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VETERAN RETIRED McKINNEY
IMPLEMENT DEALER PASSES AWAY;
T. J. CLOYD A MASON OVER 50 YEARS
FOSTER'S
MeKINNBY, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JAN. 27. Itit.
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WEATHER
BULLETIN
Copyrighted 1821 by W. T. Foster.
Washington, D. C., January 29,
1921.—For February only one severe
storm period is expected; it will domi-
nate tho weather of the week center-
ing on Feb. t> with high temperatures
preceding and a cold wave following.
A great high temperature wave is ex-
pected'to cross continent during the
■week centering on Feb 17 with a cool
wave following it and then variable
temperatures of little importance till
tbe week centering on Feb. 2 8 when
a cold wave will cross continent. Rain
and snow with near normal, or about
the general average, well distributed
and located about same as for lost
half of January. The cropweather
month of Februry is expected to
favor Winter grain but too much rain
is expected for southern truck garden-
ing. Not so much precipitation oil
Pacific slope where comparatively
milder weather will prevail. These
conditions are expected to prevail
from middle of January to middle of
February. I^esn precipitation for the
whole of North America is expected
from middle of February to middle of
March. During that time moat precipi-
tation is expected In eastern Canada
and northeastern America and least
on the Pacific slope. Greatest amounts
of precipitation are expected during
| tho weeks centering on Feb. & and
March 5.
Agricultural and other business af-
fairs In America have bright prospects
for 1921 and agriculture promises fair
In Canada. 1 am not much, acquaint-
ed with business affairs in Canada out-I
side of agricultural Interests. The un-1
pardonable sin In America, that should j
be politically punished to tin- limit,
was the absolutely unnecessary con-
traction of the currency. This is partic-
ularly true because Europe can not
decrease Its circulating medium at
this time. The profiteers did It. The
best remedy for the evil would be to
make !he Liberty bond a full legal ten-
der except for ta*es. We can not now
redeem the Liberty bonds by accepting
them on taxes'. Our new banking sys-
Tom J. Cloyd Sr., early settler of
McKlnnoy and Collin county, pioneer
McKtnney business man and probably
tho oldest Mason in Collin county, died
at his home West Louisiana street
Friday evening at 6.50 o'clock. Deceas-
ed had beer, in very feeble health for
the past four years.
Funeral services were held^at the
homo of the deceased's son, Tom J.
Cloyd Jr., &38 North Church street
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, con-
ducted by Dr. Q. L. Yates, pastor of
'the First Baptist church. Burial was
made In l'ecan drove cemetery.
A large crowd attended the
funeral and burial, which were
under the auspices of the
Knights Templar. The following Sir
Knights acted as pallbearers: Bob
McNeil, Dr. M. 8. Meta, J. I
Crouch. Ceo. W. Smith, Jesse Atkin-
son and Tom W. Perkins. Honorary
pallbearers were the deacons of the
First Baptist church and Dr . T. W.
Wiley, O. H. Kirkpatrick and J. H.
Olbson. Deceased had been a real-
dent of McKlnney since 1868 and had
been a Mason for 53 years. He was
one of McKlnney's earliest business
men.
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Biographical SketeJi.
Tom J. Cloyd Sr. was 76 years, 11
months and 28 days old at the time of
his death. The funeral and burial
took pluce on the 77th anniversary of
Ills birth. He was born at Dresden,
Tennessee. He -was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Cloyd. His mother died
when he was a small boy, also two
Bisters died in Infancy In Tennessee.
His father was married the second
time and the family moved to Texas,
arriving here In 1858, the deceased
being at that time 14 years of hko.
His brother Will Cloyd who was his
senior and who came to Texas at the
ssme time, was killed during the Civil
War while ei'gaged In battle fighting
for the confederacy.
Ti e deceased's father upon arriving
in McKlnney and Collin county settled
on the site with his family -where Tom
J. Cloyd Sr. has since lived and where
ho quietly passed away on Friday
evening.
♦ ♦ ♦
Veteran of Confederacy.
The decedent enlisted in the Con-
federate army in McKlnney and served
three years during the struggle.
In 1 869 Mr. Cloyd was married to
Miss Mary Lou Smith, daughter of
te/ loihe bulwark that saved America .and Mrs. B. M. E. Smith. early
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thulr
th
Iroin going on the rocks when that
decrease of the currency struck us. We
jmay thank that new banking system
the bright prospects now ahead of
us. The move not to require Europe
to pay Interest on the ten billions they
borrowed from us Is not to be coun-
tenanced; down with it.
My Interest Is with agriculture. I
advise farmers to go Into their work
with a determination for success. It Is
coming. Cropweather for all parts of
this continent will average as good
during the next ten years as for the
past ten. Don't fhake any radical
changes. Keep well organised and de-
mand fair treatment from govern-
ment influences. Canada and Amytica
I Lave the best forms of government on
^ Earth, but close watch must be kept
on our sUitesmen or tbe profiteers will
Ket advanta«e over us.
I again mention the greatest storm
periods of the year. They will occur
£ during the weeks centering on March
^ 4, April 22. May 31. June 2:t. July H.
Aug. IS, Bept. 4 and IB, Oct. 3, Nov.
27, Dec. 29.
UNCLE MACK HARPER
Veteran l*rosp«'r <Itis'n Ami l*r«Miii-
■Miit Met In*IM I ,ayman In
poor Health.
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We regret to learn of the feeble
state of health of J. J. M. Harper,
veteran Prosper citizen who Is In his
80th year. Mr. Harper was a school
teacher for many years In West Col-
lin and later farmed successfully. He
hart long been prominent as a layman
In church work and enjoys the un-
rivaled recoi d perhaps In the whole
state of having served as recording
steward of his church for 55 years.
Few men are living, with a greater
Influence for good among their circle
of personal acquaintances th.m J. J.
M. Harper.
WESTON HO AD BED PRAISED
AS FINE PIECE OF WORK
En-County Commlslsoner A. T
Raper transacted business In McKln-
ney Monday. He came over by way
of the Cellna pike. He slates that
farmers of Ills section will be glad
when the Worton pike road to Mc-
Klnney Is finished. Two or three
miles of It are already graveled. He
pronounces this to be one of the Ilnest
road beds that he ever saw The right
of way Is wide and I he road bed well
thrown up, with excellent bridges anil
culverts. Therefore when tho road
Is completed It will be so well drain-
ed that It should be much more dur-
able than road beds that are flatter
and less well drained. Mr. Itaper
states that green bugs are bothering
volunteer oals some In his part of tho
eounty but so far has not heard muoh
•omplalnt of tho pests being In
wheat.
settlers of McKlnnoy. Mrs. Cloyd Is a
half sister of Clarence W. Smith, Miss
Nennle Smith and Mrs. J. K. Pv
Shrader and the late Harry Q. Smith
of McKinney. To this union five child-
ren were born, all grown and living.
They are: Joo Cloyd, Ben Cloyd, Mrs.
Joel C. Burger and Tom J. Cloyd, all
of McKlnney and Will Cloyd of Dallas.
Mr. Cloyd was a veteran Implement
dealer of McKlnney and only retired
from the business about two years ago,
to be succeeded by his sons, Joe and
Ben Cloyd. Ho embarked in the im-
plement business first in 1870 and
was associated at flint with the lute
Capt. W. L. Boyd. A few years later he
embarked in the Implement business in
his own name.
Mr. Cloyd united with the Baptist
church In 1889 and was a deacon In
this church and had been for many
years.
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Mason Over Fifty Years.
The deceased had been a Mason for
more than half a century. He wns a
member cf St. John's Lodge No. 51 A.
F. A. M. He was initiated March 23
1867; passed April 27, 1867 and rais-
ed June 29, 1867. loiter he took Chap
ter degrees and then becam.- a mem-
ber of the Knights Templar. During
his active life ho was a regular at-
tendant at the meetings of the lodge
and was a consistent Christian gentle
man and was ever faithful to his
church. In his dealings with his fellow
man he practiced the noble -teachings
as set forth in the sublime lessons ho
had learned In Masonry and from ex-
tensive reading of the Holy Bible. He
was an honored and respected citizen,
trustworthy, and was a loving father
and kind and devoted husband, and a
true friend.
REV. C. L. B0WEN
BUSY PROSPER
M. E. PASTOR
Rev. C. L. Bowen. pastor of the
Methodist church at Prosper was a
business visitor at our office Monday.
His work is getting along nicely, es-
pecially his Sunday schools. One of
the girls of his congregation at Elm
Ridge, Miss Amy Jones, will finish this
year at Wesley College. She expects
to later attend the Scarrett Bible
1'ralnlng School at Kansas City to
prepare herself for foreign mission
work. Another young person on
Rev. Bower's work at Prosper, Ice-
land W. Horn, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
G. C. Horn, Is at the Denton State
Normal and expects to prepare him-
self for the ministry. Another credit-
uble thing that can be said for Rev.'
Bowen's good work In the pastorate
Is that both Sunday Schools on his
work at Prosper and Elm Ridge are
one hundred per cent Centenary Sun-
day Schools. Along with his multi-
tude of other duties, the Rev. Mr.
Bowen is Sunday Bchool District Sec-
retary of the McKlnney District. At
present he is arranging for the neact
annual district institute to he hold at
the Cellna Methodist church March
10th and 11th. Rev. Mr. Bowen is
secretary and ex-offlcio chairman with
the following assistant superintend-
ents:
Elementary Dept.—Mrs. A. A. Bag-
will of McKlnney.
Intermediate Senior---Miss Hallle
Tldwell, of Celina.
Young People's Adult Dept.—Rev.
C. B. Fielder, of Carrollton.
Missionary I>ept.—Mrs. Eart Wots-M
of Piano.
Teacher Training Dept.—Mrs. Eil
H 1'ettus. of McKlnney.
♦ ♦ ♦
Epworth Li«sucs,
here are four live Epworth Leagues
on his work also that are thriving
While his Woman's Missonary So-
ciety at Prosper has already raised
Sinn oo this year for Polish famine
relief besides their other good work
NEVADA MAN STRONGLY
FAVORS FARM BUREAU
Among the well known and success-
ful farmers and land owners of tho
county who attended the Collin Coun-
ty Farm Bureau meeting in McKinney
Saturday afternoon was W. A. Deck-
ard of Nevada.
Mr. Dockard is an ardent worker in
the organization of the Farm Bureau
in Collin county and 'will attend tho
State convention of the Farm Bureau
at pallas Wednesduy and Thursday of
this veek.
Mr. Deckarri Is one of the county's
largest land owners and also livestock
Oioeders. He raises the 1 K-refords. Mr.
l eckkrd has also pUrtcu out quite J
liiiitiber o' acres of Mesqulte grass for
pas.uruge for his h«vd r. Deckard is
a tiidvocatc of divei>'ficatlon on. ti'e
farm and I t-lleves that e'.ery fa-iner
should ral.,e more livestock, feel and
food crops and not g • strong on
crtton. He believes that since the
Farm Bureau Association has the
moral backing of the Agricultural De-
partment of the U. S. Government and
the A. & M. College thai it is sound ,*i
t/ciy respect and m-sana much to the
fannTig i:las.J.
MORE STATE
DEPARTMENTS
SLATED TO GO
Austin, Texas, Jan. 25.—More State
Departments are going to fall by the
roadside if Governor NefT has his way
about it.
The Governor said Yesterday that
he is working on such a propostlon to
have the Legislature abolish several
State Departments and merge their
work with others. He did not state,
however, whut departments ho had in
mind.
There are several positions unfilled,
among them being the Commissioner
of I'ure Food and Drugs, members ot
the Board of Water Engineers, mem-
bers of the State Industrial Accident
Board; Game, Fish and Oyster Com-
missioner and the Commissioner ot
Warehouses and Markets.
It is understood here that Governor
Neff will recommend the consolidation
of the Pure Food and Drug Depart-
ment. The State Board of Engineers
Is also slated to go and the merger of
the Industrial Accident Board with
the State Department of Banking
may also be urged.
16 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS THIS WEEK
HERE'S ONE "TIP" THAT THE
AUTO SPEEDERS HAD RATHER NOT
HAVE HANDED TO THEM AT ALL
DALLAS THOMPSON HKRH.
Manager of Plggly Wlggly Store
Temple Formerly I jived Here.
At
Dallas Thompson, manager of the
Plggly Wlggly store at Temple, was
in McKinney Tuesday greeting old
friends. He formerly lived here and
is a pon of E. M. Thompson, now of
Sherman. He was accompanied by
his brother, Wordy Thompson, inana-
ser of the Haydon grocery store in
Sherman. Dallas Thompson and his
family are visiting his father and
brother at Sherman for a few days.
He is a splendid young man who was
connected with the C. J. Haydon
stores here beore moving away. We
thank him for his subscription to The
Weekly Democrat-Gazette.
As a usual thing a fellow feels
rather exclusive and fortunate when
he can get a "tip" on a given subject
or deal, but there's one "tip" that
fast drivers don't seem to appreciate
very much. They are apt to get this?
"tip" most any time that they open up
and try the old boat out for a few
blocks.
Special Officer Tip Eads is about
the busiest man In town at times. On
Monday afternoon, on North Tennes-
see street some fellows was heard to
say, "Yes, look at old Tip,' he's
breaking the speed limit himself in
that 'Lizzie' but I guess that's al-
right.' yes, sure, he's an officer," but
soon the onlookers increased and ob-
served that there was a, high powered
car right in front of Tip. Down the
utreet they went, both kicking it oft at
a lively rate. They Anally disappear
ed but shortly tho two cars glided
slowly back down Tennessee and
made their way to the City Hall to
"tell it to the mayor."
An agresslve campaign Is being
lynched by the city and all city of-
ficials for the purpose of enforcing
the traffic law very rigtdly which in-
cludes violations of the speed limit
law, the proper parking of cars and
the like.
BIG FARMER AND STOCKMAN
E. W. Sweeney Looks For Much Bet-
ter Business Conditions Tills Year.
R. W. Sweeney, enterprising farmer
and successful business man livihg
about two miles north of the court
house, dropped into our office Mon-
day afternoon to renew for the Daily
Courler-Gazettte for another year in
advance. Mr. Sweeney has read our
paper for a number of years. He is
energetic, industrious, honest and re-
sourceful. Besides cultivating con-
siderable land of his own, he also
TENCES ASSESSED IN McKINNEY <U *te'a lot for Mayor H. A.
_____ | Innch. He has quite a lot of j^rnin
That Governor Pat M. Neff is)?01™- Mr. Sweeney Is optimistic and
planning to submit to the Legislature look's confidently to a great improve
FORTY-TWO SUSPENDED SEN-
recommendations for some kind of ac-
tion on the suspended sentence law is
indicated by letters received from
him by various officials of the state.
His letter makes inquiry as to the
results of the operation of the law.
The letter of inquiry follows:
"I shall appreciate it very much If
you will give me, at your very earliest
moment possible, the following in-
formation:
"1. How many defendants in your
Criminal Court have been released
during the years 1919 and 1920 un-
der the suspended sentence law?
"2. Have you any knowledge of
anyone at any time who had been
released In your court under the sus-
pended law having been thereafter
rearrested and sent to the penitentiary
to serve the sentence imposed in the
judgement of the conviction as pro-
vided in the suspended sentence law?"
According to Mrs. Alice Taylor,
clerk of the Fifty-ninth District
Court of Collin county, there have
been forty-two suspended sentences
assessed In the past two years In this
court.
ment in business conditions this year.
He says that this readjustment from
, war time conditions was inevitable
and had to come.
FARMER'S PLAN OF KEEPING
IH TATOES IS SUCCESSFUL
U. S.
TREASURY REPRE-
SENTATIVE SPEAKS HERE
J. A. Averitt, a well known farmer
living about four miles northeast of
Mi Kinney, not only knows how to
,-ali-e good sweet potatoes but also
knows how to save them from rotting,
lie stores them In a cellar and ke-jp®
them during the winter and until late
the following spring. Scotty Forsyth
showed us a sample of Mr. Avisritt'a
potatoes that seemed to have been
kept In perfect condition. Sweet po-
tatoes grow well In our black land but
the greatest difficulty seems to be
with our farmers in preserving them
so that they can use them as needed
before they rot. Sweet potatoes are
a favorite dish on almost every fam-
ily table, and If farmers were as suc-
cessful In storing them up for future
use as they are In growing them
many more would be grown and put
up and the cost of living would be
greatly cut down.
J. A. McLean, representative of the
United States Treasury department,
spoke to the students of the High
School Tuesday morning in the In-
terest of a government thrift bank
which he purposes to organise In the
school. Mr. McLean also conferred
with J. S. Carlisle, city superintendent,
and also the .principals of the ward
schools. He also called on the bann-
ers of the city and explained the oper-
ation of tho government thrift bank
to them and was promised their co-
operation.
The government is making an ex-
tensive campaign to encourage thrift
among all the citizens.
ASKS GRAND JURY TO
STOP BOXING MATCHES
FARMER PLANS TO REDUCE
COTTON ACREAGE THIS YEAR
TRINITY YOUTH WOUNDED
BY ACCIDENTAL SHOT
BI.ACK MUD PERNONA NOW
GRATA TO H. W. HART
Earl OrendulY, the fifteen year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Orenduft
Jr.. who reside In the Trinity Com-
munity, was painfully wounded Satur-
day morning by on accidental gun
shot wound The shot struck him at
tho wrist of the left arm and ranged
upward to the elbow, tearing away
the flesh and muscle. Young Orenduft
was out hunting at tho time of the ac-
cident with his youngor brother.
Jesse Jr., and Boh Coffey. Orenduft
reached down to pick up his shotgun,
when the hammer caught against a
rtutnp earning the gun to fire with
the above result. The young man is
reported to be getting along as well as
could be extracted. Earl Orenduft Is
a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
OrnndulT Sr. pioneer settlers of tho
Trinity community.
H. W. Hart, local H. A T. C. mil-
way agent, has had several car loads
of gravel spread over tho dopot pas-
senger station yards recently. Mr.
Hart has been local agent here for
many years, but says that he does not
wish to put up with any more of this
black waxy mud than he really has
to. lie will never learn to "enjoy" it.
so he says, and, therefore, for his own
-njoyment anil that of the patrons ot
his great railroad he proposoe to
gravel at frequent intervals enough to
keep this annoying mud under sub-
notion. at least. In his immediate
Jurisdiction as above referred to.
Will Raper was a welcome c.aller at
our office Saturday. He Is now on W.
E. McKnlght's farm near Walnut
Grove known as the Grundy Lowls
old homestead. Mr. Raper Is an ex-
cellent young farmer who has been In
charge of his father's farm near Wes-
ton until recently when he moved on
to lyjr, McKnlght's farm. In addi-
tion to his farming operations Mr.
Raper expects to raise livestock, hogs
ami Jersey cattle. He will not go very
strong on cotton this year. But he will
plant more feed stuff.
,1. S. NELSON OUT AFTER
M'USING BROKEN ARM
rc-
VRUTT ANI) SHADE TREES
SHOULD BE PRUNED NOW
BEAUTIFYING YARD BY TER-
RACING; 1*1,ANTING FLOWERS
MIGHT MEN ARRESTED
IN ALLEGED CRAP GAME
Sheriff Rd Blskoman anil Deputy
Sheriff Harry White raldoo an alleged
crnp gumo In h local mining house
Monday afternoon and arrested eight
tnci They <MPf<r*>l pleas of rfu It* and
wei i released #lte- paying flot*
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Owonby are
beautifying the yard of their new
homo built a few months .ago on
Heard street. Thoy have terraced the
same up nicely, built concrete walks
and curbs and beautifying tho yard
with plenty of flower bods and shrub-
bery. Mr. Owonby Is an expert car-
penter while his wife Is one of the
most successful women school teach-
ers of our oountty^ '
There are a number of people who
are prunnlng their fruit and shade
trees during tho dormant season. This
U the best time to cut off surplus and
dead limits, according to County
Agont G. lY Everett. In cutting o'f n
limb, the cut should be made as close
to tho trunk or large limbs left as
possible. Ni vor leave any stub of the
11 :nh cut because It will take the tree
a longer tlino to heal over this stub
than If thirn wore no stub. Paint the
out places' with some paint mlied
with llnncild oil If the scars are over
a inch In tdlamoter.
J. S. Nelson Is out again after
covering from a badly broken arm
sustained by his horse fnlllng on hini
m tho pavement at the corner of the
First Methodist church on December
5th. His left arm was broken In the
elbow joint. He was taken to tho St.
Paul's sanitarium in Dallas where he
has been most of tho time since. Ho
Is now visiting his sister, Mrs. G. N.
Osborno, five miles northwest of
McKlnney and other McKlnney rela-
tive*.
Dallas, Texas, Jan. 22.—The Dallas
county grand jury Saturday morning
commenced an investigation of box-
ing matches as recently conducted in
Dallas.
Tho grand Jurors were called upon
to act In the matter by the Rev. Sam-
uel L. Provence, associate editor of
Home and State, a local religious pub-
lication.
Dr. Provence appeared at the grand
Jury room soon after 10 o'clock. Be-
fore going before the grand jury the
minister said that he was going to de-
mand that ection be taken In regard
to prize fighting in Dallas.
"Boxing matches and prize fighting
are contrary to the laws of Texas,"
said Dr. Provence. "I am going to
ask the grand Jurors to take action
against such exhibitions. They are
disgusting and brutal and the majori-
ty of clean-thinking Dallas people are
opposed to such fights."
Dr. Provence said that he went to
tho district attorney's office Friday
evening to file complaints against the
principals In Thursday's boxing exhi-
bition, but was too late to make affi-
davit.
In an anteroom near the grand Jury
room at 10 o'clock sat two officials of
the American Ix-glon, under whoes
auspices some of the boxing matches
have been held.
HAD FIVE DOLLARS LEFT;
SAYS GIVE TO EDITOR
John B. McKlnney was In town
Monday. He's a real optimist. While
in town he dropped in at this office
and laughingly remarked: "Well, it's
a funny thing for a farmer not to own
any town property and yet go to the
city to pay his taxes." He didn't
mind it though for It was for school
tax and he is strong for taxes. He
said his school tax Is now more than
all his taxes used to be but be be-
lieves In better schools and in giving
his children the advantage of an edu-
cation. He has two children in the
Boyd High School, one being in the
senior class. He has three other chil-
dren in schools of the city. "I've paid
my taxes and have five dollars left,
so I guess I had better give It to the
newspaper." He paid his subscription
to The Dally Courier-Gazette and
left with a smile. He is a lot more
optimistic than most people, especial-
ly about taxes. He says that he
does not believe that any man ever
puld too much school tax.
BAPTISTS GIVE PROGRAM
AT COUNTY FARM
FARMER OPENS
STORE TO SELL
OWN PRODUCTS
It* C. ltiohcrts came to Collin Coun-
ty ten years ugo from Alabama. Ho
landed here with $12. in cash and an
ambition to do something. He be-
lieves that the fellow who makes a
dollar and tries to spend a dollar and
a hall' will never get anywhere but
that the man who stays at home and
works when he needs to work will
make money in Collin county. He
has backed up this belief b yhls own
efforts. He now owns a choice thirty
two acre farm near Chambersvill*
and he d'dn't buy it at early day
piece either. He paid $285 per acre
for the land, counting his Improve-
ments made after he bought It H«
has a modern new bungalow, ' new
barns and other up-to-date Improve*
menus on the place.
♦ ♦ ♦
Store Sells Produ<4s He Raised.
He has Just finished an Improve-
ment that Is quite an innovation In
Collin county, if not In Texas. He
believes In and practices diversified
farming. He is a breeder of register-
ed Duroc Jersey hogs and has Just
opened' a modern country store on
one corner cf his farm. In this store
he will sell meat and lard from hlsi
own farm. He opened the store just
recently and commended selling meat
and lard from hogs that he raised
right on his own farm. He does not
believe it possible to raise enough
hogs, of course, to supply his trade
but he will find in this store an out-
let for all tho surplus meat he can
lalse. He will also endeavor to rals«
a good crop of sweet potatoes for his
family and for his store.
M r. Roberts says that he Is forced
to do something besides raising cot-
ton. Last year he raised on his own
land and on land that he had leased
about fourteen bales of cotton. This
otton cost him in the neighborhood
of two thousand dollars to produce
ml he sold It for about fourteen hun-
dred dollars, thereby taking a loss of
six hundred dollars or more. Of his
own crop this year he will grow but
two and one half acres of cotton but
on a leased place he may grow a
small crop.
His new store Is right near his resi-
dence and when he comes to town on
business he can leave the store in thei
care of his wife.
Mr. Roberts married one year after
he came to Collin county and now
has thre« bright faced children, two
boys and one girl. Mrs. Robert*
was formerly Miss Emma Burton,
daughter of L D. Burton.
He has within the past ten years
met with success because he has
worked. He Is but twenty-eight year*
old, coming to Collin at the age of
eighteen and married when nineteen
years old. His farm is In good
shape and he has no worries at all
about paying out the balance of In-
debtedness on his farm which Is less
than one-fourth of its original cost.
He is not fussing about hard times
but Is looking to the future.
Here is a young fellow with grit
and back bone. He is tho kind that
will make good wherever he goes.
HAS UTILITY STOCK.
Ed Apple Makq| Attractive Were On
Wlilte Leghorn Eggs For Raising
Chickens.
CONDITION OF H. A. FINCH
JR. RJRPORTER BETTER
Mrs. H. A. Finch Is still at Balti-
more, Maryland, with her son H. A.
Finch Jr. who Is a patient In the
Johns Hopkins Hosplttnl. Wo are glad
to learn that H. A. Is some betttor.
Howevor his mother will romaln In-
definite!, >et at his bedside.
The young people of the North
McKlnney Church went to tho County
Farm Sunday afternoon whore thoy
rendered a program for the benefit of
the Inmates. A number of songs
were rendered by a chorus of good
voices and a number of solos also ren-
dered. Rev. A. J. Scale, pastor of
the church, preached a splendid ser-
mon. Mra Seale and four or five
others from tho church were In the
party.
The service were very Impressive
and were Immensely enjoyed by the
people on tho farm.
Tho North McKlnney Baptist
Church has a very active membership
and a number of working organisa-
tions that are doing good work.
Ed Apple has placed an advertise-
ment in The Dally Oourler-Gazetto
and The Woekly Democrat-Gazette
regarding some eggs for sale from his
fine utility stock of White I^eghorn
chickens. He offers them at $1.50 for
setting of flfteep, but makes much
closer prices In quantities of fifty and
one hundred eggs.
Mr. Apple has found the White
l<eghorn a very thrifty chicken and
about the best layer he has ever
seen.
#300,000 CORPORATION FOR
NASH AUTO PURCHASERS
Cleave Rhea, formerly president of
the Gunranty State Bank of East-
land, and F. E. McLarty, former
cashier of the Central Texas Exchange
National Bank of Waco, and now
president of the Nash-McLarty Motor
Co., Dallas, have formed a $200,000.00
finance corporation, together with W.
E. Brown, vice-president of the Nash-
McLarty Motor Co. and others, who
will finance Nash dealers and Nash
purchasers In the Dallas territory.
Mr. Brown Is also president of the
Bmwn-Mann-Nush Co. of McKlnney,
and says this corporation will be of
great assistance to all the Nash deal-
ers, Inasmuch as many of the banks
are using their money to finance oth-
er enterprises at this time, and a
company of this kind will be ospoolal-
ly helpful to promote sales on the
time payment plan.
M. C. Mann Is secretary-treasurer
of the company one resides to Mc-
Kinney. giving his time and sttentlos
to tho McKlnney branch.
NEGRO IS ACQUITTED OF
CHICKEN THEFT CHARGE
Henry McDuff, colored, oharged
with the theft of chickens, was tried
In County Court Monduy. McDuff
was acquitted. Six or eight other crim-
inal casos were reset for next Monday.
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1921, newspaper, January 27, 1921; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293292/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.