The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1919 Page: 6 of 16
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THE W]
LY D1
1919.
THE WEEKLY OEHOCRIT-SAZETrE
published kvwiv thu wjday
Waller B. WIN«»
|>n»prt«»U>r*
au<l
AN OBMOIJTTK IHNUB.
Tom \V. hTklib
i>1!lors PuMMifr* «imI
An :• r- gry aiHl-|>rfth|bltionl»t wrHea
In 11 tuli u Dallas postmark to pul*
v* ri«a state Plena, anil to tell the
latter that the prohibitionist* have
I will n
QMiihrrn Alinin'*, t lreiilatlon
AmMiait Bu»ine— Manager. (||1| ,,
id-4 'las*
Cnteie'l a *te
Ti> subserll*
opposite your name on the inai
the paper or or. tin- wrapper
cates uni time io which \oui
acrlption is paid All to1' 1 11
expire on the first of the uioiii.
subscriber not receiving the
regularly, please notify us.
(Ftevis. <1 September 1. 191
One year In advance .........
Biz months in advance........
Three months in advance .....
\\ \\l>l Kl l> I.ONEI.Y
< l.ttl II.
eer live to see tin- «lay when It
iii not tret good liKht wine*
i, ami if you mind your own
« it *.,i«iit not to worry you
• t e'liirse, it is being drunk in
pluc»*s,” d«*clures our 4,inbllter*
ltd ;i.i a parting shot. State
,,• .-n’t know what that rather
d sentence means, hut prob-
me.in.s well. Anyhow, unfit*
i\ei prohlhition .ire not only
in the nature of reminiscences
r* ite practieully useless ex-
ih. r pathological quality, i.
i iis.i Him
t• ssion of
our co
ASPIRIN FOR
I wander.' 1 |i
-lolld
an a
iii #*d i ii iii
for
anufr,
jib in
th#*
tspnml
<*nt, #»r
of
till C«l
is#» <»f S.
\\
an tu.
my as three
II# tils i
it work
ut>-
That floats
When all
A boat of
Beside tin*
Fluttering
»n high
-li pul.
sentiment in America, m<>
hop
I >11T
Continuous ns tr*
Ami twinkle on t
They stretched in
Along the margin
Ten thousand *aw
Tossing their lie . I:
lin*
p 11 I
persistently, j W|11<
first, those
iiequin'd a j An
ml; second. K,,bl q’ ii
ied In the 1 I ‘erehi rn
uf alcohol: J * 4*1111. Ci
ioi.K iini
Name "Bayer” is on Q
Aspirin—say Bayer
A
[^AVISOS1
In*i-t on “Parer Tablets of Aspirin”
in a “Payer parkago,” containing proner
direction* for Colds, Pain, Headache,
Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Plieumatism.
N.irne "Payer” mean* genuine Aspirin
prescribed l,y physician* for nineteen
year*, i I a inly tin boxes of 12 tablets
cost few lent*. Aspirin is trade mark
of Payer Manufacture of Monaacetie-
acidestcr of Salirylieacid.
candidate lor office to venture forth
in quest of votes. This year it will
li.ci t-s.iry for him to smile on hoth
M's. Will he do it? They say ho
HUMBLE ITDNNEY
baggage transfer
MAN’S GOOD LUCK
Among the many Texan* who liuve|
peneTiec'i good fortune by the way!
•lie oil route In the last two or
years are A. C. II ill and wife
MeKinney. Tin e good people have
,le tii« tr home In McKinney for more
iri a quarter of a century and reared]
rc-i.ci-ted family of ehildi
our
* lie v:
in sp
The vv iv* s
h.'Si'h'
th‘ tn <lui:< «*‘l; hui
th»»y
Out-did the
ling waves in gb <■
In sii<'h a j
Oi.! U ID 1
cotnpiiny.
1 gazed -a in
1 LM/‘
■ 1 but Hub* though'
What w*.ilt
h th#
■ show to me ha*
brought.
For oft, w h
•*11 on
my couch 1 lie
In vacant r
»r in
pensive mood,
They fl *>h
upon
that inward eye
■ li.l
Which is tire idiss of solitude;
And then tny heart with pleasure fllb
And dunces with the daffodils.
—William Wadsworth.
Our city hut
church edifices
Every church i
many
and aide
i McKinney
handsome
mmisti rs.
should he
filled to overflowing
morning at the Sunda;
and preaching serv j.
m\t Sunday
school hour
cs at both
hours. Begin now to make
aratiuns to attend Sunday
church next Sunday.
iMir prep-
■hool and
and
' lur 1
The Daily Courler-Gnz*
Week ly I •< niocrat-t Jazet t •
weekly weather forecast that is con-
sidered as reliable as any long-range
predictions of weather prophet*. It
is sought and read l.y hundn ds of j will In
readers who find it of value in pr< par-
Ing for the even-hanging weather
conditions.
i ll rations go\ -
iss, and is hop |
it it is of small
,-iMi • "i I, hi • wlic* the eomhined or i
-,p.,i ,i. i.i.,i \ e.- ,,i tti'-se individua Is j
ml groups may I•< . National pro-
hibition l> a fact accomplished. It is
t-lll liedded ill th. I'oust it lit ion of the
I'nited States, .ill I Will t.k* effect oil
dan 1*J, next coining. The only
State m tin* Union which has dis-
closed, at the ballot box or elsewhere,
a positive and vigorous opposition to
national prohibition is the tolerably
unimportant Suite of New Jersey,
which recently elected a (lovernor
who pledge! himself to make New
is wet as the Atlantic Ocean,*'
mans that he proposes to
least one of the laws of the
secede from tho Union.
N» w Jersey offer* a snug
or all those who are dissat-
meern recently i
i large number of good
iliar< .* in Mi Kinm y to
' v fal lie rs. It will be a
I., lore the f irm will noi
good heavy work animals.
---«.-----
n two hundred million
e I ■ ' II subscribed by pi O
muiii.11ions tins year foi
h . li'ii'r! 's activities c\
It is a good tiling to con-
The world Is to lie mail'
— ■ »■--
I| ■ V e IH'MM'il a valuable si'll
ss in Collin county. Al-
ig *b" past two months
loads of dressed turkeys
i n i # 1
i. Wh.Ie they have not been rich
in 0
as world’s goods, the;
have been
r# p
•(■ted and esteemed at
honorable.
hon#
t hardworking pe*»pl
*■. .Mr. Hall
a position with the
M. K. a T.
1: it
. | •, i •#,. a t M<-IxJinn v
for a nuni-
h#r
• *f yearn but for th*'
last two or
f Ip «
< . its has tie. ti up"t
at ng il oil*'
h«»i -
e spring wagon hagg
ige transfer
l tisi
f,* - in #Mir city, liis wif*** who
W«IS
formerly Miss l.eoni
Holloman,
inh*
rited from her father
85 acres of
In in
a good many j*ars
ago located
Pol
it midway between E
;i s»la ml .and
ft 111
gcr. After oil was str
in k in that
i*,n of the s'attiiey
leased Un-
for one-eigiith r<>■
ity. A well
-link oil it and cmne
in as a very
l prodiic«-r. Since t
n. six other
- have been finished o
ii their land
!•*• being bored oil it ;
t present.
♦ ♦ •
THE BEST
GIFTS SANTA CLAUS
HAS FOR YOU THIS YEAR ARE—
A Buick
And
Nash
AUTOMOBILE.
We can make ddivcric
now
C. J. Smith
Just Kut J. P. Dowell’* More.
Jersey
which
flollt .1
land- i
maybe.
harbor
t lie
No industry in Collin county
growing more rapidly than is
poultry industry. Farmers and
city folks are raising Lett' r birds
are paying more attention to
aide line business. Its a paying busi-
ness. Collin county birds carry off the
blue ribbons where ever they are ex-
hibited in the big poultry shows.
isfied with prohibition. If the new
(lovernor can have his way, anybody
it liberty to use his State as
a drunkery. May lie enjoy the com-
pany he may find himself in, which
probably he will. -State I’rvss in
Dalla sN'ews.
Collin county pci
our 1 better than its yie
tnd
t his
an crop was never
ds this year.
Be a good fellow this
Buy a present and give to
child of Mi Kinney.
('Ii risttnas
some poor
Are you going to do your part and
zee that the poor children of Mc-
Kinney are visited by Santa <’laus
• ruing
th.s Christina
darling l*al>v
ious
left 111 ;ts
Claus. Th
disupp nut
fortunate
their Sant
happy.
*? Just picture
awaking on tL
and finding
little stoi
-re will hi
ed if thosi
than they
a Claus. M
k nir
own
g lor-
thing
■» a nta
tots
The Texas Electric Hallway Com-
pany will soon have a new interur-
batt station in McKinney. It has
been needed a long time.
An announcement now conics that
General John J. Pershing will visit
Dallas l.i nk s like he might stop ofl
in M- Kinti. y and meet the boys.
Te\
the br
The I.
of 6 1.
s won tin- f.rst victory In
iary dispute w.th Oklahoma.
■ tnte :s c'liming possession
acres of the richest oil
he Burkbui rett field.
The I’r
I'nited St
tu re i-i a>
Census
taking il
ators will
the
the conn
the Fell
tore urg
wav ji*•---
talned
devi'lopn
t-ond it mr
Wh ’•
ors of t (
blents
s Imp
1 ft.''
\ for
i inter-
Til
sho| t
be k<
Undti
Shop
wh
i rh
r Christmas
e going to
Tiie stocks,
going fast.
slopp'd out of McKinney to I
and east. A good hunch ofl
n the farm will help swell I
Itoeeiw *.->.000 Itoyulty.
in - production began about four
Hi • ago Mr ..rid Mrs. H ill hive
,.tv I'ei'i'iveil In th*' neighborhood
, ami cash from their royalty. No
holes have been link in that In-
i' and it is reasm .lily certain that
he wells In mg put down on th<
land will prov* to he produce!
trying size and amount. The man)
Ills Ilf tile II II fa mil,'.' ill MeKin
ne m ich gratified over their good
it may
portion as
and go.
>il llelds
e wonderful produeers and are ex -
id*"! 11> make still greater showings
the future as the number of oil
•its aie increased.
Prior to the discovery of oil, that
me and
ai'*- hoping that
lime iii
iiier*'.i-ing propi
inoni hs
a ml yea i s cniiie
Hast la n
*1 and Ranger *
Handling With Care
a I
V •
nios
? ch(
For
in ;i<l<
• nip
11 < #y #*# ‘j
that
bro.i
slid'
-3L:
furniture a* we do,
horn of its terror to
If we do the moving
for her tineHt and
pieces of furniture.
>1 careful handling our
siiili skilled packer*
■ scratching is impoa-
Mt Kinney Transfer A- Storage Co.
Phono 2H2.
i k age
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We frequently hear of the danger
of furiiiers m this section procuring
cotton seed of a poor quality, some
stating that these seed will not ger-
minate. The buying of seed is an im-
portant Hi tor ai d farmers should
know what they are getting, whether
from here or elsewhere.
NEUMONIA
Call a physician. Immedi-
ately begin "emergency”
treatment with—
P
VlCK'sV^
ICR’S VAPOR
•YOUR BODYGUARD'* - 3OF. 60MT2C
part of Texas w;
is regarded as a very
HOYS
OF ( OI
NTV TO HELP
poor and unpro
nising section of the
SOIA
I', 1 \ll.M I’ltOliLliMS
state and liitnl o
all kind did not rate
very high on tin
market. But Mr. and
So
> 1'f.rjtniz.• ?io?i hi Collin county
Mrs. Hall are
■ongratulating them-
toll.IV
is of M>
great importance and
selves over the t
act that they held on
licit ns
more
iri ihe future than
to their little
realty holding there
the 1
toys' * '•
rn innl I’ig Club
which luckily developed to be in the
and th
i> Girls’
< ‘anniiig Club. The |
midst of one of
the world's greatest
hov s ii
' Collin i
mi ill v who have mein- .
and most/ productive oil llelds. It
beishi
> in tin*
'urn and pig cluii are |
now bids fair to
bring them in at least
to bi-
1 III SliC'
s.sful stockmen and ;
a splendid competency for their old
l'a rim i
- ill the
future. They are now
Fresh fish received twice a
at Hayden's Grocery No. 2.
week
Phone 65 and one of our repre-
ntatives will gladly call for your
m and it is to be imped will provide!;,
neat patrimony to leave for each of
their children.
200 .Mult's Wanted.
MeKinney i«
citizens who a
Into our midst.
\* nieni *• and n
any city. Gome
I to Wep
havi
McKinn
oh*!
and
oral
new
(Vlllg
eon -
I »»
■ iniling
W h
lea
pt i
Mi |\ i» * • v
#n* 11
• re II in UM
belter road
Imm* h-iW a
afford to ci
Issue to bill
c onun a mty
A rust
See
The
New
Line
of Christmas
Jewelry and
the Kodaks,
New Stationery,
Ivory Goods
and other
Appropriate
Gifts at
IVe want to buy 2mules weigh-
ing from 1000 to M<>0 pounds by
•lami IV I See BARNES &. Me-
I *\A I .D. Me Kinney Texas.
.IACK SI’OKTMIW IN
DEMAND AS At <'I'lONIT IB
Jack Sportsman, farmer, stockman
and hustling citizen, and an auction-
eer of statewide fame, was in .McKin-
ney today from his home on the
Glen Still hig farm a few miles north-
west of MeKinney. Mr. Sportsman's
services are in great demand over
the state as an auctioneer. On Moil-
dav of this week Mr. SpurKinuii sola
to the highest holder in MeKinney
twenty-two hig la i i'lu rmi mares from
the Htn' kvvcll Stm k Farm at Wag-
ner. Oklahoma, for sum totaling
$4.1 5o. The Stoekwell farm is the
hugest peri'hemn farm in the south.
II MCI
to Cllli
Fresh salted almonds at Haydon’z
rota ry So. 2.
Pays Sickness and
ln„, t,> select seed corfi, how ] Accident To Odd Fellows Only
ale for bigger yields and
rind the
d here Mondav to
Collin
emit
t v fa rm* rs
w
ere excep-
tional
!.v tin
looking an
1 (
it splendid
breed
ng.
<ui Satnrdav
(
f this v\*ek
Mr. S
P »11 ■
imn will g<*
to
Sweetwater,
Texi -
Will
re he will
;i u
tinn off a
numb
■r of
the Stock vvi
'•I
Farm ani-
ma Is.
< '
londay he vv
ill
se l several
head
of tl)
s.* line 1*. r.
Id
oils at Abi-
lone
md v
Mil likely ai
D't
on off anl-
tnals
from
this in rm i
t
wo or three
• it her
W* sf
Ti xas town
Tin Stock-
V ell
•a rin
ilt Wag II*
r.
* >klahoma,
ret * i
Iv 1"
.MU til llispi
isc
ol some of
be'b r gr id* Tin y have secured reg-
iO re l in. i I the hist pedigrees for
1'iii, foi *i h tii,n slock and are inak-
if:' ani" i >.*fi11 wine growers. They
lake ii. delight in farming and rais-
ing pil e bred hogs or other live-
stock and an meeting with abun-
dant success. The best part of it is
I hat very few of the boys Just start-
ing out in tlie ling business are offer-j
ing much stock for sale. Some of the i
banks < f Poll n county have provided
ways uml means which enabled the!
hoys of the community to purchase!
m i ist* i * d stuff and in this way have
ein-oiiiaged tin* young farmers and j
Stock ,l.s* is in the business.
< tn th*- other hand the girls who
hav e in m *1 the canning and sewing j
* bibs ne likewise obtaining much
i-nio viii;*' in sewing and culinary art.
Thousands of cans of fruits and vege-
tables lave been pul up this year in
i 'oilin ii.iiiity by the dub girls which (
otherwise would have been allowed!
to rot in the fields.
Every girl it
loin t)i ■ eannin
The Ridgely
Protective
Association
D. L. Nelson
STATE AGENT.
mckinney,
TEXAS.
Quarterly cost guaranteed non-as-
sessahle. Pays for every known dlz*
ease. Weekly accident benefit |*
to $:10, weekly sickneas benefit $8 t*
$28, accidental dciith $200 to $2,000,
loss of hand or foot or both hands
I'ollin county should land hoth feet or both eyes, $200 to
and sewing club and $2000, loss of one $50 to $500. These
'lin
• ml*
op
county should
the corn and
mil work going.
benefits Increase one-fourth, on half
or doubled for a corresponding in-
crease of premium, .according to ago.
its surplus stm k I*;
nials at piiulic auction t<
. ,i ;*'i s places in ’I'* .x:
j11 • •; v* I Were tli"V Ol tile
il* *•*) by Mr. Sportsman
ling the
*i farmer
mi-
nt
So well
serv ice t en-
ml his abil-
ity ,m andiotieer at the sale in
McKit'.ey Morclay that the manage-
mini oi tin* farm employed hint to
net as auctioneer at the West Texas
This illustration shows a front elevation of the $2,000,000 Masonic
Temple of Scottish Kite erected on Sixteenth street ("Avenue of
Presidents") at the Nation’s Capitol. It is an excellent reproduction
of tin* tomb of King Mausolits at llalicarnassstis —one of the Sev-
en Wonders of the World.
Mules l\»r Sale.
If you
I: M: \ ES
T* \ is.
irit to bnv good mules see
M*l m i\ AI -11, McKinney,
White Billows flour has helped to
build a reputation as a good cook for
t'cnlis l cl S' t hole ev\ IV < S.
Phonograph
Repairing
We ire equipped to do prompt and
|curri'i't I- piiimg of all makes of Pho-
tr.iplc iii'W model* or old models,
•'penal attention given to repairs
eh III b> III ail or express.
"f Phonograph parts and
earrleil in stock,
eft your spring driven ma-
id* mile driv u machine at
masonic/mple.>
.Scottish kit?>
‘ COashirytorf'
tid
his
'lia rgo
.be fi
f.
ah
attach electric
makes of ma-
Coltnnhla, Mill- ‘
iy all makes ofi
• P >
Monuments
That'S th» kind w® make | hav
■ mun that can make a real Artis-
tic Design, according to the scale
Itawing. then you know that tin- rum
utm-fit is tiound to li#- tru#- wii**n cut
that way No gii# «* work about It,—
that's w by so many monuments are
out of proportion - too much guess
work. Let me show you the difference.
W. W.PRUETT
THE MONUMENT MAN
Phone 761. .. . . _ _ . [SOUTHLAND PIIONOGltAI’ll HIIOP,
mrnww* '"2SLEW
All ktmh
Mt tindi merit
Will f.iti'
jchlr e '* an
! reasonable
wind I t,g d*
chines.
Attachni
soil a tid \ let i *,la to
reeorils.
Am prepnr» «l to <■
with unproved repr*
motors, and aiitum
tachhients.
All makes of tal*b* tmi'htries taken
in trade on modern floor cabinet ma-
chines.
Wo I'Xiviito prctciitious moiiio-
riiils or siinplo tnlilcts with fi-
dclity to tin* interests of our
customers. Cun we discuss the
memorial (|iiestioii with you?
May we furnish suggestions and
designs?
McKinney Marble and
Granite Works
GEO. W. CLARK, Proprietor,
McKinney, Texas.y
nr machine
rs. tons a rms,,
i * ie .it ing at-1
’
SPECIAL DISPLAY OF
CHRISTMAS JEWELS
Buy That Gift Early
J. F. COLE
At Mitchell*b Drug Store. “Been Here a Ixui^ Time.”
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1919, newspaper, December 11, 1919; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857095/m1/6/?q=%22~1~1%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.