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McKIKNEY, COLLIN COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY. JUNE 11, 1903.
VOL. 20, NO. 19.
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In the City School* lor the Ensu.
log Term.
Appeal* for Hearty Support and
Co-Operation on the Part of
Patrons and Citizens.
Exercising the authority given
me by the school board, I make
the following assignment of teacn-
ers for the ensuing scholastic
year:
CENTRAL BUILDING.
E. W. Muse, principal, 10th
and 11th grade*.
Miss Kirkpatrick, 9th grade
Miss Sneed, 8th grade.
Mrs. Beverly, 7th grade.
MissfWilson, (5th grade.
Miss Rodgers, 5th grade.
Miss Dowell, 4th grade.
Miss Houston, 3rd grade.
Miss Kitching, 2nd grade.
Miss Leddy, 1st grade.
FIRST WARD SCHOOL •
G. P. Gadberry, principal, 5th
and tith giades.
Miss Greer, 3rd and 4th grades.
Miss Edwards, 1st and 2nd
grades.
COLORED SCHOOL.
E. S. Doty, principal.
Lillie Doty, assistant.
VITAL STATISTICS LAW
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The superintendent will teach
several classes of the 10th and
11th grades, as two grades in the
High School give enough work
for two teachers.
The above cons of teachers
was selected by the board from a
long list of applicants. Thev
have used their best judgment to
select those wno are best fitted to
instruct the children of our city,
and it is tho dut> of ever? citizen
and patron of the school to give
these teachers their hearty sup-
port and co-operation. Anv crit-
icism on the teacher? is calculat-
ed to injure their good influence
on the pupils and should be re-
sented oy every good citizen.
A good system of public schools
is essential to the moral and in-
tellectual welfare of tho city* and
everv citizen should be ready to
do all that he can to uphold and
maintain it. T. W, Lanham,
Supt.
His Last hope Realized.
(From the Sentinel, Oobo, Mont.)
In the fiist opening of Oklaho-
ma to settlers in 1889, the editor
of this paper was among the
manv seekers aftor fortuo who
made the big race one line day in
April. During his traveling
about and afterwards his camping
up • his claim, he encountered
iruch bad water, which, together
with the severe heat, gave him a
very severe diarrhoea which it
seemed almost impossible to
check, and along in June the case
became so bad he expected to die.
One day one of nis neighbors
brought him one small bottle of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy as a last hope,
A big dose was given hun while
he was rolling about on the groud
in greit agony, and in a few min-
utes the dose was repeated. The
good effect of the medicine was
soou noticed and within an hour
.the patient was taking bis first
sound sleep for a fortnight.
That one little bottle worked a
complete cure, and he cannot
help but feel grateful. The sea-
son for bowel disorders being at
hand suggests this item. For
sale by City Drug Store.
Graduated at Wltltewrlght.
Alfred Scott returned houie
Friday from Whitewright, whero
he has been extending the Gray-
son College. He was one of the
graduates.
Fine Pasture.
Fine Beitnuda pasture, 8 miles
northwest of McKinney. Will
take stock by month. Apply to
Ira Howard at pasture, or Dr.
Dick F. Houston, McKianey. 4tw
Will do Inte Effect July ist.
Co. Clerk Will Send Blanks
County Clerk W. M. Shirley
has lust received a communica-
tion from Dr. Geo. R. Taylor,
State health officer, informing
him that the "Vital Statistics"
law, requiring physicians to send
u report of all births and deaths
coming within their practice to
the Cou..tv clerk, will not go into
effect until July 1st. Blanks
will be mailed to all physicians in
due time.
Woman Breaks Her Arm
Piano, Tex., June 5.—Mrs. L.
W. Shepard while out feeding har
chickens in the hen house yester-
day morning slipped off a step
and fell, breaking her left arm at
the wrist.
Inquest Held Last Saturday by
Justice T. C. Andrews.
The Woman Kate Pearce and Her
Son, Walter, Are Still in
Jail.
The negro, Aiex Tave, who was
shot Wednesday night, died last
Friday night at 10:30 o'clock.
Justice T. C. Andrews in com-
pany with a physician viewed the
body Saturday, and au autop-
sy was ordered.
The bullet was found imbedded
in the brain.
The inquest was held at the
justice's office Saturday at 10
o'clock. The verdict was:
"That the deceased, Alex Tave,
came to his death by a pistol shot
fired by some unknown party."
The woman. Kate Pearce, and
her son, William, are in custody
charged with the crime.
The examining trial was hJd
Monday.
Tavc's body was shipped to
Greenville lust Saturday for bu-
1'ial.
I. O. O. F. Officers
Father and Three Sons Killed in
Kansas
ciniin ffi hi ifm in m mi
One of Whom is Well Known to
ilcKinney People. Differ-
ent Versions
St. Frances, Kan., June 6.—In
a buttle between the Dewey cat-
tlemen and a family of ranchmen
uatned Berry, in the south part
of this county Thursday night, E.
M. Berry and three of his sons
were killed. The fourth son was
fatally wounded and the lifth se-
riously wounded.
Authentic, reports received
Thursday night state that the
Dewey men went to the Berry
home and began the fight.
The Berry version of the mat-
ter is that three of them were
working in the field and two of
them at the house, all unarmed,
when a gang of Dewey men, with
Chauncey Dewey at their head,
rode ud and deliberately attempt-
ed to kill them all. Dewey alleg-
es they went over to get a water
tank that belonged to the land,
that the Berry's opened fire ou
them and they did the killing in
self-defense. Tnere has been
bitter feeling between the Berrys
and the Deweys ever since the
Deweys invaded the country.
Chauncey Dewey is well-known
in McKinney, having attended
school here, and is highly con-
nected, being related to some of
the best families here who*e
friends will greatly deplore the
tragedy.
Will be Observed by the W. C. T.
U. Next Tuesday
Regular Honthly Meeting of the
Union Was Held With the
President firs. O'Brien
The following are the elective (
officers for the ensuing term in
Empire Lodge, No. (58, I. O. O.
F.:
M. L. Phillips, Noble Grand.
D. E. Bon ar, Vice Grand.
J. F. Smith, Secretary.
S. H. Cole, Treasurer.
BOUND FOR DETROIT
E. W. Kirkpatrick Will Attend
National Nurserymen's Ass'n
E.W.Kirkpatrick left Saturday
for Detroit, Mich., to attend the
American Association of Nursery-
men, June 10-12. Mr. Kirkpat-
rick is president of the Tex&j
Nursery Co., of Sherman, which
is incorporated with a $40,000
paid up capital and has nurseries
at McKinney, Sherman and Du-
rant, I. T. C. C. Mayhew, of
Sherman, is secrotary-treasurer
of the company.
Mr. Kirkpatrick is one of t'ie
few selected for places on the pro
gram of the National Association
meeting this year. Ii* subject is
"The Nurserymen's Work in Tex-
as."
Mr. Kirkpatrick will return via
Chicago, St. Louis and McAlister
I. T. At Chicago he will attend
a meeting of the Southern Pacific
Immigration Agents which will
be in session June 17 and 18.
Hurt in Runaway at Weston.
J. C. Kennedy, a prominent
farmer of Lebanon and Weston,
was badly bruised id a runaway
Tuesday three miles south of
Weston. He sustained a broken
rib and other injuries, but at last
accounts was resting well.
The best bread, oakes and pies.
At the Model Bakery—They want
your trade. wtf
The W. C. T. U. Held its
monthly meeting Wednesday af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock at the home
of the president Mrs. D. 'W.
O'Biieu
There was a splendid attend-
ance and much interest manifest-
ed.
The meeting was opened by the
reading of 119th Psalm and pray-
er by the president.
June 9th being the day chosen
by tbe Nat'l. Supt. of Flower Mis
sion department to observe Flow-
er Mission Day it was decided
that the Union meet at the Y. M.
C. A. parlors on Tuesday
morning, bringing baskets tilled
with flowers, where tbey will bo
tied and Scripture lext cards at-
tached and sent out on their mis-
sion of love to those who are sick
and distressed and in prison.
We *ero delightfully refreshed
before adjournment with ice
cream and cake.
The next regular meeting wil!
be held on the first Wednesday in
July at the home of Mrs. W. D.
O'Brien.
The Farmersville Session Closed
Wednesday Afternoon.
H. D. Brown, of Piano, Elected
President, The Other
Officers
The McKinney District League
Conference, held at Farmersville,
closed Wednesday afternoon. In
the absence of tho president W G.
Ditzler, John A. McDurmitt of
this city presided.
The conference, in many re-
spects, was tbe most successful
one ever held in the county. The
program was filled with valuable
sermons, speeebe s and many in-
structive papers wore read, cover-
ing the most vital poiuts of the
work.
The music was also good. There
wa a large and very enthusiastic
attendance.
Many valuable resolutions were
adopted, opening up new fields of
work.
The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
M. D. Brown, Piano, president.
John A. McDurmitt, McKinney
vice president.
Miss Bcttie Carmack, Farmers-
ville, Sec. and Treas.
Mrs. J. L. Todd, Supt. Juve-
nile work.
Special mention should be made
of tbe hospitality extended to the
members of the conference by the
people of Farmersville, which was
highly appreciated.
The conference nuets in Neva-
da next year.
SCHOLASTIC CENSUS
Has Just Been Completed by As-
sessor Walker
City Assessor Silas E. Walker
has just completed the scholastic
census of the city. There are i 20
white childreu and 1(15 colored,
making a total of 785. There are
128 children within the ocbolastic
age in the Petersburg addition
and if that teriitory is received
into the city limits there will be
some 80 or 70 children added to
the city's roll and tho others will
have to be transferred.
To Visit Summer Normals.
Prof. T. W. Lanham will visit
the Ncrth Texas Summer Norm-
als during their sessions and pre-
sent the claims of tho Texa?
School Journal.
i
W. M. Saine vs M.K. & T. Ry.
Co. of Texas for Damages
to meei1iy. m.g.a. 1all verdict for defendant
Message Received Last Friday
Announcing the Sad News
in
Deceased Was a Victim of Ouick
Consumption. Many
Friends Here
A telephone message was re-
ceived here last Friday about 7
o'clock announcing the death of
Miss Annie Price in Oak Cliff.
She was a sister to Mrs. T. L.
McMullen of this city, who ha*!
been at her bedside for several
weeks.
The deceased was well known
here, having visited her sister
quite often.
Miss Price was a victim of
quick consumption, the disease
having only developed about three
months ago.
The funeral took place Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. The in-
terment was made in Oak Cliff
cemetery. The family has the
sympathy of many friends here.
Will Move to Sherman
For the Second Time in Suit of
Weisman vss Ball. Ad-
ministrator's Report
Friday, June 5.
A suit to recover on mortgage
note for supplies wa- filed by Cla-
ra L. Thompson et al against Joe
W. Barnes.
The final report of W. V, Car-
ver, temporary administrator es-
tate of Sam Carver, deceased, was
filed last evening.
In the case of S. Weisman vs
T. E. Ball, suit for damage on
rental contract, thejurv returned
a verdict last evening in favor of
the defendant. This is the se-
cond time the case has been tried
and a verdict rendered in favor of
the defendant.
The case of J. T. Couch vs M.
W. Keen, suit on uoto, resulted
in the jury failing to agree 011 a
verdict.
The suit of W. M. Saine vs M.
K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas, asking
for damages to stock is now before
tho court.
Gabe Lucas, who has been at
home for several days, crippled
from a sprained ankle caused by
ajar received in catching a street
car in Sherman, is able to be out
on the streets with the assistance
of a cane. Mr. Lucas travels for
the Chapman Milling Co., Sher-
man, and will move his family to
that city about the 15th of this
month. Their many friends will
regret to see them leave McKin-
ney.
Mr. Isaac R. Dillow and Miss Bes-
sie Nelson
11 hip pi jp mil
The Methodist Church Was a
Scene of tireat Beauty. Filled
With Admiring Friends
ARRIVED WITH HIS BRIDE
First New Wheat.
Net Receipts $31.85
The gross receipts of thr? base-
ball game Thursday ufternoon
$41.25. The expcuscs amounted
to $9.40, leaving a net balance of
$31.85 which wa* turned over to
the ladies of the Foreign Mission-
ary society of tho Methodist
church.
Not All in Yet
Tho first load of now
1903 wheat, raised and mark-
eted 111 Collin county, was
sold in McKinney Saturday
by Eil Burge, of Roland. It
was sold to the Collin Coun-
ty Mill & Elevator Co. at
75c per bushel. It tested
61 pounds per bushel.
LAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAASii ,
Big Centiped
Rev. Ma -k M. Dunn and Miss Al-
ice Blinn flarried.
All of the registers of the scho-
lastic census of the different
school district* of the county have
been returned to County Supt. J.
H. Hill-; except thiee, Frankford,
Prospefr and St. Paul. These
three being but is delaying Prof.
Hill f.ora completing his yearly
report,
One of the largest centipeds
ever seen in this section was cap-
tured by Mr. Burgiss, manager of
the county poor farm, at tbe Wil-
son creek bridge west of town.
It measures ton inches in length,
being vicious looking with its
long teeth and many poisonous
claws. L. Nottingham, clerk at
the McKinney Drug Store, has it
suspended in alcohol and display-
ed' to public view.
R"v. Murk M. Dunn, who was
married to Miss Alice Blinn in
Waco, Sunday, arrived hero with
his bride Thursday night and left
for his homo at Altogu.
Rev. Dunn, who is a son of Rov
Win. II. Dunn of Altoga, who
has been a student in the theo-
logical department of Baylor
University for several years. His
bride is the charming daughter of
Hon. E. M. Blim, late of Now
York, but now living in Waco.
Rev. and Mrs. Dunn will spend
the summer in Collin county.
They will return to Waco in Sep-
tember Rev. Dunn will com-
plete his studies at Baylor next
year.
Rev. Dunn belongs to one of
the best families iu the county
and has hundreds of friends who
wish for him great joy and hap-
piness in his marriage relation.
Attention, Lovers of Song.
The choiristers in each com-
munity are requested to organize
their classes and get in readiness
to attend the Collin County Sing-
ing Convention at Millwood, July
31, August I and 2.
D. W. Leioh,
President.
"The Stuff of life is bread,"
good bread, found at the Model
Bakory. r wtf
At night, Wednesday, June
3rd, 1903, at the First Methodist
church in this city, was solemniz-
ed the marriage of Miss Bessie
Nelson to Mr. Isaac R. Dillow, in
the presence of a large assemblage
of gueiots.
The lovely church decorations
were planned by Mrs. J. E. GiD-
son and carried out with tbe as-
sistance of the girls of the Rush
Light club of which the bride is a
member.
Daisies, the Paris and the Mar-
guerites, were ontertwined with
the foliage and were used lavishly
at every point of vantage. A
drapery of white tulle formed a
beautiful back ground for the
trailiug vines and flowers, and
showed a most artistic arrange-
ment.
Again were the services of Mrs
Gibson, who is the girls' friend,
called into requisition. As she
seated herself at the organ and
played the opening strains of the
wedding march, all were on the
3ui vive for a glimpse of the wed
ing party whose approach it her-
alded.
When the members of the fam-
ily were shown to the seats re-
served for them by the handsome
ushers, Messrs Will Gerrish and
Harvey Abercathy, then followed
the young ladies of the club, and
Mrs. M. H. Garnett, who as the
organizer of the Rush Light club
and sympathetic friend of these
girls, is accorded a place of honor
at all their functions.
Miss Nelson, in a bridal gown
of pure white, carrying a bouquet
of white roses, was accompanied
down the left aisle by her sister,
Mrs. T. S. Jackson, who was als«
attired iu white and carried V
brides-maid roses.
Mr. Dillow was cscorted dowL
the rignt aisle by Mr. Jackson.
Taking their places in front of
the altar, the pastor, Rev. W. A.
Stuckey, performed the ceremony
to the soft cadence of music from
the organ.
The bride is tbe daughter of
Mrs. M. M. Nelson and her popu-
larity is based on tbe best and
most lasting grounds, kindest ot
hearts and grace of manner. She
has always been blessed with true
and steadfast friends who wish
that her life may be filled with
sunshine.
The grooiu is a man of quiet
ways ami unassuming manners,
but possessed of many noble qual-
ities and sterling integrity. He
is connected with tho Collin
County Implement Co. and is a
close applicaut to business.
Ihey were the recipients of a
most valuable and beautiful array
of presents.
They will make their home for
the present with Mrs. Nelsoo.
Mr. Joseph Pominvilie, of
Stillwater, Minn., after having
spent over $2,000 with the best
doctors for stomach trouble,
without relief, was advised by his
druggist, Mr. Alex. Richard, to
try a box of Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. He did
so, and is a well man today. If
troubled with indigestion, bad
taste in tho mouth, lack of appe-
tite or constipation, give these
Tablets a trial, and you are cer-
tain to be more than pleased with
the result. For sale at 25 cents
per box by City Drug Store.
Death of Two Infants.
Charlie Everett, the twelve
months' oi l son of Mr and Mrs-.
T. W. Sullivan, who live east of
town, died from pneumonia and
was buried Thursday at Pleasant
Grove cemetery.
John Thomas Walls. the
4-montbs-old infant of Mr. and
Mrs. O. Mi, Wallis, died and was
buried last Thursday afternoon tn
Kennedy cematery tan of Mc-
Kinney.
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Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1903, newspaper, June 11, 1903; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192176/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.