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SkmotraMteette
THIRTY-SfcX'O.MI) YEAH (Established February 1, MM).
McKlNNEY, OOUiDI OODHTT, TKXAH Till K.M>.\Y, ihT 21, llli.
the coiiht house
The Jury In the case of H. Mc-
l '&niel, charged with pursuing the
occupation of selling intoxicating U-
■iuors, brought In a verdict of guilty
Monday, and assessed his punishment
at Ave years in the penitentiary. The
sentence was suspended. ,
Following la the Jury for the week:
S. A. Williams, J. F. Wulker, J. a.
•'ock, II. Parrlsh, J. R. Bush, B. F.
Jhnsmore, F. N. Heard, 1^ A. Warren,
J. B. Blankonshlp, O. K. Brown, M. 55.
oxford, John T. Teel, W. L. York, J.
H. Ooodner. U. H. Uravea, J. M.
Nichols, J. I-. Dale, O. A. Tuylor, C. S.
Acker, A. J. Boberts, J. W. Huebsch,
J. W. Ashmore, H. C. Williams.
The Jury for the week wan dis-
charged Monday evening.
i nsputy Sheriff Saul Welch went to
I'.i'lus Monday night and took Into
i ustody John Hice, colored, charged
with gaming. The negro Wan placed
; in jull lmmedialel> ii||on arriving In
Mi-Kinney. <
Verdict of Giillly.
The jury In the case of the State vs
("Walter Joffcoat, charged with murder,
lititer being out about nine hours,
Il-r. light In a verdict Saturday after-
|jioon of guilty und assessed his plin-
■ihmont at live years In the peniten-
tiary. The sentence was suspended.
Irtiii case was called last Wednesday
uornlng. A special venire of otje
[hundred men were summoned in this
case, and llft.v others were required
before the select Ion of the Jury wits
bompleted late Wednesday afternoon,
fudge Gurnett held night sessions
luring thu, trial of this case. There
k'cro more than one hundred witnesses
|i tlio case.
Following is the Jury in this case:
L,. Hand, Frisco, farmer; O. 1;
/atson, McKlnney, farmer; K. L. Tay
or, McKlnney, farmer; It. M. Chum*
liers, McKlnney, farmer; H. K. Tack,
hit, Farmersvllle, farmer; Hhelton
Mimins, Melissa, farmer; Jns. Foy,
MoKlnney, farmer; O. 8. Watts, Piano,
farmer;; W. II. Wright, I'luno, fnrm-
r>r; Jas. Collluswort h, I'luno, farmer;
W. B. Gaines, Allen, agent Texas
Pfractlon Co.; K. M. Miller, Allen,
farmer.
Nine Negroes AwnIiiI.
<'ity Marshul Johnny McKlnney and
Officer W. A. Kerhy arrested nine ne-
groes one nlgth last week, charged
with faming.
Three Arrrxlii for (jamlng.
Deputy Sheriffs 8am Welch niul
Jiin Kimbrlel, no doubt spoiled a
good game Wednesday olght when
they walked In on two negroes and
one white man rolling the bonea. The
game was stopped Immediately and
now the parties occupy rooms in Ihe
county bustile.
Three Arrests.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Kimlirlel went
(to Lucas Friday and made three ar-
rests, the parties Iteing charged with
misdemeanors.
Arrest fur Drunkenness.
<">ne arrest for drunkenness was
made by the sheriff's department Sun-
day.
Thrw Arrest* for Oruiikcmic**.
Nonstable Tom Bounds made three
arrests Monday, the parties being
■charged with drunkenness. They
were placed In Jail.
In .lull for Gaming.
Deputy Sheriff Ham Welch arrested
'Dolphus Muli Tuesday night o:t a
charge of gaming, lie was placed In
tail to await further action of the
court.
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Brings Prisoner from Pliuio.
'unstable Bob Gallagher of Piano
iiiine to McKlnney Tuesday night,
having in custody Tom Carroll,
whom he placed in Jail on a charge
■ >f disturbance.
Young Mini Adjudged Insane.
Jerry Hlghsaw was adjudged in-
siinb Tuesday afternoon. He Is being
held here awaiting an opening In tlio
State Institution for treatment of the
feeble minded.
Marriage Miwai*.
K. I,. Westdyke and Miss America
T.. Mooney.
B. H. I^owery and Miss Alta Hack
ler.
T. H. Cook nnd Miss Olla Davis.
Alexander Hobdy and Miss Dolllo
Hi raughan.
C. 1* BrooUlns anil Miss Jewel
Maddox.
I* M. Beasley and Miss Clara 1JI-
lian Aldridge.
Homer Pair and Miss Bulh Daniel.
Fred William Kink nnd Miss l,ou
Dell Cable.
Automobile Register*.
1223—I.lc Spool, Farmersvllle, Ford.
1224—J. A. Tarvln, McKlnney,
Overland.
12215—D. H. Purvis, McKlnney,
Overland,
GRAIN
puuio mors
itsi M
Sunday was a very enjoyable day at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Meroney
Forman, Piano, when a sumptuous
dinner waa oerved to quite a number
of relatives, the occasion being the
nlnety>flrst birthday anniversary of
Mrs. E. M. Forman, mother of Mr.
Forman, with whom she makes her
home.
Mrs. Forman was born In Kentucky
ootober II, 1824. She came to Texas
in the year Halt. Since 1852 she has
resldsd on her hoinosteud where she
settle^ soon after arriving in Collin
county. The residence In which she
now resides wus erected In 1867.
The birthday dinner wus given by
her children. Mrs. Korniuti bus nln.'
children living us follows: Mrs. Itcnu
Hice, I'luno; Mrs. John Hlcc, Pluno;
Mrs. Faulkner, Coleman county, Tex-
as; I.onnlc Forman, West Texas;
Clint Kormun, West Texas; Willie
Korman, Dallas; Scott Forman, Corpus
Chrlstt; and Meroney Forman, Piano.
Mrs. Formun also has thirty-live
grandchildren und twenty-nine great-
grandchildren. There were twenty-
nlno relatives present to partake of
the dinner as follows: Mrs. Kcnn Hice
and children, Guy Hice and family,
Joe Bice and family, John Rice and
family, Walter Haggard and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe I'slelon and son,
Jewel. Mrs Formun is Mrs. t'sli ion's
grandinot her.
COLUli STOCK IS
GREATLY IIMID
Since the outbreak of the Kuropcan
war Cojlln county horses and mules
have been greatly In demand. Nearly
seventy-five carloads of horses and
mules have been shipped to the war-
rlng nations. The prices puld for
stock hap been exceptionally good.
Much stock, and especially mules, are
now being purchased, the purchases
being made ut present by farmers of
the county. We are Informed that
the price of inulcs now Is looking up-
ward. Many farmers sold their sur-
plus stock soon after tlio outbreak of
the war, on account of the shortage
of feed stuff, but with the return of
.prosperous yields of all kinds of feed
stuff, these farmers ure now In the
market for stock.
I'lKK I'ltOM lilil/lN TO NAYAItHO.
Two ('omit ten Will Noon Be Connect-
Ml With Good I Load.
Oorslcana, Texas, Oct. 20,—By Jan.
I a continuous pike road will eon-
nect Navarro anil I'JIlis counties. This
information was given J. D. Cunning-
ham of Corsicana by Judge Tldwell
In Waxahachie yesterday.
At present the Nuvarro County
pike roud to Rinhouse extends be-
yond Kmhouse to through Chambers
creek bottom on the Navarro coun-
ty side, and Navarro county has also
built a good concrete bridge across
Chambers creek. Kills county has a
good pike road from Waxahachie to
the edge of the creek bottom on tliut
road and will have only about one
mile to build through the creek bot-
tom to make the pike road complete
from here to Waxahachie, ond this,
county Judge Tldwell suys, will all In
done by the first of January.
CARRAN7.A GFTS FORMAL
RKCOOMTION 111 KM I. S.
■ Washington. Oct. 20. Formal rec-
ognition by the I'niteil Staten of the
de facto government of Mexico with
General Vcniisllann I'arranza as chief
executive, was accouippilshcd ut noon
Tuesday by the delivery to General
I'urranzu's representative, Kllsea Ar-
redondo, at the Mexican embassy, of
a letter from Secretary Kansing. Bee-
ognition letters from the Pun-Ameri-
con conferences, similar In tone, ulsj
were received by Mr. Arredondo.
The communication from Secretary
I,nnslng was sent by messenger and
later Mr. Arrendondo wes invited to
the State Department by the secre-
tary for a general conferenco on
Mexican affairs. Mr. Arredoiulo left
today for Saltlllo, Mexico, to meet.
General Carrnnxu and present to hlir.
the letters anil n«-tes of recognition
from the several governments of Cen-
tral and South America, which arrlv-
ed during Tuesday In accordance
with the decision of the Pan-Ameri-
can conference Monday.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IlKIHATHI)
IN NKW JKKHKY TIJFHI>AY
Jersey City, Oct. 20.—Unofficial re-
turns from eighteen districts In Jer-
sey City, Kllxabeth nnd Plalnfield give
1,020 votes for ni^l l.'ll against
adoption of the woman suffrage
amendment. Complete unofficial re-
turns from three districts In Trenton
and partial returns from seven others
at • o'clock last night, give <88 votes
for nnd 1,128 against the amendment.
J. H. Walker, who owns n good
farm three miles east of Blue Bldge,
railed at the office Inst Tuesday and
renewed for The Democrat-Oaaelte.
He came from dlbson county, Tenn.,
twenty-four years ago and has been a
successful farmer, because progress-
ive. Mr. Walker has been reading
The Democrat-Gasette since October,
1101, and Judging from his past rec-
ord, he will continue to do so.
mrs. tim is
claimed by death
Mrs. Nettle Kllxabeth Turnbow,
wife of Billy Turnbow of the Friend*
ship cotnmunily, died Sunday. Sho
was 4 r> years, I months and II days
old, und had resided In and near that
pluce for many years. She was a
member of the BapttM church. Fu-
nerul services were conducted at tho^
Forest Grove church at 11 o'clock^
Monday by Rev. J. Ben Snider.
Burial wus maile In Forest Grove
cemetery, under the direction of
Isuac Crouch and Glenn Massle of
the Sum J. Massle undertuktng es-
tablishment. Deceased Is survived
hv her husbund and four children.
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THE 1'KINKEY MARKET REPORT
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KitiIMiiI ami Grain.
Corn In sliuck per bu 4 5c
Outs pur bu 17c
Hrun, per cwt ft.16
Shorts per cwt >1.80
Chops per cwt $1.60
Wheut per bu $1.09 to $1.10
Gats buled-per ton $9 to f 10
Alfalfa hay per ton $8 to $10
Millet buy per ton $7 to $8
Johnson gruss buy per ton .. $5 to $7
Prairie hay per ton $• to fit
Bermudu hay per ton $7 to $<
Cotton seed per ton $H0.00
Produce anil Provisions.
Flour per cwt $11.00 to $3,211
Macon par 11 to 30c
Mutter per II) 26c
Creamery butter *o«
Chickens, fryers, per lb 12 1-2
Chickens, old hens per lb 7c
Old roosters per dox $2.00
Turkeys per lb 8c
Kggs per dox '3c
l.anl per lb 10c to 14c
Irish potatoes per bu $1.10
Sweet potutoes per bu $1.50
Live Stock.
Ilogs per cwt $fi to $7.00
Mutton, sheep per cwt $4 to $6
Beef cuttle per cwt $4 to $fi
BIG NWKKT POTATO.
Tom llliM'N Grows One That Weighs
Nine anil Tlirii'-tjuurtci' Founds.
Tom Hlnes, u McKlnney (ruck
grower und gardener, who lives on
South Wilcox, street, brought to our
offiue Tnesduy a big Southern Queen
sweet potato grown by hlin that
weighed 9 3-4 pounds, lie also hud
three big bunches of Porto Blco
vilieless (yellow) yum potutoes. One
of them hud 85 potatoes on It, another
hail 37 and another 4 2. Tom takes
much interest. In the growing of truck
and is a vigorous supporter of the Idea
that this black wnxy soil will produce
most uny kind of ^ruck unil gurilen
stuff.
HHKKHAN TKNT MKMTING
It KG AN TUESDAY NIGHT
The tent meeting began Tuesduy
on the Meuilors' lot, conductod by
Itev. Sheeban and Rev. M. F. Wheel-
er. This first service was well attend-
ed and Bev. Sheehun preached a
powerful sermon on "The Ixive of
God," nnd Ihe spirit of the sorvlce
wus excellent.
Arrangements are being made to
seat the multitude which ure expect-
ed to uttcr.d Ihe service::. People of
every class nnd nge In McKlnney
and surrounding country nre cordial-
ly Invited to come and help bring
McKlnney to Christ.
S rvices at 7:30 p. m. tonight.
Render for 25 Years.
Geo. Kindle of the Knloe community
was u visitor hero Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Kindle owns one of the most vol-
atile farms In thnt section of the
country, nnd keeps posted bn McKln-
ney nnd Collin county happenings
through the columns of the Weekly
Democrnt-Gosette, having been a rend-
er of this big weekly for more than
twonty-flve years. Mr. Kindle Is a
son-of-lnw of Mr. nnd Mrs. W. W.
Stiff, this city.
Klmer Cave of McKlnney, route 4,
while here Saturday, subscribed for
The Weekly Democrat-Gasette, for
which he will accept our thanks.
cotton seed
dridcs s4i ton
"I'ush them up another dollar,"
snlil J. W. Fltxhugh to n Democrat-
Guxetto reporter yesterday morning.
Mr. Fltxhugh Is with the Texas Cot-
ion and Cotton Seed Commission Co.,
and Is paying $40 per ton for seed to-
day. lie paid $$• per ton Tuesday.
KNGIiANn SKNRS OVRR
fM,990,000 IN GOI.P
New York, Oct. 1#.—The latest
shipment of gold from England to the
United States, said to be larger than
any of the previous consignments, ar-
rived here today and was placed In
the assay office. The gold, said to be
worth approximately $11,000,000, was
consigned to J. P. Morgan A Co. The
shipment waa surrounded by even
more secrecy than the previous one*.
shingle hail is
foimoiiecc
A shingle nail was discovered In uu
otherwise perfectly good egg at the
(^handler Cafe Saturday morning. The
Ofcef wus bresklng a number of eggs
when tie came across the remarkable
Specimen and he rushcil to B. 1,.
Chandler, the proprietor.
"Somebody's been puaslng ostrich
on us!" he declared.
Mr. Chandler was quite a bit aston-
ished but he pronounced it a hen egg
all rigid. Instead of demanding an-
other egg for the one with the null In
It, he put It In a receptacle and dis-
played It for the benefit of Ills custo-
mers.- -North Fort Worth News.
FOSTER'S NEITHER BULLETIN
Copyrighted 1DIG by W. T. Foster.
Washington, I >. I', .hi. 21. I .list
bulletin nave forecasts ot ilislurliniicc
to cro.v. ruutiiu ut i il l. in 27, warm
wave lo i(i, coo! wave 2& to ill.
Thai *\<rU has been re|ic.iledl) named
as oil" ul severe siorius. The weeks
cent* nut; on del I, IK, -M anil 27,
which include about all ■>! October ex-
cept til'1 tteuU contcrlllg on lilt. II,
were expected to bring severe storms.
Allhoiii;ti the New Orleans storm oc-
curred about one day before our date
our (oi least will be ucieplctl as veri-
fied. Tlio it real Km ky mountain
ourthnuuke on Oct. 1' was a part of
the predicted dangerous disturbances
unit It, no doubt, caused Ihe Oct. It lo
U great routinenlal storm lo lie id less
force. .Now am within tin I bird glial
storm period.
Next disturbance will reach I'acllle
oust about Oct. 'i 7, cross I'acific
slope b> clone of -X, grout central v.il
leys 2V lo UI, eastern sections Nov. I
VVuriii wave will cross I'acific slope
uboilt Oct. ^7, great central valleys l' ,
custom sections 81. t'oiil wave will
cross i'acific slope about Oct. Ill),
grout central valleys Nov. I, eastern
sections Nov. 8.
Thin Is the last of the Oct. seven
storins and it is not expected lo be us
dungcrous us were some of the others.
An eurtlnjuuke uboul Oct. may
quiet tills storm. About Oct. I'll a
warm wave Is expected. No general
heavy ruins ure expected east of tl(e
Rockies. The heavy ruins will be Id-
eal und uf comparatively smull extent.
First disturbance of November will
reuch I'acific const uboul Nov. 2, cross
I'acific Hope by close of II, greut ccn-
Irul valleys \ to 0, eastern sections 7.
Wurm wave will cross I'acific slope
about Nov. 2, great central vullcyc 4,
euMtern sections 6. Cool wave will
cross i'uciflc slope about Oct. G, greut
central valleys 7, eastern sections #.
This will be u moderate b'lt well de-
fined storm on tlio Pacific slope and
will increase as it moves esstward u
severe storm In ountern sections und
on thu north Atlantic. An earthquake
is probable near Oct. 80 und If It oc-
curs file storm described above will be
of less force.
During these disturbances, Oct. 23
to Nov. 7, most ruin Is expected on
the I'acific^slope und uliout tlio Gulf
of Mexico. The evaporation must
come from the I'uciflc und fogs will
incrcuse on Taclflc slope but the low
mountains of Central America will
permit the fog niul moist air to pass
Into the Gulf of Mexico, causing rains
uboilt Its cousls. That accounts for
the very houvy ruins at New Orleans
Oct. II anil the heavy rains In Pana-
ma that caused the slides.
These ruin conditions will continue
through November. Not much ruin or
snow east of Rockies but increasing
preclpltatirm on Pacific slope. Follow-
ing November 18 rains will Increase in
Central America and In the southern
states, all along Pacific slope with
heavy snows In Rockies, about nor-
mal snows In middle northwest. Se-
vere storms and most precipitation are
expected during the weeks centering
on Nov. 11 and 23. Highest tempera-
tures during weeks centering on Nov.
5 and 2# and lowest near 9 and 15.
November temperatures are expect-
ed to average about or a Utile below
normal east of tho Bockies and about
normal on Pacific slopo. Not much
snow near and south, of latitude 40
east of the Rockies. December storms
will be moderate except severe Winter
storms during week centering on I>e-
ecmhcr 25.
j. c. kieppeh
pisses mmv
J. C. Klepper, ugeil about 75 years,
died ut his home In South McKlnney,
about 12 o'clock Friday night, after a
three months' Illness. Deceused
tiifi^td to McKlnney about a year ugo
from the Forest Grove community, ut
Which place he wus engaged In farm-
ing for many years. The remulns
were taken to Forest Grove where tho
Interment was made Sal unlay ul
4 o'clock.
Besides Ills aged wife deceased Is
survived by six children, three daugh-
ters and three sons, as follows: Mrs.
John Huberts, Mrs. Btlfus Ituse, Miss
Itose Klepper, John, Fred and Itay
Klepper, all of tills city. He ulso
leaves two brothers, John Klepper of
Piano, and Amly Klepper of Dallas
The funeral and burial was under
I ho direction of Isaac Crouch and
Glenn MaKde, of Ihe Ham J. Massle
undertaking establishment.
s. P. Kl YKi;NI \U, IM IH IIAS
Kit Till'. MCMNKFY IIOTF.I.
iiieiudt
11 dig wreck
Mrs. J. |i. Page of this city and
mother, Mrs. Mary A. Wlthrow, ar-
rived In McKlnney Tuesday night ot
10 o'clock from Wichita, Kansas.
These ladles were In the Bock Island
wreck, which occurred Monday night
near Chlcknsha, Oklahoma, In which
seven persons were killed and quite a
number Injured. These ladles were
shaken up considerably In the wreck.
Tliey had berths In the sleoper and
Mrs. Wlthrow was thrown out upon
the floor when the wreck occurred.
Fortunately no bones were broken.
Mrs. Fag* had been visiting her
mother at Wichita, Kansas, for the
past two months. Her mother ac-
coinpanled her home for a visit.
KMwIn Kewls, of near Walnut
Grove, was hero Wednesday.
S. P. Kuykendul! of mar Blue
ItiitKc, hits purchased the McKlnney
Hotel from J. Mr Heard, and will take
charge of same November 1. Mr.
Kiivkemlall lias been a resident of
Collin county for many years. Mr.
Beard nnd family moved to McKlnncy
u little over one year ugo from Ken-
tucky, purchasing the hotel from J.
O. Hidden.
HEW MITO FIRE
TRUCK II BEAUTY
The new automobile lire truck pur-
chased a few months ago by the t'ity
Commission and which arrived soiiio
three or four days ago, was unloaded
Tuesday afternoon. A representative
from the factory was present und tho
new truck was tried out Imiiiediiitely
lifter It had been tinloiidiyl. The new
truck, thus fur, has met with the ap-
proval of the <;lIy officials and mem-
bers of the lire department. , ,
The truck is one hundred aTld six
horse power and cost the fancy price
of $8,5110. It is like thoso used In
the cities of Kt. Worth, Houston, Han
Antonio, Waco and other lurge cities
of the Slate. Dallas Is the only city
that has a larger truck than tho one
purchiuied here. It Is supplied with
all modern lire fighting nppnratus.
The truck that J. Perry Burrus bos
presented the fire department will bo
token from the shop some time thin
afternoon. This truck also Is a beau-
ty. .
SFVUN FKItNONH KlliliKII
IN OKI<AHOMA WltlK K
I'lilckushu, Ok., Oct. 20.—'The full -
ure of Knglneer William Powoll to
take u siding ut Aguwam early Tues-
day morning lius been assigned as tlio
cnuse of the head-on collision be-
tween suiithhound Bock Island pus-
senger truln No. 11 und a northbound
freight train In which seven persons
wore killed, two fatally Injured and
many others seriously Injured.
The dead nre:
11. Arnold, fireman No. 11.
Virgcl Southward, hriikcman on
freight truln.
Abe Jones, Kansas Olt.v, Mo., rid-
ing on blind baggage.
K. C. Kettle, Independence, Kan.,
riding blind bsggage.
Two unidentified men killed on
blind baggage.
Sam Carroll fireman on freight
train.
The injured:
William Powell, engineer on No.
t L. fatally injured, being crushed In -
fernally.
I. W. Brogg, Caldwell, Klin., right
leg broken.
Mall Clerk B. C. Klllough, Calil-
well, Kali., hand crushed.
Mrs. W. C. Keltner, Duncan, Ok.,
ribs broken.
Boss Mlkeles, Kokomo, Ind., col-
lar bone hroken.
Mrs. W. B. Benge. Marlow, Ok.,
face bruised and hurt Internally.
The trains were traveling thirty
miles an hour and as a result of the
Impact the passenger engine was left
on top of the freight engine nnd four
cars ol catt'e were piled over and
around them. The heavy steel mall
car Jumped clear over the engines
and rolled thirty feet to one side.
The express car was badly crushed,
but llie express messenger escaped
without Injury.
On this same curve, about ten
years ago, train No. II met a north
bound freight train In a similar head-
on collision, while Just a mile north
of the location of Tuesday's wreck.
Bock Island trains No. SI and 82
came together two years ago.
Those killed and Injured were
brought to Chlckasha by n special
train which was ordered to the scene
of the wreck from Oklahoma City.
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Mm Mow* to Bits.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 80.—Seven men
were killed Tuesday when tho powder
house at the granite mountain mine
of the North Butt* company waa
blown up Four men are known to
have been Injured and It Is feared
there will bo other victims. Officials
of the North Butte eompany said that
at least seven met death.
Rllae Odle of Longvlew was tho
guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Odle, this city Sunday night.
former colli
oieo it m
l.cc ciisbee pssseil away Wf
nlglit Hept. 12. 1*15, at
o'clock, at hla home in thla i
crul months ago he had i
stroke while on his runch thnt
health broken, and while not ■
lo Ills bed he has been a sick
summer. Wednesday he had • !
iluy with hla family; several 0(
hail come from other parte of the
Siute to visit him, bul directly oHag
retiring he complained of hla
und suddenly passed uwuy. Ho
born In Illinois und emtio with
brothers to Qtiuiiuh In 18*0, Where
bus been In the runch und cuttle
ncss ever since. Ills widow, a son and
two daughters, and scvcrul brothers
and sisters survive him. Kunerul ser-
vices were held at the home Friday
afternoon, with Interment at the
•Juanuli cemetery
l/Co I', dlshcc.
"A precious one from us is goiii',
A voice we loved Is stilled,
A place Is vacant In our home
Which never can he filled.
lioil in his wisdom lias recalled
The boon Ills love hud given,
And though the body slumbers hen -
The soul is safe In heaven."
It is I. "y necessary to live tho
whole lii with rcforcuco to lis end.
Childhood should be directed with ro-
ference io Hie youth that Is lo firl
low, youth with reference to manhood,
.iii• I manhood looking lo old age hud
all as a preparation for what comes
when earthly life Is done. Tho mem
ot'les 'ind sorrows and sobering les-
sons of earlier experiences should
throw their light upon Ihe problems
of the present, and life's present stuge
should he held, us a ship on Its course,
to what Is Inter lo come. I.lfo call
never lie complete until all experiences
In God's plan have come. The youth
only partially lives, the strong man Is
not so much alive as the aged, und for
llie old there yel remains more of life.
And it is Indeed true that for the last
the first was mutic. Wo can be so
well prepared for age as to hall Its
coining with Joy; und for death so thut
to live niwuys hero would bo agony un-
utterable. Ago Is tlii- ripeness of life
nnd that which we cull death Is the
reward of the whole.
The riponed life of Bro. Cllsbee has
gone to Its reward and the sorrow of
the seperatlon Is lessoned greatly be.
cause of blu preparation to go to the
higher life.
D. F. Cllsbee wus born neur Henry,
III., October 2«, 1857; he cume $o Tex-
as with Ills purenls when ubout 10
years of uge und resided In Collin
county until uboilt 211 yeurs ago when
lie cume to Qtiumih mid locutud south
of town.
Bro. Cllsbee was stricken with para-
lysis In Murch, from which ho never
recovered; the lust stroke came Sept.
22ml urn! he unswered to the summons
to come over the River. He is sur-
vived by a wife and three children; his
brothers Bert Cllsbee, and Bowie.
Frank Cllsbee of Quanuh, and three
sisters, Mrs. Buth Rough, of Quanah,
Mrs. C. M. Christie, of Allen, and Mrs.
Amanda Itlley, of Waco; Mrs. W. T.
BoKon of McKlnney, Mrs. Joe Wither-
spoon of Staford, and Wllllum Cllsbee
of Quanuh.—Quanah Tribune-Chief.
MOYF.N To RAINN COUNTY.
T. C. 1/itlr Sells McKlnney Property
ami Buys Farm TIm-iv.
T. o. I,air recently sold his home
and nine acres of land one mile rust,
of the court house in McKlnney and
moved to Bains county where he
bought a farm. Mr. l.ulr Is un old
settler of this county. Ills futhor Was
a Pioneer North Collin physlclun and
the family has been prominent In our
county for n half century or longer.
We regret to lose Mr. I^ilr from our
midst, but wish him well in his new
homo. His son, Henry Ijilr and
family, also moved there.
H. H. Skaggs bought Mr. Lftlr's
home on Kust Greenville street, and
has moved Into It.
NT. MM'IB BANK Wil.li
invest in tkxas
Kl Paso, Texas. Oct. 20.—Tom W.
Holland, president of the First Mort-
gage Company of St. L*>uls, at a din-
ner given for him here today, an-
nounced thut his bank was preparing
to Invest $10,000,000 In Texas, parti-
cularly In the Dallas-Port Worth dis-
trict, and that Kl Paso would get 91,-
000,000 of this amount. He Is making
a tour of tho State and reporting on
tho condition of business snd declares
that the world is looking to Toxas for
Investments.
Moves to McKlnncy.
Bev. S. T. Aklns and family have
movod to McKlnney from Westmin-
ster. Bev. Aklns Is pastor of tho Ve-
rona Baptist church, this county, and
the Providence church in Grayson
county.
COTTON
Colon market Wednesday waa un-
changed from that of Tuesday. Sev-
eral bales wore marketed yesterday.
The price ranged front 91S to llill,
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1915, newspaper, October 21, 1915; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293247/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.