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Democrat-Gazette.
TOM W. PERKINS,
WALTKIt B. WILSON,
Publisher* and Proprietor*.
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oeivtDK the paper regularly will pleat* notify ua.
The Courier-Gazette strive* to be
a newspaper for all the people all
the time. If you know a news Item,
tell ui of It.
July ha« been a month of varied
assortments of weather, ranging
from the sizzling heat of mid-sum-
mer to the chilly blasts of autumn.
m look bark
affection the *
we.find this mat^.J
lovilest thing on earth
But Isn't there a conviction down
deep la our souls that we ihould
have done much better If our fa-
thers had taken time and trouble lo
share confidence In the years mat
counted most?
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credit aaste on allp
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Thursday, Aug 2, 1906.
WILL HK HKa 1M)I.\<«S.
McKinney will have a reunion of
old Confederate soldiers on the 8th,
9th and 10th. McKinney is hospit-
able, and McKinney is loyal to the
men who wore the grey. There will
be big doing* down there.—Sher-
man Register.
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
The Courler-Oasette trunts that
since we must have a surplus of
rain, It is falling this week in order
to give us clear weather during the
picnic. *
Sunday was a hot one—li fact,
we believe, the hottest one of this
year. Some people say that there
are hotter places—we are not look-
ing for them.
"Being fair never injured any
cause," remarks the I)enlson Her-
ald paragrapher, and the Herald
might as truthfully have added that
bwing unfair never permanently
helptd any cause.
There is one ibing that the pres-
ent gubernatorial campaign has
demonstrated beyond all else, and
that Is that no one but a rich man
can afford to run for governor of
Texan.
Mayor Tom W. Perkins of Mc-
Kinney, and of the Gazette-Cou-
rier, is in the city. He says the an-
nual reunion on Auk. s, 9 and 10,
promises to be the and the
best that has yet been held at Mc-
Kinney. Along witn the general
picnic features of the affair there
will be a reunion of ox-Confederate
veterans of that section.
Mr. Perkins Is wearing easily his
laurels as president of the Texas
Press Association and declares he
would rather hold the place than
the Governorship or the position
now "partly filled" by Theodore
Roosevelt.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Perkins
called upon Hon. Charles A. Cul-
berson and extended him an Invi-
tation to attend the McKinney cele-
bration and to be the chief speaker
of the occasion.—Dallas News.
Following the heavy rain of
Monday the weeds throughout the
city are growing with renewed vig-
or. It will require almost constant
vigilance and energy to keep them
down.
THK PRK88.
The Mineral Wells Index has en-
larged to eight pages, five columns
to the page and is one of the best
and brightest local dailies in the
State. It is receiving an excellent
patronage from the people of that
thriving town.
The press today holds an import-
ant and powerful part in civiliza-
tion. It is a lubricant oiling the
wheels of enterprise; a subtle force
that propels the machinery of prog-
ress; the trumpeter who calls to
battle the armies of industry and In-
vention and Incites the greatest ef-
fort genius, talent and ambition. It
reaches all classes of people. The
president In tne White House feels
Its Impulse and the humble tiller of
the soil In his cottage listens to its
messuge. The child thumbing its
A B C hook and the feeble old patri-
arch deciphering with feeble vision
for the last time some holy text to
cheer him as he crosses the river of
death claim its help. The multimil-
lionaire in palaces of luxury and
.ease and the hungry tramp as he
actus the scrap of newspaper which
wrapped the luQ™ received from ^
the hand of charity listen to the oa- j
Tlences of Its voice. What the fo-
rum And the rostrum were In the
past the press Is In the present.. Or-
atory acknowledges its mightier
■voice and eloquence looks to it for
wings and audience. The press
enters every section of the country,
reaches every mind and affects every
heart. Like the atmosphere, it fills
all space In the Intellectual uni-
verse. bearing on Its vibrations the
sounds of peace and war, the clat-
ter of Industry and action, the mu-
sic of joy and marrlinent, the sighs
of the sorrowing and the wails of
despair from the center to the cir-
cumference of the mental globe.
The press is barred out from no
walk of life, Is forbidden to dis-
cuss no question of public moment.
It Is the chronicler of all Incident
and accident, human triumph and
disaster. Through its operations
publicity is complete. The man of
action and achievement looks to it
for support and fame, and the crim-
inal fears Its exposure as he once
did the guillotine and the gallows.
Just as Chairman Phillips of the
street committee, by authority of
the city council, was in readiness to
push the work of building the new
sldfkalks with renewed vigor, the
rain descended to emphasize their
necessity to the people of McKin-
ney.
The Collin county grand Jury has
completed its work and been dis-
charged after submitting an admir-
able report. The body recommend-
ed some changes in the buildings at.
the county farm, which the Courier-
Gazette hopes to soon see carried
out.
We would like to see Hon. F. F.
Hill of Denton county elected Lieu-
tenant Governor. He Is our neigh-
bor on the weBt, a true-blue Demo-
crat, right on the Issues of the day.
and we hope the Democrats of Col-
lin county will give him a solid en-
dorsement Saturday.
Senator Cnlberson says he will if
possible attend the ex-Confederate
and Old Settlers* picnic and reu-
nion. to be held August 8. And
10, and deliver an address. Senator
Culberson Is recognized as one of
the biggest men In the country and
If he can arrange to be here will .to
given a royal welcome by the people
of McKinney and Collin county.
Just work
McKinney.
We wont
weeds today.
a little bit harder for
ask you to cut the
Better keep your weather eye on
your umbrella.
Jupiter Pluvlus
and done it again.
has done gone
Do right, young man, if It takes
all this hot weather.
Just a few more days
all over but. the shouting.
and Its
Some strange things are happen-
ing in politics in Texas just no<v.
Industry, sobriety and honesty
wins 365 days in every year, young
man.
Tbe reunion and picnic must be
bigger and better than ever before
this year.
The rain and mud means a better
and bigger sidewalk crop In Mc-
Kinney.
Keep up the good work of striv-
ing for McKinney's advancement. It
will not be in vain.
This is the last week of the cam-
paign. Look out for the campaign
liar, and the defamer of men's
characters.
There's no use getting blue be-
cause of the rain. It will only
cause us to appreciate the sunshine
all the more.
F. T. Pair, one of our enterpris-
ing local carpenters, has had this
office print him a nice order for
stationery.
According to the claims of th.Q
campaign managers of all the dlf*
ferent candHates for governor, all
four will easily win, but In the
Courier-Gazette's opinion none of
the four aspirants in this, tht clos-
ing week of the campaign has a
cinch on the nomination and there
is going to be a pretty contest in
the convention before the nominee
is declared.
The two dallies of McKinney—
the Gazette and Courier—have con-
solidated and from this time there
will be one daily. The Daily Cou-
rier-Gazette. and one weekly, th*
Democrat-Gazette, with Tom W.
Perkins and Walter Wilson as co-
editors. With these two experienc-
ed newspaper men In charge, in our
opinion a first-class dally will go cut
from our county seat, McKinney.—
Farmersvllle Times.
The reports of the campaign for
governor being given by the Dallas
News, are placing that paper fitlll
higher In the estimation of the peo-
ple of Texas as one of the best and
most Impa.wal newspapers In the
country. The News has a staff cor-
respondent with Messrs. Brooks,
Colquitt and Bell, and In the case
of Mr. Campbell With his accredit-
ed representative. These corre-
spondents are giving bright and
sparkling accounts of each candi-
date's campaign daily In a wholly
Impartial manner, fully presenting
their views to the people of Texas
and reflecting credit on the enter-
prise and fairness of the News.
The publication known as The
Delineator Is primarily a fashion
magazine, but It devotes space to
home ahd other matters and In a
recent issue contained the following
timely observation: If one were to
go to the president of the United
States and ask him to name the
country's greatest needs he would
reply in his quick, conclusive way.
"Clean men." He knows. Smart
men there are by the thousands;
rich men abound more than In any
other age of the world; able men
pre found In every state and town-
ship, but even from a population of
eighty millions the chief executive
has difficulty In finding the man of
exceptional character for a post
which requires a square and flawless
morality. It is to his credit thit ho
misses no opportunity to preach
manhood. But neither Presidents
nor preachers nor teachers can do
the work of fathers exrept In their
own families. We do not mean to
underestimate the marvelous Influ-
ence of the mother, in most lands
men who reach success give their
mothers the credit. "All ih'H I
am I owe to my mother," said Lin-
coln. "It was you who taught me tc
write so. You really did, dear
mother." said the crabbed CarlyKv
We get our moral qualities from our
mothers, our mental from our la-
thers, say the phystologlats, and as
Let us cheer up.
The editor of the Kansas City
World Is an optimist and In the fol-
lowing gives some mighty good ad-
vice, which the more generally It Is
acted upon, the better and brighter
will the world become.
Cheer up.
The world Is taking your photo-
graph. Look pleasant. Of course
you have your troubles, troubles
you cannot tell the policeman. A
whole lot of things bother you. Of
course. Business worries or do-
mestic sorrows, It may be, or what
not. You find life a rugged road
whose stones hurt your feet. Nev-
ertheless—
Cheer up.
It may be your real disease Is
"selfishness"—Ingrown selfishness.
Your life too self-centered. You
imagine your tribulations are worse
than others bear. You feel sorry
for yourself—the meanest sort of
pity. It is a pathotic illusion. Kid
yourself of thut, and—
Cheer up.
What right have you to carry a
picture of your woe-begone face and
funeral ways about among your
fellows who have troubles of their
own? If you must whine or sulk
or scowl take a car and go to the
woods or to the unfrequented lanes.
Cheer up.
Your Ills are largely Imaginary.
If you were really on the brink of
bankruptcy, or if there were no
thoroughfare through your sorrows
you would clear your brows, set
your teeth and make the best of It.
Cheer up.
You are making a hypothetical
case of your troubles and sufferings
from a self-inflicted verdict. You
are borrowing trouble and paying a
high rate of Interest.
Cheer up.
Why, man alive! In a ten min-
utes' walk you may see a Bcore of
people worse off than you. And here
you are digging your own grave and
playing pallbearer Into the bar-
gain. Man alive, you must do your
work. Smile, even though It be
through your tears—which speedily
dry—and
Cheer up!
printers
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and when
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newspapers are conducted by the I
«ame owners thay are working con
ttantly to build up their town and I
county. Give the home man
chance before you rush off to out-
dde concerns is the policy that
builds up communities.
J
Russell Sage is dead. He was
nearly ninety years of age, and
worth ninety millions of dollars.
He died of heart failure. Ptace to
his ashes, and may his money be
used where It will do the most good.
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MUH1NOS BK THK WAY.
A great deal is said about "the
dead line." Some would have us
believe that the vigor and pow->r of
manhood deserts us in the davs be-
yond the forties. There's another
side to this;
John Quincy Adams spoke with
great power on national Issues be-
fore Congress when he was 80 years
of age.
Haydn produced "The Creation"
when he was 70.
Michael Angelo finished "The
Last Judgment" when he was 07.
Gladstone was eloquent at 80.
Bismarck was a mighty man at
77.
Oliver Wendell Holmes' poetic
fire had not forsaken him at 82.
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The sound of the hammer contin-
ues to he heard in McKinney, but it
Is that of the builder and not of the
knocker.—McKinney Gazette.
That is the kind we all like to
hear and we are glad to say it Is
ringing loud and clear in Savoy.—
Savoy Star.
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About the prettiest and most at-
tractive thing we have seen in peek-
a-boo shirt waists this season is the
arm or shoulder of the summer
girl.—McKinney Deocrat-Gazette.
Js that all?—Van Alslyne Lead-
er.
Whit has the Leader man seen?
—Denlson Herald.
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The News has departed, to aome
extent In the present campaign,
from its attitude In former cam-
paigns under other managements.
We have endeavored, as far as
space would permit, to give all can-
didates an equal show In the news
columns. We have not bored our
readers with long winded editorials
in support of some personal friend
in an effort to seduce them into
supporting your choice for any can-
didate. We have freely and fear-
lessly criticised some candidates
whom we did not think were the
proper men for the offices being
sought. Our course has been inde-
pendent and unbiased; our aim to
"do the most good to the most peo-
ple." This policy may not meet
with the approval of the partisan
politician, but we believe the aver-
age reader will appreciate and ap-
prove of our course. At any rate,
It is the belief of the News editor
that a newspaper should be a rep-
resentative of the whole people, and
not a brass collar machine or per-
sonal organ, and to this end our
efforts will ever be devoted. We
run advertising mutter for candi-
dates and charge them for It Just
like we do the merchant. We arc
seeking and would have no position
under any candidate In the cam-
paign. and our intention is to deal
fairly with the candidates and with
our patrons. We believe this Is the
"straight and narrow newspaper
path." and the News Is endeavor-
ing to follow It.—Garland News.
The News Is right In Its position.
The day of the strictly partisan or-
gan which whoops It up for one can-
didate and deals unfairly and false-
ly with his opponents, is fast dis-
appearing. The people demand that
a newspaper shall be above all
things, fair and accurate. They
want all the news politically as
well as otherwise, truthfully and
Impartially presented, and they are
then enabled to vote Intelligently
and patriotically on every proposi-
tion that comes before them.
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The Globe-Democrat said after
Bryan's first defeat that he would
not be heard of any more. Like the
great eak In a forest he grows and
stands high above many. Men whr
do not like his policies like him for
his manly declarations and patriotic
motive... He is the soul of honor
and no taint will ever be upon him.
—Sherman Democrat.
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The Denlson Herald talks straight
to the polut on the county prlntlm-.
proposition, which concerns other
conntles besides Grayson. It says:
The Herald has never been able to
understand why county printing
should be sent outside of the coun*
ty when there are print shops In the
county that can do the work. These
A dog hitched to a lawn mower
stopped to bark at a passerby.
"Don't mind the dog," Bald the boy.
"He is Just barking for an excuse to
rest. It Ib a heap easier to bark
than It is to pull this machine."
There is a pathetic charm about
old age. There Is nothing quite bo
lovely as the old grandmother, oc-
cupying her accustomed place in
the chimney corner. We love to
watch the silver haired patriarch
fondle a darling chilu upon his knee.
They are the salt of the earth, the
treasure in the home, the familiar
figure in commanity life. And more
than this love of others, there Is
coming a time when we crave the
love and caresses of our friends.
Old age is keenly sensitive to every
form of neglect. It is not inten-
tional—no, we oftimes commit
this neglect through our devotion
to other matters. We forget that
inward craving of old age con-
ceives of no apologies and under-
stands no reason for the absent cu-
resses and the oldtirae fondlings.
It transmutes everything into neg-
lect. Age softens the heart and the
soul finds itself repining for the
touch of a vanished hand. Nothing
stirs me quite so much as the fa-
miliar picture of "The Vacant
Chair." Let's love them more and
more. What would we do without
them? We shall reach their es-
tate If the cord of life lengthens
out. Some day we're going to sit
in the twilight bf an evening that's
full of longings and shrdtlauolndlu,
pne sweetly said; ^
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Put your arms around me— * "
There—like that;
I want a little petting
At life's setting,
For 'tis harder to be brave
When feeble age comes creeping.
And finds me weeping.
Dear ones gone.
Just a little petting
At life's setting;
For I'm old, alone, and tired,
And my long life's work is done.
" Chief
Wants
Your
The chew that's always asked
for—the chief want of every
chewer—the standard chew for over forty yeans—still, as
always, both the best and most economical chew is
STAR
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Only the choice, ripe, fine-bodied leaf is good
enough for " Star "—that's why it is so sweet, juicy and
so lasting—that's why a 10c. plug of "Star" chews
better and twice as long
as other chews that seem
bigger.
Everywhere the call
is for "Star'—every time
it's the chew that is
chosen—-and every bite
is "chewed dry."
150,000,000 IOc. pieces
sold annually
In All Stores
If some people could sell their
theories for a dollar u dozen, they
would never need to work any more.
• * • •
A young naval officer who was on
the battleship Iowa during the fam-
ous encounter with the Spanish
fleet near Santiago harbor told In
simple language the story of the
battle as he saw It. There was the
lining up of the men for Sunday
morning inspection; then the sound-
ing of the alarm and the swift and
sure movement of every man to his
materialists than from preachers1
crammed with rhetoric. This is the
age of intensely practical theology
— the era of the star-gazer, and the
pulpit pyrotechnic Is forever gone.
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Holmes compares the free agent
who abuses his right, and one who
properly uses It, to two raindrops
fulling side by Bide on the mountain
range, the one running down the
northward slope toward po*lar reg-
ions. and the other coursing toward
the sunny south. „ _
yost of dutyf then the true aim of j —— i| ^
the guns which Wrdufffct such havoc So, fr ' - - -
One day, while she was in Eng-
land. she saw an old woman walking
back and forth in front of an alms-
house. On being addresser the
woman said;
"I have lived long in the world
and desire nothing before I die but
to hear Jenny Lind."
"And would that make you hap-
py?" she asked.
"Aye, that it would. But such
folks as I cannot go to the play-
hou«e. so I Bhall never see ner."
"Don't be too sure of that," said
the singer. "Sit down and listen."
And the old woman listened and
wept while J nny Lind sang to her
as sweetlv ns she did before the
queen of Englma.
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We shall y'el 1 to the tooth of
time. Some day the sun, the moon,
and the stars will grow dim. The
clouds shall never return after the
rain. Some day the keepers of the
house shall tremble, the strong men
shall bow themselves, and the once
far-distant vision shall be shadowy
and dark Some day the silver cord
will break. The golden bowl shall
be broken nt t] ^ fountain and the
pitcher at the cistern. At best, It
will not be long till we hear the
swish of the boatman's oar. Time
Is so in;.Id in its awful flight. Gray
hails, furrowed brown, decrepit
forms—these are our Inheritances.
We shall soon possess them. In
those days, the mind weary with lfs
tolls turns within for rest. We feed
them on treasured stores. We dwell
in the past. They call tt dotage.
But who would deny to us this
privilege when the shadows are
lengthening and the age far out-
strips us In the race?
• • • •
People never criticize a corpse.
• • • •
The man without enemies
nobody.
is
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The conscience of America 1b her
hope.
• • • •
The bravest man Is not always
the man who shakes hla fist firBt.
• * • •
You wl!. always find the optimist
out on the fl . ,.g line.
• • • •
Most people like to confess their
imperfections to those who will con-
tradict them.
• • • •
The richer most men are the hard-
er they trv to make people believe
they ara poor.
to the enemy; and in summing It up,
he said: "It was target practice
that did it. That battle was won In
time of penes." - _
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We have entered far Into the age
of "the muck rake." Men high In
church and state, are enduring its
dragging teeth. Oftimes. I am led
to believe, the man at the uandle
ought to exchange places with the
fellow under the teeth. These con-
trary winds have Btruck the Church.
Our leaders have guided us into
lands where the bogs are deep and
the fogs swing low. "Revision of
creeds" not only Indicates a sup-
posed forward stride, but a state of
uncertainty as well. The creeds of
'he fathers becomes the target for
the faithful and less venturesome.
So we hear of heresy trials and the
like. The whole thing reminds me
of a period in one of father Taylor's
inimitable Bethel sermons. Find-
ing himself drifting into abstruse
metaphysics, he raised his strong
hand and in a stentorian tone cal-
led out: "Hard down the helm! I've
lost ray reckoning! We're In the
regions of the Icebergs." The wind.*
of destruction have driven our good
ship toward the polar seas. We're
in danger of being frozen in. Some
skillful pilot Ib needed to steer us
toward the open seas.
• * * •
In the realm of thought, this Is
an age when everything is in transit.
Social, political and commercial
cleanliness—that's the shibboleth.
Every child knows now the story of
the fall of merchant prlnc-es and cor
poration kings. And others are be-
gining to learn that the church has
less to fear from Huxley and the
rom the heights of will,
Life's parting stream descends,
And. as a moment, turns its slender
r,n- .ar\
J2uch widening torrent bends. ■.„
From the same cradle's side,
From the same mother's knee.
One to long darkness and the frozen
tide,
One to the peaceful sea. j
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Judge Abernathy Home.
Judge Abernathy, smile and air,
came back Wednesday morning,
where he sp'oke yesterday evening-
and last night at Nevada and Jo-
sephine for Col. Tom Campbell for
governor. The Judge was a little
fooled at both places, by unknow-
ingly being met at each appoint-
ment by Senator B. F. Looney of
Greenville, wno espoused the cause
of Judge Brooks. This was Greek
meeting Greek, and there was some-
thing doing every second, and the
campaign waxcth warmer. Over
Saturday.
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Senator Oulhernon May Come.
A representative of this pape^
came up from Dallas with Senator,
C. A. Culberson, who was enroute
to Bonham to make an address
Wednesday. He has been Invited
to attend our big picnic here on
Aug. 8, 9 and 10, and told us that
he would do his best to attend, and
would Inform us definitely In a day
or so. Senator Culberson Is one of
Texas' greatest men and Is especial-
ly well liked hi McKinney and Col-
lin county, and we hope that he can
make hiB arrangements so as to
come.
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1906, newspaper, August 2, 1906; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291953/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.