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I The McKinneyGazette.
TOJVI W. PERKINS, Publisher
McKIXNEY, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, TTIUF^PAY, JlTLY 27, 1S90.
VOL. 12, In' 21
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Contributed By An Active
Mem her.
A little over .">0 years ago St.
John's Lodge No. 5i was chartered
by ttie Grand Lodge of Texas. Its
first officers were II. (i. Hendricks,
Sara Regard and L. C. Searcy. !
Hendricks was a lawyer, and a good
one, too.
In the early fifties Sam Bogard
was a zealous Mason, an ardent
f/fJemoQr^t and a farmer. He repre-
sented Collin County both in the!
hous and in the senate of Texas. He I
was a bright man and canvassed '
the county against 'I hrockmorton. i
Vicious as a rattlesnake to hi • 1
oponents, a sincere friend to those |
j was a very zealous Mason, wish we
had many like him.
! Dr. (J. A. Poote was. many years
i before the war, master of lodge. He
I could give the degrees all right. I
: would like to see him again, i sup-
j pose it has been forty years since
| lie did master work.
Before the war, for i long lime
I St. John's Lodge was the oniv
lodge in Collin, but before the war
a lodge was chartered, the Mantua
lodge.
Y. S. McKinncy, SO years of age,
now living at Van Als'tyne, Cape.
F. M. Welch of McKinney and
C. S. Battle, E. H. Bowlby and
W M Abernatliy are named in the
new charter.
The Past-masters of St. John's
Lodge are:
T. J. Cloyd, W. P. Cloyd, T. C.
Coodner, J. S. Heard, T. \V. Wiley
J. J. Paries, S. J. B. Plemmon, \V.
M. Abemathy, Howell IC. Smith,
and J. D. Page.
The lodge lias 1.36 members.
Its present officers are:
George Wilcox, \V, M.J. M. Mar-
tin s. W*. Leland Franklin,J. \V.
W. i;. Wwsome, Ires K !•'. Oowell
sec., John Johnson, S. D. W. li.
Abernatliy J. W., V. M, Keen, tiler,
T. J. Cloyd and John Dowel! stew-
; ards.
In this connection it is right to
say that its present treasurer has
held his office for more than ten
years and to his judicious invest-
ment of its funds the lodge owes
something of its present sound fi-
| nancial standing.
There are in Collin County thir-
! teen lodges:
i >t. John's Lodge, So 51 McKin-
j nev.
I'armersville lodge No 21 i 1' li
I Jones Master, M. A.Jackson, S
I W.
limns, W. M.: T. W. Cowan, S.
\\\; M. Spradling, ,1. W.
lillie Ridge Lodge No lilll 15. ('.
Reynolds, \V. M.: W. A. Cum,
S. W.: T. ,1. Dorsey, J. W.
\Vo. on Lodge No () 1, K. A.
Guvhh, \Y. M.: (I. W. Curtis, S.
W.'; B. D. Shook. ,1. W.
Melissa Lodge No " >*.•, C. II.
W'vso j, W. M.: P. II. Bateinan,
\V. L. Osborn, J. W.
ire Lodge No ANi!, J. A.
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Lodge No Tiis. J.
\(it;\i CiiAi'Ti'i!, No. .">o.
was eliartered June. IS.'id,
with (I. A. Foe >t o, M . S.
1 *1111 i:im and J. ,1. Harrison as its
ollicers. Dr. Foote and Marshall
1 * 1111 ia l: i are hoth still active mem-
bers of the chapter. Nothing
younger members
as to have these
them in t lie meet- 1
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S.
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he loved, and a good hater to those j Capt. W. .V. Rhea of McKinm
he did'nt; he could always be loca-
ted and his character may be sum-
ed up: A good man in the right
place on the frontier.
Jack McDonough used to come
from about old Mantua. He was a
little man chock full of fun and jest.
We were always lively while .Jack
was around. It makes me laugh
now to think of him after more than
thirty years his cheeriness and fun
still makes my old heart warm up.
Jack went west anil died a few
years back. Dont you think the
Good Lord has use for men like
yJack to keep Heaven pleasant?
i ' ^ong about that time there came
fhree Cumberland Presbyterian
ministers, R. M. Rudolph, a zeal-
ous Mason and good man; W. A.
Williams who bought the Staudifer
place and started to work it, and
UHah Smith. There was still an-
other, R. R. Duidap. Dick, we iiso
to call h in., a companionable mail,
M. R. Parish was a member of the
lodge. He was once a school teach-
er, always a shouting Methodist,
and worked for a great while in the
the clerks office. I dor1 think as-
sociating with tin lawyers ever de-
moralized him.
W. B. Beuge was another great
ason. They dont make any bet-
rx men than was Billy. Everybody
ed him. He was accidentally
{ led while on a scout. Bob Fitz-
f hgh had fixed up a supper for the
'oys and Jac* Tucker and Billy
) were on opposite sides of the table
( and Jack leauedhis gun agaiust the
i.edge, somebody's foot knocked the
tgun down and it went off as it fell
?,shattering Benges ankle. A good
jman died when Billy did.
i| J. M. Beuge was another good
(iMasou. You remember him as the
'.old clerk. The two Benges were
jine men and universally liked,
i ) Thos. Lewellincr was in the lodge
I before tao war. He started out a
I *rand Methodist preacher. He af-
) erwards quit the ministry and took
'■ p the law. He was a fine lawyer,
1 n eloquent speaker but occasional-
I stayed out with the boys. A
( itilliaut man wasted his talents is
J he best way to describe Lewell-
Jg-
( ' Along iu the latter part of the fif-
ties came Jarnes H. Jenkins. Tn
^ <jis earlier day^? he had driven an ox
-Mini and leariiied the vocabulary,
ut Jenkins was made a Mason and
'i kned the church. The tenets of
\ .r&sonry have! found in him a
were all members of old Mantua
Capt. Rosamond, who commanded
a company in Ross' regiment was a
member of Mantua Lodge. Rosa-
mond was a noble fellow, he is now
dead.
Dr. Leslie was also a member of
that lodge and none 'stood high-1
er.
There were three other Masons j
who belonged to Old Mantua: H.
C. McKinney, W. C. Creagor and
William Orenduff. Each of them
lived long and useful lives, and
strange to say, all three died the
same year, and officiating at the
funeral was another Mason, than
whom there is none better, C. H.
Wysong.
Dr. Markham use to come from
Farmersville to lodge and chapter
meetings. The Doctor was always
a true, tried and trusty Mason.
Dick Crutch|field lived west of
town, was an ardent Mason. Dick
was one of the first settlers of Col-
lin County.
George Eastes. too. lived west or
soutti of town. He was a good man.
There was Uncle Sayles Coffey,
one of nature'e noblemen. Before ,
the war a member of St. John's '
Lodge he demitted and joined Pia-
no and when that lodge surrender-
ed its charter he came back to St.
John's Lodge, a truerhearted man,
a better citizen, a more enthusiastic
Mason never lived.
Along before the war was Dr. B.
M. E. Smith, one of the noblest
hearted men that ever lived, and
John M. Kincaid. Kincaid was a
farmer living,east of town, a quiet,
modest, unassuming gentleman.
There were few men like him and
few as true.
And then in order comes Uucle
Jack Faries. These are his remin-
iscences but, the writer now inter-
polpf'es. M^df5 n AT'lnn" t 'i
war, Past-master of St. John's
Lodge for forty years, without an
enemy in the world, quiet, unas-
suming, regarding every man as
entitled to respect, the world is well
with Uncle Jack, and the world is
the better that he has labored
here.
Tom J. Brown, uow on the sup-
reme court, was master after Foote,
Stewart, and Judge Harrison. He
was an enthusiastic Mason. While
he was master, J. Lee Faries J. R.
Black, E. F. Brown and T. J. Cloyd
were a team and when they came
in new blood was infused in the
White Kock Lodge No 2.'H Frank Liji
ford H Huntley Master < II Ma- i ' '
son S W W U Bishop J W
Luc Lodge No i;;.j. T. w. Wil- j. w.
daiul Lodge
\V. M.: ,1.
No
II.
liani A.
W.allen,
L. V.
C. En-
so pleases tli
, of I lie eraft
brethren w il
ing.
I >r. Foote i-< president of t lie
Collin ("omity bank and iu days
| gone by used to hob nob with
i Sain Houston, another good Ma-
(diapt
parts
( . K reviit
on Spanis
fieers of i
II A M
W L Hov.
Scribe; S
.! Cloyd
Tin
in various
>iu 1 >r. (i.
The
>ler a
'Tees
pi'
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I >oi a Id, i! igli Priest;
. King: I W Wilt v.
' B lMeiiinmns ( H: T
S: Hugh M. Donal.l R
A C: W I.' Abernatliy, M Y; W
( loyd M "j \ ; Frank \\ lieox \|
l>t \ : 11 S'tiil Ii, t rea>urei. B
Rhine, See.: \ M Keen, (iutird.
B. K. Bigger.staff,
son, and the Doctor, his friends!
say, was once upon a time some-I
a biographical SKRTCH
of
J
mnffifflo
pin
i '3
jOB
what a politician himself, but
late years, hunting wild game is
more to his taste.
Marshall PuIlium lives at Me-
lissa, is of a retiring disposition,
umissioning, lie practices out of
the lodge the teachings he receiv-jof
ed in it, of no man can
better be said.
Of the Contractors Who Will
Complete the Tlasonic Temple
k the firm of Hamilton &
Martin, who have the eon-
tract for the completion
the Masonic temple, both
inythingl have been engaged in this kind
lof work for more than a score
J. J. Harrison was an eccentric 1 of years.
genius, for a long time county] Jno. W. Hamilton is from Ken-
judge of the county, scrupulously tu. k v and came to McKinney in
honest and correct. lie moved Helms been actively en-
west and died at Ft. Worth. gaged in contracting and building
Two years after its organiza- I for 33 years. Pin ing the time in
nidation one joined it to whom j which he has been hove he lias
more than any living man, Hug- been ended upon by many parties
gai Chapter owes its place as the I who have been burned out to make
best all around chapter in the I estimates of lo&s by five and out
state. The storm never kept him j of 36iJ estimates that he Jias made
from its tijceiitigi*. >•!•« IU.oi'. .>r j in the- •otinty mut a single perswn
1 ic matters, though he would nrob-
auiy uiscldiui any such uistinc-
Lright exemplar,; and the teachings ■ ]ocj^e. Tom is authority on Mason-
l;f the meek and lowly Chri6t a ht-1 • J
1 ' • ' , , | UU1J
ys onu who has beon a member of; {jon
Just after the war Preston Cloyd
and S. J. B. Plemmons joined, both
of them were Masons before they
came and both have made the im-
press on the Masonry. Everybody
knows Bro Cloyd as a man and Ma-
son, few there be to equal.
As for own Plemmons the like of
which there is not another. If
there is a Masonic Lodge and a
Methodist church in heaven the
singing of the stars and the music
of the spheres will not be a circum-
stance to Plemmon's hallelujah.
The house has migrated during
its exist,ince.At one time it owned
! f'lfe
• ays
V f f St. John's Lodge for now forty
, (-ears iin(' more-
j i. D. Newsomc and Dr. G. A.
Ifoote were in the lodge when Jen-
liins was made. I. D. Newsome was
for many years treas. of the lodge
as his son has been after him.
^ I tell you there crer.ainty must be
something in the order when such
'men as the.-o for forty years are ad-
' vocates.
1 Another good Mason was Jesse
.l'oriman; he, had his peculiarities,
} and one of them was, ho was a Bap-
/•I'fst preacher. The world is better
, / off for his having lived in it.
, j Any Patterson used to come from ' the lot on which the Shain residence
about Highland. Andy was a good ; '3 built and held its meetings in a
Jl citizen whom all liked." ! house on th" lot. It owned in sue-
McKinney's
HAHILTON & HARTIN, Builders.
Kt'ORE many days have passed a magnificient structure will
adorn the lot upon which the corner stone was laid Saturday
for the Masonic temple.
The new building will indeed be a credit to our city, to its designers,
and to the enterprising members of St. John's Lodge No 51 and Haggai
Chapter Xo 53.
As is usual with McKinney's citizens' when an opportunity for better-
ing their surroundings presents itself it is seized on immediately, sn
it is with the members of St. John's Lodge and Haggai Chapter.
Starting with a limited membership and holding their meetings in a
small frame house they have gradually moved onward and upward until
today, with a greatly increased membership, they will soon be occupy-
ing their handsome and commodious building which is the result of thr
U n*. f-hr 'nHrro'cj f]irwl
A glance at the raster of the lodge shows the names oi our oesi citi-
zen s. Not only are they zealous workers in the upbuilding of their iodge
but they as a rule will be found to be the most earnest workers in our
various churches. Thus merit has again been rewarded, and the tem-
ple in which they will soon meet will in after years, when these mem-
bers have departed this "vale of tears" and answered to the call of ihe
Supreme Grand Master, stand as a lasting monument to the faithful
members who have spent a life time in the Masonic \rork.
The new building which we print a likeness is an exact reproduction of
the building as it will appear when completed. The building is built up-
on a solid rock foundation, is to be three stories high, built of pressed
brick, trimmed with Honey Grove stone, metal roof, galvanized iron cor-
nice, I t will be KU feet long by K1 feet wide and will be provided with all
the modern appliances. The inside is to be wainseottod and is to have j
a hard oil finish
by the build-
had ihi terrors such as to
Keep him back. The chapter was
weak, the more cs-cntinl was it
for him to come; other members
were lukewarm, the more need
for his /.euI; other ollicers did
not qualify themselves for their
luties, the more necessity he
should learn theirs too. Always
ready for a jest, he never entered
the lodge but with a smile, he
never left it without a good wish, i
Literally and theoretically he di-
vested himself etc. j
The chapter Mason has already i an architect as we
livined to whom this refers, and | best houses in tin
ius said: "(ind bless I'm le Char-
ey."
There used to come with him
luce other faithful"( liblemites:"
vlarshall Pulliain, (leorgc Nipp
and J. R. Rogers. George Nipps
is still it member and meets very
frequently w ith the chapter.
.1. R. Rogers was a school teach-
er and well qualified. Il<- moved
to the 1 n.lian Territory and is now-
dead.
Soon after the war "Ahasha,"
as they call liitn, joined the chap- . .
tor. He is "wide awake" on al I j fH'c'n vile.I to come out, and bv
that concerns Masonry. I lis i their presence show t heir respect
brethren have ju-t elected him ! '"J'^lic dead.
high priest of the chapter. I 1 he cemetery Association will
About INTO Judge Andrew- '' ' ou that day In . h'ct new oi-
fieei's and to transact any oilier
Imsinc-s which may coin.' up con-
cerning I lie . emi terv.
failed to get their insurance mon-
ey from the company on his esti-
mate.
I lis name appears a- chairman
of the committee on arragenionts
on the laying of tie.' corner stone
and this is sullicient evidence that
his committee will arrange things
all (). K.
Mr. J. M. Martin of this firm
came to McKinney in ISN.'l. Ho
lias been engaged in building
houses for twenty years and is
not only a first-class builder but
I. Many of our
city have been
built on plans drawn up by him.
He has drawn up the plans for
the house of Henry Finch, Ilenrv
W hite, the Wilcox hotel and the
Masonic tempi*1, and lie now has
four or five others on the way.
Memorial L ay.
Everybody intere-
Fitzhugh cemetery w
that Thursday, Aug.
day set apart by ITnc
1 Kinney a-- "MenioriaI
ted in the
It remember
3rd - th-
e John Mc-
Day." All
joinc
.livid.
chapter. The judge
his affection between Ma-
is bees and his i-r
The contract for the completion of this building was let
ing (ommittee to the old reliable firm of Hamilton it Martin and this is a
• j «u iu. mi- M.."iug inuu in u. ■ it f.visiuin-':..vi uuu nine u on ecu tjufucieut guaiuiitcu ih it I he workman Will be f'." ' 'l.'". 11
' p Any Patterson used to come from ''ir> °n which the Shain residence contractors are well and favorably known throughout the county. I ney
' ahmir. Hirrhland. Andtr wns n trnnd ' is built and held it"5 meetini's in a have built many beautiful residences in the county and their names ap-
pear on some of the finest buildings in the county. They are now build-
f Milton Wilkarson a true M ison 'fM' ^i"n the lot on which John ; ing an Eight Thousand Dollar residence for I Midley Heard, which,when
/ an excellent unobtrusive gentleman «e,ard's residence, and then the | completed, will surpass anything in the city for beauty of: tructur.il des-
) was tiler of of the lodge. After his lo ad an air tltIe to ,ho "P" 1 'Sn ar"' elegance of linish. 1 hey are also building a nice hous- for Mr.
' death soon after the war his son-in- 's,airs ovcr c1'- store in which Joe I Henry white, bookkeeper at the Collin County Bank. They also have
Waw, P. H. I-Iocker was tiler When ! McKinuey is doing business, it then been employed by the old reliable lumber dealer, J M wiicx
\ Hocke'r had been tiler for some ! mov°d to the back room over the 1 to supervisese the construction of his handsome new brick hotel, v hich
and a heap of affection for I Item
• ■ • j ■ >s • .• • '• 1
ed the meetings of the (irand
('hapter.
In the long ago, there was all-
ot her earnest, true hearted mem-
ber from about Anna, (irecn
Strofher was his name
Twenty years agoliad a stranger
came to McKinney and asked for
a Master Mason, nine out of ten
of whom lie asked would In . - di-
rected him to Tom < loyd. i i all
probability the tent h would
now do tlie same. 11 a oue
of Masonic jurisprud-nee :i
ainon<
Skoui.takv
New telephone hy:;tcsn.
•on in th
negot iat ing
it :on
in ar !;i!;11
Ills.)
i ion
ic era ft w hat Tom ('lovd
bolli ll
s.u I-1aciDi \. i ...
boon a faithful
I time, Jake Moore who had
cures
when
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Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup
sore throat. Don't delay
you are bothered with a son
throat. It may load to bronchitis
This remedy is a sure cure
been I ^eav h0°k store. In IS01 when 1 is now being erectcd on the lot formerly occupied
Vmade a Mason in Tennessee, was ^n11 Newsome constructed his
' • - - - - building the Masons rented the
thir^ story. In fact Mr. Newsome
built the third story at the request
of the lodge. After the lodge mov-
ed it steadily increased. It was
burned in 1892 and the charter des-
troyed and a new one granted by
by Mrs wade's hotel.
made tiler and Jake held the placa
[for many long years. The lodge
|came near being Jake's church al-
ways on hand. There be none who
lave not a kind word for him.
Dr. Stewart was a master of the
t\a*nra thn Tl,« —
,1,.
Just received a ear of Collier's I
While Lead, also pure linseed |
oil straight, not commercial lin-
seed oil. Bought for spot cash
and sold right.
9*-4w G. W. Owkns it Co.
other ('loyd ha
worker.
The records shows that William
Ihigley served the chapter as ><' •-
rotary for over twenty years. The
chapter at late meeting re-
mitted his .hies for life. This
wa.s a deserved recognition of his
good work.
In 1 when the Nowsonie j
building burned the charter was i
Intrnod and iu the >uocoi,(ling
December a now charter was)
granted with C. II. Wv mg a.s
II. P. W. M. Abernatliy, K I 11 j
L. C. Knglish as Scribe.
Parti.■- have
for several day
the construction of
telephone system,
forme.I by t hose w h.
sition to know that
will be ma. le tot he
for a franchise in I h<
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