The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1903 Page: 4 of 8
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THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 1908
McKinney a University center.
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McKinney has uu invia >le rep-
utation.
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As ao educational center J'c-
Kinney is without a rival.
"The iirs: 1 > v \\a«h uf wave#1,
where soon eh ill i\>ll t Lunian
tea." '
Improve your manner* and tbu.i
aid iu raising the standard of your
community.
If Germany d n't mint! an
eruption may occur of the Mount
Pelee order.
Senator Quay is duobed a "cor-
rupt politic an, ' bur he seems to
he a whole team in ihe Senate.
icKwney needs a new depot,
more lights on her streets, a bet -
ter teleuhou2 system and street
railway transportation.
It is reported that Governor
Lanhaiu will appoint none but
sober men to ofliee. Tins is a
good precedent.
be rewarded.
Virtue should
ol many .
eapeeially In the morning.
Great difficulty is experienced in clear-
ing the head and throat.
No wonder catarrh cauaee headache,
impair* the taste, smell and hearing,
pollute* the breath, derangee the rtom-
ach and affecU the appetite.
To cure catarrh, treatment muet be
constitutional—alterative and tonie.
l via afflicted with catarrh. X took
mwllcliiwi ol different klnd«, giving each
a fair trial; but gradually grew wort* untU
I could hardly baar, t* te or smell. I then
concluded to try Hood'* Saraaparllla, and
after taking Ave bottles I was cured and
have not had any return of the disease
since." Edubmb Forbk*, Lebanon, Kan.
Hood's Sarsaparllla
Cures catarrh—it aoothos and strength-
ens the mucous membrane and builds
up tbe whole system.
McKinney is already.reaping a
rich advertising reward. Our ex-
changes every where are publish-
ing complimentary words about
McKioney getting the university.
It is reported that a cooking
school will be instituted in Mc-
Kinney in the near future. Re-
ally we have been thinking that
McKinney ladies were all gradu-
ates in that art.
We take off our hat to McKin-
nev and congratulate that town
on securing the big Presbyterian
university. It means a great ad-
vance in prosperity for the town,
tft e< nville Banner.
VOTING QUALIFICATIONS
A voter in Texa« must bo a
male citizen of the Un'ted States
or alien who has, six months prior
to ejection, declared intention to
become such. Muet have previ-
ously resided in the State one
year, in Coantv six months. Ac-
tual residence in the precinct is
required. Must have paid poll
tax on or before Feb. 1 of the
year in which the election is to be
held.
Person* excluded from voting
are: Idiots, lunatics, paupers,
those convicted of felony, Tinted
States soldiers, marines and sea-
men.
Registration —In Texas, in citi-
es of 10,000 inhabitants or over,
voters are required to register.
VALUE OF BIRDS TO TEXAS
A Salt Lake paper referred to
members of the I tah Legislature
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as
'Jack
__ Rabbits." The legis
lature adopted a resolution resent
ing the "iusult." The Jack rab-
a
'insult.HH|I
bits have not been heart
from.
We congratulate McKinney on
securing the Presbyterian college.
It w.ll bd*ft valuable adjunct to
the town and we hope to see our
old home continue in her progress-
ive -tride.—Van Alstyno News.
Thomas A. Edison, the inven-
tor, says the present year will an-
nihilate time and spr.ee, the horse
will disappear as a be as; of bur-
den, the locomotive will be out-
done and electricity will supplant
steam.
McKinney has lauded the Texas
Presbyterian University and the
Collin county capital celebrated
the event last night by shooting
anvils and burning all the dry
good* boxes obtainable.—Sher-
in in Democrat.
Superintendent Bingham of
p.il lie buildin .s at Washington
a>k' Congress for an appropn-
ation of $11.0,264 for the white
house expenses f<>r the coming
year, as against $35,000 last vear.
Jcffersoniau simplicity !
Cora Riedtgor. aged 11 years
who lived in St. Louis, while play
mg with her doll and singing a
weet lullaby song was shot and
; died by her little brother, Jacob,
\ ho playfully pointed a pistol at
l «r when it was accidently dis-
(barged.
The following interesting esti-
mate has been made of the quan-
tity of insects—boll weevil and
it her-—the birds in Te.cas will
destroy: "Allowing twenty-five
insects' per day as an average diet
for each individual bird, and esti-
mating that we have only one bird
to ouch acres, or, in round num-
bers, 17«J,00t).000 birds in Texas,
there would be required 4,250,-
000.000 insects for each day's ra-
tions. It has been estimated that
the number of insects required to
fill a bushel is 120,000, consequent
ly it would take 35,500 bushels of
insects to feed our birds for a sin-
gle day, or 1,065,000 bushels for
thirty days." If we had more
birds, we'd have fewer insects.
The past fow days of pleasant
weather have helped wonderfully
in drying and smoothing the
(streets and roads. G&rri tges are
in use, ladies making calls, farm-
s coming in with produce and
Half century ago there was no
more popular woman in the Unit-
ed States than Jessie Benton Fre-
mont, the young wife of John C.
Fremont, the first Republican
candidate for the presidency, ller
death last month at the age of 78
years reminds one that great
changes can occur in the lifwtime
of a *ingle|individual. The an-
nexation of Texas, the foundation
of a national political party, the
abolition of slavery, and the ex-
pansion of the United States into
the Pacific, to say nothing of the
building of transcontinental rail-
ways ami the invention of the
electric telegraph, all happened
within her memory.
Professor Sanderson, State: En-
tomologist, has been in North
Texas on a hunt for the "green
bug," so destructive to the wheat
crop of 1D01, and found but few.
Of the numerous samples sent to
him all proved to belong to other
speeies and some to other
genera. He found plant lice at
manv places, on wheat and other
plants, but the "green bug" (tox-
optera graminm,) only in small
numbers near Greenville and Mc-
Kinuey. It is his opinion that no
perceptible damage from the pe^t
need be apprehended this'yoar.—
Farm and Ranch.
There have been many nice
things said about Texas with n
the last few years, but Amelia E.
Barr eclipsed them all in a letter
to a friend, when she said: I love
Texas. I sp< nt the happiest years
ol my life within her borders.
When I go to heaven, 1 desire to
ifu by way of Texas."—Texas
Coaster.
wood. Yards are being raked,
trash burned, flowers set out, and
a general Spring tim) r.ppearance
is over all.
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Atone
HALF THB COST
Lion Coffee
has better strength and
flavor than many so-call-
ted "fancy*' brands.
Bulk coffee at the same
' price is not to be com-
pared with Lion in quality.
la t lb. air tight,
ceiled Duckeires.
■ mi mi m 1
Rev. n. F. Wheeler, County Bap-
tUt missionary in Charge
Rev. M. F. Wheeler, Baptist
County Missionary, preached t<
large congregation at East Fork
Baptist church Saturday night
and Sunday at 11 o'clock, and
Sunday night nt I3i hop school
house.
Protracted services will be held
a*, the latter place through the
week. Preaching at night oulv
The Gospel Wagon is now in
McKinney and was on the streets
this uftcrnoon. Rev, Wheeler is
doing a fine work throughout the
county, preaching, holding meet-
ings, taking up mi sionarv col-
lections, organizing new churches
and reviving manv that have been
without pastors tor a long while.
Mississippi Store Sold.
The biggest deal in McKinney
business circles so far of the new
year was consummated Monday
when the ownership of the
Mississippi Store passed from
Win. Purnell to Cheeves Bros. &
Co., one of the most extensive
dry goods firms in Texas.
This firm owns bin stores at
Corsicana, Waxahachie, Cameron
Temple, Tyler, Killeen, Calvert
andj Mexia—McKinney making
their tenth store.
Chceves Bros. & Co. have been
wanting to come to McKinney for
some time, but were unable toget
a suitable house. Mr. Purnell
hearing that their representative
was here looking for a house, pro
posed to sell and the trade was
clo«ed today as above stated.
Wm. Purnell, who retires from
business in McKinney, intends
consolidating all his business at
Greenville where he is already in-
terested in a targe dry goods store
Me has been in business here
about ten years, buying the Miss-
issippi Store in 18U7 from Mur-
phy, Perry & Co. He enjoyed a
{irosperous business career in Me
vinney ar.d leaves the town with
regret. However his family will
likely remain here for some t.me
yet in their magmfitrent brick
home which they own and will re-
tain.
The Mississippi Store, under its
new ownership, will retain its old
stand and help, and be under the
management of J. B. E. Brown,
of Rome, Ga., one e* the firm.
Another member of the firm, t>.
W. Cheeves, of Cameron, Tex.,
is also here. During the invoic-
ing incident to the change the
doors of the store are closed and
will not be thrown open to the
trade for several days yet.
Bright's Disease is more dread-
ed b> physicians than any o£ the
serions disorders with which they
have to deal because of its insidi-
ous and malignant character. If
prompt action were taken when
headaches, urinary disorders, di-
gestive troubles first appear, much
suffering and sorrow would bo
averted. Prickly Ash Bitters
will quickly stop the spread of the
disetise, quiet the intlaimuation,
heal the kidneys and bladder,
strengthen and regulate the liver,
aud drive poisons and impurities
out of the system.
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The permanent railroad bond
debt of the city of M< K nney lets
been reduced to a payment
of $300 being made. The last
payment will be made on the 1st
day of Feb., 1904. when the city's
tax rate will tie reduced four
cents on the dollar. This bonded
•ndebtedness while in the begin
nmg amounted to over $20,000,
has been running since 1874. Tin
rapiditv with which it has been
paid off since Minor J, M Pear-
son went into ofliee deserves great
commendation.
McKinney has secured tho PrfS
byterian University. We con-
gratulate the countv capital on
this victory scored over competi-
tor like Dallas, Enrus and others
This institution will insure for
McKinney educational advantages
second to none in tho South.—
Nevada News.
A -'Fanshuwe," one of the first
editions of Hawthorne's unac-
knowledged fctory, his first work,
written while he was a student at
Bowdjin, was sold in Boston
Mass. tho other dnv for $650.
I This is the second highest price
'ever paid for his book.
Don't send your money to oth"r
towns for things that your home
i it erehant has to sell. It. will take
it longer to circul ttc b « k f" you
again.
" An attsck of la grippe left me
with a bad cough. My friends said
1 had consumption.' I then tried
Ayer's Cherry Pcctoral and it
cured me promptly."
A. K. Randies, Nokomis, 111.
You forgot to buy a bot-
tle of Ayer's Cherry Pec-
toral when your cold first
came on, so you let it run
along. Even now, with
all your hard coughing, it
will not disappoint you.
There's a record of sixty
years to fall back on.
Tfcm lie.. He., (I. All Irafgfoti.
ContnH joar doctor. If he My* Uke It.
------ " tall* you not
t. H« know*.
i willing.
4. C. AY Kit UU.. Low.lt, Mum.
taiiiu.i your not-ior. ir n«
thtll tin II li If h. t
to take It. then don't Uk« It.
Lmv. It wl«k hln . w«. nre wtl
1
A/ ^
Iney Trouble.
Kidnty trouble preys upon ths mind, dto*
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid-
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncommon
(or a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid-
neys. If the child urin-
atos too often, it the
urino scalds the flesh or if. wher the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflic«ed with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty Is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
erable with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect ol
Swamp-Root Is soon reaJiiod. It is sold
by druggists, In fifty-
cent and one dollar
Home of Swamp-Root.
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mall
free, also pamphlet tell-
ing all about it, including many of the
thousands ol testimonial letters received
(rom sufferers cured. In writing Di. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and
mention this Daoer.
Don't make ny mistake, but re-
member the nam® hwiuup Root, Dr
Kilmer h Swamp Root, and the ad-
(lren«, BinKhu'uiou, N, Y., on every
bottle.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of MoKinMy.
Capital and Surplus, - - $125,000.1
Buys and Sells Exchange on the Principle Cities
of Europo] First-Class Paper Discounted.
•f? Business Hours. - 9 a. m., to 4 p. m.|
F. Esmuo.v, Pr s. HowellE. Smith, V. P. T. T. Emerson, Cash'r.
Fred Emerson, Asst. Cashr. Cliff EwBRSON, Bookkeeper.
Meteorological Repot t.
McKinney, Tox.. Feb. 1, 1JHW.
Meteorological report for .l.inunrv
1SM)3 is us follows:
TMKKMOMETKR.
The coldest div wa« the lilth—
27 degree^. The wannest day
was the 1st—<>1 degrees.
rainfall
1>ATFS
1ncits
•Inn '2
" 13
44 it;
" 20.....
.45
..<>4
..10
.ui;
.05
11
ft i
it
Total 1.30
baromktek KKADI.XU
Th« highest pressure was , on
the 13th— 29.i>3 inches. The
lowest pressure was on the 10th—
28.08 inches-.
R K.MARKS
The rainfall for January ns
compared with the same month
for the two years preceding is as
follows:
January lt'01 .20 inches
li>02 .7 8 ••
1903 1.30 44
Add Wilson.
The IZasy Pill.
J. P. DOWELL,
HARDWARE, FURNITURE,
Stoves, Cutlery, Glass and Plated Ware,
Lamps and Trimmings.
DO YOU NEED
Hog* Fence?
If so, call or write us for prices. We are
agents for the celebrated
Ellwood Field Fence
Catalogue for the asking.
J. P. DOWELL
9-11 E. Lousiana St.
McKinney, Texas.
it
Dr. S. M. Bobbitt,
Osteopath and Magnetic Healer
Ik
DeVVitt's Little Earlv Risers do
not Rr'pc nor weaken the system.
They cure biliousness, jaundice,
constipation and inactive livers,
f>y arousing the secretions, mov-
ing the bowels gently, yet effectu-
ally, and giving such tone and
trength to the glands of tbe
tomach, liver and bowels that the
cause of the trouble is removed
entirely. These famous little
pills exert a decided tonic effect
upon the organs involved, and if
their use is continued for a few
days there will be no return of
the trouble. For sale by City
Drug St'ue.
The Grand Encampment.
Cures Rheumatism in every form
Neuralgia, sii k headache, liver, kidnev, stomach and bowel
troubles. All forms of catarrh, throat and lung trouHes. o
All troubles peculiar to women. Nervousness from any cause °
W esvk. sore, granulated eves, piles, removes tumors, cancers, $
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warts, etc. Cures the whiskey, tobacco and morphine habits, $
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Texas. I
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without the use ol drugs or surgery.
Is now located at
10 N. Tennessee Street,
McKinney,
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S. J. n. Plemmons mid W. ('.
Robinson left Sunday eu n;>tg for
Dallas to attend the Grand 10n-
campment of Odd Fellow* which
convened Moi day morning fo: a
two clays' setsion. There Were j
also in attendance nine Can- i
tons of the order, who-e active!
momberphtp in the aggregate is!
400.
The Department Council, tin-
military rank of the order, a'.-o j
met during tli-j session, 2S.*>
strong.
The cantons which were expected
to have representation are as fol-
low.-: Canton Fort Worth No.
t'0, members, Canton t\ M.
Seeley of Waco. 38 members; Can
ton Corsicana No. 8. SO members;
Canton Houston N ). 10, 41 mem-
beritCanton Willard Richardson
No. 3 of Galveston, 32 members;
Canton El Paso No. 4. 67 mem-
bers; Canton Maria No. ft of Mar
fa, Tex., 16 members; Canton
Dallas No. 6, 91 members, and a
now canton which was formally
given a place in the order during
the oncampmcnt, which, unnam*
ed, comes from Cleburne and car-
ries with it 26 members.
All proceedings of the Grand
Encampment, Cantons and meet-
ing of tho Department Council
took place in the lodge rooms
of the 1 O. O. F.
THE; FUNNY MAN
Says good thinj s ?om?times but we snv good
things all t ie ti no. because we speak of our
up-to-'lu-mituirc dru^ store. Every family
fehotild have a few sim >le remedies on the
shell Tor use in an emergency. We make a
feature of the s>rt of remecies that will give
relief. Cdugh Cure, Colic Cure, Cholera
Cure. Cramp Cure, Chill Cure> Constipation
Cure. Remedies for old and young.
Smith Bros.. & Co.
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Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1903, newspaper, February 5, 1903; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192158/m1/4/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.