The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1903 Page: 2 of 12
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IE DEMOCRAT
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OPPOSITE MASONIC TKMPLK.
SUBSCRIPTION KATESi
i Copy One Year, s I* 00
THURSDAY. APRIL 16. 1903
12 Pages
A subscriber at Clear Lake
writes us that bis time is about
out and asks us to stop sending
The Democrat to him. He gives
as bis reason that when he sub-
scribed for the paper be under-
stood that it would give the news
strictly neutral on all subjects
and a-ids: "But I find that you
are running it strictly in the in-
terest of the churches and prohi-
bition, which does not suit me at
all; especially since you are tak-
ing such a stand against the Wll-
lacy bill, which is an effort to re-
move some of the objectionul
features of the present local op-
tion law. Of course I appreciate
the fact that you have tlie right
to take any position on those sub-
jects you wish, but I do not want
to pay for vouu opinion." The
Democrat is a uewspapor and
gives the news "neutral,"but like
the writer, we have our ideas and
we delight to express them in our
modest way. Our subscriber,
whom wo regret to loose, is nut
compelled to adopt our viows,
unless the logic of our position is
such that he cannot avoid it. In
that event he should be thankful
for the light that brightens the
heretofore dark chambers of hih
mind. Wedm'task any one to
pay for our "opinion." We give
our readers more than a dollar's
worth of wholesome news during
our fifty-two issues during tho
year and throw in our "editorial
opinion" as a gracious gift, which
the subscriber can appropriate as
he thinks best—adopt them, re-
fute them or treat them with si-
lent coutempt. As to our posi-
tion on prohibition and the Wil-
lacy bill, we are proud of it and
we hope the daj will never come
when we fail to proclaim against
wrong in any form. We wish to
be counted in favor of good gov-
ernment in the homes of our
land. The constitution does not
guarantee liberty to destructive
elements—tQ the vicious—to the
despoilers of homes and wreckers
of good citizenphip. The very
purpose of government is to elim-
inate vice, thus protecting socie-
ty. We hope our erstwhile sub-
scriber will reconsider and rejoin
the great family of Democrat
readers.
At a meeting of the board of
trustees of the Piano public
school, it was decided not to try
to continue the school on account
of the tire Friday night.
Lafayette Zachary of Hunt
county was shot and perhaps fa-
tally injured yesterday. Morris
Zachary, aged* 16 years, was im-
prisoned for the offense.
Spring Humors
Come to Boat people and cause many
troubles,—pimples, boils and other
eruptions, besides loss of appetite,
that tired feeiiug, fits of biliousness.
Indigestion and headache.
The sooner one gets rid of them the
better, sud the way to got rid of them
and to build up tho system that has
suffered from them is to take
Hood's SarsaparUla
and Pills
Forming in combination the Spring
Medicine par excellence, of unequalled
strength in purifying the blood as
shown by unequalled, radical and per-
manent cures of
•erefula Salt Rheum
•cald Head Bella, Pimples
All Kinds of Humor Psoriasis
Blood Poisoning Rheumatism
Catarrh Dyspepele, Kto
Accept no substitute, but be sure to
got Hood's, and get it today,
a -
LOCAL NEWS.
We have started over three thousand
I toy* tn various parts of the country
in a profitable business on their own
account. We want a boy to represent
The Saturday
Evening Post
In every town. The work can be done
after school hours and on Saturdays. It is
pleasant, as well as profitable. The maga-
zine* are sold among neighbors and friends
in offices, stores, as well as in homes.
N« Money Required to Begin
The first week's supply is sent free. These
are sold at five cents a ropy and provide
the money to order th« following week at
wholesale prices.
tmflA t I XT OA OASH WZEB
* will W ish| t> 7
atUSvss*
On* CRM booklet «t * portrait* <<t
unit of our m<
•gnu* and their
of our i"" l jwtywful bojr
.loe liucker, ot Dallas, is visit-
ing his brother Dr. W. K. Kucker
and family.
Buy your bread at the Model
Baker, J. Prince, Prop. w4t
J. P. Lynch, the blacksmith
who does your work while you
wait is a new recruit for The Dem
ocrat at Tib.
Try the Model Bakery, #1.
Prince, Propr., South Teunes.
see street. w4t-
,1. P. Harding, druggist of
Hereford. Tex., and wife are
guests of the hitter's uncle, John
Cook ai'd fatnilv, in this city.
Mrs. Charlie Harrison went to
Melissa to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Knott.
Fresh bread and cakes at the
Model Bt'kery. w4t
,1. A. Wilson, a good substan-
tial citizen of Blue Kidge, placed
us under obligations for some of
Bryan's silver on tho Democrat
renewal.
Best bread and cakes in town
at tho Model Bakery, J. Prince,
Proprietor. w4t
T A Pructt, one mile north of
Blue Kidge, appreciates a good
paper and sent us in some ounces
of silver to keep the Democrat
going.
Judge F. E. Wilcox and W. H.
Sims have returned from a week's
fishing trip on Caddo Lake at Jef-
ferson. They report a fine trip
and plenty of fish.
L. J. Butler, one of Tib's hus-
tling farmers and school trustees,
is another whose name wo are
f>roud to add to Tho Democrat's
ist there.
Little Miss Grace Crim, of
Vineland, in visiting her grand pa
rents Mr. and Mrs. L. M Talk-
ington and other McKinney rela-
tives for a few days.
Miss Myrtle Pope of Walter,
Okla., writes, "I am well pleased
with The Democrat" and ompha
sizes her kind words by an accom-
nyingcash remittance.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Thompson
and little daughter, Frances, re-
turned from Marlin Saturday
night. Mr. Thompson is improv-
ed in health.
Mrs, K. D. Thompson and lit-
tle dnushter Frances, have return-
ed to Dallas after a visit to Mrs.
Thompson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Aoernathy.
,J. B. Wallace is one of Tib's
best men and manifests an inter-
est in his county affairs by hav-
ing us send him Collin's oldest
established paper, The Democrat.
J. W. Boren, Tib's clever post-
master, soda pop dispenser, gas
distiller and companion to S
Walktip, handed over some 'stuff'
and for one year will read cold,
solid facts as "promulgated" by
The Democrat.
Judge Wilcox and friends from
McKinney are here this week
guests of his brothet-in-lnw, F.
R. Largent. They wont down to
the lake on a fishing trip soon as
they arrived'—Jefferson Jimpli-
cute.
James Lewis, a successful West
Collin farmer, thinks prospects
for a good wheat yield are very
good. The ceroid has greatly im-
proved in condition. Ho says
volunteer oats are heading out
and are fine.
A meeting of I he school direct-
ors resulted in the election on the
board of S. T. Hammond in tbe
place of J. L. Doggett, resigned,
and Giles McKinney to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of 8. J. Masste.
GEORGE ELIOT.
A Story at tbt Author aa4 the
arrlpt «f «l)ssl*l Ufraads."
Geortft) Kliot wua conspicuous as S
person who was kindly mid syuiputbet-
1c In it hl|th dejtrec. Shu was "ever
ready to be amused nud I in Tested In
ull that coiK't-riwd her friends." She
hud also h keen sense of humor and
Momet lines made her friends laugh as
well as hiughed with them. She "/as
solicitous a Unit her manuscript* and
was afraid she should lose them. Black
wood had occasion to send her the mun-
userlpt of "1 ni«*l Dereedn." She
would not have it Intrlisted to the oiail,
and Mr. Hluckwood said he would send
it by his footman tbe next day.
"Ob. don't." tbe author suld. "He
might stop ut a public house and forget
It!"
Mr. Ittnckwood explained that this
fontmun was a perfectly sober man of
high character ami weut on to praise
tbe mun'a virtue*!, but this did not reas-
sure her at all. "If he la the sort of
chivalrous Hayard (hat yon describe,"
■be said, "be is just (he kind that would
■top and help at a tire!"
This was a <xudtlim"nry that Mr.
Blackwood oould not bear to consider.
He promised that some member of his
family would bring the manuscript, and
nest day, In fact. Mr. Illnckwuod drove
over with it.
Iloav M(binlii( Kllla.
The cause of death by lightning Is
the sudden absorption of the electric
current. When a thundercloud which
Ir highly charged with positive elec-
tricity hangs over any certain place,
the earth beneath It becomes n I (nor-
mally charged with the negative elec-
tric current, uml a man. animal or oth-
er object standing or lying directly be-
ueath also partakes of the last men-
tioned influence. If, while the man,
animal or other object is in this condi-
tion. a discharge takes place from the
cloud above, tbe restoration of the
equilibrium will be sudden and violent,
or, in language that we can all under-
stand, the negative current from the
earth will rush up to Join the positive
cloud current, and in passing through
the object which separates tbe two
currents. If it lie an animate thing,
will do s<* with such force as to almost
invariably produce Instant death.
According to the above, which seems
a tenable hypothesis, to say the least,
a person Is really "struck" by the
ground current and not by the forked
fury from above at all.
Knit's H<*lni«illon«.
The only relaxation Kant, the cele-
brated German philosopher, allowed
himself whs a walk, which he invaria-
bly took iluring his life at Konigsberg
at about the same hour every afternoon,
ills usual stroll was along the banks of
the Pregcl toward the Friedtich's fort,
and in these walks he was always n
careful observer of the phenomena of
nature. He told his friends one day
how, as he passed a certain building in
his daily walk, he had noticed uevera'
young swallows lying dead upon the
ground.
On looking up he discovered, as he
fancied, that the old birds were actual-
ly throwing their young ones out of the
nests. It was a seaso: remarkable for
the scarcity of insects, and the birds
were apparently sacrificing some or
their progeny to save the rest. "At
this," added Kant, "my Intellect was
bushed. The only thing to do here was
to fall down and worship."—Chambers'
Journal.
Repairing s Crotrn.
What curious old records one comes
across sometimes In unexpected ways!
Here is one which rather calls to mind
certain fairy tules beginning "Once
upon a time" and going on to recount
extraordinary proceedings quite as If
they were the mflwt natural and com-
mon things in the world. It has refer-
ence to Edward III. and 1'hilippa of
Ilainault and is kept with other docu-
ments at Harwich, their majesties hav-
ing had at the time a palace at Felix-
stowe. It runs thus, "For repairing
ye queen's crown which ye king threw
into ye lire, item Jls. Od." The points
which strike one in this memorandum
are the violence of the king's temper
and the cheapness of the mending
process.
A Doctor With E*i rrlrnoo,
One day, while mending the roof of
his house, Chodja lost his balance and,
falling to the ground, broke a rib A
friend of his went hurriedly for a ha-
kim (doctor).
"Hakim, have you ever fallen from a
roof and broken a rib?" was the tlrst
question Chodja asked the doctor.
"Thank <!od. no!" replied the hakim.
"Then go away at once, please." cried
Chodja. "i want a doctor who has fall-
en from a roof and knows what It Is!"
The Mlftrntor)- Crab.
The West Indian migratory crab Is
the only creature that is born in the
seu. matures In fresh waters and passes
Its adult life on land. Once a year
these creatures migrate in thousands
from the uplands of Jamaica, deposit
their ova in the sea. then migrate to tbe
rivers and streams, pass through a
fresh water stage, after which they fol-
low their parents to laud until tbe time
comes for them to return to the sea tc
lay their eggs in turn.
' —
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Stood.
All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once evenr three minutes.
Tho kidneys i
■blood purifiers, they fil-
ers your
kidney trouble.
Kidney
ter out the waste or
Impurities in the blood.
If they sr« sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches and rheu-
matism come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, dus to nef lected
Money trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart Is
over-working In pumping thick, kidney-
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin-
ning in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make r,o mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. It stands the highest for Its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and Is sold on Its merits
by all druggists in fifty-
cent and one-dollar siz-
es. You may have a
sample bottle by mall
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kllms*
It Co.. Binghamton. N. Y.'
Don't make any mistake, but re-
member the name, Swamp-Root, Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad-
dress, Binghamton, N.Y., on every
bottle.
Roma of Swamp-Root
Armor- Plated Boys.
It is important in these days
that there should he armor-plated
boys. A boy needs to be iron-
clad on
His lips—against the first taste
of liquor.
His ears—against impure words
His hands—against wrong-doing
His heart—against irreverence
and doubt.
His feet—against going with
bad company.
His eyes—against dangerous
books and pictures.
His pocket—against dishonest
money.
Ills tongue—against evil-
speaking.
Tho Christian armor on her
citizens gives more security to the
nation than all tbe armor-plate
can on her ships.—Christian Guar
dian.
Ladles Auxiliary
At tbe meeting of tbe Ladies
Auxiliary of tbe Y. M. C. A. last,
Saturday tue following officer?
were elected for the ensuiog year:
Mrs. T. SV, Wiley, Pres.
Mrs. D. T. Pardue, 1st Vice
Pres.
Mrs. J. L. Greer, 2nd Vice
Pres.
Mrs. W. E, Ditto, Secretary.
Miss Ada liichardscsi, Corres-
ponding Secretary.
Mrs. W. C. Jones, Treasurer.
The above list of officers con-
stitute a strong working force and
with the hearty co-operation of
the other lady members will add
success to thoir efforts'
There will be a called meeting
of the Auxiliary Saturday after-
noon at 2:30 o'clock for tbe pur-
riose of completing arrangements
or tbe banquet on April 30th.
Professional Cards.
H.t. PEARSON ||
Dental Surgeon' ^S
Office and Hour • vnrtt, im. .
up-l
If w
Office and Home ; North aide square
up-stairs over Bray Bros. Phone 5W.
wanted at night rlnir office door bell
McKINNEY. TEXAS.
Mesdames Sain and Harvey
Grabam and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Wallace wenttoFarmersvule Mon
day to attend tbe funeral of Al-
bert Graham who died very sud-
denly tbere Monday.
J. N. Jeffcoat, who is so clever
that Tib couldn't get along with-
out him, and whom everybody
loves, tendered Tbe Democrat a
"wheel" for renewal. Wish the
world had more such men.
w, T. HOARD. rn I
4B Dentist.
Office—over McKinnej Drug Co
Office Phone 198.
McKINNEY, TEXA&
Jt C.N. SMITH,
Dentist. #
Office—Northeast corner ef the
MeKDfNKT, WAS.
ROOFING
Guttering and repairing done
Also manufacturers one of
the best Washers on the mar-
ket for $1.00 4
Write for circular.
O. LEDDY,
McKinney, Texas
R. L. Parker, McKinney's vet-
eran shoetnaKer, was able to be at
his post of duty Thursday for the
first time in twenty-five days. We
are glad to note his improvement
in health.
Mrs. J. P. Moulden and Miss
Irene |Duncan returned Monday
from a visit to Mrs. Moulden's
husbands parents Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Moulden at Murphy.
Dr. Gunn's Antiseptic
THE ORE A T QERM DESTRO YER
The only slow fever cure known to
science.
Cures 1,a Grippe like magic.
Cures a cold in one night .
The greatest female regulator in the
world.
It tastes like lemonade and does'nt
make you sick, but makes yon well.
It's a health resort for every home.
Physicians recommend it.
"Dr. Uunn'santiseptic gives satis-
faction in every case and thin is more
than I can say for anv other medicine.
We can push it because we believe it
to possess curative properties that are
not contained in the ordinary remedies
that are recommended for th* general
ills of our race, F. T. COOK, M. D.
Taylor. Texas. "
The above medicine for sale by
Mate Barnett, McKinney. Tex.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of MeKlnnty.
Capital and Surplus, -
hfl
$125,000.1
Buys and Sells Exchange on the Principle Cities
of Europe, First-Class Paper Discounted.
Business Hours.
9 a. m„to 4 p.m.
F. Emersion, Pres. HowellE. Smith, V. P. T. T. Emerson, Cash'r.
Frbd Emerson, Asst. Cashr. Cliff Ewerson, Bookkeeper.
J. T. Couch
Keeps in stock every variety of musical
instrument from a Jews harp to the cost-
liest make of the Piano.
He makes terms and prices to suit you.
VISIT HIS BIG MUSIC STORE WHEN
IN McKINNEY.
Dinif Old Story.
Stern Father — \Vbat an unearthly
hour that fellow stops till every tilgbt,
Dora? What does your mother say
about It?
Daughter-She sb.vs men haven't al-
tered a bit since she was young, pa.
A Factor la Progrm.
A trained, educated mechanic la the
eoat powerful factor In the progress
of nations. Such a rann thinks, pro
▼Idea for the unexpected, multiplies
bla forces and dcrea the world to
kin.—Galveston News.
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Owing to the unusally wet fall and winter, there hus been very little land broken for corn,
therefore it is necessarv to get a planter that will do the work on unbroke land, as well as ou that
which is well prepared, for the farmer to get his corn planted in the proper time, and in tho best
possible manner. We have such a planter, and it is guaranteed to give satisfaction.
This Plantar Will Open
THE FURROW.
Drop and cover the corn all in one
operation, it if a two-horse planter,
and will use a large corn shovel or
sweep either as desired to open the
furrow, and then all that is neces-
sary to put your corn io the best
condition, is to break ont the mid-
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des, and your crop is planted in first-class shape. Wo are offering this celebrated planter at the ..
extremely low price of $15.00, to introduce it. We also have the Disc Check Row cotton and
corn planter which can't be equaled for a checkrow planter by anything on the market.
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R. E. CARPENTER, Manager.
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Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1903, newspaper, April 16, 1903; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192168/m1/2/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.