week in a print-
ing office, through the University
of Texas, both literary and law,
to a judgeship in one of the most
important counties in all Texas—
Grayson. He has the brains,
ability and grit. We like to meet
and talk to such a young man, he
being only 42. He is one of the
•Tim Hogg kind of a man. No man
stands higher in his home coun
ty, Grayson, than Judge Mathis
—as a lawyer, judge, citizen and
congenial, high-class Christian
gentleman.”
The Best Team in the Dallas
Athletic Association.
The last game of the season of
I the Dallas County Athletic Asso
■ ciation was played at Piano last
Friday afternoon, when Plano
High and Irving High locked
horns. The game, which was
scheduled for 3 o’clock, was not
begun until nearly 5 o’clock, and
Irving had already forfeited the
game to Plano because all of the
Irving players were not on the
grounds at 1:30. A couple of
Irving’s players were delayed by
coming in an auto, and the game
which was started without them
had reached the 2nd inning when
they arrived.
The game, was a very good one,
and was won by Plano with a
score of 0 to 1, giving Plano High
the pennant for the 191 1 season
of the Dallas County Athletic As-
sociation.
The Farmers A Merchants National Bank
takes especial pleasure in rendering such assist-
ance to its depositors as it. may. Are you enjoy-
ing business relations here? *
FARMERS & MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL $50,000.00
SURPLUS AND PROFITS 40,000.00
PLANO, TEXAS.
TO BOYS AND GIRLS.
To any boy or girl under the
age of 15, who brings to the Star
Courier office the names of three
new subscribers, with S3 to pay
for same, wo will present a Sen
son Ticket to the Chautauqua,
value Si.(X).
To any person over the age of
15 who brings live new subscrib-
ers, with 85 to pay for same, we
will present a Season Ticket,
value 82.00.
Ask your friends to subscribe
and get your Season Tickets
free.
ANY PHYSICIAN’S PRESCRIPTION
MARRIED IN FORT WORTH.
AN ORDINANCE.
At a called meeting of the City
Council of the City of Plano, held
on the 23rd day of May, 1914, the
following proceedings were had:
Be it enacted by the City Coun-
cil of Plano, Texas, that the fol-
lowing regulations in respect to
the running of Interurban cars
be and is hereby enacted:
Sec. 1. That the Texas Trac-
tion Company, its successors and
assigns, be and is hereby requir-
ed to maintain a speed limit for
its interurban, local, limited, ex-
press, baggage and work cars
not to exceed twelve (12) miles
per hour on Railroad Ave. street,
from a point 100 feet north of
Alexander street to a point 500
feet south of Mechanic street,
and on all other streets or parts
thereof used for regular city
traffic not more than fifteen (15)
miles i>er hour.
Sec. 2. That what is known as
Limited or Express passenger
cars shall not be required to stop
to take on or to let off passengers
except at said Traction Com-
pany’s regular passenger station
in such city.
Sec. 3. That the violation of
this ordinance shall be consider-
ed a misdemeanor and each vio-
lation shall be considered a sep-
arate offense for which the pun-
ishment shall be a fine of not
more than Twenty-five (825.00)
Dollars for each such offense.
Sec. 4. That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Approved in called session
May 28, 1914.
R. H. CRAWFORD, Mayor.
GEE HUDSON, City Sec.
V. B. (Virgil) Lamm of Plano
and Miss Gladys Durham of Ft.
Worth were united in marriage
at the home of the bride’s par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dur-
ham, last Sunday evening.
The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Aug. Lamm of Plano,
where he is widely known and
most highly respected as an ex-
emplary young man in every
way. For the past two years he
has been in the employ of the H.
& T. C. train service, and we are
informed that the young couple
will make their future home in
Ennis.
With Virgil’s many other
friends, we hope for himself and
bride a long, happy and profit-
able wedded life.
No matter where or by whom your prescription
is written it will he carefully and scientifically filled
if you bring it to us. Our prescription business is
large, our stock adequate*, and perfect service is as
su red in every instance.
The thousands of prescriptions which we com
pound each year is evidence of unusual confidence on
the part of both physicians and the public, andissuf
fleient assurance that any proscription or recipe on
trusted to us will have best attention.
Let Us Fill Your
Next Prescription
SPREADING HOG CHOLERA.
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The Perfection Alt
Bin cuts out all danger of fire
and carrying of insurance. Guar-
anteed to dry out wet grain,k<»ep
out weevils and rats. Guaran-
teed and sold by M. R. Ken-
drick. 2t
The hog cholera virus is very
easily carried. A groupof farm-
ers suddenly decide to go and
look at the sick hogs of a friend.
They do so. The hogs have chol-
era. The fanners tramp over the
hog lot looking at the sick ani-
mals. They are next likely to go
to see some fine breeding hogs of
another neighbor. The chances
are in favor of the latter hogs be-
ing infected by virus carried on
the shoes and clothing of the vis-
itors. This is also a good way of
carrying cholera to their hogs at
home. Dogs should be kept in at | J
night, as they are also good car-
riers of the disease.
In discussing ways in which
hog cholera is spread Or. Pow-
ers, of Clomson college, took oc-
casion to mention the buzzard.
He said he had come across eases
where there was apparently no
way for cholera to have invaded
the herds and had found out by
investigation that buzzards had
brought the disease from long
distances.
The buzzard, he said, carried
other contagious animal diseas
es, though it is as a carrier
of hog cholera that it does its
urnrwt wnrlf f) r- Pfiu-or-j wttvint*.
ly advocates the repeal of the law
making the killing of buzzards il-
legal. He classes these birds
among the most obnoxious of the
farmer's feathered enemies.—
Missouri and Kansas Farmer.
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Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1914, newspaper, May 28, 1914; Plano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601739/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.