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THT'BSPAT, OCT. 17, 1918.
THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-O
"No Wool for CnriBan Clothing"
'I In' liiinl verdict <if t Ik* Win- l'i .'i nl ui \\ Jihliinyloii
nil tills I|II«'>1 it'll i> ffivcil.
AT MKAN'S!
buy than
clothing •-
Hart Schaff-
ner & Marx
and High
Art Clothes,
the World s
Best
Till X K
FACT IS: Not ii vnnl of all \v>«>l falirio li.i- I
shown I>y imy mill IW tlio Spring season, while tlie
cot-loll ■ 11111 sIiihI.I; lil'\|lire> Dlli'l'l'il tire I ii 1 i i 1« i i 1 >
iii'U'i'il aii'l c\i'''filiiiul\ -I'arri' at tliut.
The I'lutliiiiLT situation lias rapiilly resolved it-elf
into tlic i|ii«'stioii of liciii^ nl>le to secure anything at
all, of any quality, AT ANN PKK'K.
\VK ANTICIPATED
WK liOl (HIT IIKAVIIA* NINK MONTHS AGO
WE SAVED .'50 I'EK CENT T( > .">() I'KIt CENT from
present market quotations
WE SECl'WKD a wonderful selection of firm all
pure Worsteds, Series, and Cassinieres NOT ob-
tainablo NOW at any figuros.
TIMS GREAT SERVICE OK FOKESKIIIT and
FORE CAPITAL is placed wholly at your tlis
posal in our remarkable Fall 11*1 H line ol Men's ami
Young Men's Suits to retail at $18.0(1 to $40.00, em
bracing splendid selections of all wool \\ orsteiW
Serges and Cassinieres.
HEADQUARTERS FOR MEN'S FIXINGS
< >iu* corps of salesmen are ready ami anxious to
show you.
Everything to wear for Men ami Hoys.
Copyright 1918 Hart SchafTncr & Marx
BERRY-MOSES CO
THE STORE AHEAD
MARTHA FRANCES
TURRENTM DIED
HERE SUNDAY
Martha l-'iiinivh, iged years. 11
months ni'l a • tst>old, died at i
o'clock Sunday morning, Oct ] I, ui
I hi- 1)1)11.' Ml her | >■ a I • II t:4. Ml. tin
Mix. i*. A, Till1T'litinc, mi Nor:
Kiniiuk M'i"et, in this city, after
brief illne* "l infant lie infiily-i-
Tin- child had Hilly recovered, mo r
was thought alio it two laonl lis ,kK"
from a |>i ot i acted
She >\as only Hick
of tic f..;al In.ilii'1.' mill t:i:u11'i nci |
prcciouH young III1'
fell' I' tll.it Uietiica I
111 11<In COllllI I'llt
.Manila Frances Ttiri'lMltlnf Wu
NERVES
md Matt fconomlcal Troatmont
ijr Combinr'.isn of A.lmwtl.
nptirc,
•f liloo't t;
I'-uourjx'i 'I i-
id of t'i!)a
ifullv t'"i "i
lic«l, irfm-lack-
unsteady, un-
< J'oim a combin-
; tlmt is most BUC-
v ilU IlooU'a Saraa-
attai k of fevet
four or live days
that claimed hei
In .sj.it'- of evi r>
skill and loving
forth for her.
•s Turruutine
horn in Hi'1 hltlfrto happy home
where slio died, on Nov. 10. 11> 1 —.
llcHidcM lici parents, she is survived
by one older Mister. Doriij, and one
older brother, Donald. Al.-o hy In •
; grandmother. Mrs. T. L. I >insiuore,
mid mails oilier loving relatives. Tin*
funeral serviceH were enndueted al
tin graveside al 3 o'clock Mondny af-
ternoon hy Dr. J. I Pierce, assisted
hy lir K. I'.. Flnchcr and Kev. • V \V.
Dennis. The Interment followed in
I'eenn < irove ecnietci, .
I.ltlle Al II11 hit l-iances' death
causes hoi row in many hearts too
poignant. to express in oral or punt-
ed word. She was precocious far be-
yond her brief years. Added to her
pretty faee and unUHUiil Intelligence
for a child mo tender and youiiK- wus
la buoyant, Joyful spirit that attract-
ed the attention and drew to her
the affection of every person seeing
her. Only one brief week prior to
the day of her death she was pro-
moted in .Sunday school and she was
never happier than when lllliiiK "
number on some program or at
public exercises of her Sunday
school. Doubtless the poet llyron
'had such a person as littb- Martha
Frances in thought when lie wrote
"He,,\en gives its favorites an early
Identic" I',ill to ordinary Mankind
death always appears to come either
too early or too late. lu Martha
Frances' sudden going it. si-ems to
her doti ng loved ones and sorrow
illg friends that death lias come all
too soon. Ii111 it plucked a rosebud
111 ii t r 1 ' ' 'ii._
,i!:,'t in i . t'on, tine before
s>I, t il l- nl'-.-p Jil'UT, tlie.v
i "jrreaL I. •'! ill'.4 Supplement
h ,, I, , ! • .1 tlio most ft' j-
i, , | in . — Ifo.si's Sarsajm-
: ii* R. ••• !:i, rlicuinatlsin, «u-
i, j'i .1. 1 s i.f anpi'li'c.
! I i ; | V <tl'•!>! for
ii,i, ir I ir ui ex!i i ; I 'on.
I I, - i >"1,1 !':• He ' i. I.' I '"'ISfll'SS
in i, II. I -i I'll < ivo
- r i;' 1'. J'ol.l Ii •' I'M '■ ' • '"I-'I
STILL BELIEVE
IN THEIR OLD
HOME COUNTY
IIukIi and Kirk Webb, two for-
mer Mi Kinney boys, for the PMt
■evcr.al years livliiK in Dallas, both
having excellent positions in hanks
there, still believe in their old home
county, Collin, us they have just
bouKbt u small tract of land, from
Tom W. 1'erkins and Krank ti.
Uowell of the MoKlnney ICealty Com-
pany, payltiK $2,400.00 for mime. The
land belonged to Miss Mary Kennedy
of this city. Miss Kennedy, d«Hlrtn|(
a hurry-up service and haviiiK be n
told that this was the kind of service
i he McKlnnuy Kealty Co. KttV®.
snjned an exclusive con tract, turn««l
jtlie deal o\or to them; and IIIkm
| Kennedy was not disappointcil tn
the service she received. We were
pleased to aifain meet the;.' two
'i.ii-ased to iiKain meet there two line
Webb buys aiel to see tlieni put their
money in this uood Collin county
land. The t ii\ s are iloltiK well in
Dallas. All of their friends here will
Ii. pleased tn learn this.
here to blossom ill heaven
low ill)', Utile playmates aiel
were pallbearers:
Active A. O. Mullock
I (alley Murray. Kicliarl
COUNTY TAX ROLLS SHOW
GAIN OF NEARLY $4,000,000
IN VALUATIONS OVER LAST YEAR
Thr Utx roMn « f Collin county ro-
ctntly cum|>il '«l by T;ix Amhchbdi' J.
K !'. Sh rati or w approved l y
the Cornnii^aionors' Court Moruiay. A
ropy vv; n ,*il sent to H !' Terrell,
State Comptroller :it A'.iHliti The
tj x rolln W4*re made out on .1 typo-
"writ«'r aiw.l are v r\ neatly Kotii-n
hy Mr. Shra«!or ind hi.s efficient
oeputy. Forrest Board
The taxable valuations for
Ilotfs. is.308, valued at
Dojfs-. ?• . valued at
Vehlele«, K.K94, valued
Merchandise .
Manufactured articles
Heal estate
Manufactured tool* ....
1 Money on deposit
Credits
Miscellaneous property .
this Railroads and pipe lines
ANOTHER COLLIN
COUNTY BOY IS
KILLED IN ACTION
vear according :
port. N s."
$4.00i) 000 iricreji
year
H< rses and Mul« .
v lued at
Catthv value
.la«'ks and .'ennet.s.
valu^tl at.
Sh^ep, 4. i • !♦, valued
flouts, .1117. valued
Mr, Hhrade
. which is
r s re-
nearl
pi.v |
over that of last ;
it.Oft 4.
at
2 0 0,
$ 1.507,8*n> |
:: i 7.7 a <i
1 ',.050 i
2 3. H 0 0
1.S20
I'.ink stuck-.
Tin amouilts of the
funds Is as follows:
State. $1K4.7H«.97.
County, I 34,354.16.
Special ro id tax. $65,',166 {Jl
The first, name appearing in tho
1 16,360 ciiflaulty list published Monday morn.
1,370 , inu was that of Corporal Jltn, Ada.nis,
at 920,160 | „f Anna, tills county .Corporal Adonis
1.018,810,1,^,1 heen In the service for several
months. He was killed In action. II"
wan a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. \V.
Adams, for several years residents of
the Anna community, but who it is
stated recently moved to ICoat Texas.
Corporal Adams made the supreme
sact'lfieo lie spilt his life blood for
freedom, humanity nnd CliriHtlanity.
The numerous friends of this yoiint?
man will regret to learn of his death.
WESTON YOUNG
MAN IS VICTIM OF
SPANISH INFLUENZA
The fol
friends
Ir., Joe
Latham.
Mornle Miller, Carroll Taylor and
King Harnett.
Honorary—Johnnie I e Carlisle.
Virginia Smith, Ma.', Katherlne
||'ost. r, llorolhy Mi o. hi. Marion
Caldwell. I'lli/..iIn tli Nealhi'ty, Itennle
Katheryne I'olson nnd Ibirothy
J tiisl ol.
M Mil's <it til MdXI'IY.
"l-'alth sees the brigh'
I'ufold. to make hii-
They shall he clothed
life.
And shine In cver'.i ting day.
'i rnal doors
hildren way;
with endless
Ml v n I s< )l\ M.\ n MK'ATKH.
I iank Wire lluys tin ^iihui'biui I'lace
III' I. II. Si . IllMIII.
Krank Wire of ! . Iifleld, Minn.,
lias located in old i Mill, buying Hie
dandy suburban home of I. II. Suiitli-
son. one and one-half tulles West ol
iMcKinttey, on the main pike. Tin
price paid was $250 per acre or $50011.
[Tills Is one of Hie best suburban
homes in the county, well improved,
and we congratulate Mr Wire in lo-
cating in balmy Texns. Mr. Ninlthson
will but ii. larger farm.
.141.210
28.794,2.15
464,000
2.278,620
1,586,2 0 0
3 35.670
3,8-79,284
1,214,020
variaus tax
Special sehool tax, $7
I'oils -,014 assessed,
The total number of
[assessed this year is
i thousand let--, than that
9,595.71
$ 15,775.50.
poll taxes
about
of last
Moi)i<:i(.\ iio.Mi-: noi,i> nv
McKINM Y ItlvMiTV CtlMI'A.W
one
year.
.i \MI:s N. in i\\ \iti
« f I jiiii|wi«ji- Aiii'pb i'lwltlun
Suleiman With '|1ie• \|imn
Co., Hen'.
NtiMI I \XI V STOCK.
•Illck Weeks
'I liree ,liieks
Offers Slullloii ami
-win sell or Trade.
.Itunes N Howard of
:vi • efiti'il ,i position is
I Jerry - Moses < 'mil p any
M. K Into \ M r I Iowa rd
l.impas.'is has
salesman in
store in
was formerly
with Ml Mom s when tin
in business In rnipiisi
f'rst class sab small and a
tleman.
Iiitt. i
He
clever
gen-
I'iie In < llc la mil > III
Kivi' member
fi.mily m the
itrt iliiu ii with
• of J I
Vlnelatld
inHuenxa
J I. Martin, publisher of the
l'ufw City News-Times at ftoyse
ji'lty, Texas orders the Weekly
liemoeraf-'!a/"tte neiit to his :id-
Iri-.vi 'Had to add his name to our
lii't of ri i-i.-r of the ilemocrat-CJu-
*« tte
.lack Weeks of Vineland Is adver-
111 nK elsewhere ill this paper to sell
his big lioO-pound hhn ,( fereh-r n
stallion (registered) and 'hree n.aid
black Jacks with white points. This
Is all good stuff and sound. Mr.
Weeks has by hard work and honest
dealing built up a wide reputation
as n stock breeder lie wants to
sell this surplus stuff and will part
with It worth the money or will
trade It In on r|tv or farm property.
.... Turn to our classified columns and
""P , read his advertisement. Then If In-
irnmun y J tc^rent^rl, go out to his farm on the
pike 6 miles northwest of McKln-
ney and look at It, or write or phone
to him.
Prof. It. K. Skelton of this city
has sold his six-room bungalow
home on North Tennessee street to
W. C. Hllguley, also .if this city. This
I home has all modern eonvenlenc is,
Is only about two blocks north of ii,.i
public square, being located on a
paved street. Mr llugulcy paid Mr.
I Skelton $3,000 for this modern
home. The deal was consummated
hy ,1. Ol lie Smith of the McKlnney
Kenlty Company. Mr. llugulcy will
occupy his newly acquired property
as a home. Again we say, unless
you want to sell your <nty property
and farm lands, do not list tlieni
with the McKlnney IJealty Company
for they are hustlers and do It ho
different.
Willie Hamilton, aged 17 years,
died Saturday evening in Kansas City,
Missouri, of Spanish Influenza. The
remains Icl't there Monday evening
at l:8o o'clock and burial will be
made in the Mngg cmnetery, near
Weston, upon tin ir arrival there. The
yoiint; man's falber, N. I'l. Hamilton,
was with him when the end came.
Ill ceased left here two weeks ago
for l\ insas City to enter a mechanical
school. lie became III ol lliflilcimi
shortly after his arrival thcro and
continued to grow worse. Ills father
was notified of the seriousness of Ills
son's condition and left for that place
immediately. The young man was a
member of tho Hoptlst church.
liesldes his parents, he is survived
hy one brother, liewls, and one sister.
Miss luc/ Hamilton.
It"y Ciiiiiiiiigliain sick.
Hoy i'iinnlngham, also of Weston,
who accompanied young Hamilton to
Kansas City, is reported to bo very
sick ol Hpanisli influenza. He Is a
brother of Clydo Cunningham, for-
merly of tills city, but who now lives
ii few miles nortli'west of McKlnney.
W T Willis anil 1'iimily I'jirn $75
to SliMI IVr Week Picking Cotton.
W T. Willis was in McKlnney Sat-
urday from Prosper and was a
pleasant caller at tills olllco. He sub-
scribed for tho Weekly Democrat-
t i iZettc.
Mr Willis and family have been
picking cotton near Prosper t*r some
lline and have been earning from
$75 to $100 per week. Kir. Willis
formerly conducted a motor truck
transfer business lu .McKinney. (Jlad
to add his name to the large family
of pleased readers of the Weekly
I tcniocrat-dazette.
<;i:o. Kcitiiv no iii'jrri'.K.
II.I. AT t AMI' TIIAV1N.
Weston Solillfi' Criticall) III
I'iK'iiinoiiiii.
of
Mrs. W I,. O'tiwln nf Weston was
in .McKinney Monday morning and ru-
pnrleil the critical illness of her moii-
I in-law. Private Sidney Peebles, at
'('amp Travis, who was stricken with
puumonia several days ago. Peebles
lis a son of Mrs. Hllhill Peebles of
Weston and entered the service
August 26. lie Is a member of 4tith
Co.. 12th Hattalioil, 165th Depot
Itrlgade. Mrs. O'dwln was advised
of young Peebles' Illness by telegram
from his couiuiianilltig office Monday
morning.
.1 .1. Ilarlin of the Chamhllss
comiiiunity was a .McKinney business
visitor today. lie called at this of-
fice, renewing ills subscription to
the IJeniocrat-f lunette for another
year and had hiH address changed
from McKlnney, Houte 4, to iliiiiin-
, „ ,, ... (tel. Ky., to which place lie is mov-
"oek Terrell of Weston was b'roi|nK with his family. Mr. Harlin Is
Monday. Ho was selected for serviceI(l native of Kentucky, ami after eleven
about five months ago and spent iiev.|years residence lu Collin county,
en weeks at (^unp Travis, and was moves buck to his old home. It l-i
then sent to Jacksonville. Morlda. with regret tlie many friends of Mr.
Two months ago he wits allowed to'Harlin find his good family see them
| return home and assist in «atherlni| leave this county
j bis crop. Mr Terrell will return to'
Mrs Mary f-t. Gallagher has return-!
' d to her home at Wylle, after a I
wkI's visit at the home of her son.
I'rirl tinllagher and family.
Jacksonville .Saturday,
life fine.
He likes army
Ollie Hall of Ccllna was
Visitor lu McKlnney I'YIduv
a hosjni s i
afternoon.
J. P. CROUCH & CO.
Funeral Directors atul Etnbalmer.s
Day Phones.if). S'i#hl Phones 443 and .383
Calls Answered Day or Night
Spare That Tree, Reads Covenant
Between Gus Wilson and
Tenant Whom He Gave Farm
'♦v>4
A M. fUncle fins) Wilson, Collin
county farmer-philanthropist, who
resides at Itolaml, lias given away
another farm. Tills time he gave a
valuable farm of 43 3 acres to J J.
Allen Mr Allen has been a tenant
on Mr Wilson's farm foi several
years During the past few years
Mi Wilson lias given my seveial
illii farms, and probably , l„y. n or
; more automobiles, to tenants and
friends of his. lu the warranty deed
from Mr. Wilson to Mr. Allen filed
lu the county clerk's office Saturday
If was stipulated that Mr. Allen was
not to sell the land as loim as Mr
Wilson lived; that Mr Alien, should
not cut down nor kill a big elm
tr"e standing In the held known as
an historic tree
Mil. AMI Mils. A. K. HOSS
I ti; VISIT COM, IN ItCliATIVIS
A l< Hohk and wife of South Me.
AI ester, oklii., are visiting relatives
and friends in Collin county. Mr.
and Mrs. Itoss both were raised In
Collin, In the Hlicti. Mills community.
They have been away from the coun-
ty for a number of years, but are al-
ways glad to return to sec their rela-
tives and friends. Mr. Itoss is one of
the successful business men of the
new state of Oklahoma, lie owns a
large farm in this county. We were
pleased to receive a call from Mr.
Itoss and found htm to be a most
idi asing gentleman.
•lolin 11. CrtiM' In Town.
John Ii. Cruse, who lives on T. F.
Kverett's farm west of Frisco, wan n
business visitor at our oftlcri Mon-
day. He inadc a good grain crop
but rather a short cotton crop on ac-
count of the drouth. He stated that
the chinch bugs cut his corn crop
short. Mr. Cruse lias a young son,
Vernon Cruse, who is a High school
pupil In McKlnney.
A YnlipihlP Young Mart*.
Carl Weeks, 11 young Vineland
farmer, recently sold a two year ohl
filly In McKlnney for $2111. The filly
was sired by a 1700-pound black
Percheron stallion belonging to hi*
brother, Jack Weeks. Its flam was
a 1100 pound brood-mare. It pays
to breed good nlock, so Mr. Weeks
and other farmers have learned from
■experience.
N. It. I mini of McKlnney, Houte 5,
subscribes for The Weekly Hemocral-
(Iniettn. Thanks.
Mill Cleveland, well known farm-
er of the Hnloe community was a
business visitor In McKlnney Mon-
day.
JACK PIKIHT. WIIITUK; MAV
HI) IN I'llONT lilNIK
Jack Pierce of i'o. II. 144th Infantry
Thirty-sixth Division, now in Franc#
lias written a letter to tjiles McKln-
ney, which was received by Mr. Mc-
Klnney Friday. Jack states that he
was enjoying good health. He also
said that tliey had orders to move
and although they were not told
where they were to be sent, Jack sultl
that he had a good idea where th« y
were going. It is believed by relatives
InM'e ot' the McKinney hoys in tills di-
vision that they are now in tho front
line, trenches.
vi'7ri'',ii.\n koi,nir,h comix;
IIOMi; To VISIT HFIiATIVIOS.
Mrs. Jesse Shlpman of this city had
a card from her brother, Horace IPn-
ton, Monday, mailed a' New York. Ho
stated that he was leaving there fnr
DCS Moines, lo-wa, and would he home
before long for a few days visit. Mr.
HInton has been In the army flftwm
years. He was wounded a few months
ago In France and was sent back lo
Hie states. He has spent three years in
china. Mr. Hinton Is n son of W.
(Tobe) IIInton of this city and a
brother of Jetliro Hlnton, who
lives here.
at Climax.
- alao
Ho was born and rcarod
Arrives Safely Overseas.
Mr. and Mrs. G. .?. Harlow haw
received notification that their son,
Perry Harlow, of flattery I), 126th
Artillery, has arrived safety ovof*
seas. Perry Is a well-known young
man here and Is an artist of no llttto
reputation.
Il<>111111 From Nt. I«iuIk.
The rtev. V. W Wallace and
have returned from St. Units whan
they went as delegates to the Tntcrn >
tlonal Convention of the Christies
church. However, the convention Wtm
not held owing to the Spanish Influ-
enza epidemic. The llev. Mr. Wal-
lace and wife were delegates front Utt
First Christian church of this city.
Itohy Quito Hick.
The baby of Mr. and Mrs. Ryroa
Hendricks of niuc Kldge i reported
to be very III of Spanish Influenia.
John Stout of Nevada, Houte t
sends In his subscription to the WeHh-
'y "emoerat-flaxefte. Mr Stout Is a
good fltty.cn or Nevada, and his pntA
ion a go is greatly appreciated by thin'
office.
"" * t
Hubert Self lH ,, „„„. P,.ni|rr „f Tho
Weekly | icuinci i < ;.i,, 11,,
'1
Well linow ii Mcliliinev CitiiMii Ncrl-
ously III For Over Three Montlm.
Merrill Kerliy of Forest Grove and
Tine Kerby of Farniersvllle v'ero in
McKinney Sunda\ lo visit their father
George Kerliy w ho is very ill. Mr.
Kerby lias been seriously ill for more
ihitn three months and Is reported
being no belter, lb l,s a pioneer citi-
zen of Collin county and his mmy
I'rieiiils regret sincerely to learn of Ills
continued serious Illness.
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1918, newspaper, October 17, 1918; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299958/m1/10/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.