The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1907 Page: 1 of 8

                                
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ULANTON PUHK FOOD BILL.
With Many Amendments the Meas-
ure In Finally Passed.
Austin, Texas, March 1C.—Gov.
Campbell may nave the pure food
bill before him this afternoon, Inas-
much as the House today concurred
In the Senate amendments.
This bill was drawn by Hon. W.
L. Blanton, Representative from
Gainesville. During two sessions of
the Legislature he has been an ar-
dent advocate ol such legislation.
Failing at the last session to se-
cure the passage of a bill on this
subject drawn by him, he spent
much of the Intervening time In pre-
paring for a second campaign. He
says that every amendment offered
to the original draft during this ses-
sion received his approval before be-
ing presented and declares it to be
beyond question the best measure of
its kind to be found on the statute
books of any state.
The original draft was submitted
before being offered In the Legis-
lature to the organizations of whole-
sale and retail druggists and whole-
sale and retail grocers, and its pro-
visions, he says, are satisfactory to
all concerned.
Mr. Hlanton is firm; - convinced
that if the law be properly enforced
it will result in great good and
benefit to the people of this state.
MEETING OF
M'KINNEY BAR
MOW ENGLAND DE>IOt RATH.
Aroused by Visit of llryuii and Mag-
nitude of Iteception.
A meeting of the McKinney bar
was held in the district coart room
at 10:30 o'clock Saturday a. m. to
take action regarding the death of
Hon. J. N. Griuham. Hon, W. M.
Aberuathy was called to preside
over the meeting, and James M.
Muse was elected secretary. A mo-
tion was made and carried that the
chair appoint a com nit I tee to draf'
resolutions expressing sense of
the bar regarding the death of Mr.
Grisham, to report at a later meet- j
ing. M. H. Garnett, H. C. Merrltt
and H. L. Davis were appointed as
members of this committee. Attor-
neys John Doyle and A. S. Dlckerson
were appointed a committee to se -
cure a floral offering. The following
pall bearers were appointed: G. R.
Smith, R. C. Merrltt, Sheriff Gorge
M. Eubanks and lT. P. C'lardy. These
were authorized to appoint addition-
al pall bearers. The meeting th i
adjourned until Monday morning at
9 o'clock.
The lii'iiiitiful If Mine
Boston, Mass.. March 18.—Demo-
crats throughout New England are
aroused by the visit of William J
Bryan and the magnitude of his re-
ception in Boston are considered by
Democratic leaders as stamping him
us a candidate in lOoh.
"We all look upon Mr. Bryan as
the leader: our hopes are in him.
said Col. Drink water.
Hearst men in the Independence
League approach the Bryan question
with great caution, not forgetting
the prominence of their own chief,
but they profess themselves loyal In
support of the principles expressed
by Mr. Bryan.
Much mystery, however, en-
shrouds the conferences of Henry M.
Whitney, the millionaire reciprocity
advocate, with Mr. Bryan. George
Fred Williams, Bryan's friend, de-
clares they have no significance, but
it is said Whitney will make a bid
for a seat with the National delega-
tion and later run for Governor.
District Attorney Moran says he
will try again for the Governorship,
and is more interested in his own
fight than In Bryan's.
SON OF COLLIN
M'KINNEY DEAD
Rev. Y. S. McKinney died at Van
Alstyue Friday afternoon. Uncle
Scott, as he was familiarly called by
the people, was in his eighty-eighth
year, and had lived here for many
years. Born in Kentucky in 1820,
he came to Texas with his parents
when he was 5 years old. They set-
tled in what Is now Bowie county.
A His father was Collin McKinney one
of the signers of the Texas Declara-
tion of Independence and for whom
Collin county and Its capital were
named. Uncle Scott enlisted in the
wai' fox Texas indepi uduuwj, Uui did.
not engage in any battle. He came
to what is now Collin county in 1N4 9
and later removed to Grayson coun-
ty, where he has since resided. In
his younger days he was a surveyor
and did much of the surveying for
this section of the State, and even up
to his death he evinced a great in-
terest in these old surveys. There
are few men that played a fllore im-
portant part in the building up of a
country than has this pioneer in the
building up of this section of the
State. For many miles his name
has been for a generation a house-
hold word. He has been a licensed
preacher in the Methodist church,
South, for nearly sixty years, filling
several posts as a supply, but never
as a member of the confcrence. His
friends of long ago never tired of
telling of his power as a preacher
of the gospel, and the uniformly-
godly life which he lived has been a
v source of pleasure to his friends and
* acquaintances and a comfort to his
' family. Many of the leading min-
isters of that church throughout
North Texas are familiar with the
services he has rendered the church
and State in that line of work. He
became a Mason in Bonham fifty-sev-
en years ago and was the last char-
ter member of Mantua Lodge No.
209 of Van Alstyne.
The children surviving him are R.
VflMc4" .oey, J. D. L. McKinney
and Mrs. Emma Cave, all of Van
Alstyne, and also a large number of
grand-children and great-grand-
children.
O. W. Holmes.
I never saw a garment too fine for
a man or maid; there never was a
chair too good for a cobbler or
cooper or a king to sit in; never a
house too fine to shelter the human
head. Elegance fits man. But do we
not value these tools a little more
than they are worth and sometime*
mortgage a house for the mahogany
that we bring into it? 1 had rather
eat dinner off the head of a barrel,
or dress like John the Baptist in the
wilderness, or sit on a block all my
life, than consume all myself before
1 got a home, and take so much j
pains with the outside that the in- I
side was as hollow as a nut. Beauty
is a great thing, but beauty of gar-
ment, house, and tawdry ornaments
compared with domestic love. All
the elegance in the world will not
make a home, and 1 would give more ,
for a spoonful of real, hearty love j
than for whole shiploads of furni-
ture am! all the gorpeousness the 1
world cap gather.
WELL ARRANGED PREMISES.
There is no man in McKinney or
Collin county who is held in higher
esteem than ' Uncle" Andy Carter,
the venerable deputy county clerk
who for twenty years or more has
been recording deeds at the court
house. It was the pleasure of a re-
porter last evening to visit "Uncle
Andy" and wife and be shown their
elegantly arranged place, fitted out
according to his ideas. The home is
not pretentious but from parlor to
garden and chicken lot it is arranged
with a view to convenience and
comfort which far surpasses that of
many palatial homes. It is ideally
arranged for the declining years of
"Uncle Andy" and his estimable wife
and their many friends hope that
here they will spend many more hap-
py years.
RAILS ORDERED
FOR INTERURBAN
The Texas Traction Company has
lust placed with the Carnegie Steel
Company of Pittsburg, Pa., an order
for the rails for the lnterurban Rail-
road between Dallas and Sherman, a
distance of sixty-four miles. The or-
der calls for cigthy pound steel rails,
and for the delivery of them at the
earliest possible day.
J. F. Strickland.  he president of
the Texas Traction Company, says
that as it is the intention of the com-
pany to make the highest speed that
can be safely attempted with electric
cars, the very heaviest rails and
equipment to be had will be provid-
ed.     ,
The company fiiVs four grading
outfits at work between Sherman
and McKinney, and now that the en-
gineers have completed the work of
locating the line south of this city
grading forces will this week be put
to work between this point and Dal-
las, and the grading pushed to
completion by the time the ral'i.be-
gin to arrive, which will be early in
the summer.
The company hopes to have the
line in operation in time to take
care of the holiday travel at the etui
of tnis year.
SAD NEWS RECEIVED.
Brother of T. A. Dorsey IMes in
North Carolina.
COUNTY COURT
PROCEEDINGS
The March term of county court
convened Monday, Jurge Church
presiding. Sheriff Eubank and depu-
ties are at their posts of duty and
€puty County Clerk O. E. Strother
his accuBtomed desk. There were
o pleas of guilty to gaming and a
fine of $10 and costs was assessed.
The case of the State vs. Anthonv
* Bassett, charged with violating the
local option law, is now on trial.
The Jnry list for the week Is as
follows. K. W. Yeager, W. H. Bra-
Mr' Marshall Carter, J. E. Carter.
A. H. N. Smith, W. T. Myrlck, 8. J.
Bomar, W. M. Scott, A. B. Pearce,
A. T. Daw, J. F. Barnett, Albert
Cook.
lof Dyspepsia Curt
T. A. Dorsey of South Tennessee
street received sad news Saturday
of the death of his brother, Bettis
Dorsey, which took place on the
12th Inst, at his home at Llncolnton,
North Carolina. The deceased has
three children living at Ponder, Den-
ton county, Texas. On the 10th of
March last year, Mr. Dorsey's oth-
er brother, Joseph W. Dorsey, died
at Rutherfordton, N. C.
To Hnlieve .1. E. Clarke.
P. Wilson of Dallas, auditor of
lite H. & T. C. was here Saturday
checking out J. E. Clarke who
leaves here to enter upon his du-
ties in Houston. H. W. Hart of Fort
Worth, relief agent, has arrived to
temporarily serve In the position va-
cated by Mr. Clarke.
Poultry Breeders* Association.
The Collin County Fine Stock and
Poultry Breeders' Association will
meet In McKinney at the court house
Saturday March 30th at 2 p. m. All
members requested to be present.
Everybody invited. All papers please
copy. J. P. MOULDEN,
President.
Yardmaster Smith of the Houston
and Texas Central hat returned from
a short visit to his mother in McKin-
ney.—Sherman Correspondence Den-
Ison Herald,
RESIDENCE AND
CONTENTS BURN
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Kistler on North Kentucky street
was totally destroyed by fire Satur-
day morning together with nearly
all the contents. Mr. Kistler built u
fire in the sitting room at .1 o'clock
and a short time later built a fire
in the kitchen where he and his wife
were when they heard a roaring in
the room recently vacated. On go-
ing to investigate they were met by
a sheet of flame which silled the
room and had spread to the hai..
They hastily took what few things
they could from the burning struct-
ure and about this time the alarm
was turned In 'by W. D. Goostree
who had been aroused. The fire de-
partment made a quick response but
the flames had made too great head-
way to be extinguished before the
destruction of the home.
Scarcely anything could be saved.
Mr. Kistler had only recently pur-
chased this pretty home and had
made considerable Improvements
upon It, It being elegantly and new-
ly furnished throughout. It is not
known exactly how the fire originat-
ed but It Is supposed to have caught
from the flue In the sitting room,
though the flue was new and no
trouble whatever had previously
been experienced with It. The res-
idence was valued at 91400, and was
insured for $800. The household
goods, together with a diamond ring
and other Jewelry of Mrs. Kistler
was valued at 91400, Insured for
9700. Several articles of Jewelry
contained in a Jewelry box sitting
on the dresser were fuond after the
fire, but the diamonds have not
been recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Klst*
ler's hundred's of friends deeply
sympathixe with them In their mis-
fortune.
INFERRED NEAR
OLD HOME
7I.e burial of Hon. J. Nelse Grish-
am took place Sun lay afternoon in
the Melissa cemetery. The funeral
servi 's* were conduct 1 at the Bap-
tist « hurch, at that place by Dr. E.
E. King of McKinney, assisted by
Rev. Fuller, pastor of the church in
which ithe sad services were held. A
large dkolr led by Pro,'. W 8. Sml.i
rendered sweet music for the occa-
sion. The deceased was a member
of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church! but owing to a long, close
I'rleiidtjT.ip with Dr. King, the latter
wis ego-ten to direct the services
over bps body. This sal duty, Pr.
King performed in a touching man-
ner. paying a worthy tribute to the
lit**, filiiity, eloquence and religlo
convic(§<>ns of his decease 1 frien 1
Dr. Kifcg said that he may have hud
hi-; !'asBTs, who of us have not, but
a veu «■•<;;.s Intimate knowledge of
'hi- ta|ented young man, who fell in
death in the first flush of mature
maahajpd, had revealed to him in Mr.
Grlshafn a noble neart, filled with
noble purposes and christian convic-
tions. The church edifice could not
contain the great concourse of
friends who assembled to pay their
last respects to the memory of the
departed. People were present from
various parts of the county and
from various towns of the state
\mong those from McKinney who at-
tended were Representative T. O.
Murray, who came up from Austin
to attend the burial of his predeces-
sor in office: Capt. and Mrs. T. F.
Mangum, attorneys R. C .Merrltt,
| John Doyle, H. L. Davis and L. J.
i Truett; Ex-Sheriff Tom Beverly,
j City Marshal Johnnie McKinney,
| Constable Will Kerby, John C. Ker-
i by, U. P. Cla'rdy, Tom W. Perkins,
F. ('. Thompson, Walter B. Wilson.
W. M. Shirley, Ben Est.es W. A.
Straughan and little daughter, VV'il-
j lard, W. W. Scott, Jones C. Moore,
Attorney Eber Merritt of Dallas, Jim
Merrltt, Hamp Wysong, Dr. J. E.
Hunter L. W. and Isaac Crouch, 1.
Stanley and wife, Mrs. N. A. Bo-
mar and daughter and possibly oth-
ers whose names are not recalled.
The funeral cortege started at the
home of Lon Martin, where Mr.
Grisham's demise Friday night took
place, The deceased was only 37
years old. He, with John Mallow
and Mrs. Lon Martin, all orphans,
was raised by S. D. Hatler of near
Melissa. In the law department of
the State University at Austin, Nelse
had fitted himself for the bar and
possessed a brilliant mind, eloquent
tongue and massive body physically.
He twice represented Collin county,
with recognized ability, in the leg-
islature and was widely known
throughout Texas. For the past
year or two he had business inter-
ests in Old Mexico where he con-
tracted fever but improved sufficient-
ly to return home just one week
prior to his sudden death Friday
night. His untimely end is mourned
by hundreds of friends throughout
Texas. Though young in years when
i the grim messenger of death came,
vet J. Nelse Grisham had lived long
| enougn to give his name an abiding
plaee upon the scroll of time as one
1 of Collin county's most brilliant
! sons. Honor to his memory. Peace
to his ashes.
VAI.I ABLE OLD COIN.
Find of J. A. Kurr of Near Town,
While, Plowitig.
J. A. Furr, who lives four miles
southeast of McKinney, found a ten
dollar gold piece bearing date of
IM7, while sowing alfalfa seed on
his farm Friday, The piece of
money was plowed up and turned on
top of the ground by the plow share
where It was discovered by Mr. Furr
who followed sowing the seed. The
spot of ground had only been clear-
ed six years, but as the coin is sixty
inches in the ground, it w:is probably
lost there many years ago by Its
owner.
Will Move to New Mexico.
J. W. Winn and J. \V. Boorman.
Princeton citizens, were Visitors at
our office Saturday after a supply of
prescription blanks for John K. Wil-
son whose drug business Is conduct-
ed in the general merchandise store
of the Wilson-Miller Co. at Prince-
ton, to whic h cl'.y he recently moved
hack from McKinney, Mr. Boorman
informs us that he expects soon to
leave for New Mexico with a view to
i locating. We shall regret to lose
i him from our county.
THE REVIVAL
HAS CLOSED
The revival that has been con-
ducted at the Methodist church here
i during the past three weeks, by the
: pastor, Hev. J. B. Gober, and Rev.
.J. F. Pierce, presiding elder of the
.McKinney district, assisted from
: time to time by visiting ministers,
closed Sunday night. The services
Sunday were among the best held
I during the meeting. They began
with an enthusiastic sunrise prayer
' meeting conducted by the Senior
' Epworth League, and Rev. Gober
j preached two instructive and force-
I ful sermons yesterday morning and
j last night nt the usual hours, to
large and attentive congregations.
There were four accessions at the
morning service and two last night.
Some of the ablest sermons ever
heard in McKinney were preached
during the meeting and there has
been splendid attendance and excel-
lent interest. The large choir under
the direction of Burton L. Hunter,
has rendered soul inspiring songs at
every service and there have been a
number of conversions and acces-
sions to the church. The whole
church has been spiritually revived
and the entire town has been bene-
fitted.
STYLISH SPRING
CLOTHII
Wh< n w< < impare the fig leaf da]
of Adam and Eve to the well dre*
"d swelh on Fifth Avenue of todal
we can but exclaim "By Gatllrn
how things do move! .1 ,D. Stiff
Good* Company says M them tno\
and the fit est head the processlot
M'VLISH SPRING SUITS
We have a distinguished gathering
of > pring and summer < lothes, whirl
men of discrimination will quickl]
con:mend fur their smart, dress]
; appearance.
The stcjn-Blocli and
Spero, Michael sou
The man who is really looklnj
'or smart clothes something totally!
1 :: ' nt fr< m -the Just ordinary]
pro IuctK will find In the above dis-
tinctive collections of correctly tail-l
' ' ''lothe- ii style and ;>a'Iern t  |
fancy. There are three*I
";| • n sack, single and double-l
breasted styles for street and setni-
dress. The sack suits have form-fit-
ting back without vests, and come
In tweeds, fancy mixtures, cheviots
and serges, in pretty gray, brown
an 1 navy effects. (Jet your Eu-uer
Suit here.
Men's suits $10 to |30
Voting men's suits $8 to .... 917
Boy's suits $5 to 912.50
Children's suits $ 1 to 50.50'
•L D. STIFF DRV GOODS CO.
•I. D. Stiff, Manager,
McKinney, Texas.
Condition Not Improving.
Pursues Safe Course.
Attentiveness to business is always
a safe course to pursue. Such is the
, rule of W. H. Sandldge, the "pop
corn" man, so familiar to everyone
pasing along the east side of the
public square in McKinney He does
his best to please patrons. As a con-
sequence, every lover of pop corn
thinks the product sold by Mr San-
dldge Is the best "what Is," and they
are right too. We are glad to have
him on our list. He has read our
weekly many years and bands us a
dollar for another.
We regret to learn that the condi-
tion of our old friend John G. Car-
rol, is not improving, but on the
contrary he is getting weaker anj
more restless as the days wear wear-
ily away, Mexia Enterprise.
Mr. Carrol formerly lived in Mc-
Kinney and clerked In the furnitu e
store of his son-in-law, R. W. Da-
venport. Many friends here regret
to learn of his lingering illness, hla
aliment being cancer of the ear.
COLLIN MAN IN
KILLING SCRAPE
A killing is reported from Hender-
son county on Mason's old ranch,
well known in that section, In which
E. A. Smith was killed In the yard
of Sam vates. Cates phoned for the
sheriff and surrendered at once and
was put under $1000 bond to await
the action of the grand Jury. Cates
Is well known In this city and coun-
ty where he resided until recently,
having moved away only last fall.
The details of the killing were not
given in the dispatch.
ALLEN ML... 'HAN'T Ti  RETIRE.
H. T. Jordan is to t^ait General
Merchandise Business.
I'ncle Joe Scott Back.
Uncle Joe Scott is greeting his
many old friends here again, after
an absence of several months. He
is a good old man, an ex-confederate
soldier, and has many old-time
friends all over the county.
I H. T. Jordan, the big Allen mer-
chant, called in Saturday an.l left
an order for some circulars w th The
Democrat-Gazette and Dally Courier-
Gazette office advertising to quit bus-
iness. He has been a general mer-
; c hant of Allen, and a successful one
| too, for fifteen years. Growing tir-
, ed of the retail business, he quits to
; engage In another vocation. He will
! continue to live in Allen, but will
i divide his time In looking after real
| estate Interests In Dallas and Allen.
I Mr. Jordan Is an elegant gentleman
and worthy citizen and we are glad
to know that he does? not expect to
move out of our county.
NERGO SOLDIER
TELLS OF RIOT
Galveston, March IS.—D. C. Gray,,
a Galveston negro who was an en-
listed man in company B, Twenty-
fifth Infantry, one of the battalion,
that shot up Brownsville Aug. Hi
last, has made what purports to be a
full statement of that affair. The
gist of the statement is that one of.
the negro soldiers started out from
the fort to avenge himself upon ai
white man who knocked him down>
at the home of a negro woman and
other soldiers went with him. The
general shooting followed and the
men banded themselves in secrecy
refusing to betray the men who did
the shooting. Gray says all hands i
helped clean the rifles of the ma-
rauders and when the inspection was
made by lantern light only a few-
guns were said to show dirt. The-
light was uncertain and the infer-
ence drawn from Gray's story is
that the Inspection was not very
thorough. He goes Into circum-
stantial details of the road, one new
point being the fact that many of
the raiders used pistols which were-
not Inspected. He says the affair
was not premeditated but was the
< uI'liinatlon of a desire to get even
with the people cf Brownsville.
Gray says the men had ample time
to hatch their story which they have
stuck to religiously ever since. Gray
says that Captain McDonald had five
of tl^e right men among the priso-
ners .,e arrested.
Escaped Green Bugs*
Sells Fine Race Horse.
Harry White has sold his fine
race horse, Homer W., to partiet. In
the Territory for 9700. This horse
has a pacing record of 2:15 1-4.
Purchase Nice Home.
C. F. Dancer and family visited at
the home of Will Waters In the
I Hedgeeexe community Sunday. Mr.
! Dancer said the only wheat crop left
in that section was 100 acres be-
longing to Dowdy Baccus on the
Grundy Hedgecoxe farm. It is up,
good size and pretty and green, de-
spite the green bugs. However the
pest signs also show on this crop,
which may yet fall a prey to the de-
vastating insect.
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup.
Safe and sure in its action; pleas-
ant to take. Conforms to National
Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by
SsUh Bros.
C. F. Dancer has purchased the
Rev. C. O. Jones residence property
located on West Lamar street for
91635. Rev. Jones now lives in
Oklahoma City. Mr. Dancer and
his excellent lady recently moved
to McKinney from West Collin and
we welcome tbem as permanent res-
idents of our city.
For Five Generations.
Rev. R. C. Buckner, of the Buck-
ner Orphans' Home, who preached
the funeral of O. R. Yantls, was aa
old Kentucky friend of the deceased.
He stated that he had known Ums
deceased's family on both sides
for live
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