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THIRTY• EH atl'll YE.Alt (Eatablislta-d February 7. IN*I)
MrKl.N'NEY, (X(I,I,IN IXtliJiTV. Tl XAS, THIRKDVY, MAY IS, I9IJ.
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
FIRE DESTROYS CROUCH RETAIL STORE
Forty-Six In
High School
Senior Class
CKED HOUSE
EETS DANIEL IN
FINAL SERVICE
FOSTER'S .
WEATHER
BULLETIN
Copyrighted 1921 by W. T. Foster.
Washington, D. (J., May 12, 1921.—
Duitaf early part of thi< week, confer-
in« on May 18, another weather dIh-
turbaneo will oome out o£ the extreme
northweat part of thin oontlnetu
Whllu tliii gohurul temperatures will
be above normal and frequently vary-
up and down tin: long trend will be
to higher Uegroes than usually oecui
in May lint the next storm will bring
still higher temperatures and there-
fore the tarmui'H will smile tu see the
rapid growth of their crops.
This disturbance will be one of the
two most severe storms of May and
will affect the whole continent. The
warm wave is always the advance
guard and will spread over ull the
northern part of the Uockloti by .Ma)
18, its center crossing Meridian 90
near that date not far from St. Louis
and then on toward New Orleans. Be-
hind this warm wave one ur two days
will come the center of the low and
when that center p isses over your sec-jiiy solve th
tion you will experience it depressing some yearn
atmosphere, no wind and not niunv feel that a
The Iwo weeks' revival meeting at
tile Kirsi liaptist church came tu a
i lose Sunday night upon which oe*
■ (casion there was an overilow eoitgre-
... _, ... . |(ration. Every available seating space
I he McKinney City l'ui>llc Schools n, t|l0 church wiis used, all chairs
will i lose its present session on Frl- being brought into use and then it war
day, May 20, followed by the oloslnirl"01 possible to seut the great throii*
thai turned out to hear the elotiueiu
and brilliant Atlanta pastor in his
closing sermon.
The Kunduy morning service was a
very unusual one for the people came
regardless of the rain. The Sunday
school attendance ran up towurd the
four hundred mark uud at the preach-
ing hour the church was almost tilled.
The sermon Sunday morning was
termed by many as the best of all the
I'erlos of unusual messages brought by
Dr. Daniel.
At the evening service the record at-
tendance was reached, this being the
only time during the meeting that it
following Sunday and Monday.
At the close of the 8th. month,
April 22, the total enrollment for all
tln> schools In the city was 2119, qulto
an increased attendance over last yoar
at the same time and we believe that
the enrollment for next year will be
a greater increase.
Junior High Suggested.
The Boyd High School, the Qreer
School, the Hill School and the South
Side School have been badly crowd-
ed during the last term and Just how
the pupils in thoBo schools are to b<?
OFFICIAL SAYS I
PECAN CROVE
DAIRY IS BEST
I'r. Leon (i. Cloud, state veterina-
rian of Texas recently visited Mi Kin-
ney to meet slock men of the county
to discuss and instruct the tuberculosis
testing work In Collin county. While
here be inspected the i'eeiin drove
Dairy and in a letter to the secretary
of the Collin County Purebred Live-
stock Association passes the following!
very high compliments:
"While there II was my pleasure to
visit the rocim drove Dairy of your
city, and to my great surprise, 1 found
one of the most modern ami up-to-
date dairies, and one that any Asso-
ciation or City should feel proud of.
it has been my privilege to visit qulto
a number of dairies throughout the
state, and barring none, I wish to say
that I'ecan drove Dairy has Impressed
me more than any other dairy that I
have had the pleasure to visit.
"Ono of the most noticeable feat-
ures of this dairy Is that it Is not nec-
essary to screen the burns against
was impossible to seat the people who
cared for next year Is quite a perplex- |came. The sermon was very line nullifies, due to the fact that the hariis and
t"g problem. W'e are sorely in need i,r Daniel took advantage of the op- stanchions were thoroughly
of more room ami about the only im- portunity. in his closing message, to'und in a sanitary condition, ami HIoh
mediate way as well as the cheapest thank the people for McKlnney for the w„ro not to be found in the barn.
plan in the "long run," ah wo Hue it, i manner in which thoy had received) "1 found that th
Junior High School I him lu their homes and hearts, lie
I also graciously
< o'irlci tiuzette
is to erect
building on the present Iioyd High
School site immediately south of the
present building. By doing this the
High School problem will be solved'
lor many years to come and the pres- | rt\,U,~«tuting that" ho"paper in a town I
plant as a whuli
LOSS NMV 8E
$200,009,09,
IS ESTIMATE
ANNA SCHOOL
HEAD VICTIM
OF ATTACK
was modern in ever.* way, and assure
thanked The Dally you that It will be my pleasure to rec-
tlie amount of onimend to any one the I'ecan drove
space devoted to the detailed reports Dairy. Yours truly,
of every service during the entire re-1 Hp ON d. CLOUD,
State Veterinarian.
tin size of McKlnney had ever accord-1 -•
ed him such fine support as had th« HEVEHAI, Ill ItT WHEN ( All
four years, alter which time auditions 1 courier-davsette.
ent conditions in the congested ward
schools enn be relieved for threo
can be made to the drear School and
the South Side School which will eas-
ward school problem for
mis opi:\ switch
clouds. This center of the low is call-
ed the storm center, but there is noth-
ing In it. to indhate a storm anil many
people start on a journey at that most
dangerous time. If you carefully read
these bulletins the knowledge you g.iin
from them wtll save you from many
weather difficulties. This storm will
move in a sciiilelrcle from the crest of
the northern Rockies to the mouth of
the St. Lawrence River, or Atlantic
coast, from near May IS to near May
22
This storm wave will introduce a
rainy spell that, before it entla, will al-
most determine the 192 1 crops, Farm-
era should do an unusual amount of
cultivating before that rainy season
begins as many sections, during Its
continuance, will bo too wot for cul-
tivation From June 12 to 22 wtll be
anothtor boat time to do an extra
amount of cultivation. Near the mid-
dle of June the monthly change in
crop weather will occur and It •will bo
of very considerable Importance to
large sections of North America.
South America and India
The results of my forecasts for April
bring new and convincing evidences
that I have the key to immensely Im-
portant weather problem. I am now
pt-oparlng to demonstrate to the public
and to the aolentific world that 1 have
found It. 1 had made the most of the
discoveries before, but in January,
1921, the-greatest. of all my discoveries
waa made and it was so Important that
t was compelled to reconstruct my
ayatem .of calculations. Formerly 1
did itat have the exact
Of the ten Bolar system bodies that
control our wenthor. I found that
aomn of these bodlca, as magnets. will
not work with some of the others and
tnjr hurt discovery is the true combina-
tion of those solar system mngncts. I
Intend to press the button on the pub-
lic and official science beginning not
later than October and probably with
the July forecasts. The tests will be
made by giving, more than a month In
advance, the dally temperatures at
Ffttaburg. St. I/mls and St. Paul.
Twenty-Seven Additions. I j A. Rhodes, repi esciitlng the Wll-
At the close of the sermon thorn ilard Storage Mattery Co., came to Mc
However, some patrons „|x additions to the church. mak-iKInney from Dallas Tuesday. He
IIId school should be 1|lB u tol(ll ,Wenty-*oven additions Escaped serious Injury by u close mar-
erected In thi southwest part of Mc- to the chureh since the revl. il opened yin. according to his statement.
.T/i '?h°"i Following the sermon the paslori doing out of Dallas on the 11 o'clock
ondltlons In the Mill School. t,npti ed a large number of the new limited Intel-urban car, about s x
converts. jmiles north of Dalian, near a gravel
f ... . . . One of the groaloBt helps of the pit, the limited car ran into an open
ship of McKlnney wl 1 provide ways m00l(nK acordlng to many. Is the switch, crashing Into an old luterur-
and means to maintain the City ,looJ)enlnB „f llle ,.or
schools so thai the present high I
standing will be assured.
the con-|
gested
This is a matter for future considera-1
tion ami we believe that the citizen-!
To dive Class Address.
The baccalaureate sermon for the
graduating class will bo preached In
the Baptist church on Sunday, at 11
o'clock, May 22, by Dr. Clifford Weav-
er, the populur pastor of the First
Christian church of this city and the
commencement exercises proper will
be held^ln the Boyd High School au
ditorlum on Monday evening. May 13,
beginning promptly at 8 o'clock.
Dr. William Herschel Bruce, presi-
dent of the North Texas State Nor-
mal College, has been selected to de-
liver the class address. Dr. Bruce is
not only a very scholarly man but ho
Is one of the most entertaining speak-
ers among our school-men of the en-
tire southland and his message will
be a rare treat to those who are so
fortunate as to have the privilege of
lieurlntf him. A special invitation (
Is extended to all patrons and |W1< K
friends of the school to attend the wooU
closing exercises. J. S. CARLISLE,
Supt.
onsecrutloii of tin ban passenger car standing on the
! people of the church. The Baptists switch. He wiih not hurt, receiving
have been loyul to file letter during but very minor scratches, but stated
the entire meeting. No revival moet-jthut some other passengers weru cut
| lug ever held at this church has been and bruised and that it was a wonder
so largely attended as tills one. The to him that the people were not sorl-
pustor Dr. d. L. Yates, Is very happy ously hurt, lie said the limited car
over this condition, believing that It telescoped the other car, ploughing
will mean much to the church In the Into the car for several feet. Two
days to come. I ladles fainted, due to flight, Mr.
The music under the direction of Rhodes atated.
ChCas. O. Miller has been a feature or, •
the revlvul. Especially has fhe young 1'OltT WOltTII MAN
people's choir attracted attention nnd AWARDED IIOAI) < tlVTItACr
been very helpful to nil the services.
HENRY S. WARWICK
DIRK AT COTTON MTI<L
The hardware and furniture
store of J. P. Crouch ft Com-
pany, one of the largest retail
establishments of North Texas,
was totally destroyed by Are at
7:30 o'clock Wednesday even-
l'rof. W. L. Roper, superintendent |ing. The building is located on
of Hie Anna High school for the past i the south side of the square,
ten or eleven yours, was attacked fhe fire WftS One of the most
.Montla) lij two uieu and painfully. . ■ . , , .,
though not s< ilousi). injured, on., oi spectacular in the business dis-
tho men, it is Hiii.i was aimed with a trict in the history of McKin-
hammer ami the other with si wrench.!
l'rof. Roper rocuivcil several laeera-, 1
lions on the head. The uccuscd per-j Tile loSS Oil tile Stock is eStl-
sens were brought to Meklniiey by . , . , -, .... _, ,
city Marshal .1 11. Mute, ami charges mated to be $100,000. The loss
01 aggravated assault 'were uied on tlie builflino' will be between
.iriuist tliem. haeli was releasei] on {r%rr. ......
I)« ihl m the .inn ..! 1 It.- trouble Sr)0,u00 and $75,000, Mccording
'! .°n' "" >'i to J. P. Crouch, president of
a cmiu ni one ol tin* men. An ummImI • r
taut teacher In the Anna school had the firm. Tlie lOSS On building
ed''to' see rrot^nop J!" 11e'Zomlid |""d intents is partially cover-
them iinn there were certain r.-guia-'ed by insurance, Mr. Crouch
Hons concerning corrections in order ooiH
to maintain discipline and that lie had '""•J*
no apologies lo make, concerning the' ♦ ♦ ♦
correction of the child by the assist- STARTS ON THIRD FLOOR.
ant teacher. It is said that the parties I fpi,_ • iL,-
tlien waylaid l'rof. Itopor when lie | ^"e "Fe Originated in the
went t" the postoftice, with the above rear of the third floor, accord-
"""" • jing to persons who first saw the
blaze.
THE LOCAL MARKET
What llie runners Arc He lug I'aid for
Tlielr Products—('orrei'U*! to Date.
l<V«*iatull und drain.
Corn in shuck per bu.
11 ran per c.wi
Shorts per ewt
i'hops per cwt
i >ats per bushel
Wheat per hu. (basis No. 1.)
65c
The Imperial Cafe, in the
Lovejoy building adjoining the
Crouch building on the west,
was wrecked by falling walla
and the contents damaged bv
Vi.lt jwater
$2.00 The building owned by Mrs.
H. A. McDonald. - \ing on
. 40c
. 91.66
... tin to *2o the east, and occux by w.
1,0 I R. Hill, was also damaged by
Henry 8. Warwick, aged 23 years,
died at Ills home In South McKlnney
Tuesday morning at 3:30 o'clock. De
The Commissioners' Court received I Alfalfa hay per ton
bids and awarded the contract Tues- Millet liny per ton
day for graveling K.14 miles of road In Johnson grass hay per Ion $7.50
Hlstrlct No. 13. There weru seven I'ralrle liny per ton $8 to $10 falling Walls.
i-HHim/aJ Provisions. | An estimate of the loss on
2sc to s e the Lovejoy and Mrs. MoDon-
26c t° tec aW bjuidiug,, couid not be ob-
bids submitted. I). H. I'urvis of l<'ort
Worih was fhe successful bidder, Ills
bid being $22,109.10. This road is in llncon per pound
censed bad been In falling health for j tlie Karmorsvllle, Josephine ami Butter per pound
several months. He Is survived by | Nevada district, and Is now ready for Creamery bolter
his widow and one child. Mr. War- ■ the gravol. The road is to be covered <TileU ns, fryers per pound
was born and reared at Kdge-1with shipped In gravel. Work of put- 'lid roosters, per lb
Texas, but had niado his home-ting on this gruvel is to begin within Hens, per lb
In McKlnney for the past few yoars. ^on days, Kggs per do*, fcandled)
Deceased was a member of the Baptint * Turkeys per lb
church. FIND <>N1,Y ONK lORROR l*rd per lib
Fncral services -were held In the IN NCHOOIj KHPOItT Irish potatoes per bu. . .
King Memorial Baptist church Tues-. Sweet Potatoes per bit.
at 3 o'clock, conducted by the | County Superintendent W. H. Smith | ♦ ♦ ♦
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THXT IIOOK CUSTODIAN
Th* County Superintendent has been
Made depository for the rural achoola
for free text hooka and for emergency
ofdera for the independent districts,
Shorn bow on all now hooka will be
distributed to the rural schools from
superintendent's office. County
■nparlntendent W. S. Smith said this
morning that. most<pf the rural schools
i.«n aont In their requisitions for books
for the next term, but his requlstlon
to fhe dopartmont of education for
Ol«to books Is being held up because
a few districts are slow In sending In
Ihelr requisitions.
rWKNTV KAKATKItS
TCI «0 TO DKNTON
I list of Graduates.
The personnel of this class consists
of 21 young men and 26 young ladles day . i
pastor, Rev. J. Ben Snldor, assisted ,of this city has received notification I Iiive Ntork
by Rev. E. F. Watson. Burial fol-.from the State Department of Wdu- Hogs per cwt
lowed in I'ecan Orove cemetery. cation at Austin, stating that his Beef cattle per
- * school report had been approved. Mr. hbeep per ewt.
JU1X>IS WOIjI'TC'S CONDITION [Smith's report of the scholastic wasi ♦ • ♦
HIOGA11DIOD AS CHITK'AIj nf ntly compiled. In his report of 14,-' Cotloa.
ias# scholastics, all arranged nlphahet- Coittin per pound
Judge J. A. Ij. Wolfe of Sherman icnlly, there was only one error found Cotton seed per ton
Some fifteen or twenty formers,
bankers snd busmen men of McKln-
ney and Collin county are expected to
go to Denton Tuesday lo be guests
of Denton tTinmbcr of Commerce nt
a Mr barbecue nt the Experiment
UtAtlon. County Agent O. D. Everett
aald today that the party would lenvc
the Chamber of Commerce In McKln-
ney Ttioartny morning at 8 o'clock.
The trip will be made by auto
combinations as follows.
H. Poland Montgomery.
H. B. Worthy.
Oran ti. Klmhrlel.
Lee McCollom.
llonry C. Wright.
Herman N. Miller.
Arvll J Butler.
Iluby Hlckerson.
Cleon ICelley.
nicharil Coleman White.
Harold Ulbson Pettus.
Prances Roe Muse.
Ruth Leo Bomar.
Mnrjorie Mae Greenwood.
Corlnne Olbson.
Bonnie Opal Taylor.
Jowell Ollle Shaw.
Jack O. Kerr.
Lena M. B troth or.
Alton W. Boyd.
Lora B. Wllllama.
Ruby Truett Miller.
Avery E. Drake.
Genevieve Darnatl.
Don W. Bagwlll.
Kannle Lolgh Gibson.
Loula Cleo Farley.
Eugenia Hill.
Gladys l'ruett.
Marjorle Holder.
Merle E. Reynolds.
Irma F. Gantt
Rosabel McKey.
Kay W. Wilson.
Cecil Rny Martin.
Hmmott I 'a ul Cunningham.
Matthews Ewlng Mcl'hall.
Lucllc Wilson.
Ruby Pearl Dunn.
Mary Butler.
Adole Flncher.
Jennie Lynn Long.
Emily Douglas.
IIaxel llall Cogburn.
I ma Gene Jones.
Clarence J. Garland.
Hoberto Y. Copeland.
I-Uldlcman-MrGlocklln.
Tuesday afternoon at B o'clock the
Rev. Abe Enloe ultlclaled at the mar-
riage of Mr. Geo. Eildlemnn of Mc-
Klnney nnd Mlsa Mnyme McGlocklln
of Fnrmersville. The ceremony waa
performed at the home of Rev. Kn-
Mlaa l«5velyn Roland Is spending n | loo, threo inllea southenat of McKln-
faw days In Dallas the guest of ha^ncy. The newly wadded couple will
hrothor, Marshall Roland and wife, innko their home In thla elty.
Patient Doing Nlcoly.
Mrs. Gahe Snider of Forest Grove,
■who underwent an operation for np-
pendlclUa, In the city hospital a few
days ago la doing nicely.
• tained early Thursday morn-
ing.
Including the loss on the
20c Crouch stock and building and
• " the damage to the Mrs. Mc-
Donald and Lovejoy building*
$s to r and their contents the total
cwt M to $• loss to property owners will
probably reach $200,000 it la
'estimated.
f" jf; The fire department bravely
continues critically ill at his homo In by the Stnto Department and that was Cotton veed meal per ewt.
that city. He Is dangerously HI of he bad fulled to state the age of one Hulls r er ton
pneumonia. Be«:ause of the serious child, according to the department. Mixed hulls snd meal cotton
condition of Judge Wolfe, the soml-'
annual banquet of the Grayson Coun-
ty Bar Association, which was to have
been given Thursday night of thla
week, has been postponed. Judge
MORE CONTRIBUTIONS
$1 r.o fought the flames, but against
N tremendous odds.
sr.e,i per ewt ^ $1.00 it was declared that the fact
for storm relief fund john iitiiY wiluford that the air was perfectly
DIKB AT HOMM HI .'HI gtJJJ—jjq ^i^ hlowjnflr—aided
W. 8. Smith, county superintendent, i .. a , .
Wolfe, who stands high in his profea- has received several other contrlbu- John Irb.v Wllilford, son of Mrs. J. trie nremen in Saving tDC SOQtll
sion and is highly esteeinod and re-:tlona for the Melissa achool building W. l/eslle, who died at the family rest- .jJn q* gouare xnH DM-
apected by everyone who knows him, fund. Schools sending In contrlbu- dence SOS North Chestnut street ™ ",
lived in McKlnney before moving to'tlona were McMInn, Lucas, Harris, Tuesday night at to ot^lock. was born Sibly a large p8J*t Of the fVfll-
Sherman several years ago. Judge New Rope, Hutchlns, Farmeraville, Doeember So. 1S 3 In I'Jlll« county. Af /1AnnA aAfrtion from Ha«twmMwn
Wolfe served as county Judge of Col- white and colored. tlie tlmo of his death ho was 27 yours, "* _ t it
tin county somo thirty years ago. I ■ 4 months and 11 daya olVI. He was When it W8S thOUght tlft§
* The Rev. b. b. Jnckson of Allen waa raised In McKlnney, und attended the mtnlh 1m — 1 *A
Henry Moore, who was called here shaking handa with frlonda and at- McKlnney public schools, alao the wiuuww mr
on account of the death of hla broth- tepdlng to bualneas in McKlnney Tues- Sherman Commercial Ctollege. He the CrOUCh building, a& eHMT-
or. Charles G. Moore, has returned day afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Jackson was graduated from the latter In 1 1S. _____ __i| f.r art. omuratMl
to his home at Strawn, Texas. Mr. la paator of the Methodist churchen nt He was stenographer and bookkeeper gCUCy Call IOr nre appwnni
Moore operates a laundry at that'Allen, White's Grove and Fannie for the Sherman Oil Mill and later for WBA Sent tO Dallas and it
place. | Harrington Chapel. the Automatic Music
Dallas.
had
Company at that the Dallag fa
The deceaaod la survived by his department had equipment
mother, Mrs. J. W. I<osllo and three , . , . _
sisters: Mrs. R. 8. Bloss, Misses lone ready to Send tO MC Kinney.
and Ruth Iiuslle, all of McKlnney. He piano Was alSO asked for aid,
Is also survived by one child, a little
SATURDAY, MAY 14, CLASSIFIED
AD DAY IN McKINNEY is* f««« *■ «a .
"Classified Ad Day"—that
sounds good to everybody for
there never has been a Classified
Ad Day in McKlnney flint did not
prove profitable to largo numbers
of pcoplo. Saturday May 14th.
has been chosen for this special
dAy at which time the claasllled
advertising section of The Dally
Courier <Inxette will bo featured.
The n ,■ of classified advertising
is growing more common every
day due to the fact the people are
dally dli. overlng that almost cer-
tain result* may be expected when
ono ot these little "pullers" are
uaad.
♦ ♦ •
Inexpensive Medium.
Classified advertising la very In-
oxpenalve, coating but one cent
per word for the first Insertion
and one-hnlf cent per word for
each luaerllon thereafter, thesB
rates applying to both The Dolly
Courler-Gaxette and The Weekly
Democrat-Gaxette.
If you have anything for sale or
trndo or for rent or if you wnnt
to rent, buy, trade or soil, you will
And one of these little "pullers"
of great help to you.
Many nre taking advantage of
atarting their claaslfled nda now
and continuing them through this
week, Including Clnamfled Ad
Day. May 14th.
Watch the claalfled growl Read
them every day and ba aura you
not only road them but that you
uaa ona yourself on ClaMlflad Ad
Day, Saturday. May 14th.
years and many other rolatlvea.
Funeral aervlcea were held Thurs-
day morning at 10 b'clock, at the home
of hla mothor.
Burial was made In Pecan Orove
cemetery.
The pallbearers -were:
Active—Thurman, Ollle. Fred and
Virgil Cox. Louis Pruott and Jack
Ilowell.
Honorary—Robert McNeil. J. L.
Todd. William Barnes, Ike Rlchey.
Frank Roberta, Tom Bnnls, Will Wis-
hart, Roy Rambp, James Forsyth.
Frank Smith and Walter B. Wllaon.
Raechnr Luacombo of near Anna
waa a business caller at our office Sat-
urday forenoon. He la a brother of
Mlas Myrtle E. Luacombe whose aad
death had acured the night before.
Baecher called at our office after aoana
funeral notices.
side help was not needed.
HAS ANOTHER STORE
The J. P. Crouch A Com-
pany store is one of the oldest
firms in the state. It was estab-
lished in 1866.
It could not be ascertained
early Thursday morning
whether steps would be
to replaoe the builtf
•took. However, the
another store located oi
Louisiana street, ip
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