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McKINNEY, COLLIN COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY. APRIL 6, 1903.
VOL. 20, NO. 10.
Of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church
it wain chiii
A Brief but Very Interesting and
Important Session. Much
Business Transacted
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The Dallas Presbytery of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church
met £t Walnut Grove Thursday
morning at 10:30 and continued
with unflagging interest through
the day and well into the night.
At 8:80 Friday morning they
re-asseuibled and after two hours
hard work adjourned to meet at
Richardson, Tex., on Tuesday
before the Third Sunday in No-
vember.
This was the briefest meeting
in the history of the Presbytery,
with a single exception. The del-
egates, realizing the necessity for
prompt action in order to rllow
the farmers, to get to their work,
dispensed with formalities and
routine and "got down to busi-
ness."
Mr. West, of Farmersville, was
received under care of Presby-
tery as a probationer for the'gos-
p«l ministry.
The committee on mission re-
ported the organization of a
•church at CarrolIton.
Kev. J. Frank Smith, of Dal-
las, and Mr. W. I(. Norton, of
Piano, were elected commission-
ers to the General Assembly
■>vhich meets in Nashville, Tenn.,
May 16 next.
Letters of dismission and re-
commendation were granted Revs
C. Kilbourn, J, M. Locke and R.
E. CfWiuller.
The meeting though brief was
very interesting and important.
Delegates report royal enter-
tainment at the hands of the mem
tiers of the Walnut Grove church.
Dinner anct supper were served
111 bountiful supply by the ladies
M'f the church in the spacious ta-
bernacle adjoining. No better
people are to be found than those
of this church. Those present
declare that they could easily en-
tertain the Synod of Texas, so
liberal aro they in their endeav-
ors to make every one desire to
return.
Rev. Bone is to be congratulat-
ed on having such a church and
they on securing such a pastor,
INSTALLED OFFICERS.
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State President C. Rasbury In-
stalled Elk Officers Friday Eve.
The newly elected officers for
I the Elks lodge were installed Fri-
day night by District Deputy
Chas. A. Rasbury of Dallas, as
follows: \V. H. Sims, Exalted
Ruler; O. E. Smith, Esteemed
Leading Knight; M. G. Aber-
nathy, esteemed Loyal Knight; J.
M. McLeraore, Esteemed Lectur-
ing Knight; M. E. Gerrish, Secy;
R. Hill, Tiler.
^ W. II. Patterson, State Prosi-
A dent of the Elks Association and
' [i several other prominent visiting
ri Elks were present, making ar-
\ rangements for the State Associ-
f ation to be held in Waco, .lune
A 22-23
For Good Roads.
The Matagorda County Trib-
une presents the following in
support of the good roads move-
ment:
"A wagon to which a lot of
black waxy was clinging .vas
tdriven upon the scales and weigh-
ed a few day.4 ago and it register-
ed 3,f00 pound*. The owner said
its weight when clean was 1,200
jipunds. Therefore he was baul-
ng 2,000 pounds of mud. As no
team can go more than ten miles
and bring back a ton load in a day
it cost#at least $2.50 a day, or 25c
A mile to haul a ton. Hence, this
^farmer's mud tax was at least 25c
fur every mile he traveled.
Remember that Mate Barnett
till sells Dr. Gunn's Antiseptic,
I that wonderful remedy for many
Ailments. 2td 4tw.
IIG fl II
City Puolic School Building in
Ashes
WHS BURHEDJUST Nil
Loss $13,000. Insurance About
$S,5<x>. Good Work by Fire-
men
Piano suffered a disastrous fire
Friday which totally destroyed
its public school building.
The fire broke out bout 11:40
and the ffamos quickly enveloped
the building, battling all efforts of
the excellent volunteer firo de-
partment to rave the structure.
The buildingMvas erected about
six years agoWt a cost of $12,000
furnished.
Insurance was carried enly for
about $5,500. The school stands
about 400 yards west of the II. &
T. C. depot in a residence sec-
tion of the town. Numerous res-
idences caught tire from Hying
sparks but were saved to their
owners by the gallant tire boys,
A barn belonging to Mack Kon-
dric was the only other building
destroyed
The origin of the tire is a mys-
tery. The city school building on
the same site was burned about
twelve years ago.
Six weeks of school remains yet
and Supt. Jonnson and his seven
assistants will probably teach the
remaining period of the term in
vacant houses or rooms in town
wherever they can bo secured.
And Handbook for the New Orle-
ans U, C. V. Re-union.
Giving Name of Every Member as
the Names Appear in 1903.
Letter From Heudquai ters
We want every ex-Confederate
and member of the Camp to read
this extract from a letter from
headquarters at New Orleans:
"To Officers and Members of
Camp:
"We desire to call your atten-
tion to the fact that we are pre-
paring an official Souvenir and
Handbook for the New Orleans
reunion, which will be an elabo-
rate work, and it is our desire
that it contain a complete roster
of the United Confederate Veter-
ans Association, giving the name
of ever/ member as the names ap-
pear in 1903."
There will bo an additional ex-
pense attached to this, as we will
have to pay 5c for each member.
The time being so short we have
concluded to call on all members
of the Camp to pay without de-
lay this amount at once to the Ad-
jutant or Comrade Jones C.
Moore at McKinney, Dr. Butler
at Wylie, T. W. Greer at Anna,
C. L. Smith at Rock Hill, J. W
Kerr at Celina, T. M. Scott at
Melissa.
You must pay your dues or
vour names will be left off the
Roster. E. W. Kirkpatriok,
Attest: C. II. Lark, Com.
Adjutant. d&w
A Prominent Minister Recom-
mends Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy.
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An Investigation of Penitentiary
Books Now Under Way.
Former Financial Agent Busby
Charged With Misapplication
of the Slate Funds.
Rusk, Tex., April 4.—Hunk
people were excited and shocked
yesterday as they haven't before
been in years. The meeting here
the latter part of the week of Fi-
nancial Agent Wortbam and Su-
perintendent Baker of the peni-
tentiary with District Attorney
Imboden and their close consul-
tation out at the penitentiary ex-
cited some comment, hut not un-
til today did it become known
that there was a shortage in the
finances of the penitentiary board
here.
Affidavits were made before
District Attorney Imboden yes-
terday against A. S. Busby, who
la*t month retired from the ofBoe
of assistant financial agent,
charging him in five cases with
tUe fraudulent misapplication
and conversion of State funds
amounting to several thousand
dollars.
None of the penitentiary offi-
cials will say what the shortage is
and none of them seem to know.
Mr. W orl ham states that new
discoveries aro being made almost
every hour, and that as the books
arc in a most confused state,
there being no item whatever of
some important transactions, it
will likely be months before any-
thing like all the facts in the mat-
ter can be known.
lie also pays that merchandise
and other things of value have
been taken away from the peni-
tentiary without a charge against
anybody, and much of tho short-
age will never be known. Su-
perintendent Baker has gone
home.
District Attorney Imboden savs
that he does not believe the short
age will reach the hundred thous-
and dollar mark, but how much
less th'in that amount I10 refuses
to vouchsafe a prediction.
Sheriff Summers is in Houston
after Busby, but he has not yet
been apprehended. .
Telegrams have been sent to
Houston, Galveston, Dallas. Fort
Worth, San Antonio, Austin, El
Paso, Laredo, Gatesvillo and up-
per paints in tho State for his ar-
rest.
Of
Appointments for Collin
County.
Fast Train to be Run to League
Conference.
Came Up From Austin Last
Friday Night.
mi bk unm iek mis aim m 11 u aciive member
Following is a List of the No- Arrangements Alade For Enter-
taries Public. They will be tuinnient ut San Antonio
Qualified on June 1st. Fine Trip.
HIGH PRICE FOR SHEEP.
Rt?v. Francis ,1. Davidson, pas-
tor of tho St. Matthew Baptist
church and president of tho Third
District Baptist Association, 2731
Second St., New Orleans, writes
as follows: "I have used Cham-
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy for cramps and
pains in the stomach and found it
excellent. It is in fact tho best
cramp and colic remedy I have
ever used. Also several of my
parishioners have used it with
equally satisfactory results." For
sale by City Drug Stote.
Miss Grace Foster of Anna is a
guest rf Mrs. W. A. Kendall.
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Packers Say They Can Use a
Thousand Head Daily
Fort Worth, Texas, April 2.—
Armour & Co. paul $5.50 a hun-
dred pounds for 41 head of sheep
averaging 136 pounds. These
sheep were the nnost ever sold on
the yards and considered good
enough for the show ring. They
were Southdown wethers. These
prices are as good as arc paid at
any of the Northern markets. The
packers and bujers claim they
can use 1,000 head of .'beep a day
and are willing to pay good prices
for them. Frank ShilHot of lvrum
was the shipper.
Attempt to Wreck Train
Wylie, Tex., April 3.—Cotton
Belt train No. 55. which runs be-
tween here and Dallas, ran over
a orosstie last night just before
entering the switch limits com-
ing into Garland. The entire
train passed over without any
noticeable damage being done.
The fireman said he felt, a jai*
while passing over the obstacle,
but at lt waf about 11:30 o'clock
at night, no further notice was
given to the uuusual jolt.
The orcw found the tie lying on
the track somewhat scarred as
they were returning to Dallas
this morning. It would seem evi-
dent that somo one intended to
wreck the train.
Hepve Cure and Stock Food
guaranteed at City Drug Store.
Wo are 111 receipt of a legislat-
ive record sent by Hon. .1. D.
Cottrell, containing a list of the
notaries public appointed for
Collin county by the Legislature.
We publish tho list below:
Maple—E G Douglas.
Allen—R E Chapman, Milton
Whisenant, A A Humphrey.
Morcland— O C Dunsworth, C
II Bellows.
Josephine— R C Reese, Frank
Lokey, Earl Swanson.
Sedalia—.J D Blakeloy.
Piano—M D Brown, R T Sliel-
ton, M G Port man, M C Port-
man.
Princeton—A .1 Avcock.
Clear Lake—C Sliuman, R L
Palmer.
Valdasta—L H Fagala.
Altoga—W F Dunn, ,) V Hipp,
Win. T. Dunn.
Culleoka—E L Pulliam.
Lavon—J L Recce, Leo Mont-
gomery. D P Brown
/Nevada—G .1 Davie, Linson R
Evans.
Roselaud—J II L C English.
Renuer—F W Jackson
Celina—Lee Bounds, B J Nich-
ols, J T Buchanan, R II G reen-
lee.
Desert—W A Webster.
Copeville—W C Cook.
Westminster—E S Willi ams.
Melissa—Jesse Coffey, C R Os-
burn.
Rhea Mills—R A Gregory.
Prosper—Wm Strange.
Roland—John W Cox.
Vineland—.lames Smith.
Chainblis?—J D Davis.
Rhymer—W L Roper.
Lucas—James Lewis,
Favburg—John Shindler.
Frankford—R L Ritchie.
Lebanon—R W Yeager, I{ L
Barn urn.
Millwood—T J Mott.
PatKor—T .1 Haley.
Frisco—J T McD< nald.
Dump—E 11 Marchant, J W
Morris, Wesley Smith.
Chainbersville-—C I> Ward.
McKinney—R C Merritt, E W
Merritt, M II Byrne, A P Carter,
Cha? W Noyes, Z R McDonald,
T F Mangum, L J Truitt, James
Muse, Fred Emerson, T B Wilson
W T Moore. ,J L Doggett, L C
Clifton, .1 11 Jenkins, A S Dick-
inson, John Doyle, Minnie Bur-
rage, ,J R Gough, I E Reeves, J L
White, T S Jackson, Geo P
Brown, W R Abernathy, Fount
Shracier, R L Moulden, J L
Franklin, John Church, II L Da-
vis. Hugh Meridian, Tom W.
Perkins, H E Smith, WB Wal-
den, R O Johnson, S II Cole, J
D Cottrell, L A Sears, W S Ter-
rell, H A Abernathy, Ii N Ad-
ams, W C Jones, J A Garrison, J
N Grishum, F M Thompson, Wal
lac3 Hughston.
Farmersville—W P Iletron, J
L Chapman, 1) L ltiko. W M
Windom, D P Johnson, W L
Ramsey, George Hardin, C J
Berghauscr, J T Lacy, John Har-
din, Jesse M II: trdin.
Wylie—Claud M Gallagher. J
W Neilon, Win Cooper. G C
Kreymor. John II Pickett, V 1
Galiiigher, E II Curtis, A F Mc-
Donald, J B Farmer.
Blue Ridge—Tally Jeffcoat, D
W Grounds, J W St Clair, J W
Sellers. T J Doisvy.
Weston—A T Robertson, A W
Run 11 ion, G W Curtis.
Pike—T W Norman.
Graybill—J S Read.
Verona—W W Woodall, E E
McMurray. J L Anderson.
Rock Hill—WO Nauglo, Bristo
Smith.
Ardath—W N Strode.
Anna—J E Adams, A P Stroth
er.
Murphy—Joe W Miller, Jos R
Dickerson. D Miller, J T Knight,
Tom Poindexter, II R Chaddick.
Those who attend the State
League Conference in San Anto-
nio beginning April 21 and con-
tinuing three days, will be glad to
learn, that net only the low rate
of one fare plus 10 per cent has
been secured, and that a fast
train with all modern equipments
will lie made up at Dallas known
as "McDurmiU Special" in honor
of Chairman John A. McDurniitt
of this city, will leave Dallas at
10 a. 111., April 2It h.
Arrangements have been made
with one of the leading hotels in
San Antonio for the entertain-
ment of 100 guests, at a special
low rate.
Not only is the program for this
convention very complete, but
other attractions will be arranged
including a trip to Galveston, and
this special train will be hold in
Austin on the return trip giving
to those who desire to do so. op-
portunity to visit the capitol.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all Leaguers and their frieads
to join this excursion.
Instrumental in Passing Several
Good Laws and Defeating
Bad Ones.
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Prof. J. H. Connell Here and Made
Addresses.
imjnar good
E. W. Kirkpatrick's Address on
the Home.—Other Important
Topics.
The Farmers Institute was call-
ed to order bv President J. L.
Greer Saturday at 10 o'clock
i in the county judge's office.
The wheat crop outlook was
discussed.
"The Home" was the subject
of a magnificent address by E.
W. Kirkpatrick.
The attendance was light at tho
forenoon session, but very good
in the afternoon.
Judgo Wilcox and others made
addresses on good roads.
Prof. J. H. Connell, of Dallas,
was present and made an address.
A SPLENDID SALE.
Representative Jas. I). Cottrell
came up ;from Austin Friday
to spend Sunday with his family
in Piano, and was in McKinney
fday mingling freely with his
constituents, answering numerous
inquiries about the work of the
legislature.
He expressed himself as well
pleased with the work of the reg-
ular session of the Twenty-eighth
Legislature, which closed at noon
on the 1st inst.
Ho has been an active member
and had good appointments on
important committees for a new
member. He has been instru-
mental in passing, and having
passed, nine important measures.
Among that number is ono law of
which lie is particularly proud.
It is an amendment to the seduc-
tion law, which requires tho de-
fendant to live with ami support,
to tbe best of his ability, tho fe-
male so seduced, for a period of
two years before the prosecution
shall be dismissed. He is equally
proud of his record in blocking
and defeating vicious legislation,
as he is of his work in helping to
enact new measures.
Mr. Cottrell says that Mr.
Grishatn was instrumental in
passing an amendment which he
introduced, a bill which increases
tho county attorney's fees in local
option cases to $20 each. This
amendment has the effect of in-
creasing the penalty in cases of
conviction of local option viola-
tions.
Both Mr. Cottrell and Mr.
Grisham have been punctual at-
tendants throughout the regular
session, and expect to remain
close to their post of duty during
the called session.
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR
Another Reno Clipper Colt Sold
For Fancy Price—$200.
Mr. Jack Frost of Dallas, Tex.,
soils his line black saddle colt. 22
months old, sired by Reno Clip-
per 217 1 2. to Mr. A. L. Kirk,
Hutchins, Texas, for the sum of
$200.
A. E. Buck was informed by
phone of the side, and is very
proud to learn of it, as he says
that runs the average of 15 sales
of Reno's colts to $242,33, which
average, h^ says, is largest aver- j
nge price of colts sold from any ;
other stallion 111 Texas, except
colts by Electnte shipped to New
York sale last fall. <l2t & w
The Gem Fence Man.
T. C. Leedy, the Gem wire
fence man, lives at Prosper, Tex.'
He builds tho cheapest and be-*t
hog fence, 2ii inches high, out of
No. 11 wiie, for 25e per rod.
Write him at Prosper,Tex.2m w.
Rev. Bush's Family Arrive
Among the Measures is the Ter-
rell Election Bill
Austin, Tex., April 2-Governor
Lanham yesterday approved the
following bills:
The general election bill, fa-
miliarly known as the "Teriell
bill."
Tho second deficiency appro-
priation bill, carrying about $(>y,-
000. Item to pay Warren Mooro
$300 commissions was disapprov-
ed.
Bill authorizing appointment
of six Notaries Public in unorgan-
ized counties.
Tho following measures were
sent to the Secretary of State and
will become Saws without the sig-
nature of the Governor:
Bill providing for reorganiza-
tion of tli1? Texas Volunteer
Guard.
Bill providing for appointment
of hide and animal inspector for
Zapata county.
Bill exempting Medina countv
from operation of butchers' law.
San Anton'o charter bill, and
road laws for the following nam-
ed counties: Anderson, Houston
Blanco, Freestone, Hunt, Chero-
kee, Wood and Delta.
Improving Pastor's Home
Mrs. G. L. Bu>h, accompanied
by her throe children, arrived
from Taylor Thursday to join
her husband Rev. G. L. Bush,
pastor of tho Christian church,
rhey were gues's at the homo of
Mr. and Mrs. E. A- Newsome un-
til Friday tvhen they mov-
ent into the pastor's borne near
the church.
Some splendid improvements
aro being done on tho pastor's
home of the Christian church, in
the way of re-papering and re-
painting. As soon as the work is
done Rev. Buth will move his
family here from Taylor.
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