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tlon on a , ai,,' nf binglary In Mis-
trlct court Thin day. Ilohert l.nnl
my, n n< mo, was i iv n a susp ttdeu
sentence on a siuiilai charge.
Tho jury In I'm ease of fche Stati ot
Tux us John tiogi us char god with
tmrgl ry ami try, returned a ver-
dict of guilty ami anBi sued his pun-
Itihiii nt at \ years in the penitentiary.
The H'jntenei. was SUSpl tilled on CO' -
dition that Kegel's would .loin tho
army, which In- promised to do, and
lie wuh inducted into the service
Friday.
The graaid jury reconvened Monday
morning and is now busy in finishing
lUs work oi inquiring into violations or
the law.
Su>|M iided Sentence.
'Pin' case «>f the State of Texas vs.
Arch Walker colored, chai ned sv it!i
aMS.i.ull with ititi nt to murder was
tried In District court Monday. Me
Wiifi oonvictcd and given two years in
the penitentiary. Ills sentcncc was
suspended.
i
(iris Two years,
Paul Warren, colored, chawed
■with forgery and passim? a forged in-j
atruincnt wan found guilty and given;
two years in the penitentiary,
•1 ury Fur W eek
It. C. l.eoiuird, .). W. Purcoll, C. H.
J/'.itisforil. .1. A. Merrill, W. F. Gray,!
Walter Howell, (1. W. Ilowell, .1, T.j
(Vuieh, O. i'. Stewart, L. 1). Pendle-
ton, Wick (iraves, H. I'". Howo, T. I),
tioon, Ktiy Harris, .1. I''. Butler, N. T.
Corbett, W. 1'. (lardy, ,1. D. Waits, N.
C. Collins, I,. I,. Allison, Frank Clark.
DISTRICT CO I RT.
Nrw Suits
Luther Karl Dlckerson vs.
| il Ilickersam, divorce,
Mattlo
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THIS |F Thl:
PLOT SUCCEEDS
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PROVINCE
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FORTY-THREE HUN PLANES
l-midon, July 3. -Forty-three Gor-
man airplane, ami ilirie olinervitlloil
lloons were accounted for Monday,
M• tmIn} night, and Tuesday, accord-
ing lo the offlcinl llrltlsh coin-
iniiulipie. Fight llrltlsh planes lira
mi:;:.iug. Mere limn thlrty-llvo tons
of bombs were dropped on enemy po-
sitions.
>n July I, our planes ivern very
aellvc," tho statement sniil. "Twenly-
Ive (ieruian toachlnes and throe Ger-
man balloons were destroyed during
1 he day ami fifteen other hostile nlr-
planes 'woro driven down out of eon-
li |>I i in addition, two largo hostile
night flying mai'hines landed behind
mir lines. 101 Ii I of our iiiiichlnos uro
mihsliig.
"Twent \ I wo tons of bombs worn
dropped during the day and thirteen
Inn during Hie night. All our night
flying machines returned sufoly.
"Muring tho night of July 1, tho
enemy's airdrome nt llouluy was suc-
cessfully Htliickcd, bursts being ob-
served on Hie airdrome nml Hut-
Tlio oppuu works and tho
line ul Mannheim woro
Auto Registrations
J. W. Anderson, Anna, Ford I
Truck.
John K. Stlilobanirh, Naviidu, U'Uck.
B. F. Uinsntoro, McKinney, It. fit,;
Inter State.
A. J. Aycock Princlon, Foril Sedan.
Cuve & Morrow, Princeton, Ford.
F. 15. C11x, Murphy, Ford.
Mrs. A. II. Mainllton, Money Cirove,
Texas, Ford Sedan.
Hoy ij. J lotiglas, McKlney, Ford
Sedan.
J. W. Harnett, McKinney, It. 5.
Hlipmoblle.
It. A. Curtis, Prlncton, Ford Sedan.
Joff Ixio, Colin it, Ford.
T. S. Hunter, Cellna, Ford.
A. II. Kerr, Cellna Ford Sedan.
W. J. Scanln.n, Wyllo, H. I. Ford.
J. H. poor, Clear l«a.ke. It. I. Ford,
C. B. SuiitJi, Cellna, It. 1. Ford.
Win. Ii. Campbell, McKinney,
Chevrolet.
S. M. Harrington, Piano, Ford
Sedan.
I'!. O. Harrington, Piano, Ford Se-
dan.
Hurry Wrtmble, Princeton, Parry
Car.
!•}. Bartholomew, McKinney, Over-
land.
Mrs. Martha Carr, Princeton
mobile.
M. N. St roup, Farinersvllle,
Cord.
Ij. 1"). Flenimlng, Valdasta, Ford.
Thos. Jt. Wheeler, McKinney, Ford.
1'. It. Westmoreland, McKinney,
tTord Truck.
W. L. lledgcoxe, Piano, R. 1. Ford
tVink.
J. I-J. Blurlon, McKinney, Ford.
Morcland, tlray & Morelund, AHoga
Ford,
The Tox.'ts Co., McKinney, Ford.
16 MEN 10 GO 10
FOAT SIM HOUSTON
FOSTER'S WEATHER BULLETIN
i 'op.vrlghted 11118 by W. T. Foslci.
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Hup-
11.
The local exemption board will en-
train slxten men Friday, July 6, for
Fori Sunt Houston, San Antonio, for
service in tho New National Army.
The men will leave Friday evening on
the M. «t. T. C. 0:28 train. The list of
men called to appear on that date Is
as follows:
Men to Iw Kill milled.
Bryan B. Hair, Anna.
Horace M. Purdue, Hugo, Okla.
Charles Mdwnrd (lallin, Allen.
Andrew K. Brew, Cellna.
Albert lice Burk, Prosper.
John Marvin llutherford, Wintz.
C. IBarnes, McKinney.
(>. V. odom, Piano.
J. T. II. A. Hooch, McKlnnoy.
Virgil Fisher, McKinney.
Win. i". Truce, McKinney.
Erwln Snider, McKinney, T!. 2.
M. K. T. Powell, Allen, It. 2.
1/oe Cicero Francis, Colbert, okla,.
Thomas Hugh lingers, Alien, It. 2
John K. Wade, Frisco.
o, Ij. Alexander, McKinney. It. 1
James 1,. Alexander, McKinney.
THE LOGUL MARKET
Wliat the Farmers Arc Being I'lihl for
I'lielr I'tmliirUi—< drrt'Cted to llato.
VIjAIVO OVI'JIl TOP
<)n W.ir K'tvlngs Stainiis—Italn Mon-
ilny Morning.
J. T. Horn, candidate for county
•ainmlssioner, front tho Piano pre-
oluet, status Hint Piano has gone well
over the top in the War Savings
Slumps campaign. Mr. Horn also stal-
ed that tt good little corn and cotton
mln foil at Piano Monday morning.
CHOPS ARC. lll'.liPl.B ItY tilON-
IIKAMLVIM WHICH l'F,l/l< IIKHK
A wtendy, slow-fulling rain which
began Tuendiiy morning about eight
o'clock continued to come down for
•limit two hours and was thought to
be general over this section of the
Htnte. Falling slowly u« It did. the
mittrc precipitation was taken up b>
tiio soil and will prove most benoll-
alnl lo crops, If is declared. Corn was
beginning lo suffer from the dry
weather and Intense boat and II Is be-
llovcd thai the rain • Tuesday III
b«> the making of this crop. Thrashing
operations wore Interrupted, but as
nil the grain Is In the shock, no ilum-
ftgo In expected lo result. In fai t, It Is
thought that If fair -weather siic-
mwmIs. the rain will prove of groat
belp In clean thrashing. Although
notion was not bail I y In need of rnln
It Is thought thai It will be very much
revived.
The rainfall here nrcordlng to the
report of Iaoeal government Weather
Ol server K. P. Skelton wan three
fourls of an inch.
Fetilsiuff ami tirnlii.
Oats per bushel 70c
Corn In shuck, per bu. II 25 to 11.50
Bran per c.wt fS.ll
Chops, per cwt $3.OA
Wheat tgovurnment llxed prices)
per bu 12.00 to 12.01
Alfalfa hay per ton $18 to $22
Millet hay per ton $ I 2 to $15
Johnson grass buy per Ion S12 to $1,*>
l'ralrlo hny per ton 112 to $15
Bermuda hay per ton ....$12 to |15
Produce niul l*mvlslotw.
Bacon, per pound 3Rc to 50c
Butter per pound S5c to 40c
Crenmery butter 60c to Mc
Clilck, fryers, per pound 25c
Old roosters per lb 7c
Hens per lb 10c
Turkeys, per pound He
ICggs per docen J5o
Lard per lb 15 to HOe
Irish potatoes, per pound ,,.,2 l-2c
live Stork.
Bogs per cwt 9H to fit.St
Washington, 1). C., July 4.—Lust
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
lo cross continent July 8 to 12, warm
wave 7 to 11, cool wave 10 to I I. This
will be preceded by a great hot wave
and the storms 'Will be unusually se-
vere. About thill lime the necessity
lor more ruin will be realized In parts
of the middle lalltudes of tho great
central valleys and these great storms
will bring some relief. The hottest
days of the month are expected dm'
Ing week centering on July 10 and
among tho coolest days of I he month
during week centering on July 17.
Next warm wave will reach Van
couvet* about July 12 and tempera
lures will rise on all I he Pacific slope
It will cross crest of Hookies by cIobi
of July 13, plains sections 14, meri-
dian UO. great lakes and Ohlo-Tenn
essee valleys 15, eastern sections Hi,
reaching vicinity of Newfoundland
near July 17. Storm wave will follow
a In ml one day behind warm wave and
cool wave about one day behind storm
[ \\ live.
This sarin will be most severe on
| Pacific slope and lose force ns It
Hears Atlantic coast. In other respects
it will be much the same us the pre
ceding storm.
The new cropweather month will
cover July 10 to August X The princl-
pil features of this appear to favor
better cropweather In southwestern
Texas, Arizona, Now Mexico, the low
er Mississippi valley, the country west
and northwest of the great lakes and
northern Mexico Cropweather for <i
large section, covering parts of tin
eastern cotton states and the corn
sections west of St. I/nils, are in
doubt, with probabilities favoring
drouth. Kast of great lakes will get
less than usual rain during this crop-
weather month.
The cropweather nionlhs do not fit
the calender or almanac months and
my recent Improvements In my wea-
ther work require that 1 use the crop-
weather month periods. Headers
should study this carefully. There also
is a longer cropweather period cover-
lg several of tho cropweather months,
that should be cnrefully noted.
For tho next sowing of Winter grain
1 am not giving the same advice I did
for the Fall of 1 17. Conditions for
the 1918-1# Winter grain clop ap-
pear to differ materially from those of
last year. I am of opinion it will be
nocessnry to sow much loss Wlntct
grain than usual tho coming Fall.
34. When a comet comes froin out
er space Into our solar system
WOMEN REGISTER
at-
Beef caltle per cwt .,
Sheep per cwt
Cotton.
Cotton per pound .. .
Cotton Med per ton ..
...14 to V
..14 to ll
..SI to 10c
160 to 171
'traded by I he Sun's
electromagnetic
forces and pushed Into the Suns
oloctrosphere by the pressure of outer
space matter as water pushes a cork
to the surface the comet constantly
loses lis oloctrosphere anil atmosphere
Mrs. H. Ii. Martin of Mils city and'by friction with the Sun's
Mrs. Orndy titles of Annn have gene sphere. In this condition the o
to Doming, New Mexico, lo Join their becomes negative lo any ,,'l
husbands, who nro stationed nt approaches and, under favorable
Camp Cody. Mr. Martin Is In the cumstances, the plnnet sometimes i -
Amhtilnnco Corps wnlle Mr. Oitcs In tnres the comet and the lntt« i
In the Infantry. Mesdantes Martin comes a moon. Jupiter and "a
and Biles will remain with their hu«-leach have eight or ten such mo<
bands Indefinitely. ' Uranus and Mars nt least two e « •
llocords show that nearly sovon
hundred women have registered In
Collin county up to Tuesday night.
Owing to tho fact that books liavi
been iilnccil in the banks at the vari-
ous voting boxes, it was impossible to
got the exact number of registrants.
In order to insure the registration ol
us large a number of women as pos-
sible II was deemed expedient to
to osoubllsh a registration office In
one bank In each town. More and
more interest is being shown by the
fair prospective voters in the out-
come of the primary which will take
place July 27. Tho unties uro not
hesitating to declare themselves foi
whatever candidates they may prefer
and II is thought that, a large vole will
bo cast by the women.
7H-Tear-Old ItcglMruiit.
Mrs. Mary Kllssabctli, aged 7 8 years,
who lives at Weston, registered this
week. So fur she Is the oldest lady
to register at this place. She has lived
in Toxas 5fi years, and said that she
lias Ioiik looked forward to the tlmr
when women would be given tho right
to vote. Several ladies above 70 haVo
registered.
County ItcislrntHm Points.
For the convenience of women who
wish lo register I will have deputies
at tho following pbices:
Snow, Hill, will go to Farinersvllle
Yeuger & Hlckloy office.
Cedar, will go to Fartnersvlle, Tea-
ger & Blckley office.
Pike, will go to Blue Bidgo, bank.
Valdasta, will go to Uluo Kldgc,
bank.
Climax, will go to Princeton, bank.
Culleoka, will go to Princeton,
bunk.
Desert, will go to Westminster,
bunk.
Verona, will go to Altogn, bank.
Dump, will go to Wylie, blink.
Parker will go to Murphy, bank.
Lebanon, will go to Frisco, bank.
Millwood, will go to Lavon. bank.
Lucns, Forest drove, Itliea Mills,
will register at McKinney.
Washington, July S, American
troops stiil overseas nuinliciod
1,0 111.1 if. July I.
This was made known last night
by President Wilson who gave the
public a loiter from Hecrctur.v Baker
dihi losing .i record ol achievement
Which the President said "must cause
universal satisfaction," and "which
will give additional /est to our mi
llnuni eclohriltloli ol llio Fourth ol
J II I >.'
Tho Irst units nouconibataiil
left American shores May H, in 17.
Henerai Pershing followed a few
days later and ai the end of the
mouth i,7IM men had started for
Frame. Juno saw this number In- mollis.
crease by 12,201, and theoreuflor railway
khaki clad "crusaders iroui the west- bombed Willi good effect, ns wcro also
ern Ucpuhlic sent overseas steadily the railway works lit Thiolsvlllc.
until ai• 111 oxlinalel) 300,000 had do- "On July 2, bombs were dropped on
pal led w hen the great lot man thrust Hie railway station al Trovas. Our
begun last Mai-eh." 'loriualion was iitlaokod over tlielr
t he March sailings of xn.xi I were objective by twelve enemy iiiiichlnos,
lller aseil ill April lo 117,212. May one of which was shot down. Tht^
saw auothei 214,315 men embark railway sidings and sheds at CobleliB
and last month 270,372 were sett! were bombed Willi good results. All
a way, making a. total for the tlii'ei our machines returned safely."
months of $037,0211. This, Secretary •
Maker said later, put tho troop movo-',|| l>MC M WFY OF SIIFJt.MAN TO
i ii en t six months ahead of tho original
program.
Thirty Divisions Iteiuly.
Substantially thirty divisions
NPFAIv III.Ill: ON H ATI HID AY
Judge Ii1. 12. Wilcox, chairman of
the Hobby lauipalgn committee of
Collin county, announces that Judge
now in France ready to moot whiii- nice Muxey of Sherman will deliver
ever move the Ocrninu staff has hi an address In McKinney Saturday aft-
preparation. Some of these divisions ornoon, July 0, at 2:30 o'clock In bo-
il reaily luive boon formed Into the half of tlov. W. P. Hobby.
first field army under Major Oon-| Judge Muxey will also speak at
orul Liggett; others are holding piano at 5 o'clock In the afternoon of
trench sectors at Important points tho Maine day.
along the battle line ^uul still others, Voters, both mon and women, are
liav'o been broken up and brigaded cordlaly irrvlted to hear Judge Maxey.
with the French and British troops. Mis ability as a public speaker and
And so when tho Herman thrust character as a man uro uni|iicstlonod.
comes tho Americans will be culled *
upon lo play no small pari in moot-
ing It.
Secretary Baker wrote tho Presi-
dent Hull the supplies and e<|iilpinent
In Franco for the million men who
have gone is shown by latest reports' eight tulles northeast of McKinney.
Hall and wind both did more or lose
damage (-.> growing crops. W. Whlt-
son states that It was the most sovore
MAIL AMI WIND Wit HIM
DAM AGIO AT AI/TOGA
The storm Thursday evening Juno
27 did considerable damage at Altoga
to be adequate and added that "the
output of our wur Industries in this
country Is showing marked Improve-
ment In practically all lilies of
necessary equipment rmrt supply."
The total number of troops re-
turned from abroad, lost at sea. and
in casualties Is 8,105, and of these
only 2!) have been lost at sea.
Sec rotary Baker said tonight he dis-
approved of speculation as to the fu-
ture records In troop movements, do-
wlndslorm he over saw In tho Altoga
community. Me Informed us that Roe
Uiwsou's barn was unroofed, Dani
Boyor's barn was partly unroofed.
Tho old Allen Muntooth store house,
now owned by Mrs. J. A. Moroland
und used as a garage, was blown off
Its blocks. John Iiuwson's blaok-
Miiilthshnp was blown down. J. A.
daring ho did not desiro to have j < 'arson's smokehouse was damaged.
past performances made tho basis ofi Grady Vormilllons barn was partly
speculation for tBe future." | unroofed, John Walker's barn was
As reserves for tho mill Ion nnrlj unroofed and tho chimney to his
more now In Franco, more than an- house blown off. Israel Walker's barn
other million are now in training in . was wreokod.
In tin United States, and 3,000,000 | The rain was
Mrs. B. C. Clilldree of Cellna went
to Holdcn, Oklahoma, lo visit rela-
tives for a few days.
Mrn. I* C. Wllcoxsou of Fnrmers-
vlllo spent Friday with Mrs. Tom
Morgan of McKinney.
earth nnd probably Venus one each.
Most of these moon's move around
plnnets to which they belong In the
same direction the plnnet rotnles. or
turns on Its axis, but one of the moons
of Mars and one of Uranus revolve
against the rotation of tho planets,
and, including the great rod spot
inoon of Jupiter, revolve with greater
speed than the planets rotate. These
reverse revolutions are accidents and
cirnot continue. All laws of Nature
must finally bo obeyed. Those retro-
grade moons must change their
course nnd tliose having excessive
speed must slow down.
American soldiers will bo under arms
by the end of this month, while Infor-
mation recently furnished con-
gress by Brigadier Oeneriil K. H.
Wood. Acting liuarlermaster Uen-
oral, disclosed that Ills department is
planning to clot ho 4,000,000 men
next Jan. 1.
SOI Til COLLI* STOIIM DAM-
A44I! HF.AVY Till IISDAY
George Parr, a young fnriner who
lives six inlles northwest of Wyllo,
was here Saturday and brought a
report of the destruction of crops by
11:111 in Thursday's storm In that sec-
tion. Hull, he said, ulmost completely
destroyed growl.ig crops ill the sec-
tion extending from Just south or
Lucas on to Wylle. He did not know
how wide an urea tin* storm swept,
but It. extendid to Pinker, several
miles west, he said. Clint Hefner,
who lives on Uct Anderson's farm
south of Lucas ono mile lost his barn
which was struck by lightning. Tho
barn contained several hundred btin-
dloes of oats, some corn and other
feedstuff, all destroyed. Another
farmer named Dorrls also lost a barn
which was set fire by a bolt of light-
ning. John Dlllehay, who lives In the
Parker section, lost two mules and a
valuable mure which wcro killed by
a stroke of lightning. According to
Mr. Parr tho damago sustained In
that section will amount to several
thousand dollars.
heavy eno.igh to
overflow Altoga branch. Many resi-
dents look refuge III storm cellars
during the storm for protection.
W\lt HAVINGS DltlVI''. FRIDAY
INCRC.YSI'X SALIOS
Indicating that the hugo thrift
drive conducted June 28 has had good
effect Postmaster N. A. Burton re-
ceived good slsr.ril rush orders for War
Savings Stamps tills morning from
five fourth-class postofflces In tho
county. These were for stamps In ad-
dition to regular supply carried In
stock. It may ho said that tho McKln«
ney postofflco Is tho central account-
ing office which suppllou all other
postofflces in the county with War
Savings Stamps. Orders received thla
morning amounted to $7,048.,01, dis-
tributed iim follows:
Blue IHdgo $1,901.00
lienner l.OM.II
Nevada !,II5.0f
Melissa 1,$5^.00
Westminster IM.O
$7,049.01
NOITH (XHjLCN PIOMOF.lt
DEAD AT 1'liANO
"Uncle Joe" Blckerson, aged *0
years, died Monday night at 10
o'clock at his home In Piano. Me had
been In feeble health for the past few
years. He was a pioneer cltlsen of
South Collin and was quite wealthy.
He Is survived by a wife and several
hihlren. Burial was made there this
afternoon.
Mr. nnd Mrs. D. W. Arnold of Frisco
have recently moved to Sherman to
make their future home.
WOHffT OTORM 1ST M YEARS.
Vi"itcil Altoga So Stairs S. R. Vermil-
lion oM Settler.
S. B. Vermillion, who haa lived
more than 35 years In the Altogn
community, states that loat Thurs-
day's storm was the "worst and did
more damage than any other storm
In that community In all that period.
Hail stripped the cotton stalka of
follngo and limbs, and the wind blew
down corn, damaged barns, outhouses,
residences nnd timber more than ho
ever saw It before. However the rnln
was welcomo and will do lots of good
to crops.
Hon. W. Fred Duncan of Wjrllo'
n lege I business visitor in McKinnejp
Thursday.
H. F. Martin hits returned to hta
home at Frisco from a visit to tho
eastern markets.
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