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16 I'AGKS IN 2 SUCTIONS THIS WKEK
New Melissa Rising From
Debris of Cyclone Wreck
METHODISTS
! OF PLANO
SET THE PACE
Building clilinne
patching l' iof>
d-
.|.i \
I :
tint; new iiiitldiug* iiiiUii way
linn buildlna lots ot timbers and
debris luiN linn tin urdci ol tin
at Mriisaa since tin. terrible
of Wednesday nit. A i>itl
'1'iu' twister, the worst that ever vihii-
od Collin couuty. lnt ileut'i and du
VOMtutioll ill ItH VVU.ke.
The allUons of Melissa urv not quit-
ters. They ham bun working uvor)
ininute sunX- tho cyclone. The first
duties oi thu eitireiis, .vlio CM' aped in
jury wan to udminlblcr lo the needs ot
those loss fortunate.
With their bucks to the past and
their luces toward the future the citl-
suiis of Melissa are rebuilding theii
town. Although severul chunges in
the layout and building ol the new
Melissa will be lundu, yet, there will be
nothing pulucious or elaborate in tin*
t uildings to be constructed. The loss
luiituiliod by the town was ho grout
that it will be yearn before the people
fully recovers from the catastrophe of
April il.
llut the Melissa citizens are going
to do tho best they ran in the way of
building back.
A trip to Melissa Monday afternoon
found a corps ol' men still at work
clearing away debris from various
lute. J. K. Olbson, chairman of tho
Storm Relief Fund, was very busy
Monday afternoon writing letters and
mailing out chocks to the families
who Buffered loss In the cyclone This
letter which Mr. Gibson sont out to
seventy families, appears elscwlieic In
t.Uis paper. This rellel committee lias
worked faithfully In earing for the
needy, such as providing tlieni with
the necessaries of life.
« «
Many .New Building"..
A ll buildings to bo erected on I lie
north side ol Main stivrl beginning at
the Melissa National Bunk Building
will be set back several let, forming
a square, These lots extend north
for a die lance of 1 'J. feet. There will
tie no buildings erected faring the II.
& T. C. Kailroail North ol Main slice'
C. H. Usbttrn, druggist, is now un
loading a carload of brick and will lie
gill work immediately on tho rebuild-
ing of his drug store, adjoining the
bank building on the west.
The repairs have been completed on
the Melissa National Hank building.
The building was damaged consider-
ably In tho cyclone.
Tho Masonic Lodge has purchased
a lot facing south on Main street, and
will erect a modern two story brick
building. The second story to bo used
as a hall, and tho ground lloor to be
rontod out as a business house. Tho
Mason's nirw building will lie 35x12r>
feet.
A. J. Cllne tore down his old story
and a half building which was badly
damaged. Mr. Cllno and tho Melissa
odd Fellows are jointly erectod a two
story frame building a5x6<> fool. Tills
building Is well under construction.
Mrs. A. M. Douglas will erect a
framo storo building.
C. W. Wagner, the harbor, will erect
% frame building, one-half to be used
tut a barber shop and the other one
half to be occupied ny the postofflcc.
,1. 10. Olbson contemplates building
back on the corner on tho north side
.if Main street, lli; has not yet deter-
mined just 'what typo of building lie
will erect.
All o ft ho above buildings mention-
ed Including the bank will have uni-
form awnings and concrete walks.
♦ ♦ ♦
Nraring Completion.
.1 I,, bavin' building on the south
side of Main street, 25x HO feet, is
Hearing completion,
Tho Texas ISloetrlc Hallway is erect-
ing a splendid brick station to re •
place tho old ono destroyed by the cy-
clone. When completed this will he
one of tho nicest little station build-
ings on the company's line. This
building Is about three-fourths com-
pleted.
The elevator of the Collin County
Mill A ICIevutor Co. has been placed
back ou its foundation and the
damages repaired.
Tho Farmers Gin Co. Is clearing
away tho debris and cleaning away
tho debris and cleaning up Its prop-
erty preparatory to a stockholders
meeting to bo hold May 14, to discuss
the matter of building backk.
The H. & T. C. Depot building, the
north half of which -wan wrecked has
been repaired. The depot Is now the
same typo and sisso as the old building.
Tho carpenters and brick masons
are busy In making tho repairs on the
High school building. The repairs on
tho school was begun Monday morn-
ing.
♦ ♦ ♦
RiwMtwn.
W. J. Jenkins Is erecting a nice new
rosidenco just west of Melissa. Ills
former home was completely wrecked.
•Inke Olbson Is electing a bungalow
to replace the big home destroyed by
the storm. Work Is progressing satis-
factorily Oil the Gibson resldenie.
O. O. Ilenry Is building a small
bungalow.
J. W. Waldou has completed n
small bungalow. This house wan
erected out of tho lumber secured
from the old hotel building.
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Repairs.
The following -whose residences
wore more or Irss damaged have been
repaired:
W N. OHlnirn'N r^Hldonn*. now roof
put on. and rear or building repaired
pomp MeOollum moved house
back on foundation and repairs under
Wl*rhe IV F. Ijoftlee, residence vhlrh
FOSTER'S HUSBAND KILLS
WEATHER WIFE AND THEN
BULLETIN! ENDS OWN LIFE
Copyrighted 1U21 by VV. T. Foster.
Hshiugton, I), i' . Mil)
purl jl week centering on May 12
Mrs. \Y. II Oihgon. who was shot
In uiii iy I ml Milt <1 by Iter husband at Aluii-
jici.l Texas, Friday afternoon, was
|born and reared in this county, in the
low or slot in ceiitv i will push a gnat porker community.. She was former-
nod) oi warm air < i tin nuriiiuru | Mias ivlla strain Joe Strain and
Hones, northern Pacific slop. and ! M ,.H , p, ,-! kson „f piano left Sat.
northern plains sections west ot Aliinreed. to attend the
Meridian iiu I hat warm wave and fu,,,.|.,| alll| initial of their sister.
Hov. W. I'. Thompson, presiding
ouicr of the McMliiicy Dlsliict, nl '
tended services at the I'liilio Methodist |
church at ii unlock. Sunday morning,!
May 1. lilt that occasion i'ut Situs, a
a* man and prominent Waxahnchtc I
buHiics* mall, made an add) ess III lie
hull ot tin fu:t,uou.uuii education cam-
paign thai is on iii liic Southern Meth-
odist church Al the roiuiusioti ol Ins
I forceful and enthusiastic qddicss in
|support oi tlie cause of Christian
education, the I'luiio church iliiiued-
lalcly over-subscribed its $fdliiu quota
, tiefofr the campaign really opined!
Ye May I'll June f>) Tho congrega |
Sapiro's Address
Is Big Feature of
Farmers' Meeting
DISTRIBUTION
OF RELIEF FUND
AT MELISSA
the slorui wave will come out ol
Olustt and villi probably cross Merid-
ian V ueui or a little north of St.
l/ouis. as they move southeastward,
not tin front May 12. A long warm
spell has been expel led to cover i ho
continent from May 7 to 24. and
therefore the temperatures are ex-
pected to be rising during most ot
tho weo krji,trting on May Oi.
At that ilme Karlh will be uearing
an cutting1! mont with Mercury, V< nus,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus,
and sonio radical weather events may
be expected Hut these disturbances
will he of .-t.'condury, importance com-
pared with the next great cuinblnailou
i I forces bonked for tin- week cent' • •
lug on Mav 'O The exact plac"
which these great storms will rlrIK
cannot now lie located, and th
After fat: lly shooting I is wife Olb-
son drank the contents of a small vial
of chloroform, lay down, placed t' e
shotgun to the hack of his neck and
killed hiuisi II iiiiitantly, according to
word received here.
Oihsou fired twice lit his wife, one
of which struck her in the neck and
the other in the head.
Oibson left home a month ago, bun
returned to Aliinreed last Monday, n
week ago, and visited his married son.
Mono Olbuon. who lives near that
place.
♦ ♦ ♦
I laughter Trie* •<> Slilcbl Mother.
Mrs. Olbson, together with three of
her children, two small boys and a
daughter I li years old. were In a Held,
near the barn when they saw their
ipprnnchlng with a double-
l4« v
iTOii
Disbursement of funds toward ro-
was only u moderate sized one and storing the public school building and
there arc still others yet to be Seen lit | die ehiircbes of Melissa, destroyed
the congregation ot which Hcv. Murk or damaged, In the cyclone of April
N. Icrrcll is the popular pastor. j 13, box been made by the llnuiloe
Presiding Kliler Thompson statesjcommittee in cltargc. Also chocks
thut Hov. I'errell is having a great were mailed out lo seventy fnmllles
year at liano Willi more than inn ai
cessions during the tlrst hair of Ills
lirsl year in charge of that church,
i'ouferetice claims are already In hand
lit cash and the preaching services,
prayer meetings and every Hue of
church work is growing in Interest
overy week.
These subscript Ions to the nig
Methodist in.mill,IIOII educational
who were among the sufferers.
Following Is a statement prepared
and signed by the relief conimltteo:
In addition to a larger amount of
provisions, clothing, budding, tents
and other necessary articles purchased
and distributed, the llnance commit-
tee litis Just mulled out chocks lo
seventy-seven families ranging In
amount from 92R.00 to $400.lit), total
fund are to bo paid In Ave yearn. Thojlng fmtW. OO. Also they distributed
funds rained go to the ami en-!)0 ptl|,||0 institutions as fol-
dowtunut o ftho church colleges and |OWH.
School building
t'hristlan church
: fathei
way Is foi
to ptepare for lln ni '" 11>;iritl shotgun. The mother and rliil-
acction.' where dangerous s
sometimes strike Above vveithii
ditions will drill eastward aero,'
continent In about live days.
The I R0 'ays i i opw • al her ;
beginning April I .i rcqulr
to lull v local e itself, l ml Ml' li
month w ill viiry I rotn tlie
These are not calendar mouth
mont lotting l*'or t lie month
near middle of May indication
greatest proportions of rain '
IKlcltlc slope ami Hi" countrlef
the Ouir ol Mexico. Hut 1
good crop wen I lie r t'eiierullv It'
oil -
• Iten alleiiiptell to escape, bill Olbson
overtook them and told the children
to stand back as lie was going to
! shoot.
i'e.'lo ^ J l.nln, the daughter, attempted to
i m uitii | place herself between Iter rather and
n ".i'h j mother, She threw her arms around
"iiie'.'i |)(.|- mother's neck, loit Oibson suc-
I am|( led in tiring the ratal shots with-
i"l''ig |out i rlous injury to the daughter, ex-
r iv or jrr.pt for a pellet which bit her oil
i ' t!" it he cheel;. The dnmrhter then tele-
' bom | phoned for help.
><ipc M | Mr, and Mrs. Oibson are survived
by seven children and several grmel-
univcrslties for the training and
equipment of MitMlontirv workers,
young jireachors and for the general
advaiicement of Christian education.
I Among the larger donors to the Piano
fund were Mr. S rt. W.vatt and W. P.
j A id ridge, each of whom subscribed
| $ 1 li00.
Piano's enthusiastic lead will grcat-
j ly enthuse and inspire the rest of tin
[churches of I lie MrKlnney l.llntrlrl to
redouble their efforts in I lie approach
ing campaign, which district Mr
I Ueinhardt, director, says must go
j over the top as a whole.
I Ocorge Kclnhnrdt of McKlnney.
lampalgn director ot the McKlnney
; district as well as Presiding elder
I'l'liompson and Hov. Mr. Terrell the
Presbyterian church
Baptist church
Methodlsl church
Colored church
Wit ll cai ll ellerk Srllt
. $1000.011
800.00
500.00
500.00
BOO.00
250.00
out by the
li
vv i'l
Is nny shortMge or rain
where mountain ranges, ridges, hills,
dissipate tile moisture ins It is belt g
carried by the winds toward the utor.n
enters as heretofore explained.
Prof. Abbot, of tho Smithsonian In-
stitution, delivered a new lecture re-
cently before the Washington Aend-
comuiittec the following letter was at-
tached
Dear Friend: Out or the Hinds con-
tributed by tile good people all over
the country to the Melissa rellel
fund following the lerrlllc cyclone on
April IHIIi. We the committee elect-
ed by tho citizens of this community
to receive and disburse said funds
either in supplies or cash, are glad
to hand you horowlth at this time
check for $ — which we trust will
In a small way aid you In overeom
r b i Id ren.
SKIIMONS | V T Willi, DritlNfi
lli:vi\ \l, AUK MASTKItl'IKCKS
It is not the si-usationnl fashion of
sermons, calculated Ito f|lilckiv stir
Ithe emotions of the people, that are
emy of Sciences. Thut lecture wnS'imiiiR preached by Dr. Chits. W.
interesting lo me, and one feature "' Daniel at the revival meeting in
it unusually so Prof. Abbot explain- progress at the First llaptlst church
in which already there have been six-
teen conversions.
Dr. Daniel Is not an evangelist hut
is one ol' the ablest pastors in tho
South. His sermons provoke tho
deepest of sincere thought and roll'
soiling among those who hear him.
Monday night he brought tho large
congregation one of his best scrinons
at tho close of which one man, for
whom the church has been praying,
was converted and united with the
church.
The song services Monday night
were very line. Singer Cluis. O. Mil-
pastor, are all, highly elated over tin
record that tho Piano Methodists have y,,„i |,,hm occtwloncd by the awful
made In the great advance movement
throughout Htate Hint none of the
for t'ristlun education
Southern Methodism.
oil that, after long and careful in
vestlgatlons. it has been found Hint
the energies of Sal urn and l lie sun
vary together. That belongs to plane-
tary weutherology, and I am surpriseo
thai such an iinportnnt 'admission
conies from so prominent a scientist.
Two schools on weather theories have
long existed. One of these, of which
Prof Abbot is the recognized lender,
have held 'lint the energies that op-
erate on the solar system radiate from
the sun only lanetary weatherolog-
Ists hold that the sun is naturally a
quiet. warm lint not a hot body and
M.\l> IMIO III AS AMI t It
fluids contributed have been used to
pny nny salaries, fees or wages of any
member of any conimltteo, as all
MONDAV ,A I t ll,'\Mlll'.ltS\ lliliK viccs rendered in connection with
the relief work has been absolutely
To race with a mad dog for more |free Rnd w|(hout ,,r|co.
Also we desire to say that no mem-
ber of the tlnanco committee has or
will share or receive directly or In-
directly, nny of thn funds already
contributed, or thnt may hereafter
be contributed, to our distressed com-
munity.
Expressing the same spirit which
prompted nml accompanied the do-
tlian two miles is a Job that not many
persons are seeking. No doubt nil
of us could outdistance tho canine,
provided we were loading the ohanc,
but when the dog Is In tho load and
going at breakneck speed, snapping
at every thing which he encounters,
It requires a great ileal of nerve to
give chase to the tlog on foot, with
that the energies thill are related to,ler made the statement that prior to
( iir weather radiate from the planers coming to McKlnney he was told that
to the sun and thai the moon 'ti'l^lic people here would not cooperate
planets arc the only causes of thoijn oln W(,nK service but he had .found
variations of the energies or the solar this misleading becauso the people
system. (had been cooperating at all tho sorv-
f recognize thai either the sun vvor-jit.,.s nnd the singing has been un-
sbltiers In meteorology or the planer-iusuully good, not only in the senior
nry vvnrshlni rs In W'enthorology will land Junior choir but tho congrega-
be tin victors In working out the greaf jjon singing has been excellent,
problem of long range weather Tore-j At Monday night's service, follow-
rajds, and I am exceedingly well ing the sermon, Dr. Yates mado an
pleased that Prof. Abbot lias taken the {earnest appeal to the people to con-
first step toward breaking awav from tinue coming to the services. He cx-
ihe rornier school and Joining Hie Int- pressed the desire lo have every mem-
ber or his church hear the compieto
serlos or sermons by Dr. Daniel, be-
lieving that their spiritual life would
be greatly enriched thoreby. He also
appealed to the saved to go out and
bring the lost ones to these services.
The meetings will continue through
this week with dally services at 10
u. m. nnd 7:45 p. m.
tor
WIM.IAM .1. UK VAN PAYS IIIS
ItKSPKCTS TO DARWIN TIIKORY
Springfield, 111., May 3 —William
Jennings Hryan. In a lecture hero Mon-
day night, declared tho teaching of
the Dnrwin theory In schools and col-
leges to he one of the greatest 'pend-
ing problems" with which this coun-
try has to grapple.
Teachers and professors in schools,
supported by public money, ho said,
are turning the youth of the land out
Into a "startless night," robbing them
of their faith In immortality and •
heavenly father, and substituting
"cold, clammy materialism" that re-
duces Christ to the nature of n man
und gives Him an apo for an ances-
tor."
The Dnrwin theory, Mr. Mrynn de-
clared, Is not scientific. It is wilder
fiction than Arabian Nights.
SCHOOLS OONTKIIUTK
TO MF.IJSSA St'HOOIJ FUND
NORTH Mf.KINNKY CHUIM II
ANNO! NCFS RITVIVAIi MlvlTTTNO
Rev. George W. Sherman, pastor ol
Polytechnic llaptlst church, will assist
Rev. A. J. Reale In a revival mooting
•t the North McKlnney Baptist
church which -will begin Sunday, May
8th. Rev. Sherman was pastor of the
First Baptist church of Denlson for
several years and pastor of North
McKlnney for a short time two years
ago. He Is very much beloved by the
people of the North church ar.il both
pastor and people nre looking for-
ward to his coming with groat pleas-
ure and expectations.
Hov. Sherman will not roach Mc-
Klnney until Monday evening May
th and so the'pastor, Hov. A. J
Scale, will hog In the mooting Sunday
evening, May Stli.
WIND ll.YMAOl, lll.POItTKD
IN WK8T CH I;MN
Several other schools have con-
tributed lo the Melissa school hudd-
ling repair fund, according to W. S.
[Smith, county superintendent. Among
[those sending In subscriptions nre ' HI NO I'. Its TO MKCT AT KRIKND-
,Now Hope. Walnut Orovo, Wilson SHIP ON MAY S, 1 I*. M.
Chapel, and Sodniln.
• The semi-annual convention of the
iMcKINNKY STI'llKNT Ol'' RAYIiOR Ifollln County Singing Association will
t'OIJ,KllK ON IIONOIt ROMj |„> held at the Friendship church near
McKlnney on Sunday afternoon, May
Continued from first page Ibis section
Miss Annie Lee Truott of McKln-
ney Is one among those on the honor
roll of Baylor College for work done
during the winter term with all aver-
age of ,'1,1.5 points to Iter credit.
Miss Tructt graduated from tho
McKlnney High School, and entered
Baylor In September, 1020. She has
hud an enviable record, taking part
In the literary and religious work*
fl at 2 o'clock. It was nnounced Sat-
urday by P. S Strickland The pub-
lic Is Invited and ospcetnlly the sing-
ers of the county.
SHRINK MiVU'HS AT
1'i.ltT WORTH OMlKMONIAIi
Tho windstorm Thursday night did
some damage to outhouses on farms
in West Collin, according to reports
received hero. Tho wind came direct-
ly from tho west and also damaged
many shade troos In McKlnney as well
as blowing sixty feet of the roof of tho
hull house off at tho local cotton oil
mill. A huge silo on the Hhea farm
at Hhea Mills was demolished.
IJghtning struck the fine country
home or Waiter Hlgglnbotham near
I'Vlsco and considerable damnge re-
sulted.
YIOOMKN TO FORM IIOMKSTKAl)
FOR MTKPHY MAY II
Arrangements have been completed
for Perkins Homestead. Brotherhood
of American Yeomen, to organize a
lodge at Murphy on the night of Wed-
nesday, May 11, It was announced to-
day by J. M. Davis, foreman of the
local homestead. The members of
Perkins homestead have made plans
to go to Murphy on two occasions, but
rain hns Interfered.
pray that Henven's richest blessings
may bo with each or your good farn
lly." Yours most slncorely,
J. 10. OIBSON,
J. W. BBHHY,
J. 10. DICKKNSON,
J. M. flHAVHS,
J. II. SOUTH IS lttiAND,
H. S. WYSONO.
Finance Committee.
MAV
IIOMK O.N BR\I -
IJKY KKMiS I "OK $51100
the intention of killing the canine. jntttions both cash and supplies. "We
i • Knrly Monday morning H. C. Hob- L„„„ i4„„„,<nv i-lnhnst hlosuiiiiru
erts, well known young farmer and
merchant, who lives in the Ohnm-
|hersvllle community, went out to feed
I Ids stock, ho saw a large dog run Into
his lot. grab up an old rooster, shake
imost of the feathers off him, throw
him down and start off again at full
speed snapping at every thing which
ho came across. Tho dog headed for
a pnst uro where Mr. Hoberls had
some stock. Mr. Huberts, realizing
|thnt tho dog had the rabies, ran to
his house, got his pistol and started
out on foot after the canlno. He
.chased tho dog for more than two
j miles, tired 22 shots at it. but never
!could get close enough to the dog to
hit It, He saw the dog bite ono of
his tine mules. Mr. Huberts stopped
at a. neighbor's house, almost exhaust-
ed because of his long chase Hero
the dog bit a cow belonging to Ms
neighbor. The neighbor took the
pistol and look up the chase after tho
dog, running him some distance, but.
I never getlng closo enough to shoot it.
I Another neighbor of Mr. Roberts'
saw the ehaso and ran out with a
shot gun. Ho tired ono shot, hitting
the dog. knocking him to tho ground,
but the dog Immediately sprang to
his foot and was soon off again.
The Mrs. A. It. Mayes home, on
Bradley Mil-cot, near the Boyd High
school has purchased by Mrs. K
F. Price, the consideration being
$5,000. Frank O. Dowoll of the Mc-
Klnney Iterilty Company handled tho
ileal for Kd Mayes id Frisco and Dr.
Joe Mayes of Denlson. sons of the
late Mrs. Mayes who recently died
hero.
This home Is centrally located, has
paved street, wlthn two blocks of the
Boyd High school, and one block of
rtreet railway. It waw bought and oc-
cupied by Mrs. Mayes before her
dor.ih for a home. We congratulate
Mrs. Price In purchasing such a splen-
did piece of hlgh-clnss McKlnney
property.
The McKlnney Heaity Company,
long established and favorably known,
have manv bargains In city property
nnd Collin County fnrms. So, If you
arc roallv In tho nin-ket for pre-wnr
bargains 'n cither a home or for a
I uslness Ir.-estment, bettor scoe them.
MOUK SC'HOOIiS CONTRIBUTE
TO MKMHSA IIKMKF
i'lie ol I lie largest audiences of
jt.irinci.-i ci ii us, e u 1111 cd III I lie ills-
Hn I court room lu McKimii > ivas
it.-,cut Sal in day .illcrlioou lo greet
V.iroii s.i pn o. I '.illioi ul.i marketing
expert, Mr. Sapirn's address was Oil
tile plan ol organization ol the Texas
j Farm Bureull Cotton Orowcrs' Co-
operative Murcktlng Association, or
tin Texas Cotton Orowers' Kxchuiigo
in market al Iciud 1,1100,000 bales of
tin- IttSfI cotton crop.
Mi Siipiro first explained tho
method ol operation of the California
marketing Associations, stressing the
cardinal principles, lie said that tho
ugrlculturliil business was the biggest
business in the world and that It
should lie bundled in a business wuy.
Such urganiagtlons he said, must be
formed by commodities and not by
localities. He said thut they must be
conducted strictly ou business lines
with only fanners holding inemlior-
Hhip In tho associations hut employ-
in gtlio best experts available to
luiudel their market Ing, regardless of
i ost of getting such experts. Politi-
cians, or any others with a divided al-
Icgiancc, are certainly nut allowed
membership lu the associations or
employed by II,
« ♦ «
Contracts Kin ding.
The contrails iniisl be limiting ou
every lucmlicr, and I'm a period ol'
y oars.
lie said that liulav three fourths of
i .11 li'iir11la products are sold in tho co-
operallng murki'line organizations -
llii'ic being twenty I wo co-opcrutlve
association In I lull slate.
In I'aIII'oriitii lie aid llier were 110,-
"nil I' ll nu i i piiolln . their products
'ml selling through the co-operative
ma i I. el ing pi,him and llial every mem-
ber was making more money.
The success lluit has come to
members of the ''iilll'oriilii assoiffio
Huns will come to the cotton I'armoru
of Texas if I bey will only pool their
crop and nierchiitiiilse it through the
co-operative marketing plan of the
Kami Bureau. Mr. Hapiro said.
Texas is asked to sign up 1,000,000
bales ol' cotton by July I of the 11121
crop. Oklahoma has signed up more
111iiu was asked, also Mississippi and
the other Southern states are coming
right along. Mr. Saplro this move-
ment was just an organization of
seicntiric methods, putting farming on
a business basis and not a gambling
basis, lie said that Iho beginning of
tho end In cotton speculation will
come when once the Texas cotton as-
sociation is pul over 'with a million
hales of cotton pledged.
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i'(it;iliiiiiiaU.' Waste.
lie said that country damage to
■ o11ou amounle dto from 2 to 7 pur
cent at present, and this condition
ha dcxlstcd for many years. By the
use of bonded warehouses this waste
could bo eliminated and that to put
the cotton In the warehouse and otliar
cots to maketlng il through the pool-
ing syslom would not be more than 2
per cent and probably uol but one por
cent.
Mr. Saplro said that, with the per-
fection of the Texas Cotton Orowers
exchange, at Ha lias, and the minimum
number of bales or cotton signed up,
thai in liic future when the world re-
ferred to thu Cotton Kxchuiigo It
would not mean the New York Kx-
cunge, "that nest ol cotton gamblers,"
but tlin American Cotton Orowers' Kx-
changc. Mr. Saplro said thut too long
tho cotton farmers huvo boon dump-
ing their cotton crop. Who knows thut
we have un over supply of cotton on
bund? We don't -wo uro Just hiking thu
speculators word for It. Scientist have
said lor many years that thuro Is
many things for which cotton can be
used. When the Cotton Association Is
well under way ,our experts will find
now uses for cotton which In turn will
Increase tho demand for the staple.
He said that many of the silk shirts
have quite a bit of cotton In them. No
person In tho Southland sould wear a
slrt made from the silk apun by the
worms of Spain. Italy and Japan,
when the South raises so much
splendid staple cotton, whloh makes
just lis good shirts.
among the students.
V. M
Keene,
K cue. K. W. Sweeney, Olelin
n Snider, llawk Daniel at-
tended tVe Shrine ceremonial In Fori
Worth >•! nrday. All were Novices
Oeorge D. Johnson was n business'«ml trod tie hot winds, save V. M
visitor in McKlnney Monday aftor- Krone, who Is an "old timer." Tlicy
noon from Princeton. 'report a great lime.
Additional contributions continue
to be received nt the office of W. 8.
Smith, county superintendent, for the
repair fund of Iho Mellnmi school,
which was badly , damaged In the
cyclone of April 13. Subscriptions to-
day included: Oak Orovo, Brushy,
Farmersvlllo, Nevadn, Spring Hill,
I,one Star, Snblne and $5B.10
the Piano colored school.
mrs.
.iks.sk, jackson
IS DKAD AT MT'.RTT
COMMISSIONERS' COI'ltT
CONYKNKS IIERK MONDAY
Tho Commissioners' Court convened
In regular session Monday. Tho regu-
lar routine of business wns taken up.
J. It. Hcrndon has returned to his
home In this city from Blum, Hill
county, where he spent several days
the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Will
Monro, und family.
Hcv .1. Bon Snider wont over to
Midway Saturday to conduct tho
funeral of Mrs. Jesse Jackson, who
died at her homo at Merit Frldny
morning. Deceased was n member
of the Methodist church. Interment
foHowod in tho Farmersvlllo cemetery,
licensed Is survived hy her husband
nnd children. She was about 41 years
of age.
Warehousing Plan.
He explained the plntis of warehous-
ing, along with the Kuykemlall plan
for warehousing and financing, and
detailed the system hy which ho said
am pel ud vuces could bo made on
crops hold off the murket. He declar-
ed ono of tho most urgent needs Is
provision of means to carry over tho
from Isurplus of a year of heavy production
j until such time us It can be marketed
without breaking tho murket.
C. O .Moser, J. T. Orr and Walton
Petect, officers of the Texas Furtn Bu-
reau who wore present worn highly
praised by the speaker. He said thut In
no slate had ho soon and mot men who
were so fit us officers of tho associa-
tion as in Texas. Ho suld they wer«
capable leaders in the state for this
organization and that It would be a
success.
•I. O. NET<SON BPYS DHt'O
STORK AT RlirE RIDOI',
J. O. Nelson of Wnxnbachle recent-
ly purchased the drug business nt Rluo
Hldgo from J. D. Shlnpaugh. Mr.
Nelson hns moved to Blue Hldgo with
his family and hus assumed charge of
tho business.
Members sign Contract.
Immediately following his address,
a number of tho b^irm Bureau mem-
bers of iho county called on County
Agent Q. D. Everett und signed up
their cotton crop to be phtced in the
pool .
There wore more than fifty of tho
Farm Bureau presidents from that
many counties In Texas, who were In
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 5, 1921, newspaper, May 5, 1921; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291705/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.