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On the tit day of November 185*. mothers ionie patching of pants.
1 began life in Collin county and up- | Holes were bored in the round aide
on the same section
af land upon | at an angle and pins driven in for
HUM rod as B*eond-class mall matter.
McKinney, Tex., December «0, 11MMI.
♦ ♦♦♦♦
• ..CHRISTMAS..:
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The mighty wheel of time, in it-*
ceaeelers revolutions, has again
brought to us the gladsome Christ -
mas time, the season above all eth-
Vrs when Hie spirit of brother!)
love, "I "Peace on earth, gooil wilt
toward men," animates the human
mind and hear.. Christmas h the
threat leveler of artificial distinc-
tions and a most potent Influence
in cauPlng us to more fully reullze
iht' "brotherhood <>t Clod." To at-
tempt to describe the Christ ma*
spirit Ik to undertake a task that in
its very nature Is impossible: It
needs no description, requires no
herald of its coming, it is Indefin-
able, yet tnoHi sensibly present, per-
vading the very air and though th-
heart Is no psychologist, it recognlz..
<w the season and responds to th*
magic of its power.
Though the day, as the anniver-
sary of the the birth of the "Lowly
Nazarlne," may not be chronologi-
cally correct, this does not in th"
least retract from its real signlfi-
cance, and to every believer it must
appeal with powerful and peculiar
force. It speaks of that occasion
nearly two thousand years ago.
when the wise men front the East,
following the direction of the Star
of Bethlehem, found the lowly babe,
"wrapped In swaddling clothes, ly-
ing In a manirer;" of his wonderful
work when on earth "he went about
doing good," and of his mighty king-
dom ruled by love, "King of kings
and Lord of lords." Truly he came
"not to he ministered unto, but to
minister." Caesar might rule with
all the pomp of Ancient Rome upon
his imperial throne and compel obe-
dience to his royal will; he would
lift up the fallen, minister to the
sick; Caesar might force, through
fear; he would win the hearts of
men through love.
Such was the spirit of the carpen-
ter's sou and such Is still the true
spirit of the Christmas time thai
commemorates his nativity. There
could be no more beautiful nor more
appropriate observance of the day
than the time-honored custom of
making gifts, provided that the true
Christmas spirit animates the giver,
and It is the remembrance and not
the Intrinsic value of the gift, that
Ik considered by the recipient.
It is the day above and beyond
i>U others In the calendar of child-
hood and the Joy and haplness n
hi lugs each year to the children of
every country and every clime, Is be-
yond all mortal ken or computation.
It teaches most forcibly the great
lesson of charity, a lesson that we
all. In our mad struggle for the al-
mighty dollar, are far too prone to
forget, and reminds us that there
are needy and afflicted ones to
whom a helping hand and a word or
cheer and encouragement would
mean much, and v horn we have n
right to overlook. Many times we
are apt to be cynical desplsws rath-
er than admirers of opr fellow men,
but the glorious Christmas season,
with the tremendous amount of
good it so strongly reveals In hu-
man kind, each year Inculcates in us
the lesson of optimism rather than
of despair, and bids us be of good
cheer. The Courier-Gazette and
Democrat-Gazette has much to be
thankful for this Christmas— it's
gratifying advancement during the
past year—the loyalty of its sub-
scribers. the liberality of its adver-
tisers-rind In conclusion extends to
l'<? readers greetings of the season,
anrj wishes one an'1 all a merry
Christmas and a happy New Year.
tJentlenien, visit our Christmas
good* department. It's up to you to
KPt your wife or sweetheart some-
thing nice now; we have the good*
at the lowest possible prices. Japa-
nese vases, liandpalnted tankards,
handkerchief and glove boxes, fancy
tioxes, manicure sets, etc., etc.
Come and see the department. Mat-
thews.
IKi you want to make your wife
•^«r sweetheart a nice present of a
'(live pair of shoe*? Just come here
«,m1 bay a handsome shoe certificate
t.ftO
lews.
to $4 which rials for ti.o
jthen slf call* foi then. Mais'
which I now live. 1 was then a boy
of IB years and wore pants, but not
always shoes. 1 had come from Ten-
nessee where a barefoot boy was
the rule and I was not disposed to
break it. In fact shoes for both
boys and girls were counted as lux-
uries and not necessities. With the
exception of about three years In the
Confederate army and four In Ken-
tucky and Teunessee (three at col-
lepe and one in teaching) I have
been a citizen of Collin county. 1
have kept a diary for near forty
years and hnvc noted many changes
in customs and people. Now shoes
are counted a necessity even for the
sweet babe whose bare feet look so
pretty. Having been requested to
write about these changes for the
Courier-Gazette I shall note a few
only of the many. 1 shall number
those mentioned for convenience.
*****
1. The Old Kettler*.
The people who laid the founda-
tion for our present prosperity were
a noble class of men and women.
They had come to this county from
the older, stuu's. some to obtain
homes, some In the quest of health
and others to live easy. They were
as a rule industrious, economical and
In a true sense, neighborly. They
lived in rude huts, b «i11 of l.igs
hewed and covered with boifds
made of native timber. The Intel!•
string always hung on the outaule
of the door to their neighbors and
hospitality was only bounded by abil-
ity. They farmed and raised s'uck
and carried their corn and wheat to
the mills and had them converted
into meal and flour and the neigh-
bor who would not loan you meat or
flour when out was very rare. They
formed beef clubs and some one
member of the club would kill each
week and divide with all the others,
each getting the piece due him until
he had received the amount dtt'
him. When a young man I knew al<
the settlers of west and north Col-
lin. Our neighbors before the
war btween the states wcro as fol-
lows: G. W. and J. O. Kerr, Robt.
Foster, John and Enos Scott, Dick'e
Howard. Luke George, Henry Tuck-
er, Alfred Chandler. John Henry.
W. S. McDuffey, L. D. Davidson. D.
J. Franklin, Dr. J. M. Feland, Lang
and Kit Searcy, Dick Carr, T. B.
Scott, Thos. J. McDonald Johr
Jones, E. R. StlfT and David O'Brien.
These I call to memory as living
In a radius of about three miles of
our home. Several others a little
further away as J. B. and J. R. W1I-
meth, Isaac and Albert Graves, J. D.
Muse, Frank Stewart, etc. Of all
these mentioned only a few now live
to see what the fruits of their toll
and sacrifice have been. Robt. Fos-
ter, L. M. Talklngton, Alfred Chand-
ler, J. R. Wilmelh and T. B. Scott
are still living. There are many of
their descendants living among us.
These are the middle aged men of
our community. I call to mind the
following names: J. L. and W. M.
Kerr. J. B. and Whit Kerr, sons of
MaJ. Green \V. Kerr; P. B. and L. D.
Franklin, sons of D. .1. Franklin; J.
M. and Frank Scott, sons of .Inc.
Scott; L. E. Stewart, son of Frank
Stewart; R. C., J. R., W. H.. B. S.,
and E. G. Horn, sons of Wm. H.
Horn; It. F., T. II. and J. E. Foster
sons of Robt. Foster; W. E., L. R.
and X. L. Talklugton, sons of L. M.
Talkington: \ (1 .and .1 T. Chrfhd-
ler, sons of Alfred Chandler; Price,
Clint. Glen, Ollie, Rol and Jack
Stiff. Hons of E. It. Stiff; I). W.
O'Brien, son of I'ncle David
O'Brier.. These names I call by
memory and there are many others.
I think of thsit of Manse Wllmeth,
who die.-d a few niontns since and
who spent most of his life in this
community. He moved from old
Buckner to McKlnnev the first house
ever louaiud after the civil waremfw
eve^ lyciycd at thai place. There
came MrtV'nttP community after the
civil war several who are now among
our oldest settlers. Among these I
mention A, C. Weeks, the model
farmer. These early settlers usu-
ally had large families and would
visit each other and sit till bed time
The boys arid girls would play and
enjoy the time while the older peo-
ple would tell of the affairs that
concerned thera. The men would
tell of the buck or doe that fell at
the crack of the gun but Jumped up
again and got away. The women
told how they spun their thread and
wove the cloth to make the men
and boys their suits and the girls
those pretty striped llnsev dresser.,
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2. Schools.
Our schools were of the primary
grade and school houses few and
far aparl and the conveniences few.
Let our present day teachers com-
pare present conditions with those
that confronted the teachers then
and decide what they could do un-
der such circumstances. The first
session taught by the writer at Old
Hackberry Grove (now Vlneland)
was In a house 20x30 with door In
east end and-chimney In the wa*v
with split logf^'fqr scales jtod X><
desks. The
Wiooth on
pllt
if or seats *od Jjo
if j logs wbre heutk>d
*Ne toTttov* ie
legs. These would get looae and
some boy, full of fun, seeing hta op-
portunity would pull one out and
down would come those seated on It.
In this sized house with such equip-
ments we had a^ high as 90 pupils
In attendance dally. This necessi-
tated two taechers, one In each end
of the room. The second year we
enlarged the house to 38 feet In
length, took out the chimney and
put in a stove und put a door iu
each side.
• • • • *
.1. Game* at School.
Our bays and girl? enjoyed the re-
cesses and noon hour and many
games were played. The boys play-
ed mrables, knacks, mumble peg,
bull pen, base and town ball, while
the girls had playhouses, swings
and ropes to jump. The teachers ex-
ecuted the law with a long switch.
The large majority of the teachers
of those early days were men; wo-
man's day had not yet come.
*****
4. Churches.
There were f#w church houses in
the county at that time. One at Old
Rowlett. one at Old Mantua and
one in McKinney, are about all I
remember. All school houses were
used for the preaching and the dif-
ferent religious bodies had theli
day. All went to hear the preacher
When the time came for a series ot
sermons a brush arbor was built
and the log seats moved out of the
house and the meeting held out of
doors.
*****
5. Modes of Travel.
People went to church on foot or
on horse back as a rule. Some came
in wagon but a buggy was almost
unknown to the people in the coun-
try.
<J. Customs.
At the time of which i write the
men sat on one side of the house
und the women on the other. This
prevented whispering to your girl
during service. You could "cast a
sheep's eye at her across the room."
The father and his small boys sat
together while the mother cared for
the girls. With such uncomfortable
seats people would sit still and hear
a discourse for an hour, it was dif-
ficult to go to sleep for the preach"r
pounded upon his stand to keep you
aroused up. He would read ihe
hymn from book without notes
and some brother lead the tune.
Note books in church service were
not tolerated. The people some-
times gave a preacher money but
more frequently his pay was In
socks. These were some of the hab-
its of the old settlers fifty years ag<*>
when we said "How arte Vouch# to-
day?" and the reply came "Wenns
are well." I remember weJl .when
Jas. W. Thomas moved the Messen-
ger to McKinney. My father was ft
subscriber. We all went to McKin-
ney for mail then. \Ve raised
most that we used on the farm and
<11d not trade much. Some teamster
would go to ilefferson and haul a
load of sugar, coffee and salt, v hlch
had been ordered by the farmers.
Not much tobacco was either chew-
ed or smoked at that time hnd the
devil had not invented the cigarette.
Many of the farming tools were
made at our local shops and riding
plows were unheard of. We cut
small grain with scythe and cradle
and bound it by hand.
*****
7. Business Houses.
There were some stores In Mc-
Kinney and goods were high. Oui
leading merchants were Foot • &
Herndou, drugs; I. D., Newsonie,
general merchandise; Abe Rhine,
general merchandise: Murra.v & Mc-
Kinney, dry goods; J. S. St ova 11. har-
ness, etc. I paid $l.2f> for 10 yards
calico, gallons oil $1.75, and papM
pins lo cents, 10 pounds nuils $i.
men I stack 10 cetits. While these1 "ar-
ticles were high so was farm pro-
ducts. I h ive sold corn for $!.&o
per bushel; cotton sold for from 12
1-2 to 14 cents per pound. Restau-
rants were almost unknown, but
Cnrle Frank Romalle sold yon u
dark ginger cake and a glass of
homemade beer for 10 cents. There
were no saloons then but whiskey
old by the grocers by the gal-
lon. The purchaser took his jug
home and had his morning toddy oi
spiked his coffee. Speaking of whis-
key reminds me of the fact that peo-
ple In Tennessee could not harvest
their grain without whiskey. When
they stopped to rest and whet their
blades they would take their tod-
dy, I remember that during one
harvest when I was about 12 years
old my father sent inw brother Jim
with me to a grocer to get H gallon
jug filled with whiskey. We had to
go about a mile and on the way back
we began to discuss the question as
to whether the jug was full or not.
We called a halt and I drew the cob
stopper out and touched the end to
my tongue to see If K was wet. I
decided that the grocer had given us
good measure and placed, the cob
bac It, We came ftri ourf, joitrney till
" w Cached thf<Mar\ st
the jflrjtt q:rfJs lon as
k. Jk W
laced , the <
u r joitrne*
t land*. Mr
R d by'
grandfather was "boys did you drink
any?" I replied "No, sir." He then
said to my brother, Jim, did you
uoys not drink some?" He replied
"No, sir, but Bob, he licked tae
stopper." We did not bring this
custom to Texas with us but lu place
>1 whiskey we used cold wautr and
ood cold buttermilk.
• * * • *
7. Ways and Mcuii*.
it is said that necessity is the
mother of invention und this wuk of-
ten true with the old settlers. My
good friend j. M Wilcox, who was
in Texas before I came Into the
world tells me how he and hla
brother made a place to scald some
hogs which they had purchased on
Red River. They dug a hole in the
ground like a grave and filled it
nearly full of water and then heat-
ed It with hot rocks out ol' a log
tire near by. He says that lie nev-
er saw ulcer cleaned hogs. In the
minds of tlie old settlers water and
wood were things not to be over-
looked In locating a home, hence
houses were built near some spring
or piece of timber. While as has
been stated above many of the de-
scendants of the pioneers of our
community remain on or near the
old home, yet some families have
disappeared entirely from our com-
munity. There Is not a member of
either H. H. or Wm. Tucker's fam-
ilies remaining. These things have
come into my memory while review-
ing the past. I record them for your
readers.
How t «ie weather has been on
Christmas day for '.IS years as re-
corded by Eld. R. C. Horn:
Dec. 25, 1SGS. A good day at
Leesburg, Ky.. where I attended
church and heard J. R. Wllmeth
preach.
1 KG9. Pleasant day in Tennessee
where I was courting my wife before
marriage in 1S70. I still have to
court her.
1N70. Christmas a cold day in
Tennessee.
1871. Christmas was a cold dry
day in Texas.
1872. A pleasant day in McKin-
ney.
1S7S.
1874.
18 7 T>.
1 87fi.
1 877.
1 878.
1879
1 880.
1881.
1882.
home.
1883. Lost my record.
188 1. Cold with sleet on 20th; at
home.
Pleasant day; at home.
Record misplaced.
Pleasant day; preached at
Pleasant day at home,
Pleasant at home,
A beautiful day; at home
A cold day; at home.
Pleasant day: at home.
Snow and cold; at home.
A cold day in McKinney
Cool and cloudy: at home
Pleasant day; at home.
Cool but nice day;
at
188;..
1 8 SO.
18S7.
Vlneland.
ISS.S.
home.
I 889.
on I coat.
1 890.
I S <t ' ,
1 8$i2
north
Rained until noon;
at
Warm, so I worked with-
Cold and damp: at home.
Cool day; at home.
Warm until noon then a
blew up. In McKlnnev to
Wind souih and pleasant
A lo-rry dav
pent at
marry Robt. Franklin and Miss Hat-
tie Crump
I >>9::. A nice day: had Dr. A P.
Terrell and son. Clarence, with us In
a hunt.
1 s!l • A cool norther; I killed
six cpiail and dined at home,
189.1, a clear day; was spent In
hunting.
1 890.
hunted.
1 S9 r.
home.
' 8 9s. ,\ fine day; I married a
couple on my way to Vlneland,
where I prea< bed at II a. ni.
1899. Nice day; spent In work at
home.
1900. a lovely day; had children
and grandchildren at home for din-
ner.
1901. Pleasant, u!i ih
wl t h i'h*. •'
1902. A nice day and children
with us for dinner.
1 9«• :*. Wet day but faired up.
1904. Warm and damp; t
preached at Vlneland at I 1 a. m.
and 7 p. iu. and look an offering of
$18 for our orphan's home at Dal-
las.
190,i. fine day: we had
twelve to eat dinner with up and
sent two dinners to some campers
near by.
I begiMi to keep a dlarv
1808.
tantf lv-
Sept.,
Old tax receipts for taxes paid by
my father W. H. Horn Sr., for the
years named :
18.19. His first In Texas. $." .97.
Jno. M. McKinney, collector.
1800. E. Yantis, A. & C.. J«.s*
1801. E. Yantis, A. A C.. $10.48.
1862. War tax $12.07, .loslah
Nichols, collector, D. 27.
18(52. War tax, $0.00. S. Luns-
ford. collector, D. 81.
18(13 and 1804. War taxes $132.-
95. E. Yantis, A. and C.: ad valorem,
$90,2R, 8. Lunsford, collector, D.
31.
1865. Taxes $">.28, E. Yantis, A.
aid C. <*
out Taxes $5^48. E. Y#r<ls, A
my C. t ,
* .A
Y^ii'ls,
1807. Taxes $13.30, E. Yantla, A.
and C.
1888. Taxes $10.92, John Tarp-
ley, A. and C.
'1809. Convention tax $0.46, Jno.
Tarpley A. and C.
1809. Taxes 520.40.
1*70. $«.? ?., W. N. Bush,
sheriff.
187 1. Special $11.90. J. M. Fox,
deputy Hherlff.
1870. State $2.TT. W. N. Bnsh,
sheriff.
1871. Taxes $70.47, W. N. Bujh.
sheriff.
1872. Taxes $30.09, G. R. Yan-
tis, sheriff.
1872. School tax $14.95, W. N.
Bush, collector.
1 873. Taxes $24.8S. G. R. Yan-
tis, deputy sheriff.
1874. State and county $10.75,
school house $10.10, G. R. Yantis,
A. and C.
It will be seen that the higher tax
was paid In 1864 during t^ie war be-
tween the states. The next highest
was iu 1871.
R. C. HORN.
ilU.D" !ty
Pirst Nalional Bank |
111 I l"H 11H llillll
,-t,
Harry White & Co.
This edition of the Daily Courier-
Gazette and Weekly Demon at-Ga-
zette* contains a page ad for the
well known livery, sale, feed and
transfer stable of Harry White ^
Co. You may search the entire
state over and you will not find a
better appointed livery business
than ibis. A great deal of attention
lias been given to line horses in this
city and county for several years
past, and the stock kept by Harry
White A: Co. equals the best owned
by private individuals. Their barn
Is one of tlie largest and best equip-
ped to be found anywhere in the
state, even in the larger cities, and
their ability to promptly supply the
best of everything in their line has
largely contributed to their phenom-
enal success,
Harry White was reared in Mc-
Kinney, is a prominent lodge man
and popului with all classes. He is
devoted to his business, which Is
steadily Increasing, as it deserves to
do.
His knowledge of horses and de-
votion to the cause of improved
breeds, has contributed in no small
degree to the present high grade of
animals that are to be found here,
and which are the pride of our peo-
ple.
Continental Bank
and Trust Company
in this issue of the Daily Courier-
Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Ga-
zette will be found an extensive
writeup or the Cont.nent iI Bank and
Trust Company, which will piov •
foresting reading to . 11 win in-
terested iu North Texas financial In-
stitutions. This bank was eslahliKh-
ed in McKinney last .wmmer, "open-
ing uii for business em June 2nd.
The officers of the bank aro a i Jol-
lows:
.1. W. Field, president.
C. A. Sanford. vice president rud
cashier.
J. W. Field. I„ L. Elliott. Frank
E. Wilcox, Jesse Atkinson, Dr. W.
Todd Largent, Dr. C. T Lewis and
John H. Ferguson, directors.
During the short time the institu-
tion has been established here it lias
made an excellent showing and it*
business is Increasing daily. A
splendid building has been iitted up
on the north side of the square with
special reference to the bank's
needs, und a modern fire and bur-
glar-proof safe and vault are a part
ot the equipments. This bank offers
frieedal inducements Id small pat.-ons
and those desirous of opening a sav-
ings account.
, —
J. A. WATERS
Anting the lyerchants who have
had long and successful business ct\
leers lu McKinney, the name of J.
A. Waters should not be omitted.
Mr. Waters' chosen line is shoes,
which he has been selling here for
the past twenty years. He was for-
merly with Chandler. Stiff Co,,
and later opened up on his own ac-
count. He deals exclusively In boots
and shoes, has given the best part of
his life to a study of the details of
the business and consequently knows
the needs of the people to which he
caters^ He is accommodating and
courteous, fair and honorable In all
business transactions, and a pleasant
gentleman with whom to deal. His
business is quite successful, and the
success Is merited.
Cnseaweet, the ideal medicine for
the little ones. Contains no opiates.
Conforms fully with National Pure
Food and Drug Law. Write E. C.
DeWItt ft Co., Chicago, III., for the
"Baby Book." Sold by R. E. Bristol.
This bank Is ;he oldest last Hut I on
of Its kind In Collin county, having
been founded June 13, 1882, with a
capital stock of $50,000 by F. Em-
erson, his &ons, T. H. and T. T. E-u-
eraon, and sons-in-law, John
Lovejoy and C. H. Welch.
However, before it was createJ a
National bank, this lnstltuti3n flour-
ished as a private bank, dating it*
foundation from 18C9, being f-jrmeJ
by F. Emerson and two son«i.
As wonderful a^ it may *<.em, y v
this Institution has remained und<*t
the same management up to thW
good day, and not one dol.'ar o. ! !*
original stock hua *>\er changed
hands.
The building, which thIm bank oc-
cupies, is located lu the center of th*
block on the west side of the sjjuare
and is one of the most substantial
structures in the cfty. It Is abso-
lutely fireproof, not having a single
inch of wood In its formation and
its equipments are complete for
banking purposes. It is furnisher!
with three vaults, two for the use
of the books und papers of the bnnk
and the third as. a deposit vault. The
latter Is burglar proof in every re-
spect. being lined with Chrome plate
steel and furnished with the latest
improved time lock.
The stock of this bank has grown
from $50,000 to a capital and sur-
plus of $116,802.00. with dep ut y
nmouutiiiK to $327,877.83; cash cri
hand $207,01 7.24; total resources
$4 57,877.83, a record which is very
remarkable, considering that tl:er«
are five members of the banking
firm to share in its profits.
Indeed, the First National brink Is
one of the strong institutions of the>
Cnited States and one of which Col-
lin county may well feel proud, its
growth and prosperity exemplifying
in a marked degree- what may be
accomplished by close assiduity
business under favorable conditions
and wise management.
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W. S. KNIGHT
Among the prominent dry goods
houses oi McKinney should tie
mentioned the mammoth eistabllsn-
ment of W. S. Knight, located on the
south side of the public square. This
business was established in 1898 auH
has been a success fRom the start.
The policy ol Mr. Knight, who i.« the
owner of other large stores, 1e to
buy in large quantities for rash,
thus getting the benefit of all dis-
counts aud the usual favo-g ex-
tended to large purchasers. He also
sells tor cash, but is enabled to of-
fer superior inducements in the way
of low prlcra. He is a liberal ad-
vertiser, as is evidenced by the large
space utilized in this special edition
of the Dally Courier-Gazette- and
Weekly Democrat-Gazette. When
the business was first established Mr.
James Merrltt began clerkiug i:'
the store and has been there'con-
tinuously shire'. He is now, and for
three years past has been the main-
ger, and the successful career of
business testifies In no uncertain
way to his executive ability. He
has fully mastered the details oi the
largo and growing trade and Is ev-
er alive to the house's best inter-
ests. A large force of proficient
clerks are employed the * oar round,
and satisfaction go with fchoppi.13
at Knight's.
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DICK ALLEN
Ln(o«t shapes in Men'* Hals ffltHO
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One ol the is. 1 growing business
enterprises of McKinney is the gen it*
furnishing goods house of Dick Al-
len. The business was started in a
small way, but under the- able and
progressive management of Mr. Al-
len has been sioadlly climbing to the
front, until now the- trade Is large
and successful. Mr. Allen ha
long been a resident of Mr|>li}ue-
and his geniality and fair methods?
of dealing, coupled with his knowl-
edge; of the wants of this people,
have won for him quite satisfactory
results. Ills Christmas display is
ne of the prettiest in the city and
Illustrates furnishings for men Ih a.)
Ike latest fads and fancies. Dick
Allen is an all-round good man and
worthy of all success that may come
his way.
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J. T. COUCH
The largest exclusive music house
in North Texas is the one In thi«
city owned by J, T. Couch. Mr.
Couch has been engaged In business
here r r a number or years, and
two elements—fair dealing and a
comprehensive stock—have keen the
means evf building up for him
large and lucrative trade, both In
the city and country. And when u
conies to enterprise, you may always
count on J, T. Couch, The page ad
In (his issue of the Dally Cdurler-
Gasette and Weekly Democrat-Ga-
zette is prima facia evidence that
he Is n believer In the liberal u^e of
printer's Irk. Read his ad. .Jand
when you are in the mnrkdfc for
anything in the musical Instrument
line, call on him. His guarantee
is back of his transactions andvvo-rr
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1906, newspaper, December 20, 1906; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291822/m1/6/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.