The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1908 Page: 3 of 16
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THE WEBKLY DEMOCRAT-OAZETTK. THl'RSDAV, OCT. K, ! <♦*.
iTN OF MRS.
ARTHUR SMITH
|ii< h .soitow wan <uuneU hire liy
announce mom of tlie death of
. Arthur E. 8mlth, which occur-
in a nanltnrlum at Port Worth
a. hi. Wednesday. However
newt* of lier i>.ihhIiik away did
conn* in iht« nature of a mi r prise
Bhe had been Kick for the past
month* and had been in the sun-
rl it in under treatment for over
rec months, urowing gradually
kher despite everything that could
done to reatoro iier fuilliiK
Migth.
Mrs. Smith, whose maiden name
hr Anna Heard, wan born at Van
■uren. Ark , February 9. 1 8♦ 2. She
fas a daughter of C. C. and Henrlet-
D. Hen I'd, and moved to Texas
Jith fier parents in lStiH, the family
*llliiiK about five miles north of
Ills place They moved to McKln-
ley the following year, making their
lomc at the former old City Hotel
|roperty on West Virginia street,
phirh Mr. Heard had previously
lurchased. Mrs. Heard died In 1864
|nd Mr. Hoard's death occurred In
Jriu;. For some six years previous
her marriage Miss Anna Heard
>ad<* her home with her brother and
ister-in-law. Mr and Mrs. 8. D.
teard, with whom she resided at the
line of her marriage to Arthur E.
|mlth. which took place at the old
hcsbyterlan church here December
1NK1, being solemnized by the
M« Dr. A. P. Smith, brother of the
room, who wan at that time pastor
the First Presbyterian church of
Inline.
Following their marriage, Mr. and
Irs Smith resided for some time in
plveston and later in Dallas and
jiiston. moving about fourteen
lars ai o to ibis city where Mr.
Viith has since tielci a responsible
sit Ion with the McKililiey CoMon
Mill Company.
Mrs. Smith united with the Pres-
terian church in early girlhood
Id lived a faithful member until
|r death which is deeply deplored
all who knew her. She is mmlv-
by her Inidiand ami oik1 son and
daughter, Ewlng and Florence She
leavi'H four* brothers and one sister,
as follow*: J. 8., 8. I) and C. P
Heard of this city, Clark Heard of
San Angelo and Mrs. W. A. Rliea ol
this city.
The remains were brought here
on the !): 12 ttaiu last nlKht and
were taken to the family residence, i
corner North Bradley uud West j
Hunt streets. Funeral services wi!l|
lie held at the First Presbyterian
church by the paslor. Rev. S. 1<.
Rieves. at 4 o'clock this after-
I noon, after which the luterment will
I b«. made at Pecan Grove cemetery.
MIKSISt; (Hill, IK I'OI ND.
IMsuppeared From Home \e«r \ tin
Alstync Sunday Mulii.
Van Alstyne, Tex., Oct. 7 Miss
Texana Carr. the eighteen-year-old
daiiKhter of Mr. and Mr* It. D. Carr,
living eight miles east of this city,
whose disappearance from home
Sunday night was recorded In the
Courier-Gazette, was found at the
Baldwin hotel in this city about a: 30
Monday afternoon. A person who
had seen the young woman at the
hotel became convinced that she was
the missing girl and Mr. Carr wai
notified. He went at once to the ho-
tel. Afler conversing with her for
ten minutes he came out and asked
one of his neighbors who was here
with him to drive the carriage down.
When the carriage arrived the young
woman, supported by her father,
emerged from the room. She was as-
sisted to the vehicle and helped to
a seat without a word and driven
away.
The lady who conducts the howl
stated that Miss Carr came there at
<;::!<) Monday morning and stated
that she would remain until next
morning, when she would depart on
the Cannon Ball, not divulging her
Identity or her place of residence.
INTRUDER IS 'TRAVELS FAR
FIRED UPON TU CLAIM DRIDE
f)r. Benj. E. Throckmorton, X
specialist ♦
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT f
IMIACTICE 1.IM ITKD X
Ofhct tnil lifirmary 14 S. Trim St . M Kinnry, 1
Texas OfftKt vhont 151, Rtiidtncr pha t 62# «
Twelve Persons Killed.
Tiraspol, Russia, OH 7 Robbers
have committed a revolting crime i
the neighboring village of Sloboi
They entered the house of a .lewl-!;
family named Cohen and killed twelvi
persons in their efforts to ;:«'t awn>
With n small amount of loot. The mur
derers were arrestc d.
Murphy Gets Decision.
I.os Angeles, Cal . Oct. 7. Johnny
Murphy of Sin Francisco was uiv.-u
the decision over Maurice Savr< s of
Milwaukee at the conclusion of a twen-
ty-five round fight at the Jeffries > lul)
nt Vernon.
H. O. Arnold of Anna lias return-
ed home after .1 brief visit to
friends here.
Mount Vernon, Tex.. Oct 7.—Henry
Bummei land in one of the glnuen in
Titus county, about teu miles east i f
here, who have received notice from
the nl^lit riders to close down his gui
about ten days ago, but who lias kept
on giuniug every day with a night
watchman on duty every night. Moa
day night between 11 and 12 o'clock a
night watchman on duty saw a man
whom he tuipposcd to be one of the
night riders approaching the gin from
behind some high weeds, the man at
profwhiug in a stooping position and
cautiously until within twenty step"
of tiiu gun, when he straigtened to nn
upright position, and at the same mo-
ment one of the guards opened fire i ;i
him The man ran off lu the direction
from which he came, the guard shoot
ing four limes with IiIb revolver at t!i••
fleeing man. Mr. Summerland sit'?
that If the guard had used u Bhotgim
instead of a revolver he doubt l>
would have got his man This is th •
second time, Mr. Summerland says, the
night riders have attempted to burn
him out since they gave him notice,
and an attempt was made Saturday
night. Mr Summerland has sent fir
bloodhounds, and hopes to catch then
He says he expects to continue gin
nini?, but expects to keep his gin close
ly watched.
Drowns With License.
Paris, Tex., Oct. 7.—Wilson Hick-
man, a well known young Indian, who
lived north of Cai vin. Okla . drow I
In Little Itiver while attempting t"
ford the stream in the night He wa :
to have been married the next d:n
anil had been to Idabel, the countv
seat, to secure a marriage license He
reached Price's ferry late in the ni>.lit
and goini' to the ferryman's camp
house tried to net him to cross bit!1
The ferryman told him to wait unHl
morning, bin the Indian said he would
go and look at the ford. Failing t-> i
turn, it win supposed he had forded
the stream. The next day hi. Ikm.
appeared riderless, and a search v .
Instituted The body was found lod;;
ed III a boom at Sieger's mill.
Henry Bass, bookkeeper at Mat-
thews tiros., who has been sick with
fever about ten days, is able lo be
up.
1 N Foster of Anna was a Mi Kin-
ney visitor yesierdav.
A Hob.nt, Okla , special says:
Traveling a distance of over two
thousand miles to marry a girl
whom he had never seen but whom
he had courted through the mails H
the unusual experience of Ben M
Southern, a rural mail carrier out of
Mt. Park, a small village about
twenty miles south of Hobart.
Five years ago Southern moved to
Mt. Park from Dallas. South* rn was
then 2 1, an honest and hard work-
ing boy but unpolished and scarcely
able to read or write bis own name
In the early days when "New Okla-
homa" was iu her formative period
It required men with nerve and
strength of character such as South-
ern possessed, to face the sacrifices
and hardships incident to pioneer
life and the opening of a new coun-
try. His admirable qualltle: at
traded the attention of Grant Mitch-
ell, who was at that time the only
lawyer lu the village. Mitchell
look an Interest in the lad from Tex-
as and many tedious hours wcr
spent by the barrister in instllllii •
into the mind of his protege the
principles of education.. Southern
soon acquired a good hand.
Becomes Rural Carrier.
The settlement of a farmer on ev-
ery quarter sec tion of land made It
necessary that I'ncle Sam extend the
advantages of his free mail delivery
service to these pioneer country
folks. An examination was held for
the applicants for the position of
mail carriers. Southern took the
examination along with many others,
was successful and a few weeks later
was appointed to the position by the
President.
During the long and wearisome
hours of daily travel carrying letters
and papers, Southern, for lack < )'
something to do, read the papers, ad
dressed to his patrons along the
route. One day his eye fell on a
statement in a Chicago matrimonial
paper offering to Insert an ad for any
mini who would send them two dol-
lars. Southern sent them a money
order for the amount and a w ■ *tr
later the paper found Its way Into
the home of William Dutcher, a i< -
tired and wealthy contractor resid-
ing iu Hallettsvllle, N. Y. Bessie,
young and pretty, and the favorite
daughter, read the ad of the brie-
some Oklahoma youth.
In a spirit of fun several of h*r
girl friends dared her to answer tin-
ad. Bessie took tin dare and wrote
her first letter. This was the begin -
ing of a romance that
novel. The "Just i...
the letters gradually |e
serious strain and the
little gentleman with
how and arrow clapp* i
glee. Letters averugiu
fifty pages were rec
Park and Hallettsvllle
unllv Southern felt the
one io sweep out tiie
make biscuits and g
rends like a
run" spirit of
d to a more
mischievous
in and a
i bands iu
g from ten to
ii\ed at Mt
dally. (J rad-
ii* ed of sonic
house and
radually the
pretty eastern girl longed for the
daily companionship of ibis strong
virile man of the west.
VOTE IN MER-
CHANTS CONTEST
end
and
The
the
Southern ('lainiH Bride.
Then one day there came an
to ail of their expectation*
iliidr hopes were realised
parents gave their consent to
marriage of their daughter provid-
ing i he prospective groom pro mi! to
lie all thai they had heard of iiitn
via the letter route Would Mr.
Southern come east ? Certai ilv
The prosaic duties of carrying let-
ters and papers across the rolling
prairies was abandoned for a few
days and Southern in spite of the ad-
monitions of his friends that He
"girl will not suit," started east,
arriving at the quaint old New Vie1
town a few days later.
The meeting of the eastern gir
and the westernei for the llrst tine
face to face was like that of old
cliool lovers Southern met the
approval of the parental eye and
tlie mail order girl and the mail ol-
der boy were married iu the shadow
of the Catsklll Mountains, where
old Rip Van Winkle went on his
famous spree. Southern has now re-
turred to Oklahoma with tils bride,
who. although but Hi and tinuse.l to
the customs of the world, is happy
and content to spend the remainder
of her vear; In Oklahoma with her
■nail ok! i' husband
I <
the
ten I .
lb at I
Mis-
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
M'
Miss
Miss
llowiiiK is tiie vote tints far in
Merchants' Diamond Ring Con-
as lirinded to this paper for pub-
Shtrman's Reply to Girl.
Butler, lnd . Oct. 7.—"Hurrah for
Bryan!" was the greeting that Mr
Shertuati w. ; met with here, coming
from tiie lit of a pretty young gir!
whose eyes danced defiantly as s'v
sont forth the challenge to the Repub
j lican candidate for vice president
"My dear yoiine lady, you're not v(.
j Ing to get left this morning, bu* ye
will in November,1' replied Mr. Slit i
man.
Cholera Still Decreases.
St Petersburg, Oct. 7. Cholera sM I
Idoci'.i For the tweutyfbur bourn
: ending nt noon Tuesday there we .
j 111 crises and flfH eight deaths iu i!i
I municipal hospital. There have I- •
i ten ca> < s and two deaths In the I ci-ri■ t
al of tin palace at Gntchina, tie p
deru-e of the empress dowager T
' emprcf. dowager is now in Denmart
Ivit Reecer
Gladys Millar . . . .
Vera Be Id en . .
Llllte Ward . . .
ICIUabeth Emerson
Lot He Williams . .
Varum Stiff
l!t lid I 'arpentei . .
Delia Smith . . . .
Net tye St roup
Miss Cat lie Drake
Miss Tee Rove . .
Miss Ola While
Miss Lizzie Butler
Bet tie Ralston
Lottie Pierce . . .
A J Wllkerson
Miss Ftta Grlftln
Miss Gertrude Foster
LI I lie Wood . .
Vlrgle McCoy . . . .
Nannie Harris . .
Elsie Williams . .
I'enrl Williams
Miss Carrie Talkington
Miss /ela Marriott . . .
Mima Watklns . .
Vera Smith . .
Maud Pope . . . .
Maude Webb . . .
Delhi Brown . . . .
Grace Polseti . .
Mossle Watklns
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Allen W O. W.
Lucas W O. W
Altoga W. O. W
McKinnev W. O.
Roland W O W.
Foote W O. W.
Rhea Mills W O
Ardath W O. W
t'hambliss W O W
Melissa W O W
Culleoka W O VV
Mi Kinney W O W.
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Of stirring sctjues in the political world during the m-xl month. Not one of yon will Ik* indiffer-
ent in the midst of waviug Ma^s, playing bands, marcliing columns; or fail to tercet with enthns-
ia.sin the eloquence ot speakers who argue the principles of the. platform von favor. You've
each your favorite candidate; you've confidence in him: helicve his doctrine bent.
There's an inspiring sight of another kind for you right now. There's a big rally of good
clothes buyers on at this store. I he show we've prepared i< an iinm his > now stock of Fall suits
tor hoys and young men from the famous shops of Kuppenheiiuer. There's no such sight else-
where: there won't be; you can't afford to miss it. it's your business to get the best values; and
our business to give them. Here s our platform. It's one we and you must agree oil: it's a
platform equally good for you and ns.
There are several ''planks" in this platform of ours. Young men can't overlook the style
"plank. 1 lie style is these new fall suits is the result of better tailoring, designing and fitting.
Kuppenheimer is a specialist in the young men's field. There are all the features yon could
dream ot or want: conservative, extreme, or halt way between. All the newest and nothing that
is commonplace. Mothers will be won by the quality and durability of our Xtragoo l clothes for
boys. The highest class of tailoring skill, the best style ideas, absolute honesty in all materials
—these are what Xtragood stands for. There are styles for every age; not one style but several.
We sell these clothes for their greater durability and more substantial character. * Each garment
is guaranteed by both maker and this store. It's an insurance to you when buying; a surety of
satisfaction afterward. Xtragood clothes are low priced clothes when their value is considered.
We'll see that they appeal to you this way.
N OUNG Fellows' Clothes cut with the da-h and swing
that college felllowB want. Fashion pictures tell Home
things, but these clothes with their original style touch-
es are fashion itself and tell more. If you're a young
fellow come in and see how you look dressed in style
itself $12 to $30
YOUNG Men's suits in medium and heavy weight
serges, striped and worsteds, ('oats lined with fancy
ttor plain mohair lining $15
YOU'LL find hero a great line of velours and fine
worsted suits in browns, snge and the new handsome
soft grays at $18
BOYS' fast color blue serge and fancy worsted suits,
made knickerbocker or plain trousers; sizes 7 to 17,
Special..
$5 00
LITTLK Suits. 2 1-2 to 1" years, sailor, Russian and
junior >tyles, is a guarantee of the best of satisfaction
in wear and priced at $5 to $10
BOYS certainly get a mighty good chance here at the
right kind of clothes; the new fabrics which we have
selected for them are snappy, smart goods in browns,
grays, tans, and dark mixtures, many beautiful
stripes. Norfolk, Russian, two-piece suits
at $5, $8. $10, $12, $15
At $20, fine hairline stripes, in brown, blue, tan, gray;
self stripes and contrasting shades; plaids and cheeks;
you'll be amazed $20
| At $25, a price within the reach of most of you, we show
suits worth much mote, new browns; grays, tane, olives
j greens, black and white, Irish homespun tweeds, Seotch
' tweeds $25
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These goods are made exclusively for us: they represent the greatest values possible for the
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DICK ALLEN
The Leading Store for Hoys', Young Men and Men
Money Cheerfully Keufndod.
Latest Styles Always
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1908, newspaper, October 8, 1908; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292066/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.