The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1920 Page: 2 of 16
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THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT GAZET'I E,THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1920.
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Great Slaughter Sale
ALL GOODS GO TO REDUCE STOCK
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We are going to lose money but we are going to sell the goods. THIS IS NO FAKE SALE TALK—WE DO EXACTLY
WHAT WE SAY. Do not wait but come early before stocks are broken. i
RED GOOSE SHOES, guaranteed to be ALL LEATHER, the very best made and they go at a DEEP CUT IN
PRICE- , , '.
All Staple Dry Goods, all Cloaks, all Men's and Boys' Clothing, in fact everything in this store will be sold at a
big loss to us. THEY GO AT COST AND HALF PRICE. No goods charged or sent out on trial. No money refund-
ed during this sale.
The Sale Opened Monday, Nov. 22
GD&Q
Sdhoot
It will be your loss if you fail
to come here before you buy
Brownlee & Nelson
Finest & Bes-t For boys. & Girls
East Louisiana St.
McKinney, Texas
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MARVELS AT
SNOW WHILE
LEAVES GREEN
There Is nothing new under the sun,
but who ever heard of it snowing
while the leaves on the trees were still
green and the flowers still in bloom? It
happened here the first of tho week.
Newton Maddox has**bought tne in-
terest of T. P. Hornback in the picture
show at this place and the
business from tliis time will
be conducted under the firm name of
Maddox arn^Son.
George Sapp is on the sick list this
week:
£liss Mava Boyd who is (inching the
Robertson school west of town spent
the week end with her father's family
at Frisco.
Carpenters are at work putting .1
new roof on the Methodist pursohugt.
Miss Alta Newsome who was con.
fined to her home several day* last
week threatened with pnumor.la is
abl to resume her music lessons this
week.
We are sorry to report Uncle Mat
Clark as being confined to the house
again with the peculiar suffering in
his face that he had to undergo la.Jt
winter and the winter before.
Mrs. Jimmie Howard who has been
seriously 111 at her home her for sever-
al weeks past Is thought to be improv-
ing.
Frisco is receiving a goodly numbnr
of Thanksgiving turkeys right now.
They arc thrifty and fat and are net-
ting the farmers 32c per pound.
This community was greatly shock-
ed early Saturday morning when tlu
report was circulated that Mrs. Cora
Kasor had died at about ♦ :00 o'clock.
Mrs. Rasor's illness was known o'dy
to the closest neighbors as she had
been sick only two days. Morbus seems
to have been the cause of her death.
Arthur Boyd's baby which has boon
sick for tho past week is reported bet-
tor.
Mrs. Lizzie Cundlff who visited rela-
tives and friends at Royse, Green villi
and McKinney returned to her home
here Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Beck left
Tuesday for Guymon, Oklahoma
where they will make their fntutre
home.
Mrs. Wrn. S. Colllnsworth who has
been confined to her bed lor the pest
three weeks is reported no better.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Greer of Eevvls-
vllle who have been for the past six
weeks visiting their children in sever-
al of the western counties came tn
Monday to see their daughter, Mrs.
John Sparks. They were very much
Improved In health and will return to
their home next week.
Frisco has been treated to nil kinds
of winter weather since our lost Issue. I
Saturday night a light fall of sleet was
had and Sunday morning wo were
treated to a few large snow-flakes,
which melted rap'dly. Monday the
wind felt as though it were just from
the north pole, although the sun shone
nicely all day. This is said to be one
of the earliest continued cold spells
and snow this country has experienc-
ed in many years.
Turkeys are turkeys again this fall.
Chris Hawkins brought in ten turkeys
one day this week which he sold on
our local market for $61.
Mrs. Jeff Powell was here Wednes-
day from her farm east of town. Mrs.
Powell Is getting along remarkably
well since the death of her husband.
She reported that her turkeys would
not be ready for market until Christ-
mas. She brought in ten pounds of
choice butter which was readily dis-
posed of at fifty cents per pound.—
Frisco Journal.
McKINNEY .
JUNIOR COLLEGE
NEWS NOTES
TEXAS WOMKN AXIt -MINORS
TO UK BENEFITED
Austin, Nov. 22.—A blanket mini-
mum wage of $12 per week for wo-
men and minors employed by tele-
phone companies, laundries, factories
and mercantile establishments In
I Texas was promulgated by tho Texas
! Inductrlal welfare commlsion lato
today.
Tho wage was to become effective
Feb. 7, 1921, and employers who fur-
nish meals wIM be alowed to deduct
20 cents for each. An apprentice is
alowed IB cents per hour for the first
six month of apprenticeship and 20
|cents per hour during the second six
months.
| Eabor Commissioner T. C. Jennings
dissented from tho majority of the
[commission in the establishment of
the minimum under the contention
that a survey of the board has dis-
closed that the average living cost for
[women in Texas industries is $13.40
per week and that the minimum
should he set as hi^h as tho living
cost.
10. It. York, another member of the
commission, said that tho body did Us
best under the existing law .';rid that
It desired to put the law Into effect
before the next session of the login,
laturo so that the legislators would
have rin opportunity to observe Its
working before attempting to amend
it, as has been suggested by the com-
mission.
ORPHAN AGE TO GET
POTATOES AND APPLES
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the First Methodist church was very
much gratified with the response to
their oal 1 for npplcs and potatoes. Bo-
fore the Sunday school service was
called to order Sunday morning child-
ren, men and women filled two bar-
rels to overflowing with npplcs and
potatoes which will be sent to the or-
phanage at Waco. Superintendent
Horace Nellson expressed the thanks
o fthe society for the generosity of
the members.
(Contributed.)
The literary society is growing in
interest and numbers. Another meet-
|ir.g or so and it will havo ou'gro'vn
ill* present ^ua.'Vrs in 'iti music
!studio and w 'I huv to find n !.' r>,er
room. The programs are showing the
pep and originality of the individuals.
.The Funny Paper read by Tim Maddox
J lust Friday evening was indeed iunny.
The Jokes Were real ones and the
I "take offs" did not have the stinf in
■ them as they do many times.
| The freshman class Ivjul 'ts first soc-
ial event Friday evening when they
gathered In the kitchen alter literary,
popped corn and made fudge.
I Examinations for the first term are
over and the students are celebrating.
Long, sad, faces havo turned into'*
smiles and popcorn, cocoa and candy
are the causes.
Gdsollne lanterns now light the
study hall and every evening when
the bell rings at seven, lads and las-
sies can be seen with books, pencils,
tablets, Ink and all necessary things,
|wending their way toward the well
| lighted room. Here they pour over
I books until nine o'clock, then pick
I then up and go to their rooms. Some
way lessons are better n'nct« this new
order of things exist.
Mr. and Mrs. Bettle of Norma.n, Ok-
lahoma are oere vis't. • their daugh-
'or Jos.e who is at tor dir. v school.
j Two boxes of books, one from Tex-
as and one from Kansas arrived this
week. Valuable additions to library.
Another box Is on Its way from Color-
ado. Not only books, but tea towels
and lifters are In it.
Word comes from other states that
young peoples' societies nre becoming
interested in McKinney Junior College
and are sending necessary things for
tho cologe, besides money for the con-
cert piano for the stage.
One good man of east Testis sent the'
college about 17 bushels of sweet po- M NI>AV EIRE D
Itatoes as a present. They arrived thlsi BARN
I week. Some folks are talking possum
now. | Fire Sunday
Word was received that the Free tho big barn of
Methodist society In Dallas was help- South Tennessee
lngto prepare a Thanksgiving dinner ed feedstuff to
for McKinney Junior College. Three
ladles will bring the "goodies" Wed-
nesday I'. M. Throe cheers for the Dal-
las ladles,
President Rowland Is expected
home from Chicago, and other points
Monday or Tuesday.
TEXAS COTTON
MILL WILL NOT
BE CLOSED DOWN
The important announcement
was given out Friday morning by
Manager J. A. Rountree of tho
Texas Cotton Mill Co. that the
mill would not close down as
was Intended. It had been plan-
ned to close down the mill Fri-
day evening but no time lias been
lost anil the mill Is In operation
today.
A reduction was made In the
wages of the employes, but an
arrangement for a commissary
at the mill where employes may
got their necessities at actual
wholesale cost will be of great
help to tho employes.
longing to Wallace Hughuton, which
the latter had stored in the barn was
destroyed. Mr. Franklin kept his two
automobiles, an Km pi re and a Ford
in a shed on tho north side of the
barn, but fortunately the cars were
not In the barn at the time of the fire.
The cause of tho fire is not known
unless It started from a spark blown
from a small trash
neighbor's yards.
fire In one of the
M'KINNKV BOYS PARTICIPATE
IN Ti lth MASSACRE
Regular Employment.
Mr. Rountree believes that under
the new arrangements tho em-
ployes will not only bo given reg-
ular employment but that the
new plan will result advantag-
eously to the many families who
earn a livelihood in this great
McKinney Industrial plant. The
Texas Cotton Mill Co. will con-
duct the commissary, buying sup-
plies In large quantities, getting
the lowest wholesale prlceB and
will give the employes of the
mill the benefits of the arrange-
ment. Goods will be sold at this
store to tile employes of tho mill
only.
As was previously announced
the conditions which brought
about the decision to close the
mill was the lack of demand for
the products of tho mill. Tho
mill has on hand a large quantity
of Its manufactured products.
Under tho new arrangement
Mr. Rountree believes that It will
not be necessary to shut down
the mill at all as It Is anticipated
that conditions will grow better
with time.
Veterans of the World War, who
saw actual service In France—who
were In the thickest of the fight
against the Germans at St, Mlhlel and
Argonne Forest, returning to their
home In McKinney have not lost t heir-
courage and reputation as fighters.
These boys are the Walthall biollieis,
one of whom was wounded by a Ger-
man bullet at St. Mlhlel. For the past „..
several weeks they havo been engaged L' P 'y waB "
In warefaro against the "T,rk They Umt n^^nm
havo murdered members of this tribe
by the thousands. It Is an everyday
business for them. One day not loriK
since with daggers they massacred
one thousand and three Turks. The
fact of the business It this. The Wal-
thall brother* arc employed by A. J.
Commons, big McKinney and Collin
County produce dealer. It Is
PLANO FARMER
DROPS DEAD
IN WAGON
About 2:30 Thursday afternoon
Jake M. Shipley, ft tenant on tho farm
of Mrs. J. S. Aldrldge about two
miles southeast of Piano, had Just
finished unloading a load of corn at
the Stark Grain & Elevator Co. plant
near the Cotton Belt depot and was
returning to town to weigh his empty
wagon, when be was seen to fall over
In his wagon. A Mr Lnrkln stopped
the team and summoned a physician,
but before he arrived Mr. Shipley
was dead. His death was due to
Heart failure.
Mr. Shipley was about 45 years old
In farming In
inber of years.
He leaves a wife and four children.
MORE
I'll AN f WOO NIX'I TILED BY
TIIK V. M. I . A. DIUVM
Tho drive of tho Y. M B. A. netted
thom a little over nine hundred dol-
, | 'ars, or nearly half of the two thous-
bus'ness each year to kill the turkeys, !u,^q,SLnrof'the^ CUy H^spl/af
Pick them and £?&££?££ "££***' ~ *
In barrels which are then placed In S", ,he v, ^
cold storage to bo shipped In car load ln ™.itin ' ' J? "I," worc
lots to the cities of the North and ' ff*r£ of V,
East. The killing of turkeys as fast as £ °r, M' Klnnoy to tako
the pickers can get to them Is some- 'and befor« thn l i . hospital
what of a science Of course any body ' b®fo£° the,<1rlvo they ex-
can kill a turkey, but when It comes to . " "n" 7°.. P«opl
killing seven or eight hundred or even 1 "r U,° ho"P'<al equip-
one thousand per day. It requires per- <n..' .. .
sons who are skilled and experts nlL,™®*" m?7
the game. Thus the Walthall broth- t'"nH r""'rt ,h,lt M",,r
ers have been engaged In massacreing
turkeys for Mr. Commons for the past
several years.
RURAL 1,1 m It CARRII its
MEET HERE ON DEC. I 1
;s'l ROYS
AND EKE
►STI I E
W. A. Cnssady of Weston was a
business visitor ln McKinney Satur-
day afternoon. Mr. Cassady la
an extensive land holder of that sec-
tion of the county.
afternoon destroyed
Wooden Franklin,
street, and conBum-
tho value of a sevoral
hundred dollars and also burned up a
large fattening hog b longing to Al
Chandler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank-
lin.
Efficient work on the part of the
McKinney volunteer firemen kept the
flam on from spreading to nearby
houses. 1 tiit the flames were not ex-
litigu shed until the barn had been
destroyed. Tho barn was valued at
The Collin County Rural Letter
Carriers Association is hereby called to
moot In McKinney at tho Chamber of
Commerce rooms Saturday Dec, ljih.,
I!)20. All carriers In the county wheth-
er members or not are urged to attend,
nn matters of vital Interest to ns all
are to bo considered.
E. C.n FORBES, President.
PACE II. BEAKE, Sec.-'Proas.
Anna, Texas, Nov, 22, 1920,
wore the eap-
teamn were*
faithful to the let I or. They worked
the business district and the resi-
dence acetone of the t.r*wn. They
, would havo obtained probably a third
|more In thi drive had It not been for
so many people being away from
homo when the committees called.
I Those who were not
quested to lave a dollar
surero I'aschal Kerliy
County National Hank.
seen nre ro-
wlth the tren-
al the Collin
McKINNEY PASTOR
FUNERAL OF
PREACHES
OLD I IUEND
COLLIN COUNTY II \S l.tlflH
CARS REGISTERED IN
Mr, and Mrs. H. Wade Johnson and
little daughter, Mary Ella, of Dallas
wero the guosts of the former's sister, $lf>00 which was only partially cover-
Mrs. Will Oerrlsli and husband, and od by Insurance. Mr. Franklin also
other relatives and friends In McKln-.lost about $100 worth of feedstuff and
ney Sunday
Toadies Calllnr Cards -printed
newest typos. Phone II.
In
tho hog which burned was worth $25
or $80.
About twelve or fifteen tons of
Johnson grass and bermuda hay be-
I"; ' • pastor of tho First
Baptist < hureh has returned homo
from Greenville whore bo conducted
Iho funornl wrvlrnn ov^r c f W. B
Shull, formerly n prominent business
man of Tyler, who died there thin
week. Burial was made In the ceme-
Col„n county has n total of oo, c^vel^^
automobiles registered with the state Yates at Tvlor manv ,1. rl
highway department. according lo they afterwards became warm Dor
word received here. This is compared sonal friends. The funeral at Ornl,
with E! r,n enrs registered last, year, a vlllo was largely attended Uroo -
gnln of 4 8 cars. | ,
The total for the State shows 4 02,-
143 oars licensed, an against 331,310
ln 1919, a gain of 71.477.
Something Interesting to you ln tho
classified ad column today.
Mrs Linus M. Smith has returned
borne from a visit to her slstor, Mrs
Homer Martin, at Rnnls, Mrs. Smith's
mother. Mrs. R. F. Hearn Is also visit-
ing in Ennls and will remain there a
few days longer.
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1920, newspaper, November 25, 1920; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293284/m1/2/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.