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THE EXAMINER, McKlNNEY, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925
SEVEN
Mrs. I'rice Strick!;.r. 1. one o: i h.;
most active young farm women mem-
bers of the Lovejoy Hon-." I '•'monstra-
tion Club, made a radio r.ddress in
Dallas August 24. She told ner Lite
radio audience throughout the state
of the good work that Mr". J. Ed Mr-
Gee, county home demonstration
agent, is doing. She spoke of 'he ben •- |
fits that the farm members deriv
from their club work:
CM li s
TRANSFORMING
KXCF.
From a disorgimi. • uniriciidly
school community to a onsolidated
community, progressiv- n ij'pj. and
contented people throv.g . o-opera-
• - -
r
i
1919. As I was not eligible tc.
a member of the Girls club,
ed the meetings as a \ -.'or J
that the work would ' a
deal to our community
way as well as in a soi
ed to some of the women
munity and we thongl'
well worth our time, ,
asistance tin1 women w<r
the day when the Hon-
tion Agent could in. •
organize our club :.i-■.
u ork.
Rat Is Great Menace to Public
Health and Every Year Destroys
$200,000,000 Worth of Property
By DR. H. O. SAPPINGTO.V, State Health Officer
It is quite likely that any community would be glad
to welcome a Pied Piper who, with his magic music,
would relieve them of their rats, but as no such magician
is available in these modern times, the rats continue to
prosper, multiply, and manage each year to consume and
destroy crops and other property to the amount of $200,-
000,000. This destruction is equivalent to the gross
earnings of an army of over 200,000 men, but still the big
rats, little rats, gray rats, brown rats, flea bitten rats,
disease-carrying rats, all kinds of rats, are destroying this
big percentage of the product of man's labor, day by day,
and hold high carnival in the attic over his head as he
tries to sleep at night.
Does mere man try to interfere with the playful
antics of Mr. and Mrs. Rat as they lead their numerous
children and grandchildren in a grand march directly
over the location of his sleeping quarters, and call the
figures for a good old-fashioned square dance in their
high falsetto voices? Not much. He usually announces
the knowledge of their existence by grumblingly turning
over in bed, burying his head in his pillow in an effort
to drown out the noise thus created. With a mental
reservation that he will get rid of those rats the next day,
he goes to sleep again, and the next day obligingly for-
gets the rapidly increasing rat families.
Only such startling incidents as rats attacking an
infant in its cradle as sometimes happens, and the intro-
duction of bubonic plague in this country by means of
rats, will awaken the average American citizen into a
realization of the harm that the rats may do. Until some-
thing of this kind occurs, he seems oblivious to the fact
that rats eat and destroy enough food in the United States
to maintain a million soldiers; that they are the hench-
men oi waste, pestilence and disease: and that they are
the cause of disastrous fires, plague, famine and thou-
sands of deaths.
There is no excuse for the existence of rats in any
community, as they contribute nothing of value to so-
ciety; they are tolerated by the people seemingly be-
cause of the fact that, like the disease-carrying mos-
quito, they have become acustomed to having the pests
around and consider them as evils that have to be en-
dured. - * -
v One of the strongest appeals to man is through his
pocketbook, so it is high time that he is awakening to the
fact that he has an expensive bunch on his hands when he
is harboring rats. In a year's time, he is out the equival-
ent of $1.60 in cash for every rat on his place, according
to the latest approved statistics. Here is something more
interesting for the average householder to do than work
cross-word puzzles; he can sit up at night and count the
rats annexed to his family; then figure out the natural
increase in the normal rat family with the contribution
of Mrs. Rat approximately every six weeks of a litter of.
healthy young rats, the females of which will begin
spreading at less than four months of age; multiply thej,ir0(Jm',s 365
cost of one rat by the number of rats that he finds that'sjoo cm n nor.sr.
he will own bv the end of the vear, and he won't wonder j T1T ('";opor;lUon 1 r
, . . " „ " . members has been excel |. .
why the cost of living is increasing. , followed in the footsteps
From an economic viewpoint, the farmer should es- ■"';1 (1"h li!i"
• iy . i • j ,1 • i . j. j school grounds. The hr.i;
pecially wage war unceasingly against this destructive , aimed
rodent, as it has
LOVEJOY WOMAN'S WOMAN HURT IN
CLUB MEMBER CRASH FORMERLY
GIVES EXPERIENCE LIVED IN CITY
Mrs. Betty Uee Kahm of Dallas,
formerly of McKinney,, was in a train
crash near Mayne, Colorado, and suf-
fered slight bruises, according to a
j message received by Mrs Kd West,
I a cousin of Mrs. Kahm. who lives 111
i this city.
I Mrs. Fahin is a daughter of Mrs.
' K. L,. Parker, both of whom are
] well known here. She had been on
a visit with her mother to their
sister and daughter, Mrs. Millie
■..... - . : Richardson, who lives in Denver,
'Colo. Mrs. Fahm was on her way
home when the accident occurred.
Her message to Dallas relativi*
Monday morning was to the effect
that she was not seriously injured
|in the crash. The accident occurred
tion within the period •■J fu .i wars. I Sunday, the trains crashing together
I appreciate the opik.i-...... - of '.ell- j b,'in^ ,ho Colorado-Texas flyers.
ing the women of Ti n - ;.f what the I *
Home Demonstration < work lias! « «• .7, .
nient to me, my hon - y corn-! MdVlWlCy tO HilVC
munity. The Lovejoy Urns Horn-! Numbei* Of HOfSe.S
Demonstration Club was orgai, *
The TRIMBLE HAT
i d in !
< coi.ie
ttend-
alized
i a great
financial
:>• :
7>a *0111-
V.ir: id be
v J1>
In County Fair
Let Your Neat Ap-
pearance Help You
Let Us Help Your
Appearance By
Furnishing you with the
latest of styles and
models in
TRIMBLE
HATS
We invite you to visit
us and our display will
convince you.
G. J S. Walker, proprietor of tic
Horn Palace and one of our most
active horsemen, will have a list of
horses in our County fair to be held
in McKinney, October ti. 7. and
8. Mr. Walker has always le en an
of good horse flesh. II.
icm ■
fliv ,
| admirer
J "X!," ■l'w|ls some of the best stallions and
jacks in this part of the state. His
" McKinney breeding barn is a cred-
' it to the county. Among the list of
; livestock that he will have in our
GHOW I'll OF <1.1 It
We organized with <• < ■ ■ \V-
made a good select],. . <■! o'l'.e, i s
which meant success t>. < m h/o v
our next meeting \v* ! ; o* . mem-
bers. The enthusiasm gr~w r: tii .ehad
40 members. As we v. i- t .tile
have both girls and .vomenp • lubs we
were united. One of our first j.jojcC.-
vvas to secure equipm- r.: yjr dem-
onstrations and daily caning TV- did
this by having box and ice ream
suppers. We were permitted tc us •
one of the rooms in the school build-
ing which the women mr.d' attractive
by adding curtains to the windows and
placing equipment in th room for
our use such as oil stoves, strain pres-
sure canner, sealer, nt' nti! tables
and benches. We w. re especially
pleased to have the bench'- as prior
to this we had to be seated Chinese
fashion for the first fe'v rr
County fair exhibits will he:
Governor hare, fivc-gaited •stal-
lion No. US-I.
Perfection C. No. '.i-Il'S
Good Boy. jack.
Zadpck. jac.i.
Sy, jack.
Midget, Shetland stallion.
Two-year-old mule colt.
Governor Dare and three of his i
get.
Perfection iami three of his I
sjet.
Silver Time, registered gelding.
Mr. Walker not only supports our ]
County fair with his livestock ex- i
hibits, but also has exhibits in oth- .
er departments, and gives freely of
his personal time and means towards |
helping make it a greater success I
every succeeding year.
New Fall Shipments Arriving
WILSON BROS. SHIRTS, SOCKS AND
UNDERWEAR
COMPLETE YOUR FALL CLOTHING NEEDS
WITH A SUIT ORDERED FROM THE J. L.
TAYLOR TAILORING COMPANY
A tailor made suit is the last word in stylish dress.
A WEEKLY VISITOR.
FIRST CANNING DEMONSTRATION j
Our first demonstration -Aa.?
to our fjtore bringing the finest
, r'r' i freshest of .candies both in box
Canning of Vegetables. Qur., j. num-;bl„k , , ' , ,
ber ot our women were -inwilling ">' ■
The iapressman is a weekly visitor
and
and
believe that vegetables could to": '
cesfully canned without th- addition !
of acid. It was through th, persistent '
effort of our Home Demonstration ;
McKinney.
as t he interior.
Agent that they wen
the experiment.
The first year our
ned 4000 containers,
opportunity to use
products, we were
there was some relatior
Canning club and the
hook. Now we can ten to :
;'nd containers during
average family being ; V.
from one to two cans ••-
in th*
wiliin;- "<• mak 'l
PH0M0Ti;s
II \I
lr.Tnberf- can- i
■Vftc r hi: v jr,k the-!
!he«t>« fxcenent
convine< d thai j
between the
, . school and a
Truly pocket !
; • t een thous- ;
jear Th"
to ••ji' n
■vtrj • - nr '
■ T I
• '! lib-
el,,.
COMMIMTV
MO.NY.
Several years ago there was an un
friendly spirit, between the two com-
munities in which I live. Some of tie
men saw the need of a consolidate 1
•o-operative community
The consolidated school was built.
still there was an unfriendly feelln.r
(between the women.
When our club was organized ii
brought us closer together and as w.
were thinking along the line of In
proving our home and living eondi
lions, it naturally brought us closer
together and instilled in us i kind
!'• • ling toward our m ighbors.
j HOWELL
I &
i LUCAS
■ GENTS
■ FURNISHINGS
J East Virginia Street
■
£ McKinney, Texas
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M'KINNEY ARTIST
CHARMS ROTARY
AT FRIDAY MEET v,i n':,;:
Mi
I '.i nia
M' Kin
both exterior
been conclusively determined that one hn\v v, ,v
Mi / •/•.*. i n ' . • costing our club meir.lv
rat will consume fiity pounds oi gram m a years time, wv have complete <<.m;
•r. i
< >I II I ll{ST( OMMI M l V
A 1111; I i
.i r:t:1
■ ih<
Th
•l t\ f.i
work and drmonstrntior
On many a farm, if the grain eaten and wasted by rats
and mice could be sold, the proceeds would more than I meant Mi of io m,
pay all the farmer's taxes. In Texas alone, the damage I It has meant much
to the grain crop is enormous. In west Texas, rats have jcook cabL^untirou" hL
been known to invade a field of grain and truck and des-
troy acres of produce in one night. Farmers also lose
many dollars every year from the depredations of these
rodents on eggs and poultry.
One farmer in Texas noticing rats in his barnyard,
decided to have a rat killing; he surrounded his barn and
granary with a temporary woven-wire fence of small
mesh, asked his neighbors to come over with clubs and
their dogs and after their arrival, he turned the exhaust
of his automobile into the labrynth of holes beneath the
buildings. The result from such action was 352 dead
rats. A member of the United States public health
service heard of the incident and took the trouble to
visit the farmer; he was able to show that these rats
had cost the farmer the yield of more than twenty acres
of his land every year.
farming, they had taken enough produce from him to have
made a competence for him and his wife in their old ago.
In addition to being carrier of the bubonic plague-in-
fected fleas, rats are also subject to a leprosy-like disease,
closely resembling the leprosy which attacks man. A
.•Nhil'ii
r. YY
o t hi •
lair. This was a won
< raiion and no \
L
' 11) V*.
I 'Mir first. Com munit v
\ ruiiKht ns .still nearer to^et
have had two others, and a
Mat our County
den ul piece of
we have a. 1 ri ndlv feeling1 ov -r th-
entire community. There is no T!vl •
j ion at all. We are working for tl
"j school as well as the community. W
, ' have given $09.00 to help buy « pian«
st rat ion Agent gave a demo nut ration |<or the sch°o1
in cooking. 1 now can <?iougb ju"- I
duets for home use for i ••■ •:•• 1
year.
My work attracted th. atte/itj: u ot
one of our leading m«-reliant' '.hoi
conceived the idea that a din y ,t i
my work in his show -window would |
be of untold educational valve to ota.
er club women in the county I . , .
Thto ,n„,,i„„ „„ , . . 'operated with each other and we arcith
ints display was carried on*
which aroused a great deal ot intei-
est in Home Demonstr 'jr.- Chib
work.
lay
«h.
• 11
Ui
\1« « .a
. v irirl
r r«
otu i ians
111!)' I e.
rodin« d hy
l:
• • '.. en!' .1 •'
•ader and r
ide.j >i? i r' a in -
th 11 l*i i- ; t< d *
m V« a til- s( \
nd one in Denver, Colo. Oip is a
eal Hr.tarian.
Th <dub had two fair young visi-
a* tin lunclxon, Miss Paula Me-
nu . nd Miss Dorothy Largent.
Th. prograi n eonnnittee for next
Dr. Hen Largent, JeFs«> Done
•y .A he math v.
frenident Dud called i meeting < f
board of directors immediately
lowing tin luncheon at which the
igiuition of Kd II ivttus was
« pled and Will J. Uh« a was eloc-
e jiii ins vacancy.
FIHH <.IIIS I OK I IflNliliKS.
. !,
-■•■•ociat# v
for tlr
n
■eek
r^zlingh
other a
progra m committ • •
• i-' I I' llni* Snii! i
N'e V. .-n1 lie. Mi>s Paula h.i> ultiv.tte.i
le i vi ry marked natural talent with
training under the 1>* .-t instructors
the .South, }!• r reading.4- on th -
asion were well-suited for the en-
hildren, have planted tertaininent o! tin liotarian- and
flowers and trees on the school jiheir visitoi and brought forth
grounds, assisted with dinn rs and en .hearty laughs and vociferous ap-
u rtainments at various times. plans" Miss Paula is a general lav-
♦ ♦ ♦ orite of the Ilotarians at whose
IN HON*Oil MILS. .1. it. LOVEJOY. program she has r'ref|U« ntly appeared.
This winter we are planning to j Giles McKini ey was called on to
S'-rve hot luni hes to tin- children lTij. sk bh ssings upon the luncheon and
our school. We have the best ruralithe meeting. I'resid• nt Dud Perkins
school in the County. Both have CO-| presided and Will J lib-a. on- of
best 15otary s < retarics in *lie
I (ioing a great work in the Lovejoy [state, was a4 hi* desk * usual.
j'Vunmunity. Our school and commnni An • vent of )>■ in.inc. th.r
j ty was named in honor of Mrs. J. I. ■ ui1-' d g«ne?al regret was M
fi C MO KM
In iea«ling the Bible j Mod that
; : 'n is composed of body and spirit.
It - ys that at death the Spirit, re-
turns to God who gave it." Did Goil
giv« if by evolution through lower
ord« rs of animals? If so do animata
^1111 have Spirits as well as m« n?
2 As from "nothing. nothing
' omes," could there be evolution
when there Is no Involution?
'! -As all life both animal and vegl-
Tabje develops from life where dl 1
the original life come from? Who
gave it?
I| ''an there be a creation with-
out a creator7
Does the theoiy of evolution ac-
■>unt ;or the fact that except whero
m; 11 has had tin training of animals
\VO\ |\ IvIK III X roVTI -T
Our County Home Demoaslrau
Agent encouraged our mrun,-,. to|),.,vl„K .1,
enter the State Kitchen ! - . I ! ,ir T,,
longed to have a mor- • :,v. . -i • ,'e
and more attractive kitchen, and after the Horn,
talking with members
• Lovejoy, who has done much good in
our community.
The Lovejoy Club has done ^
I part in furthering eoniniunity talis l.v
on
ment of
irmal resigna
.count of
M J- 1 '' 11 her:
M
ion
ul)
*ei exhibits at tl
ur clothing work we v
nough to win first priz<
Mad Dress Porm.
«'ountv nation
w
• 111
. 11-11 ' * family « «.
That m the rears he had been 1 «contest. My wtchw was'« m n \\«>mi n <.m
very small, inconvenient and .mai-
traetivc. At the close of 11 • < ontenl J
had a sunny, cheerful and t.onvenlent
kitchen, and to my deliyiit vvot. first
[rio'to''!ti"."i.-.' h''';h 'v,: " rr< ' i ""re exchange Idi ns and becom
1 ' 'arniers Miort <:oii;n. .,i .v | ,,)urt. acquainted. Once a year \\< hav
. . tolege given by th< Rolnrv picnic for all of our club>
r< gr. '
ippn '
■f tile
m-IKIIIM
number of other diseases, the germs of which are believed semi-weeuiy letter con
j , i _i i _/ ;r.^r,^„«« /1AVMW.AM i a years subscription to
Itlh I \MII Y
j All of our clubs are organized int
County Home Demonstration as •
| v iation which meets monthly in t)
rooms (if the Chamber of (ami in- •
luring a hn h
it Ion of him-el
r.ood peopl" « f
rs and friend
desirable
Club
of McKinney. I
desire to improve my entire home I;
even meant more; My husband caught
the disease, he painted th' house,
improved the barn, fence, nn n rr,ft
the entire place
We have planted flow«r> and trees
and now the exterior is attractive, as
entered | }•
est and won
to be capable of producing human diseases, are common Tb^'Ku^Tron^t
among rats. They are aiso the hosts of numerous internal
parasites which are dangerous to man, among which is the
trichina or flesh worm. Many external parasites, such as
fleas, lice, mites and ticks, infest the hairy bodies of rats,
making them loathsome objects.
Rats may be destroyed by trapping, poisoning, fumi-
gating, by drowning (closing up holes leading to under-
ground retreat and flooding with water), and by natural
enemies, such as the cat. dog, ferret and owl. The most
approved and efficient method of extermination is to
"build them out of existence." by having rat-proof build
ings.
Campaigns against rats, to be effective and lasting,
must aim not only to destroy the greatest possible number
of those living, but must also aim to prevent the possi-
ly business reason* eo
l him to ren;• v« his r«
| vh< re. Mr. < 'ulherson
j Ilotarian for iglit. v • i
our city two or thr<
jtf take ehargc of th
w hieh has|,n'^ W,,H recently
i c o!:
i t h-
val
d h
(
'
a nd
M' Ki:.
nd foi
oiid in
. id e ji
■ f his
11 ey ft main in t heir w ild
it.
th"
I •
• i -
VolVed
in infant
i •
i lis of :
ed th«
family
iav as
JcKjn-
. On*
Ihbh teach that th*
te ieh that
he revolu •
moving to
v ais ago
Was man
I'd grown?
Does the
th is flat?
Does not Psalm 1 ! ; 0
tI.e. sun makes a circuit by
'ions of the i a Itll ?
j 'j iJo'.H theory of evolution
• re;-r man as only an animal?
10 h iimii is no more than a sup
• ■ r animal i cannibalism wrong?
■ ! What advantages Is It to a
nt to !• aught the theory of "Volu
big
elect
.f ti
brought us nearer together, and |..vt i*!es:«l. nt . nd rr...
developed a friendly feeling toward ' M'"' •' -Miinulactui-hik i-omi>.|.y own-
each other, | lug big cotton mills at McKinney,
I am thoroughly convinced that byj'1'" ^ ''entry! offie. s at-
knowing my neighbors, I have lenrn'- ln 11011,1 "hlch neci ssi-
ed to love them, and that lliroug'< i,;'.V.''. 1'H. th'-'
work and co-operation, the Hone
Demonstration Club Women of Collin
County are united Into one big fam-
ily of rural women to make our best
■njjaq
otton ''"n?
J vie.
i H.
bility of further breeding. In the extermination of them,
it is wTell to remember that rats do not tarry long where
they can not find food to eat, and it is of first importance
to keep food in places not accessible to them; they will
also avoid traps when other food is convenient
*11 • — * 1 nw oi mil': in o^Tciai iiiuriuiKN.
All new
structures should be rat-proofed when built ■ Mr" ''aidwen and two children
J ? 1- • . 1 i . . . V . . ' hiid iliet nlnrnAil frnm >> n ,1
1 In what profession or avocatlo'i
i lif. i. xcept to teach the theory) Is
i pi rsou better < quipped for life'a
work by such teachings?
1 -V If It Is no advantages to a stu-
'1- nt Is It right to tax the people t',
Jlow. ver, \1 pay for having It taught?
Ail) b. in McKinney ,|uite often in * !>oes the theory of evolution
looking yft.r the affairs of their promise Ms anything beyond this al)l.
big mill located at this place | mul life?
President Dud reminded Itotarians | 15—If evolution Is true selencS
of the int. r-c|ty notary meet at why trnei, )t „„ a theory and not as -t
Botiham on the e\enlng o:' Sept. S fact?
and urged every Uotarlan to arrange | lfl—If the teaching of the Iheorv
his affairs to attend with his Ho- of evolution Is no advantage to the
tary-Ann. The McKinney club will people of a state and Is expensive were
put on a feature of the program at not the lawmakers of Tennessee rlirht
the Bonham meet under the dlrec- —
tton of past president Tom Scott,
Past President Gip Caldwell was
with the club again this week for
the first time in several meetings.
Buildings which are not rat-proof should be made so as the
cost of rat-proofing is small compared with the results
obtained.
had just returned from an extended
vacation spent In the northwest and
on the Pacific slope. During his ab-
sence he attended two Kotary club
meetings—one at Halt Lake City
in prohibiting such useless expense?
' 7 Can the theory of evolution as
taught bo harmonized with the ptam
statements of the Bible?
IS—If without finite minds can-
rot understand some Bible statements
should we reject the entire record?
Ml-s K!!7abntih Pearson of
T>ent th > we** end with her
mother Mrs j v. Pearson
Dallas,
grand-
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