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THE WEEKLY DEM0CRAT-GAZE1
NEWS AND VIEWS
OF THE PEOPLE
EDITORIAL an[COMMENT
Weekly Democrat-Gazette
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY IX McKINNEY
TOM W. PERKINS WALTER R WILSON
Editors, Publisher* and Proprietors.
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McKINNEY DAILY COURIER-GAZETTE
ESTABLISHED MARCH 4, 181)7
Candidate
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1934.
Editorial Expression
1.60 I
MORNING
THOUGHTS
By J. Marvin Nichols,
Dalian, Texas.
Some would-be great teachers jurday nightl
would have us believe that man i Prosper Hi
is only an educated animal. They score of 30
forget that the difference be- ca a desper
tween a man and a brute is the third quarte;
THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 1934.
NATIONAL, STATE,
LOCAL COMMENT
'
k werc"~Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Speight and
who live in distant stat s and children. Ela'ne, Elizabeth and
| not able to attend. „„,wiak-1 Miss Irma Clifton Speight; Miss
Lamm ft Wilson were unde tak Dr H M Kl,,ut
JVCr a step- an.! young Mr. Williamson, all of
Dallas, were guests of Judge and
Mrs L. C. Clifton here Sunday.
. Misa Irma Clifton Speight is a
Trof. Don Helms, coach o, tno stude;lt jn uaylor nniver.ilty, V.'a-
| Frisco Puh'ic schools, and hrn «|fi0
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Helms of the
_ - , Bethel community, northeast of
Coach R<t,gg'sBlue Ridge i , B Uey brother M. D. /h , s becn m for sev-
'f the Class j Tom U BaU y altendod the , Cehna at ^ CRy hoopltal; is
b baske bairmpltship Sat- galley, d bur!al of pat M. Smith, . . Prof. Heir
BLUEjGE
WM B
DNSHIP
PAT M. SMITH,
COLLIN PIONEER,
PASSES AWAY
era In clnrge. Grover
undertaker in charge, was
son of the deceased.
delating the
>en ;ave by a
TheOwls start-
dly ite In the
oarcame a
ns under-1
666
.„.„Uy wJwn "Unf „ .pm« *V>,
at the Baptist church in Blue ng0. Following the ojiaratmn, it
Ridge at 2:00 o'clock Sunday after wag {ouml neces3Ri;y
at thPat 2 "oo o'clock Sunday after- ^fag foun(| Necessary to givo
noon, February 4, conducted by, Co.lch Helnv; a blocd transfusion.
canaclty for an idea. A man ten-point leal HmVng"fifteen RerfV v^le^'frlend'of"the deceased. | ^oung'McKinney5'"business mui,
walks down the banks ot a swol- straight poinlpnr* the West a devoted menu o f Ten. l^oung mm y
len stream. He meets a frisky, Collin lads cfco J poVnt Mr. S^ thJived tn Northea9t j
chattering squirrel. A giant oak Prosper ledfc l]at the end ne3see but " Blue Ridge for
has fallen across the stream. The of the first hfcl 1 to 19 at I Col'in n or ne ^ wag a qUiet, mi U1 * V , \frcf I n Ulpd 111(5
squirrel crosses the stream on the end of thefe qarter. Dlx- I he Word s iflosi inui_w.uug
Mould, Tablets, Salve, Nose Drops
Check* Miliaria In 3 days Colds
first day, Headache# or Neurnlgia
in 30 minuted.
FINK I.AXAT1VE AN1) TONIC
Most Spwdy Remedies Known.
Owls with 17 lg, ^iHe Smith
sank 15 for t ro8fr quintet.
By winning L ^me, the
Blue Ridge qui erned the
rigiit to meet tljassA winner,
MBS. PEARL STBOTHER
County Clerk of Collin County
EDITORIAL CHRONOLOGY
—OF—
COLLIN'S OLDEST PAPER
For Second Term
Mrs. Pearl Strcther Announc-
es For Re-election As
County Clerk
this tree and buries himself in
the depths of the forest beyond.
The man croases Hie same stream
on thi3 same tree, but stops.
"Ah!" says he, "I have an idea."
And he carries with him into the ^
same forest the conception of 1 cUlier McKinneV Pmo, in a
bridge-building. Visit the home of three-game serlfor the boys'
the busy bee. Open the hive, and > championship olpolli county
see how he 'has instinctively dem- and the right tfcpreent this
onstrated the science of archi- county in the dtt turnament
tecture. "Ah!" again says the in Dalla3 Februf23 and 24.
man, "I have an idea." And he This series willlpiaed next
leaves the apiary indebted to the ;\veek.
tee for tine science of structural j
, bracing. A man stands gazing List your pro
| on the busy operations of a dirt exchange with
i dauber. As he watches instantly Kealty Co.
I there steals into his mind the
science of civil engineering. Hee-
siae tunnel becomes a possibility.
'Hills and mountains cease to be
] obstructions. Man is an animal —
and more. He has the capacity
on led in the lr|nj f0r the un"sl"' chriBtian of the Presby
„w,. ,7 I. ! early you It H.
enjoyed the respect of the public
generally. He was 74 years. U
months and 22 days old. when hiB
death occurred, February 2, after
r.everal weeks of declining health.
He was a member of the Blue
Ridge Masonic lodge for more than
thirty years, his lodge brethren
laid him away according totheir
solemn burial ritcs .'"iw Hidtre
r prrr tPTV ftt B1U6 K.lugc
with Torn L. Bailey of McKinney,
Master of Ceremonies.
The poll bearers were M. O.
Bailey of McKinney. Carl Kemp,
D B' McCall, Frank Mathews. J-
gazine
fc sale or
lcKinney
A half century is a long time a men count the years.1 former second1'ten' thiS county
Th'j Weekly Democrat-Gazette knows, for on February 7, it is unnecessary for this pa-
fifty years ago, the paper was founded by Orrin Robertson, ^Vof^ntSS ^cSrniS
editor and proprietor, and Clint Thompson, publisher. The native bom Collin lady and
latter, a youthful printer of hardly six years experience, con- to^y S^she2^' 8the
tinued on the paper until December 18, of the same year, daughter of the late John f. and
a - _ ** ' L'linnln 1 _ • <
Mrs. Pearl Strother places her *or an idea.
announcement in the Daily Cour-1
ior-Gazette' and • Weekly Demo- Character is a dream cut in
crat-Gazette for re-election to the ^tone taken from human quar-
ries.
An Important sal
for members of the
„ , Administration lea
Because a man is in a happy county, was recentl
. , . _ „ ™°od is no S1?n of sainthood. A central office in th
when he retired and w.„ succeeded by O. It Goddard, who ST.? %Si 1'?" ISuTSaif
... W ,.n h, h = —he ly 80 mea were pr
Because a man 'happens to be
extravagant with his love is no
sign that he will ever come to
want.
Only the bestlob printing i T. Frazier, J. W. Fagg and M.
turned out at thi.ffice
M.
CWASAF1
MEETINI
IN
The funeral and interment was
very largely attended many beau-
tiful floral offerings were sent a.<
tokens of sympathy to the bereav-
fKi wife, children and other rela
^Besides his wife, he is survived
bv one daughter, Mrs. Eli Yatea' —
of near Blue Ridge and two sons I
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continued in that capacity, for only a few months. Editor fevered pioneer Melissa citizens low can bc happy because
Robertson retired from the poper, April 2, 1885, and was puwic'""" ' """"" ""
succeeded by H. C. Mack, editor, and Clint Thompson again spools at Melissa, graduated
as publisher. H. C. Mack was a school teacher and later a man. Md'teuRhf schioTup^noi
lawyer of much ability, both as a writer and a forceful pub- 01,5 time of her marriage to the
lie speaker. On April 15, 1886, Clint Thompson again retired coun^Xk^ho^died'in'X"
as publisher and was succeeded by J. L. Wood as publisher about twenty years ago.
with H. Clay Mack continuing as editor and T. F. Donnell asTbusineS^an^ofSe woman
as local editor. On May 4, 1886, Clint Thompson established<t0„the responsibility of rearing
the McKinney Gazette, which paper he later sold to Tom W. ^ her fatherle8s chil"
Pcrkins, after running it for eleven years. I She ^rved as Deputy county
On SepteniBor8nS87r'CbT. T?.*rr: iarKparrn;ir:am:ce^aen-ft^Miifence that the vo^rs llec[or ana Wlie on BOUin uo«h- ; O.clock
Clay Mack as editor. Wash Taylor served along with Col. "S' to rh^'™cn
Former County
Official Mingles
With Friends
Dan E. Neatiiery of Dallas spent
Friday and Saturday at Ills old
■ meeting
ivil Works
s in this'
eld at the i
city with;
r Merritt
pnximate- |
nt, includ-
ing supervisors, fokmrn and
safety inspectors, ntaled in-
instructions were gilen along
general lines of aafetl including
a special discussion ® tie safe
operation of trucks. Those pres-
ent were given inatructiais on;
what to do in case of accidents.
Stress, however, was laid on the j
prevention of accidents.
"Safety in Use of Tools and I
Equipment" was discussed by j
Charles McKnight and Tom Fos- \
ter, Inspectors. The next safety j
home in McKinney, being a guest ^ next saieij
on SouinCnesi-
Hill
ICirkpatrick as publisher and T. F. Donnell, busines manager, therefore just commenced onher few monthg but rcanv consider
If AO I* 4 M ♦ V* n r\f fu,A f ft «V|U Jrtti 1
for a time. Mr. Taylor retired aa publisher after five or six j hJr enSre unTeanS I ^Vtfr^rn tTcoT
months, and Col. Kirkpatrick and T. F. Donnell, respectively, most diligent and courteous at-1 f
I f H nm MAtlldn. in t L . „ //! „ ! Iv/"'
pect some day to return to Col-
FRANCIS C. THOMPSON."
On April 30, 1891, F. C. Thompson purchased the in-
terest of Col. E. W. Kirkpatrick and John T. M3lton in the
*
i . . ,, !tention, getting to the office
fls editor and business inanajfer> continued to issue trie p<ipcr ^nd remaining to the latest
until April 18, 1899, when F. Carlie Thompson, with the fol- closing moment.
lowing salutation, assumed charge as editor and pub- eff^ret o"1abor i? ffliehargiS hor
lisher, employed by the Democrat Publishing Company: official duties with utmost ceien-
"Having been solicited by the proprietors of the Demo- !an'd ^"^unfankig courTesy'^to3
crat to take charge and transact the business of said wards every taxpayer or person
■ ... , j < r-j having business of any nature
paper, I accept with a feeling of gratitude for the confidence with nnd in the county clerk's
thus reposed in me. The only ambition I have is to retain ?ff,ce- ®?e, kn°ws every detail of
, ,, . . ... r . her Official duty, its routine and
that confidence to the end of time, by simply performing my procedure required of its incum-
duty. Trusting, I shall have the hearty support of the paper's J=ent- She enjoys serving thepub-
„ . , , , ' , , i i J ii llc an(J always takes pleasure in
friends and that critics will be lenient, I am most respectfully, meeting those coming into her
office in the courthousc and as-
sisting them in a cheerful, oblig-
ing and efficient way in meeting
their requirements.
| Mrs. Strother respectfully asks
Democrat Publishing Company of which he had been manager your support for a second term
for two years, and became the principal owner and editor. °" thc baslfl of her record for
. * , i Pr°ven competency and satisfac-
Editor Thompson s connection with the Democrat extended tory service already demonstrat-
over a period of fifteen years—from 1889 to 1904, when he CUJ" th0 £lacc
t ' . | She is most grateful to each
sold his interest in it and the Daily Courier to his partners, and all voters who cast their bai-
Walter B. Wilson and J. Frank Smith, and retired from the« %
business on account of ill health. In 1906, Walter B. Wilson feelings towards even those who
acquired the interest ot J. Frank Smith in their two papers Vof aSS* P^ruX
and soon afterwards on July 15, 1906, consolidated them with or special favors have never been
Tom W. Perkins' papers, the Weekly Gazette and the Daily |SXrb«gartieS ofTtatioTin
Gazette, Editor Wilson's papers beinff the oldest, they took life or previous political align-
the first part of the hyphenated names-Weekly Democrat- I.TSluS'W'S
Gazette and Daily Courier-Gazette—with Mr. Perkins' namo utmost official service.
first in their firm of Perkins & Wilson, editors, publishers thanking til" for^he honor°d con-
and proprietors, a firm that is still intact after almost twen- ferred upon her in nominating and
ty- eight years existence. Walter B. Wilson was first employ-1 ^nTshe Ss ^trtvo^to"
ed as local editor and advertising solicitor of the Democrat that appreciation in the most ef-
by F. C. Thompson, owner, on June 1, 1894. On July 12. Sfwrnch^'h/'S'TapS.
19 0, Mr. Wilson acquired a half interest in the Democrat I she hopes to have your en-
umler the firm name of Thompson & Wilson. On December umrTionote^'DemoTatic 'custom
1, 1901, Thompson & Wilson purchased the Semi-Weekly 01 re-election to a second term
Courier and the Daily Courier from C. R. Ball, discontinued Crated'his oTS ca^abi.ityTd
the Semi-Weekly Courier, which the Weekly Democrat ab- worthiness, on these tests, she
sorbed and continued the publication of the Weekly Demo- Z' offkl? w'fthVuV'XT pH-
crat and the Daily Courier. In 1902, Thompson & Wilson mary election to be held on July
sold a third interest in their papers to J. Frank Smith, now j "she "intends this newspaper an-
janothcr one of the Examiner editors, who remained in the nouncement to convey both her
firm for four years, when he sold his interest to Walter B. Im/'a^oiidtation'^oul^in"
Wilson. The latter will, therefore, have been continuously jfluence and continued friendship
on the same papers in McKinney for a period of forty years ""w"' commen^without reserva-
on June 1, this year, which is an unequaled record on the
same paper in Collin county journalism. However, his
present businesii partner, Senator Tom W. Perkins, has had
forty-three year* connection, counting both his Wylie and
McKinney newspaper experiences, while Clint Thompson
Ms been printer and editor at McKinney, for a little more
than fifty years, and Carlie Thompson, also now of the Ex-
aminer, forty-five years in Collin county journalism—forty-
three at McKinney and two at Piano, as editor and publisher
1 of the Piano Star-Courier. " '
Mr. Neat'ncry was born and
reared at Farmersville. Among
the honors that his home county
has conferred upon him was the
election two terms each to the
offices of County Treasurer and
later a3 County Tax Collector.
He made good in both positions
and numbers his friends by the
hundreds throughout our county.
Biggest 1934 b a r g a 1 n—The j
Weekly Democrat-Gazette. A
wnole year for $1.
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the McKinney Realty Co.
DR. J. S. BRIDGEFARMEIi I
Optometrist
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and
Optical Specialist (
Modern aclentiflc Instrument*
used In examining the eyM. Ne
drugs or drops. AH work (tur
Northwest Corner Square
tion whatever, Mrs. Strother to
you as worthy of your confi-
dence as a public servant and
your earnest consideration when
you come to vote for county
clerk.
Mary Frances McCasland, pret-
ty little daughter of Prof, and
Mrs. W. T. McCasland has been
confined to her home with Ill-
ness for the past several davs.
She has many friends who are
anxious .to sea her <uliy tesover-
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