The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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McKINNEY, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THIJRSPA\, NOV., 20, 1902.
VOL. 19, NO. 41,
Bailey Wants Road and Holds
Mass.meeting
Surveyed Line From Sherman to
Hon ham via Whitewright,
Savoy and Leonard
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The following notice concern-
ing the corps of surveyors now at
work in this county appeared in
ierv the last issue of the Bon ham
News:
Av corps of surveyors who had
been running a line for the pro-
posed trolley line from Sherman
to Bonham, by way of White-
wright, Trenton and Savoy, ar-
rived in the city the first of the
week. The surveyors started
from here to run a line to Ran-
dolph, Leonard and on to Blue
Iitdge, in Collin county. The
work is being done for Mr. Farn-
ham, who represents the Union
Traction Co. The citizens of
cKiuney have signed a contract
she with Mr. Faruham to build a line
ay from that place to Blue Ridge.
They agree to take stock in the
line to the amount of $3,000 per
mile.
There is little doubt that thes^
lines are going to be built, ad
nearly every town in this county
wants connection with Bonham.
Peoplo of Bailey are thoroughly
aroused, and held a meeting Mon-
day night to take steps to secure
tho line for Bailey. A committee
d m was appointed to confer with the
3 committee at Blue Ritlgo and at
this place,
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Camden, N. J., Nov. 14.—A
frog was poisoned in court yester-
day to show a jury the agonies of
a human being dying as a result
of being poisoned with strych-
nine. l'aul Woodward, who is
alleged to have allured two boys,
Brice Jennings and Paul Coffin,
from this city into the woods and
having caused their deaths with
strychnine, was on trial, and Prof
Marshall of tho University of
Pennsylvania was testifying, lie
took some of the poison extract-
ed from the livei of Paul Coffin
and forced it iuto a livo frog.
The jury and the court became
intensely interested and in a few
minutes the frog went into con-
vulsions. The professor explain-
ed the action of the dru^ as the
frog, writhing, exhibited all the
agonies the boys had suffered as
they had expired. The experi-
ment caused a sensation in the
courtroom.
SO DECIDED AT THE MASS MEETING HELD AT THE OPERA
HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MRS. GAINESbWEDS
Was Married at New Albany, Ind.
a Few Days Since
fictions T! at "We Build a Cotton Mill to Cost $150,000 With Shares
Of $25.00 Each," Prevailed Unanimously. Soliciting Com-
mittee Appointed. Prospectus to be Prepared.
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A Golden Rule
It is a golden rule to do unto
others us we would have others
do unto us. Now, if were obliged
to rise everv morning at 5:30 aud
work deep down in a coal mine
11 day until night, and for this
Ivork could only receive to sup-
port ourself and family about
three hundred dollars a year, and
should find it impossible to obtain
from our employers any higher
wages, we are sure wo should
think that all good mon and wo-
men ought to aid us.
What our American Humane
Education Society is trying to do
is to reach and teach milli ons of
vial American children [rich and poor]
t 1 iindness, justice and mercy to
inlvelfve.y living creature, both human
an</|and dumb.
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The Gabe Hall Case
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The case of Gabe Hall, charged
rith assault to murder his wife,
rhich has bean tried four times
lere. has been set for trial in the
District court at Sherman on the
tmer 26th of this month. Hall's attor-
S Deys are W. C. Jones, Col. J,
M. Pearson, Garret* & Smith, R.
C. Merritt and J. L. Eastham.
TEXAS' CHAMPION BEET,
One Weighing Fourteen Pounds
Was Grown in Hunt County.
Royse, Tex., Nov. 14.—Texas
an beat tho beet sent to The
alias News from New Mexico,
rof. Barton, who lives near here,
as brought one into town that
eighs fourteen pounds. It
easures twenty-eight inches in
jngtb and eighteen and one-half
time|n circumference. It was grown
r< the sandy land of Hunt coun-
y. Prof. Barton says he can
tow 100 tons to tho acre.
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Capt. C. K. Darnall, eurgeon
,u JJnited States army, has been ap-
t asyl tointed assistant Surgeon Goner-
1 and Instructor in Hygiene and
anitation in the Army Medical
College at Washington City,
h o\ japt. Darnall is a son of Eld. J.
i. **><«. Darnall, of Weston. All Col-
«idenj|u county if proud of this distin-
ire ilfauished honor conferred upon
nee*, f, e 0f i(g native sons.
ON,
The Electric Railroad.
W. F. Farnham, the electric
railroad man, was in town 13th.
He came in on the 9:12 train from
the Indian Territory and left on
the 1:03 train for Dallas.
In conversation with Jesse
Shain, chairman of the Blue
Ridge and McKinney electric rail-
road committee, he informed him
that a surveying party which left
Bonham a few days ago reached
Pike yesterday and were at Blue
Ridge today.
Mr. Farnham says that the first
road his company proposes to
build is the one from Bonham to
McKinney via Blue Ridge, and
that every preparation is being
A goodly number of interested
citizens convened in the Opera
House Wednesday to consider the
cotton mill proposition. Mayor
Pearson presided over the meet-
ing and Tom W. Perkins of the
Gazette acted as secretary. Jesse
Shain read several letters trom
Cotton Mill points all of which
tory.'
of fiv<
evidenced the fact that cotton ly that
mills wer p y ng institutions, aud
beneficial g he entire section of
country in which they are located.
A. F. iParker addressed tho meet-
ing giving a description of cotton
mills including engine aud boil-
er rooms, looms, dye rooms,
storage rooms etc. He read
estimates for building a 100 loom
mill complete with 24 tenant
houses in tact everything but the
laud. The cost amounts to $112,-
302. He estimated that a 150
loom mill would cost near about
$131,000. The meeting voted
that not less than $150,000 bo
raised for the enterp i e and that
the • ues who are placing their
shoulders to the wheel to note the
absence of many who should be
interested. Many people who fa-
vor such enterprises and really
will give financial aid are careless
about attending these public
meetings.
A motion prevailed unanimous-
pushed forward for the work to gharei. bo placed at $25 each. E.
begin at an early day. All neces-
sary tools have been ordered, hi'If
to 00 shipped to Bonham and half
to McKinney. lie has bills of
lading for the tools.
Work will begin at both end®
of the road at the
The distance from
McKinney is forty five miles.
Mr. Farnham will bo in McKin-
ney again in a few days.
"we build a cotton fac
A soliciting committee
ve, composed of Jesse Shain,
Dr. J. C. Erwm, J. Perry Burrus,
E. W. Kirkpatrick and J. S.
Heard was appointed by Chair-
man Pearson to solicit for stock
holders. By suggestion of Jesse
Shain Tom W • Perkins was add-
ed to tho committee. By sugges-
tion of Dr J. C. Erwin it was de-
cided to keep a subscription pa-
per at the office of Mr. Shain
where citizens are respectfully
invited to call as earlv as possible
ami subscribe for shares in the
mill- Tho committee will issue
prospectus for information of all
who desire it.
Word came from New Albany,
Ind., of the marriage of Mrs.jLula
Gaines, widow of William R.
Gaines, who after a most eventful
career, serving a time in tho state
prison for an assault to kill and
twice receiving life imprisonment
penalties in the Distiict court for
the killing of his brother-in-law,
Chas. Koch in the public square[
in this city, and while still under
a $12,000 bond for liis appearance
for trial again, met his death
while performing tho duties of a
loeomotive fireman on tho Mis-
souri, Kansas and Texas Railway
north of Donison. Mrs. Gaines,
whose brother it was her husband
slew, wont to her old homo at
New Albany, Ind., and while there
shortly after the first trial of her
husband, secured a divorce from
him. After a lapse of two vears
a correspondence was opened ud
which resulted in Mrs. Gaines re-
turning to Texas with her two
children and her remarriage to
Gaines in the office of the county
jail.
Some months ago she went back
to New Albany and there made
the acquaintance of Wm. J. Over
ton, a motorman on tho New Al-
bany street railway, and their
marriage followed a few days
since.—-Sherman Register.
Bonds of County Judge and Three
Commissioners Approved
D. G. Matthews, of Terrell,
was in the city Friday morning on
business.
MARRIED IN DENISON.
Miss Eva Howeli Formerly of this
City to Mr. James May.
W. Kirkpatrick, Dr. T. W. Wi-
ley, Dr. J. C. Erwin, Mayor Pear-
son and Jesso Shain all spoke fa-
vorably for the enterprise. Tho
most salient point made by all
, was that McKinney is an ideal
same time., p|ucu for a cotton mill, being sit-
Bouhatn to uate(| jn the center of the richest
county on earth with the choicest
cotton liber growing in its fields,
the best of water, a healthy pa-
triotic people to encourage it to a
degree'that competition need not
bo dreaded.
It was a meeting that every la-
dy and gentleman of the town
should have attended and heard
the practical suggestions advanc-lThe Democrat
ed looking to the building up of Jouas Bass
our town and community. In-j J. A. Barnett
deed it is not very eucouraging to Daily Gazette
Mixs Eva Howell, daughter of
George R. Howell, formerly of
this city but now living in Doni-
son. was married Wednesday eve-
ning at 8:30 o'clock, to Mr.
James May, a prominent young
salesman in a clothiug house
there. The bride's friends here
wish them great happiness.
Interurban Line Survey
Waxahachie, Tex., Nov. 14.—A
corps of surveyors, making a pre-
liminary suivey of,tho Dallas and
Waco interurban lino, reached
here yesterday. T,be preliminary
survey runs through Lancaster,
*?ed Oak and Sterett and enters
this city near the new Trinity
Universty.
Mrs. Minnie Jones, formerly
Miss Minnie Lane, well known in
McKinney where her father A. J.
Lano formerly lived, has secured
judgment in the Greenville dis-
trict court for $2,624.17 against
the Travelers' Insurance Compa-
ny. Plaintiff's husband was kill-
ed by being run over by a freight
train at Sulphur Springs.
Jones is a grand daughter of
F. Wilniutti living north of
Kinney.
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Rev. J.'F. Sherwood, who has
been a member of the Indian mis-
sion confeience of the M. E.
church, south for eight or ten
years, will transfer back to the
North Texas conference at it*
coming sossion, which will be hrll'aT
at Terrell, beginning Nov{^ . Y?r
Rev. Sherwood is the fat p"eirt
Lee Sherwood, formerly of
city, and a brother-in-law to John
A. Rogers.
Those
follows:
Jesse Shain
J. S, Heard
Perry Burrus
E. W. Kirkpatrick
H. A. Finch
Dr, Abbott
Dr. Wiley
Ben Estes
J. S. Do well
11. E. Carpenter
W. .1. S. Russell
J. L. Franklin
Itubcrt Dorsev
J. M. Pearson
Courier
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WHEAT GROWING TOO FAST
Cooke County Farmers Want a
Killing Frost
Gainesville, Tex., Nov. 13.—
Many farmers in this county are
very anxious for the coming of a
cold wave, ono that will bring
white frost and a big freeze, that
the growth of the young wheat
may be checked. According to
the condition of the growing crops
at the present, grave fears are en-
tertained that the young plants
will soon be jointing, in which
event the stalks will never head
if injured by the wintry blasts.
Tailor Shop Sold
Tho tailor shop of Sagner &
Littorst changed hands 13th. It
will hereafter bo known as tho
Hub Tailoring Company and Chas.
Eberuer who has been with Rob-
ert Goosetree will be manager.
We wish the new manageuieut
success.
A Huge Snake
A large stuffed rattle snake skin
five and a half feet in length is on
exhioition at McKinney & Hill's
saddle and harness store. The
snake, "'htcu hid eleven rattles,
was killed some time ago in a cot-
ton -.ear Princeton bv Char-
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OIL MILL IN OPERATION
New Concern at Piano is Financ-
ed by Home Capital
Piano, Tex., Nov. 13.—The Pla
no Cotton Mill Company, organ-
ized last May, with a capital stock
of $35,000, subscribed by homo
people, commenced grinding seed
yesterday. It is said to be one of
the best equipped oil mills in the
state. Following are the names
of officers and directors of the
company: J. H. Bowman, presi-
dent; T. C. Jasper, treasurer;
R. L. Stephens, secretary; ,J. M.
Willis, manager; Charles Mans-
field, superintendent. Directors,
T.C.Jasper,,) H.Bowman, R.
L. Stephens, L N. Neel, il. W.
Hayes and J. M. Willis.
Nearly Bale Per Acre
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razier, of Lexington
been in the city vis-
aunt Mrs. R. N. Adams,
left Friday morning for a visit in
Dallas.
R. A. Barrett, of tho McDon-
ald school house community,
southeast of tho city, reports a
fine cotton crop for this year,
having pickcd 11 1-2 bales of cot-
ton oft of 12 acres, with some cot-
ton yet in the liold. Mr. J^arrett
says early planting and through
cultivation did the work/* as he
planted about April 3rd.—McKirt
ney Examiner.
W. A, Smart who lives near
Climax has returned with his wife
and four little ohildron from
Bennington I. T. where he has
been prospecting for a week.
He will likely invest in that
tion.
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Mrs. H. H. Croncb has return«
ed from a visit in Sherman.
NEWC0MMIS810NERSC0URI
Other Officers Bonds Being Ap-
proved as Fast as They are
Presented.
ilcKinney In Text Books.
The Now York publishers of
Maury's Manual of Geography,
public school text book, navo
written to Prof. F. D. Shepherd
for a brief description of McKiu-
nev and a picture illustrative of
the place. They write concerning
McKinney.
"Its importance entitles it to bo
thus represented, and wo write as
a public-spirited citizen, to ask
your assistance in getting a satis-
factory photograph for use in our
book."
From the above it is seen that
our section cf Texas is attracting
widespread attention. Our vast
agricultural productions, prolific
and inexhaustible soil is doing it
to such an extent that oven the
text books of tho public schools
are giving it the merited promi-
nence it should be accorded.
Saturday, a. in. Judge Faulkner
signed the civil, criminal and pro-
bate minutes of county court
which he adjourned, lie also
signed tho minutes of the com-
missioners court, which was the
last official act of his term of of-
fice. Judge Wilcox's bond waa
approved, and he entered imme-
diately upon duty.
Tho bonds ot the newly elected
com anssioners, N. J, Stinebaugh,
precinct 2; F. M. Brooks, pre-
cinct 4; N. A. Burton, precinct
No. 1, were approved, and to-
gether with W. N. Osborne, of
precinct No. 3, the only one of
tho old commissioners remaining
in office, tho new court was in-
stituted.
Judge Faulkner served tho
county faithfully for four years.
J. T. Howard as commissioner
precinct No. 2, lor six years; H.
i. Chaddiek precinct No. 4 for
FIRM DISSOLVED
E. R. Hall Buys Interest of His
Partner in Insurance Business
The well known firm of Hall &
Erwin has dissolved partnership,
Mr. Hall purchasing his partner's
interest and will continue tho bus-
iness Mr, Hall is ono of tho
county's best known citizens, hav
ing served two terms as district
clerk. His numerous friends
wish him continued prosperity in
the future.
Mesdames Fred Emerson, Ben
Boydstun anil W. T. Beverly
leave Saturday for Beaumont
to attend the State Federation of
Clubs. Mrs. Beverly goes as a
representative of tho Owl Club,
Mrs. Eraoraon of tho Edelweiss
and Mrs. Boydstun as a member
of the executive board in the ca-
pacity of auditor. The Federa
tion will be in session the 17, 18
and 19. Tho University Club be-
longs to the Federation but for
obvious reasons will not send a
delegate this year.
While our friends at McKinney
are turning their "barrel" loose
for the Blue Ridge electric line of
railway, why not they loose their
purse strings and sido the county
commissioners in piking the wag-
on way from McKinney to the
Dallas county line. Piano would
help. This would be of more
value to McKinney than olectric
lities* and cost loss. Why not do
this McKinney, and start the ball
moving?—Piano SUr-Courier.
Last Thursday Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Bass' little son Hugh while
playing with another little boy
nad one of his eyes severply pow-
der burned by his companion
snapping a blank cartridge pistol
in his faoe. The little fellow t
resting very well today and it is
thought that the sight of the eye
is not destroyed.
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our years, and Mack Smith who
lad served six years previously to
lis appointment to fill out the un
expired term of S. II. Fox who
resigned. W. N. Osborue ha
only held office two years.
In conversation with Judge
Faulkner and tho retired com-
missioners a Democrat reporter
was informed that during all of
thoir several vear's association in
the court room not a misunder-
standing, jar nor a ripple had oc-
curred. All had acted in perfect
harmony, and in tho dissolution of
their public ties and associations
they retain a most kindly fooling
for each other.
Other officers bonds are being
approved as fast as presented.
Several justices of peace and con-
stables have been sworn in.
The chnngo in county clerk's
office will not take place until
Monday.
Pleased With Territory;
Wo are in reccigt of a letter
from our good friend T. C. Reed,
who recently sold his farm north
of McKinney and moved to tho
I, T., ordering tho address of his
paper changed. Among other
things ho says:
"1 have located at lloflf and am
well pleased. It is a nice, lively
business town, only two years old,
and has a population of 1500. I
think it. will bo a city some day.
It is surrounded by a fine country,
with prosperous citizens, x\ly
bost wishes to tho people of Mc-
Kinney and Collin county."
Miss Lillie Hall went to Green-
ville Thursday for a visit to
relatives.
QOV. DURBIN COMING,
Party of Indianans Will Fish On
The Texas Coast.
San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 14.—
Gov. Durbin of Indiana and [a
party of Indiana State officials will
visit Texas tho latter part of this
month. Tho groater part of their
stay will bo at Corpus Christi,
where they will spend several
days hunting and nshing. The
party will arrive at Houston over
the Southern Pacific on Nov. 26
and take the Arkansas Pass to the
coast country.
M. G. Abernathy, Cliff Emer-
son and Joe D. McKinney left for
Piano where they will be
joined by a party of Piano men
who will accompany them on a
two weeks hunting trip in Liberty
county below Houston.
Dr. Gerard Poote left Satur-
day for Rock Island when
he will spend a week visiting hie
mother.
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