The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1922 Page: 3 of 16
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THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE, MoKINNEY, TKXAS, THl'KSDAY, JAN. 12, 1U22.
Sludebaker
ANNOUNCES
Mow Models
Mew Prices
Series 22 Big-Six
Touring $1785
Coupe 2500
Sedan 2700
Series 22 Special Six-Prices
Roadster (2-Passenger).. .$1425
Touring 1475
Club Roadster 1475
Coupe (4-Passenger) 2150
Sedan 2350
The New Light-Six
Prlttw lUtltH-otl KITi'dtivc January 7tli
Touring $1045
Roadster (3-Passenger)... 1045
Coupe-Roadster 1375
Sedan 1750
Al,l< THICKS F. O. li. FACTOIUKS
J. Wool Mallow
S. TKNN. ST.
i i:.\i.i:u rou <'<n.i.i\ nii!i>TY
THIS IS A STUOEBAKER YEAR
McKlNNEY JUNIOR
COLLEGE ANNOUNCES
LOSSOFPROPERTY
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I'u the IViiple of Mi'K'.linr) :
It is with a very sail limit linn I am
Ion imI lo announce llie loss ul lie
in.i|,imI.\ you so kindly mm1 tlx'
■ •li.in li lor ('oilcgi purposes. Tlii
lloanl ill' Trustees lias tendered III''
■ ""i In tin' I'nili'd Home Hulldcrs .if
America, in satisfaction of the loan
' i in i'il ul l In-Ill.
This lo,-s was occasioned In Iwn
•' 11' u.' slam cs ovi-r \v )i it'll Mi- 11 a 11 na
. i HI I ml
1 I'u Jirsl |iIi•«'. two illfTen III in |
"tin ..nil two sepnrati emit i a. in i
■ ii ii i ml' il llii' |i an of lIn- building,!
■ li ■ ai'i'il i• s lllal llu- same could In
rn ■ jili• 11'<I I'oi Ii" limn si*\ i iii ' ill.'
■•i'il ilol'a s Win ri'ii tin- necessnn ,
Hi re i- nearl) t" (Be as muoh. Thl j,
r"H si', \ i'lll (|lllle in yolltl "III ll\ 11 it'
'I I, i'.ills
Tlii' second. over whirl) we Innl no
o:iirol, is i In- ueii era I linaneial d< ■
• 'i i union rendering it impossible tin
h iii raise money h.v cuin| uImn >r
oilier mclliods Therefore, seeing ail
;n iMi'iialile failure lo meet the tie
•and. we thought Ii more honorable
le surrender without suit or expensive
in i'1'i eiliims lo our creilllors.
We hope lo pay all of our nutslun I-
ii" obliivi I ions, lo nil creditors, at an
'iifly dale, suffering none lo lone, hut
hi"' nohle doners and our own people
lut have contributed ho liberally for
ll' I•• small means.
Mi'irninp vonr kind feelings toward
us In our (treat misfortune. ami IhnnU
'in all for piiHl kindnesses, I am,
Youi humble servant,
II A THOMPSON,
I'iI'slilenl of Hoard of Trustees, Mi
Kinney Junior College.
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ONE HOG FURNISHES
TAX MONEY, INSURANCE
AND MEAT FOR FAMILY
Hurt let I, Tex., Jan. 7 Here's tile
wa> one small farmer has of gelling
by lie killed a lion thai netted Ntiu
pounds, sold 2UU pounds of sausage,
"ISO pounds of lard. 120 pounds of pork,
from the sale ol whli'h he received
money enough lo pay Ills taxes for
lust \eai' anil Ills insurance on his
dwelling lor Ibis year, and liail quite a
lot of I lie porker lefi for Ills own use
lie Rays lie now has another on the
way I'm next January.
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BIG PRICES FOR NA-
VARRO OIL LEASES.
Telephone Company's "Open House" Here
Attracts Many Visitors to Inspect Plant;
10,000 Local and L.D. Calls Handled Daily
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The McKlnney office of the South
western Hell Telephone company oh-
nerved I lie New Year by keeping open
house lo friends and patnuis on Mou
day, Jan. 2. More than one hundred
and fifty guests railed during tie re
caption hours from 2 p in. to x p. 111
according to Miss Pauline Hughes,
local manuger. The young lml> op
nral.ors served punch to tin* visitors
and as guides oHeortud the guests
through the plant which was liispei i.il
with absorbing Interest l > overj pel ■
son. The callers included represi nt.i
live citizens and toll users and all were
given a gracious and cheery welcome
by Miss Hughes and the employes ot
the office. The plan was originated In
Mlas Hughes and Is somewhat of an
Innovation III telephone circles in lie
Southwest. The Southwestern Hell
telephone people Invite the public to
Illlike social ('ill Is 111 t 111 ill* nfllces III
any time but so fur no office had lielii
a New Year's reception and open
hoiis. celebration and Miss lluuber
was. ((IIlie Well pleased With the sneers.-,
of the plan.
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lllNpit'l I'lllllt.
From the business office In the up
staling room, Inspecting 'be maze ot
wires ovor which travel millions ol
words of conversation dally, the vislt-u
listened to an inr-rcstlng exiilanailon
of the switch lioanl, how It is operat-
ed, 'what n certain little eoloicd
flash signifies. n d so lotlli, and
found an ttnendlin; series of surprises
••walling each sir.,. The modern n t
room a few paces from the operators
boards, where every Attention anil
every want of milady may be satisfied
Is a feature and . nivcnlence of which
the employes ari Justly proud.
The rest room is provided with the
latest copies ol magazines by I lie
company, and le-Idea reading and
other diversions vlctrola music mm
he enjoyed. "No convenience which tin-
operator needs, either in modern
equipment for ti c operating board 01
something to amuse, instruct and edtfi
the employe Is denied the operator."
ssld Mrs. W. 10. Franklin chlel opcrn
lor, who kindly showed Hie newspaper
satlon Is tl.ir> on a particular person
call. Stat ion-to-stat ion day rate is
$1.10. Kvenlng rate (after 8:30) is ft5
cents, while the night rate after I 2
o'clock Is 30 cents. The evening rate
approximately one-half of the day
rate and the night rnte Is one-fourth
of the day rate. The saving Is obvious.
| The local ofllce frequently handles
'""—""""" long distance calls to Denver. Colo., SI
man through the plant and carefully l<oui*. Mo.. Chicago, and other distant
explained-very detail ol handling calls J,0,",N„A Party talked
^ to Halfway, Oregon, and another to
li'om the time the receiver Is taken Itoanoke. Vn. Thus the modern Bell
down on tho telephone In the home or tiCphone system carries the human
oillre until the call Is passed lo l lie xpractically every part of the
operator at the other end ot the lint' American continent.
and tin- conversation Is established ♦ «
and completed. j Unique Experience,
* * j Hocently the local offlco had an
Out-of-1 own \ Isltors. unique experience in handling a eal
I here 'were several out-of-town fu,, n |oouI person who desired to tall;
visitors at the reception. A them a ,.,.1,01ve In Hath, Maine, using the
were It. \\ . White, wife and son ol n|g|,t rate. After making two or three
Dallas. Mr. White Is commercial divls- „ftol.,K to K,,t tho party lt wnR foun(1
Ion superintendent; W. <1. • niter, ills jn tli« call after 12 o'clock
I '"li'I managei of Sherman; tawing midnight and due to waiting till too
'•"is Sherman, traffic chief, and )ftte nn hour It was Impossible, at the
wife; |i, K. farter, district plant su Mmo K,.f ,,ft|| thro„K)l ,,efoiv
Corsicana, Tex.. Jan. M One of ill"
most important deals nuiiii* in Navai
111 Colin I.v oil illlei esls was closed
when the eighty-acre Intel owned h
W. ii Pounds and wife, in the W. i
Smllli Ktirvpy, v as iinrclutsed hv III
Sun ('onipiinv rm $17.rinn
The liunilde (HI and Penning t'oie
panv lias acquired from A. A Allison
ii IHrh'and Ihiity rix acres in Hi"
tohii While urvey, ai tiic considera-
tion or *n ::oo.
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KAUFMAN COUNTY LEASE
BRINGS $00 AN ACRE.
Terrell, Tex., Ian. !l T. S. Ayers,
lit the PliKijack coituniinlly, southeast
-it' ihis cili bus 'eased Ills farm lo the
Texas Pacific Coal and oil Company
'nr *Wi an acre, \crea" near I hip
I'nrin was priced a week ago a I $:t!i
ml >•'' ;"i acre, f be\.'!tl • ;ui Increase
'ti price of from $ I T> lo an acre.
Royalties are also advancing with
•reps and hounds l.ast week H2nd.
royalty on the fat in on which Hum-
phreys has a local ion, sold for $110 an
acre. In less than a week a tilth, roy-
ally on the saute Iraci sold for ISO an
acre.
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FIIIK IH'XTIIOYN IIAItN ON
WI0NT V1IUJINA S'lltt in
Fire about H o'clock Thursday nbrht
di stroyed the big barn on West Vir-
ginia streef, the property of Miss
Ktnma King, and 'about ten or twelve
tons of hay belonging to .1 T I'oiich.
i'l he cause of the tire Is unknown. The
building was almost totally destroyed.
The loss could not be ascertained, as
Miss King Is In Chicago, ftin it was
j mi ii t i'>l I'i Ida,v I hat the barn was
partially covered oy Insurance. Mr.
Couch carried no Insurance on the hay.
A Southwestern Hell Telephone
Company 50-pair cable was also burn-
led In two, causing a damage of Itoo
land crippling service on fifty tele
phones. However, the phone company
had a force of linemen busy repairing
tho rahlc and the bulk of the tele-
phones were back In commission by
I (l::t«l o'clock Friday according
to Miss Pauline Hughes, local man-
ager., Fifty feet of new cable was cut
In to restore tho service.
Quarterly Conference. ,
The Housewife's Steadv Friend
No Fickle Duys with
White Billows Flour.
Qood Baking Every
Day.
Makes Bread Often Buttered But
Never Bettered
PROFESSIONAL COLUMN
DR. E. L. BURTON
Practice Limited to
■ VK. RAH. NOHB AND TMKOAT—
Office 110 Houtli Tennessee Stroet
McKJnncy. Trias
DR. ROY A. OLIVE
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Associated with Dr. R I. Hurton. Practice limited to Rye, Bar, Nom
and Throat. Classes. McKliiuey. T i
Otllce; 2 10 S. Tennessee St.
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It C. Merrill.
C. A. I,eddy
K W Msrrtti
MERRITT, LEDDY & MERRITT
Attonieys-nt-Iiaw
Dallas office; 72C Oreat Houthcrn Life Bld«.
McKlnney oltlce: Merrill Hldg.
F. ZELLERS, DOCTOR OF OHIROPRACTIO
S|HN'lal In Asthma, Paralysis, ItlieuniaUsni and Nerves Trosbl*.
401 South Clinch Street, McKlnney, Texas.
Oltlce hours; ll a. m. to 12 in.; 2 p. m. to < p. in.
Graduate American University X-ltay l . Phone 797.
J. H HINRS W. K. Willi!
J. H. HINES A CO.
riltK INSURANCE, IIONIW, UI'K IN81RANIV
fr'AItM INHIIRANUK A HI'KtUI/TV
Oltlce over Woolworth's.
Day Phone 317. Night Phone 91$.
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MONEY TO LOAN ON LAND
A. M. RUSSELL, McKinney, Texaa
perinleudeut of Shermun. and lOd Dim
bocker and wife of Dallax. Mr, l.lin-
4.30, when the night rate limit expir-
ed, due to the difference In time, here
bocker being from the general office thor„ „owov,,ri MI),B Hughes de-
Mrs. Dlmboeker was formerly Mis* t|,at cll|| wm |)0 handled
l.utie Anderson of McKlnney.
In this connection It will be Interest
lug lo know that the local offiei
for her party yet, and she lias not fall
cd on an undertaking so far, Indicating
that her purpose will yet ho achieved
handles from seven thousand to t"" j W|M cslabllsh a record here for long
thousand local calls daily. Thus tUlltftnco conversation.
'« always "busy." More lhnn| „ f(1,t (hn( ,hc OJ)pn j.|ollllu co|j.
two hundred long distance or loll en Is bl.atl,)n 1)f offlc,t wM, provo of
arc handled In each 21 hours In the mu{uft| benefit In establishing closer
loll operators 'I his does not Include relations between company and patron
incoming long distance calls of which lh„ w,l|uh „ wn„
The first quarterly conference for
the Fntc Charge, for the current yea?
will be held at Kate, Saturday and
Sunday. n.Tnuary 14 and IB. Itev. W
D. Thompson, presiding Rider, will
preach Saturday morning and night,
also Sunday morning.
MISS NENA SMITH
BIWIIHiWN SCHOOL
Phone 107.
tM W. Unw •
! \V. I«. Davis of Port Worth. Texas,
renews his subscription to The Weekly
I lemiicrut-Oazet tc Thanks.
no record Is kepi operators at Hi
other end of the line handle the roc
ords on Incoming i alls
Dong distance calls here ficiiuentli
amount to large sums for loll charges
Some times the toll charge will reach
IKi in more. Very few social lonversa-
Hons ever reach thill figure.
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Nlglit Culls IIihiiiiii' I''nil
mote when the plan was originated It
Is hoped that It will be a permanent
affair In the future with the local ol-
tlce.
Pretty llnhy Daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pructt of till-
city Are rejolcliiir over the arrival of
a pretty little baby daughter which
Dr. J. Knight
ONTKOPATH
Office, Poi llullillnir. Plione
Connection
G. S. MURPHY
ACCOUNTING ANII IWRAli TA1HR
Pour years experience In Federal Tag work. Competent Adrtoe ail
Assistance given In Federal Taxee and Aeeowntlng.
M A P. NATIONAL HANK DI1LMNU, RHKRNAN, TEXAS.
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However, It Is becoming unite n fa l ,pok |(l ll|)(|o (h(1,r homo Hl|||
here, as well aa elsewhere, for a young 4ty A11 p,„, ar), ,,ot| , r,lr.e,v
man to call Ills bailee In a distant clt.v i ,
after 12 o'clock .it night, or h. twe. n , Mr„ H(l„, of MoIImhu was
"',:lo',u m'l'n'gbt and 4:30 a. m popping in McKlnney Snlunlny aft
I hi* lad 1h niiporlnducMMl by llu* fnr> ornoctn. Mi 1'Arrln will Irnve Wort-
that a station to stnllon call at nigh' nesilav for Waco where she will visit
rate (U midnight to t an a in > is so her dnugl > , Mrs. Harry Hntler, ami
low Hint it pass one to lose anywhci fnmily foi few iliivs. Mr. Hntler is
from a few minutes to nn hour or so of attending Havlor College there. He Is
Sleep to lake advantage of the night preparing himself for the ministry
. . ... ... Harry llatler was for several years one
l<or Instance, the day rnte n nkla „r the most successful school teachers
homa City for a three-minute con vet |n this county
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Dr, F. G. Hedges
Dentist
Offire over Collin County Na-
tional Hank. McKlnney, Texas.
Otllce phone 41J. residence tR.
W. T.
Hiiwi. Ii. Kugene Hoard
DRS.
HOARD & HOARD
URNTIHTS
Otllce
over Central StUte Bank,
north
side square, McKlnney,
Texas.
Phones; Office. 26; resl-
donee,
417.
CALDWELL'S
Sanitarium
MeKlniKiy, Texas
For treatment of CANOBR.
Special alenilon to all ohronle
diseases, especially diseases •(
women and rectal trouble*.
MATHEWS KAMI I, Y OI.I>
ONE IN THIS COUNTY
Our young friend. W. O. (Oweni
Mathews who lives on one of Ron
Fisher's farms west of McKlnney, en-
rolls for The Weekly Democrat-Oa-
■ette for the year 1912 Owen Is a
namesake for his honored grandfath-
er, tho late Owen Mathews of Alien,
pioneer farmer, atobkman and school
maamammimimmimwmimiiIMIIAMINWIII
tenclier of our county. Tho Mftthowa
family has been a respected on* tn
Collin county for a half oenturjr.
Mrs. J. H. Hal-less, ol Snyder, TexM,
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. T. Oky,
and husband in this city. Mrs. HarlMS
has been in poor health for sevenU
| months and recently underwent tWA
operations—one in a Lubbock' auih
tarlutu and second one In the
| list Sanitarium at Dallas where
. has been recently.
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1922, newspaper, January 12, 1922; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293294/m1/3/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.