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THIRTY-U1GIITH YK.XIl (l>lulilUln <! February 7. IHH4).
McklNNUY, COl.lJN W)UNTY, Tl \ A*. Till IIMIAY, MARCH IT. INI.
I« PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS THIS WEEK
MADSTONE ADHERES TO WOUND
84 HOURS; FOUR-YEAR-OLD-CHILD
BITTEN BY DOG WiTH RABIES t, f
FOSTER'S
WEATHER
BULLET!
F. J. HAGENBAHTH
IN SUiT FLED HERE
! Tin- little fotir-yiur-ohl mm of Mr.
'and Mia. |i ci> Smith, Ih lnu In the
t 'lU'it community, five inllf« east of
i W ylle, wan bitten l>> a Joy believed lo
| Imvu l'uhia oil lil«t KlKluy, lit cotd 111 •;
H "v to i report brinmlil 1 n• i. I.imI >\ • .
1by John \V. Bryan of tlial m ctlon who
.wax In• !••• lo serve on the Jury In Jinii;
i Wilcox's court.
I Tin* child was immeiliiit« l> taken
to Farmorsvli lo where a so-called
•uterli « ' loadstone was applied lo the wound
Kurtli'h j.Hntl the stone adhered K4 hours, it wis
na Id.
The Kurniersvlllo inadstonc has had
quite a noted career. It la claimed that
a Warm wave will result, overspread-1thc stone is 102 years old. According
111K Alanka und western Canada. I pre-{to legend a madstone Is prneura!<)«•
fcr to begin the name ol the planet from only one source, the bladder of a
W. T. foster.
March 11
week
Copyrighted 1U21 by
Washington, 11. C.,
During early pari of
on April 1 a red corpuscle ol
blood circulation will enter lie ex- .
treme northwest of the continent and
thai is our home Willi a capital letter,
because our home planet Is more im-
portant to us than all the others I ask
the printers lo make uii exception in
tills case and let the capital he UHed
in these bulletins. I have called at-
tention to the dual nature of innttei :
It Is universal; comes up In the storms
in many ways; warm and cold. high
and low barometers, always In pair*
Animal blood has the red and white
coming through the blood circulation
in pairs. The warm wave results from
the red corpuscle of the storm. the
low thc cool wave from the white, the
high or white.
This Is next to the last storm of rhe
present five months' crop weather
period; next storm will Inaugurate
new conditions. This 'warm wave will
cross meridian 90 near April 1. in It
moves toward New Orleans, moving
thence In direction of Newfoundland,
which It will reach April :i or I. The
forecast* are for the center of warm
wave, storm wave and cool wave I:ai
ter two will lollt/tv one or two days
behind the preceding.
Not much intensity In this storm, no
white deer, Mr. Bryan said
The dog was killed.
iu<; err in cotton.
Illoomilalc
Aorengc
l'lai|tcr Will Itnllli'i'
Fifty I'or Cent—tirii'ii
Rug- nil Onto.
$50,000 PERSONAL RETAILERS AND CHAMBER OF
DAMAGES SOUGHT COMMERCE INAUGURATE BUY IT
NOW CAMPAIGN FOR McKlNNEY
BUSY WEfov
DISTRICT COURT
IN PROSPECT
A suit was filed III the i fl i ol Ml
Atli i. Taylor clerk ot the Ktfly-1.111•'i
Uisirk't niurl Tud .<Iu> niylwil
\t. Cole is J. V\ Joints^. it I u
il.linages, Cole s iittoritcys in e v. all i ■
lluglislnu, II. II Ncnsuii anil l-'ci.ulur
Woodvlllo .1. lingers, lite plulnliii Is
si i. (4 for $60,000.00 ^I'.i.OOO for p i
sella; damages and $2 >,0mh exoiiiputi >
damage...
In tiie plaintiff's petition lie alley's
that lie was unlawfully and out iciou.i
ly shot by the deleinlani on Auk
The rcKular monthly meeting ot the
li>. ill Credit Association w i. held .it
the Chamber ot Commerce rooms
.Monday night villi a splendid attend-
ai.c< and with an iiiiusuiil spirit of
o ittilsm |ui \ailing. It was one of
lie- most optimistic nicetiligi lite,
ere.In iirguulfcutton ha slicld slnei- Its
reorganisation.
Tin si-eretar,. \V, K. McKnlght.
\\ In
When court convened Monday
ha t i nipt cased McKinney busl-. mm nilig the court room was crowded
nieii with the etllcleitt manner with wltucs.- . an ilspceliitnrs. i'lioro
I a I, iU:o—that lie was shot three times l which lie hint conducted the adults ,
{with a loaded shot gun. The plaintiff 'he \ssoelalton, made his monthly
to ol's that by reason ot tin sliob*,report which showed very tine work.
|caused a number of shot to be lnje.'t-l
Our good friend, It. I''. Scott, of
Bloomdale. while in ihe city Satur-
day evening. stated that the green
bugs were causing his sprint; oats to
turn a tittle brown In the last few
days lie is hoping that the last ralu
would help outs and wheat to out-
strip In growth the green bugs. Mr.
Scott and sons, who a^'e among the
best cotton raisers of our county, will
cut their crop fully one-half HiIn year
In acreage Mr. Scott asserts that ho
can buy good cotton cheaper than lie
em raise It Mr. Scott, will plant some
Japanese sorghum cane and other-
wise try to raise more of his living
at home this year than ever before.
His corn is up and looking nicely. He
slates that if the green bugs destroy
his oats lie will plant It 111 corn or
other teed stuff and will not plant any
great extremes; no fronts expect d and more cotton under any circumstances
not much ralli. I'rosts may follow nex1 than about one-half tin acreage that
storm where they sometimes if or at in- had In last year.
this season, bill are not probable. More! '•
.1. I. V.IIITI-: IN TOWN.
While's tirovc I'ariiicr Out Again.
Wii- \o< idt'i11itII> Injured Hy Auto.
danger of frosts during week center-
ing oil April 24. For all parts of tin
continent I have the average dates ot'
the first killing frosts of the Spring
months, the first killing frosts of thej
Kali, the earliest frosts that have oe ! Our old White's Grove friend. .1. T.
curred in the Kali and the latest that White, was able to be in McKinney
have occurred lu the Spring. I can .Saturday, greeting friends once more,
make good, but not perfect, forecasts I Our readers will remember that lie
of coming frosts, hut have not found was accidentally struck by an auto in
a practical way of getting these Into {tills city about one month ago, sus-
newspapers. This could be acconip- talnlilg a broken collar bone and
plished and all forecasts published. Ishoulder and several ribs. He is
from"one to three years lu advance, iflthunkful to huve escaped so fortun-
the government had o(session of my iately as he did.
work. I have recently found something
new, the greatest of all discoveries,
and am trying to whip It into useful-i
ness.
There will be three periods of dan-
gerous hall during the coming Sum-'
mer where hall sometimes damage thc
crops. Jupiter and Saturn are at their I
TWKIiVK
ADDITIONS
TO WNJCOX CHURCH
The revival meeting at Wilcox
Methodist church Is continuing
with unabated Interest. The pastor,
the Rev. W. S. Boyd, Is being asslst-
greatest r>B-year cycle. At or neur this '''' 1,1 ,,lt! ''('v'val *t"v- V' Bowen
cycle the sun's clouds are expanded
so as to cover the sun spots, hence not
many sun spots lu the years near this
cycle. During the years of thOIr oppo-
site cycle, about so years away, most
sun spots are seen. All these things
may he definitely and profitably
known. But complete Investigation Is
beyond the reach of individuals
government
the dlseoverie
gators unless they.
exploit the discoveries. Myself and
three others have expended J.'.n i>o0
and I have given 88 years of labor to
the Investigation .therefore we cannot
give It away.
o? Proper. At Monday night's service
there were some live or six conver-
sions and ten or twelve additions to
the church. Barge crowds are at-
endlug each service and much Inter-
est is being manifested.
complete Investigation Is .—
reach of individuals and f i.'ii.'Tl.'l.'v
officials will not accept I ' "" «
'ios of independent Invest!- J
<s they, the officials, can T"-
YKAUS AliO IN
MclilNNKY
F. J, Hagenbarth, president of the
National Wool Growers' association,
argued before the eenale finance com-
mittee on the emergency tariff bill for
the preservation of the wool and shsep
industry, now threatened with ruin.
He Is quoted as saying that herds are
being sold to pay debts.
MEMBERSHIP
CAMPAIGN FOR
FARM BUREAU
urn* ...
t'imtiKli niM'H m't l* r tlial Mon-
ti io Ufi'i" coiii'l rill| lo>ril lor two
W Avery Howell, t hiol executive ot weeks at least. As there is only one
i>d into his face, body and legs a.nl 'he two nrganlxiUlnlls, presided over more Week ol criminal court aonio
arms which cannot lie extracted with- 'be meeting but later turned the ,,[■ eases will have lo be coiitlti-
out grent danger to his lite; that |„; meeting lo Adam Bond wllh the r - ',, j VV. JefCroSB
is tlialigiircd and now has 'tvounds t|iiest that he presenl this atlvautages with assault lo mtirdiir by
libysi- * •- - ■■
ot it "Buy It Now movement to the m^ud Jury liidlctmiil, was set for trial
I merchants. Mr. Bond look charge of i ,\|,iniln> us oilier Important ciuine
Itl.e meeting and In a concise, busl-1 but Monday Judge Krank 10. Wll-
jiiess-llke manner lold ol the move- ,.,(X unnouitced that tho cases against
that 'incut and lis hcnnllts. "Optimism • > ; iIiumi- lu Jail 'ivotiltl be given the rl||ht
across i business docs not menu that we spend 0[- y/^y over other cases. The first
while foolishly nor to buy those things ,.llH1, that went lo trial was the case of
which we do not need itiill that Is no* ty. jt Ackers, charged wllh Iranspor-
tlie objective of ibis iiiovei.iont, but tl tatlun of Intoxicating liquors. Thero
Is the object ami hope of these cam- aro nlno Jail Inmates wllh u total of 12
pitlgns which arc National In their registered against them who are
scope, to pill Into circulation a lot ot tn be tried first. Two of these (he cases
t>U the plaintiff fell prostrate ou tin-idle money thai can easily lie sparod ,,,• |,,,lloy Robinson anil Monroe Wll-
ground, whereupon the defendant be-'and that Is at the present doing no ||,miH. colored, charged wllh the theft
lloNlug that I lie plaintiff to lie eit her : good for any one." said Mr. Bond In flour are contested cases. The
dead or dying left lillli In tin- load ! discussing thc campaign. lie cited others beside Askers are charged with
without offering any assistance what- the campaign already launched In forgery and burglary.
and running sores which the
clans so far are unable to cure.
♦ ♦ ♦
Acro-s Pit Idle l|i siil.
The plaintiff further avers
The shooting was along and
the public road ami was done
plaintiff and a friend of thc defend
ant were begging him not to shoof
and that defendant shot and hi!
plaintiff with a large number of shot
and continued to shoot and hit him
A meeting was held iu the Olliimbei
of Commerce room Saturday prepar
atory to the membership drive to b'
.-Hailed lor the Kurm Bureau Keiieru
(ion in this county Sulurday, March
I'J. Charles il. iSlouebroaker ol iow..
was present. Mr. Slonebrcaker started
today ou a series ol address Hirougn-
uui the county iu behalf ol the Kami
Bureau.
Mr. Stuiobreaker's lllnurtiry is it'
follows;
Marsh 14—Altoga 1:30 p. m ; Me-
lissa 7:30 p. in.
March 15—Westminister 1:30 p. in ;
Anna 7:30 p. in.
March 16—Pike 1.30 p. m.; Blue
Ridge 7:30 p ill.
March 17—Verona 1:30 p. ni .
Princeton 7: SO p. in.
March 18 Nevada 1:30 p. m.
mersvlllo 7:30 p. 111.
March 19—Murphy 1:30 p. m
lie 7:30 p. m.
March 21- Bucas 1.30 p. m.; Allen
7:30 p. m.
March 22—Ixibanon 1:30 p
Krlsco 7:30 p. m.
March 23—-Rhpa Mills l^^O
Prosper 7:30 p. m.
March 24—Renner 1:30 p.
Piano 7:30 p. m.
March 25—Roselnnd 1 .10 p
Weston 7:30 p. m.
March 26—McKinney 1:30 p.
Cellna 7:30 p. m.
Ki'
W'y
m.;
p. in.:
m.
m
mi'cit ok woRi.n,
I'l'imk Cplni, Hbmiiiflnlo Roy I'nder
Twenty, In Navy Two YiMirs.
Ueorge M. Oiieai arrived from S;
Bonis where ho has been on business
connected with the big clothing firm
ho represents.
A dispatch from Helena. Mont., re-
ported the fiercest storm of the winter
raging. At 1,1 vlngston the temperature
registered 18 below zero
Johnny McKinney filed his resigna-
tion as constable of Precinct No. t In
order to give his full time to h ■. can-
didacy for city marshal. Will Kerb/
was appointed to fill the vacancy.
Mrs. Ora Crlm, a widow lady, of
BloomdnIe wns trading In McKinney
Saturday afternoon. She stated that
green louts are not hurting her wheat
which looks well. Mrs. Crlm had Just
received n letter from her son, Krank
Crlm. dated at Manila May, Philippine
Islands. January 1. 1921. [l had been
on the road for about seven weeks.
Krank enlisted In the navy about two
years ago and Is serving on the U.
S. S. Ynrnnll. Krank has visited the
Hawaiian Islands, Japan, China, court house, The court accepted
Philippine Islands and other far ills- offer.
tant points of the Bast since lie en - i ——
tered the navy nearly two years ago.' The Collin County Agricultural, Hor-
Ho Is still under 20 years of age. hut ticultural and Mechanical Association,
Is enjoying the opportunity and prlvi- reorganized for the purpose or unlilrsr
lege of seeing much of tile world Hi
Ri:V. (HY <ION I0S 11 IO It I'', I ROM
KRISCO TO AID RI V IVAI
over, and that as a result oi such in si me Texas towns anil the plana to
Juries, he has been compelled to em- open the big guns of the "Buy B
pio> physicians, nurses, buy medic ie Now" movement iu the lOast early
at a reasonable cost of $.Mmi and was next month, lull, our seasons coming
compelled to remain in Ills bed a great I earlier It Is doomed best to start the
length of time and was confined
his room for a longer time.'
Tin plaintiff also avers that "II ''were
lost time; his crop canned lo suilci of twelve
his stricken and enfeebled eontlll
♦ ♦ ♦
Scnlcneotl Siisp Milled.
W. J. Ackers charged wlih having
In his pos-1 •i slon Inioxic i'ing llquorn
was the llrsl i .ISC I'd* wm t to tiial
ampalgn now. Monday morning lie entered a plea ot
\ number of business men present trullt\ before a Jury and was found
re called upon lo express flu.til- guilty Ills sentence, one your lu the
•ognriling such a campaign, iionltontlni v. was suspended during
The following speakers approved the (I behavior.
plan: l'3d II. Petlns, Waller Howell, The Jurv for Ihe week Is as fol-
.1 I''. Bone (1. J. S. Walker, W. A. ;0w I! I. Horn. W. A. PVImcll, W.
Howell, Martin Moses, Jas. II. Meriitt, .' |i *|iailillck, W. M. .Hancock, 12. R.
lilt ami agonizing pains and tortures J, I. Chapman and others. Mr. Chap- i nch .1. W. Ilnckler, Tom Corhllt, K.
due to Ihe willful and malnious li man lilt the keynote of optimism. Ho c Klmiainan, c. K, Mllllgan, J. M.
Juries lulllcicd iijton liiui; iliat lie was salil lie felt more encouraged this Kruzo, W 'I'. Boxeiiia.il, J. II. Callings.-
43 years old and had a reasonable life week than lie had for six months \,,,rlh. Will Hollow, I''. W. KrunelV, W.
expectancy of 2G years, capable of'over the business sllnation. Questions n Vernon, I!. I''. Prol'llt, J. K. Cotnor,
earning money at rale of $ 1 r.on per were asked ol many others present t|', Carver, M B. Chapman, R. G.
and they all approved the plan. I < '. r t o 11, ('.en, Robertson, and O. B.
The expense of the campaign will 11 lis.
bo paid by Ihe Chamber of Com- j i;ddle Ward, colored, was convicted
o? forgery In Klfty-ninth district couro
Monday and his punishment assessed
That for 'Weeks lie lay as he thoiigtil
and believed hanging between III'
and death. That he suffered excriitial
yciir, that, the premises of his earning
capacity have been permanently I in-
put rod and was compelled to pay out
large sums for hospital, medical anil | meree a id the Itetall .'roilll Assocla-
medicinal foes—suffered untold and (Ion.
Inexpressible physical and mental an-
guish which undermines and weakens
Ills nervous system lo damages in tli"
sum of $26,000 actual damages and
$2f>,00o exemplary damages or a total
ol $50,000 damages and all costs.
♦ ♦ ♦
I Cello or Murder Trial.
The tiling of Ibis damage null Is an
echo of the recent trial of the plain-
tiff, who wus acquitted of murder
Saturday afteriion hy a Jury In district
court. Cole was acquitted of the mur-
der of W. B. .leffress of Maples, which
killing occurred at the Cole homo on
the morning of August 24, 1920. Soon
after Colo had shot W. B. Joffress, he
started walking toward Van Alstyno
to catch a car for McKinney to sut-
render lo the officers. When he had
gotten about one-fourth mile from
home he 'was overtaken and alleged to
4'ampiilgn Now Open.
II was decided to start the cam-
paign March <6th,, and continue It
for four consecutive weeks. Accord-
Ingly committees were appointed to
put out. posters and other advertising
literature showing the advantage or
such a movement. It Is the hope ot
these two organizations that all the
people will ,'oln heartily In this move-
ment with the result that till will lie
benefited.
UK; oil, wi:m< at
llltl'H K ION III IMil'' IS ON KIRK.
at two yearn onntlneniont lu 'he State
penitent III I V.
Oliver Hunter, charged wllh burg-
I. ry, was found guilty given two years
in the penitentiary and bin sentence
suspended during good behavior.
Merrell Kelly, colored, charged
with forgery, was found guilty and
•-liven two years In the penitentiary.
Ills sentence was suspended during
good behavior.
Horace Perkins, colored, chargod
Willi forgery was acquitted Tues-
day. The court Instructed the Jury lo
return a. verdict of not guilty.
Bewls Montgomery, charged with
burglary was found guilty and his
punishment assessed at two years In
(ho penitentiary and Ihe sentence sus-
pended.
Plea of Guilty ttooordml.
R N. Koonce charged with having
Intoxicating liquor In his possession,
The Rev. Guy K, Jones of Krisco ar-
rived Monday and in company with
Rev. J. Sam Barous, pastor of the
K.rsl Methodist church, gave our of-
fice a call. Rev. Jones will do the
preaching in the series of revival ser-
vices which begun Sunday at the
Hrockeni'hlge, Texas, March 16.—
Ignited from a refuse lire on the
banks of a creek. Ihe No. 7 Blckie
well and pipe line of the Brown Com-
pany are burning here, with a loss al-
havc been shot throe times by J. W. {ready estimated al more .hu.ii $100,-
Jefrress, a brother of the deceased. |obo. Tho $1,000,000 pumping plant
There Is a charge no'vv pending in tln jof ihe Texas Company and a well of entered a plea of guilty before a Jury
district court against Joffress for as- the Humble Company are threatened. fifty-Ninth District court Wodnos-
siiult to murder. Joffress' case was set liyniimlto end steam are being used ,]ay afternoon. He was convicted and
for trial Monday, but all cases wore sot I to combat the flames, but so far v.-llti- his punishment assessed at two years
aside for the time being until all Ja I out much success. ,confinement In Ihe Stale penitentiary,
cases wore disposed of. The burning well Is a producer of The sentence was suspended durinff
0 — I between 1,400 and 1,600 barrels n. ^nod behavior.
IIOMI'JSTIOAIIIORM TO GIVI'. Plto- |day. This is the third disastrous j .
GRAM NK.XT KRIDAY NIGHT blaze In Brock en lid go wthln the last ,
I month. The other tires, both of which i
As a fitting climax of tin- member-1were In the business district, destroy- s
51 111. I SKA MAN VISITS.
Kirst Church.
Rev. Jones bears the reputation ofjHhip campaign that is now in full blast oil several blocks of business houses
being one of the most effective pastor-
evangelists In the McKinney district
and Rev. parens fools that he Is most
fortunate in securing his services for
this mooting.
Mrs. J. D. Stiff, Mrs. W. R Hill mid
Mrs. Ray Wallace, committee from
the Kd el Weiss Club, conferred with
the commissioners courts and offer-
ed to purchase a clock to cost not iess
than $600 to be plaoodG on top of th.'
the
MRS. TOM SHIKUjDK
Dries AT KORT WORTH
enlisted for a period of four years.
.1
li. KR\NK!/IN KNARI K
TO HI') ItKon.llT H< >MK.
Mrs. T. C. (Tom) Shields died at the
family home In Kt. Worth Tuesduv
morning. Burial was made In that city
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Shields and family formerly
lived in McKinney where her husband
was engaged In the grocery business
They movpd to Kt. Worth about one
year ago. She was formerly Miss Jo
Harlow and was born and reared In
In the movement foi'n big counlv fair Ith" Cottage Hill community. Kor sev-
this fall, held a meeting at the court '"•'a' Vours she and her husband resld-
house. i 'apt. J. H. Bingham, president od ' thp Wotsel community where
with the Homesteaders, It has been and caused losses totaling more than
decided by McKinney Homestead lo !$100,000 each.
have a program and banquet ot un- i •
usual Interest, for tho members and CHRISTIAN CHI'RCH
their families on Krlday night. at i Sl'JRIIOS OF MKKTlNGS
7:30, March 18, W. O. W. hall In this
city. It Is desired that a large attend-| As a part of the program announc-
aneo of the members and members of • <1 at the annual meeting of the Kirst
A. Cunningham anil faintly lira
staunch friends of Our Weekly.
their families will be present on this
occasion. Kx-Governor O. B. Colquitt
has tentatively agreed to be present
and deliver an address. Hon. Wallace
Christian church the last night of the
old year the pastor. Rev. Clifford S.
Weaver, Is to preach nightly next
week Monday to Krlday Inclusive,
Hughston will make an address. Ml8S|These meetings are a part of the prp-
Hays. a teacher of elocution, and Mtss j Master campaign of this church. Tho
Crawford, both of Piano, will give'special series will open with the usual
readings of character. Hon. Krank services next Sunday closing with jcuniiingham has resided within three
Hnrrlngtnn, ex-Mayor of Piano, will | Raster inuslcale Master night. There miles of Melissa for eighteen years.
We received a welcome call Satur-
day from our old Melissa, friend, S.
A. Cunningham, who renewed for tho
Weekly I icmocrnt-Oazotte and the
Dallas News at clubbing rate for an«
other year In advance. Mr. Cunning-
ham Is a native of Tennessee but
has been In Texas for morn than
twenty years. Our paper Is a favor-
ite In the family of S. A. Cunningham,
which eons'sts of himself, wlfo and
thren children—Burloo, age 17; ISdna,
their baby child and a young lady
daughter, Miss Vlrgle May. Mr.
was in his chnlr. and Cleorgo 1
Brown, secretary, at his desk, The is
soclntlon was incorporated with t
capital stock of $10,000,
also deliver an address. Mrs. Gibson .will lie ilo Saturday night meeting,
will sing, tho program will he Inter-1 •
spersed •with music by the McKinney SQtTHK SI'THRRKANI) APTHR
String Rand. A bountiful supper will HI0<X>RD KOR MARRYIN' .11'STICK
he served, nfter which Jnck Davis will
Mr. Shields was horn and reared, Mr. Igive n number of drills with his team Clarence Stewart and Miss Annie
The I lemocrnt -Gazette Is a favorite
family paper In the home of Mr. Cun-
ningham. all again Mr. Cunnlng-
Iiiiiii. Our good friends from over tht>
i utility are always welcome.
Shields is a nephew of County
T. O, Murray of this city.
Deceased Is survived by her iiushm 1
and four children Rnssell, Torn, ri. W
(nnd Gladys. Tom .Tr. Is n member of
| the C. s. Navy nnd Is now In the
Krlsco voted S9 to 5 in favor of a Hawaiian Islands.
bond issue of $13,600 for building
Judge of twenty-six Tndlnn braves. A feat- Underwood of Culleoka were married MRS.
TI N YK.ARS AGO TODAY.
CORR QI ARTirr
TOGMTHKR AGAIN
ttre of the rngrnm will be nn old t me Tuesday morning nt 10:30 In the
spelling hee, using the old blue hn«k office of tho Justice of tho Peace, Rs
speller with County Superintendent quire Willie Sutherland officiating
W. S. Smith as teacher. The newly wedded couple will
W. S. HKI Millie
DIKS AT W1CST1HINSTKR
News has been received In McKln-
con- uoy announcing the dcutli of Mrs. W.
« 11 In tie to roslde at Culleoka. This Is the c. Brlnloe, which occurred at the fam-
WITI.I, \'K\H C.RKI'NVHiBK thirtieth couple Ksq. Sutherland has]j|y home In Westminster one day re-
SlloWI>'<i Oil, AND GAS united In marriage since going Into of-1,-ently. Her husband Is a well known
Weeden Franklin returned how
Saturday from Kt. Stockton, Tc\is,
where lie WIS called to attend tho bed-
side of his father, Hon. J l^-la v1
Franklin, who is seriously ill at the
l omn of his daughter, M's. c V.
Compton. In that city. Ale. I'^ranklln new school house.
Intended lo bring his father hack j ——
home, bnt when he reached Ills bed- Site for the South Ward school was
side he found his father's condition depnltelv selected nn the It K. Dow T,w' Cobb Quartet went over to
such that he could not stand the trip, ell propertv on South Tennessee streer. Kaiinersvllle last Krlday night where
since returning home Weeden Rends recently voted were soil ,im1 ' rendered a program at the Baptist shipped. This well yesterday after-' There will be a singing at Krlend-
Franklln has received a enrd from money Is available for construction ofjehurch. This was the first time that i noon gave a very strong flow of oil ship church next Friday ulght, March
Fort Stockton stating that his father both South nnd North ward bnl'dltiR*
was no better anil Hint attending phv-
rireenville, Texas, March IS.—Op-
erations on well No. 1 of the TrICIty
Drilling and Boosing Syndicate stop-
ped to wait cnslnir which has been
after-
; flee December 1st. last.
SINGING AT FRIENDSHIP
CHI'RCH FRIDAY NIGHT
jihe members of this quartet hnd been'nnd gas, forcing 1,100 feet of mud, out 18. Everybody has a special Invitation
slclnns had advised the family th.it
there was no hope for bis recovery
A double blrthdav dining was enjoy |'
ed Snndny, March 6. by Mr. and Mrs •
:W, A. Straughan, at their home coi
We nppreclafe the renewal snb- ner South Wilcox and Anthonv street"' '
script Ion of T, B. Denton of neat A few of their old friends wcv pre* '
Copevllle who nccompnnled hv D B. ent. Mr. and Mrs. Slrniighun w re '
Korshee of this city renewed Ills sub- married Kch *. 1*76. Mr. Strnnirhsn j I
serlpMon to The Weekly Democrat* was horn In McKinney March ie (•
•her mil sung lu two yoar.i. Thlsjof ihe hole. Tho hole Is open for 700 to attend.
••'et was for several years one of feet from the bottom and there Is a • ~
"l: inev's most talented musical or-j possibility of the well blowing In, nc- Mr and Mrs. Arthur Hill n.nd little
'rations With the removal of cording to ntntonicnt nt the head-
ii'«. Cobb and Hill to Dallas the 'quarters of the syndicate, The syndl
ir lRatlon was forced to disband, Icate owns a Inrire acreage In the
'hey got together upon this occas-I vicinity of the well.
i n<l rendered n most excellent I elng shipped for
daughter, Kllzabeth, have returned to
their home In Dallns after visiting
relatives nnd old friends In McKln-
A controller Is ney. Mr. Mill Is n brother of Mes-
the well. Mn- j dames. Ishom Younger and A. G.
) mm at Karmersvllla. The quartet chlnery for drilling for development Speck, of this city. Mr. Hill Is the
Gniiette and also the Dallns Semw 11 nr.? and he thinks that he Is the f1r«t , w ut composed of Georgo Cobb. John for shallow production has arrived. , Central Texas representative for the
Week I v News at our clubbing rate— white child horn In tlie presen' city (Colrti, Arthur Hill and Robt. H. and tills drilling will begin without j Collin Countv Mill A Klovator of this
$2 26 for both pnpers. limits. 'Drown. Ii'elay. city.
real esiato man of Westminster. Mr.
and Mrs. Brlnloe a few years ago re-
sided in McKinney for severnl months.
Her death occurred In the night of
Saturday. March 12. She Is survived by
her husband two daughters. Jearlene,
aged 11 years and Mrs. Kverett
Thompson: three brothers: Joe, Jeff
nnd Robert Hutton and one sister,
Mrs. J. ti. Benty, the latter of McKin-
ney. Deceased wns a devoted Chris-
tian nnd a member of the Baptist
church. Funeral services were con-
ducted hy Rev. Youngblood. her pas-
tor assisted by Rev. Dnvls. Interment
•was made at FJlm Grove Cemetery.
The floral offerings were many and
were tokens of the respect and esteem
In which she waa held by hsr many
friends.
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1921, newspaper, March 17, 1921; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291698/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.