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The Weekly Democrat • Gazette
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Tom W. Perkina, Walter B. Wilson
Editors, Publishers and Proprietors.
Greenberry Adams, Circulation and Assis-
tant Business Manager.
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Any subscriber not receiving the paper
regularly, please notify us.
Collin County is the banner corn-produc-
ing county of Texas. ( ollin is up to the
highest standard in everything, except a
few; ami they will soon be added. Come to
Collin. We have the resources to care for
you.
One of the meanest of all the '•jibes" per-
petrated is one that is said in a joking way,
though fully meant. A fellow guilty ot such
a practice is lacking in the ordinary qual-
ities of courtesy, as well as in decent con-
sideration for a fellow-being.
Tuberculosis claimed 231 a- it- toll in the
month of April. The W bite Plague still
spreads: and it ha> been demonstrated that
it can be controlled, it' proper precautions
are taken. Cleanliness and a condition
that makes for excellent general health are
the principal features.
THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE, THURSDAY, JUNE 11,1914.
TENDENCY OP TAXATION
Texas' horses and mules have lon.u' been
used almost exclusively in the < ukui army.
Texas 'cattle have been used to stock many
ranches in that republic. Now Cubans are
beginning to buj Texas' sheep. The live
stock industry in Texas is one of the most
profitable, but i« really only in it- infancy.
The Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
lege of Texa • w ill conduct activities in var-
ious parts of the state this summer in which
the advantages of the College will be
brought before the people. The College
authorities seem to be doing all that is in
their power with the resources which they
have at their command.
Texas has 5.99 per cent of the rural pop-
ulation of the United States, which is high-
er than that of any other state except
Pennsylvania. Texas leads the states of
the Union in the production of many com-
modities. However, the real resources of
the state are not developed to within lifty
per cent of their actual capacity.
One of the most insistent demands of the
present day is the readjustment of taxa-
tion. Echoes are still heard of the del>ate
in New .Jersey, which has attempted by a
bank tax and an automobile tax act to avoid
a direct levy, says the Portland Journal.
In Wisconsin county massmeetings are pro
testing against a system that has reduced
the value of rental property 10 per cent
and eats up two thirds of its income.
The proposal of Governor \\ alsli in Mas-
sachusetts to bolster the state revenues by
retaining the whole corporation tax has
drawn a storm of opposition trom the towns
and cities which formerly shared it. So
many of these agitations relate to funda-
mental principle* that the question natur-
ally occurs: "Are we really getting any-
where?"
The main problems are separation of
sources of state and local revenue; the en-
deavor to liobl corporations and individ-
uals to the same account; the movement
against the outworn general property tax,
and the unearned increment idea to land
taxes.
The legislation of the last few years has
tended mainly to improvement in central
control of the effectiveness and uniformity
of tax assessment, and to an attack upon
the general property tax. Towards tliesc*
two goals, remarks of a recent bulletin of
the department of commence moves the de-
cided trend. Of the two, the more direct
tendency has been that towards making tax
collection more thorough. This has been
the chief concern of Wisconsin since the
passage of her income tax enactment.
The irregularities of the old local assess-
ment plan need no anaylsis. The report of
the Minnesota tax commission is typical.
Her commissioners have found that the as-
sessors in many counties not only evaded
the law which requires full valuation, but
the rates varied in different localities as
much as '!') per cent. There were the gross-
est inequalities that could not be corrected
by equalization. In New Hampshire some
selectmen were discovered assessing at 50
per cent and others at 70 per cent or more.
The Rhode Island law is a little more ad-
vanced than those of .Maine and Minneso-
ta. The latter taxes personal property at
J5 per cent of its value and farm products,
<toek and implanted land at •'>•"> 1--"> per cent,
and other general property at 40 per cent.
In most states it has not been possible to
begin classification without constitutional
amendment. Arizona incorporated the pro-
vision in her constitution. Kentuckv and
W. P. Hobby, editor and general manag-
er of the Beaumont Enterprise, has entered
the race for Lieutenant Governor. Mr.
Hobby ha- been a newspaper man in Texas
for a number of year- and i- well-known.
He also knows Texa- conditions well. It'
he makes as good race as he ha- an editor,
he will be a winning candidate. If he wins
and make- a- irood officer as he has a news-
paper man. Texas will have an excellent
head in the pre-idential chair of the Sen-
ate.
PRESS COMMENT
Lei a nd Franklin of Collin County is
making the rounds with the speakers an-
nouncing his candidacy for state controller.
He is a tine man, eminently qualified for
the place, and the more people who see him
the more people will like him.—Sherman
Democrat.
When the interests of many are involved,
why should William Rockefeller escape
testifying in the New Haven inquiry on the
plea that such ordeal might endanger his
life? Folk's decision that Rockefeller must
be subpenaed is to be commended. Rock-
efeller is but one among many. .Justice to
both railroads and public demands that he
tell all he knows about the New Haven bus-
iness. More light, full light, is needed.
Properly conducted railroads are suffering
as a result of New Haven methods. Dis-
trust on the part of the people is growing
in consequence. To inspire greater confi-
dence. a readjustment of viewpoint is nec-
essary. This may come only from a read-
justment of railway methods. And com-
plete exposure of the New Haven deal may
point the way for such readjustment. No
man in possession of important facts should
be allowed to withhold them on any plea,
for in great measure American railroads
are on trial at the bar of public opinion.—
Dallas Evening Journal.
A Deaf Smith County man says that a
$4.50 hog, a suit of clothes and $18 in cash
have made him worth $25,000 in live years.
He gives the hog credit for most of it, and
that is perhaps correct. There is money to
be made in raising hogs. The demand is
good and the price is high. The difference
in the cost of production and the selling
price allows a good profit. Collin County
farmers raise some hogs, but many more
should be sold from our farms or slaught-
ered thereon.—MeKinney Courier-Gazette.
Presuntbly the gentleman referred to
meant that when he landed in the hard-of-
hearing county he had on a suit of clothes,
carried $18 in his pocket, and led a hog of
the sort that multiplies and replenishes the
earth. With that outfit, he has succeeded
in building a fortune within a brief space
of time. Many other men have succeeded
on similar lines, some with even less of a
start than this one had. It is not at all a
Neglected wounds produce old lores and
tbtse In time davciop ulcer* which eut w |
tii' vitality.
Ba! Sard's
Snow Liniment
Is Ramcdy for Ml Alimanta of
the F!©s^ c,? Mtxti and Ucaat.
Thfl Uticd Willi v. lik'.i iVn r nl1 15r.!r • t h<vil.i ijp a had
wound i >ori i j urprl' . 1 us. t j !• - "i i'• .'n > to ftccus-
trm. d to the . ! .v.t ;; I -r, ■ r: rit < t • r I n powerful reme
dies. It I.. '■
little tim • I'■ •• l f. >■ i
gU. yrljiti' l.
ulironte vl-n
faction t•.t It < r.
by tho u ' *"
It 18 t '|!.ul: v • !i '
of blood- 'I ft. i. v".lUi:
and worn 1* <;ui '■
This re; J :
efttcsicy vu.i r :.y
,r;.t. .1 !!■ ' ,'i • '-'y t'Ki' there is but
. in r< vir.i; i 'i-.ui • pains, nc-urul-
•1 ! t <; "rk. Many
ii.. .1 'i■ 1 t h'.;r fci'-ut satls-
• i ♦ t•.< ; i.~. ii ot tl.c tlmo required
ii. tli .'Vih k.'. nenin of uiitinals. Owners
U ' •"!, for i vi an Jt l.caU sores
I . j i: . .*liifl«-urlti*r s.fu ra.
! ! , / ry •• .i« 1 r trr it power and
.re. v..', no f ir.i!y would he without it.
Price f.Ztc, COc z.nrf $1.00 par Bottle.
JAMES F. DALU3D /Oii ST. LOMft,
Stepbrnn Dye Salvo U a isn't- mil r^m.-ilr for Sore Ryes.
NOItTH HIDE DRUG HTORE
lillicult thing to get rich in a rich country,
Maine adopted it in 1913. In Illinois', I$ew provided one goes about it right and sticks
IIntiinshire Mini k*:m>ns it Inis bpen Teeotn- to it the same way. 'Ilie greatest trouble
Hampshire and Kansas it has been recom-
mended by the governors, and in New Eng-
land by the tax conference. In Nebraska,
Kansas and ()regon it will be voted on this
vear, and in Iowa in
It is very gratifying that Hon. Worth S.
Kay will support our townsman. lion. J. L.
Franklin, for the office of Controller. Mr.
Kay ha> been an employee of that office for
several years, and is thoroughly familiar
with its work. Mr. Kay has doubtless
known Mr. Franklin for a number of years,
and feels that the MeKinney man is well-
fitted for the position that he seeks.
the
i>;.
Ex-Confederates' and
The greatest
is that too many of us do not begin right,
and too many more are quitters. Some
of us, in tho case above cited, would have
begun operations in Deaf Smith County by
spending our $18 for a pinto pony and
swapping the hog for a saddle. A month
later we would have sold the riding outfit
for about $11.50 and bought a ticket to the
It means that this number of nearest town where we could get a job on
• rs will be added to the avail 'he eight-liour-day system and go to the
able force iii Texa- during this year. Thi- movies every night. At the end of the
institution is doing a fine work for the pio- same five years that made the other man
fession that it represents, ;i> well as for hu- rich we would still have been pulling down
inanity by preparing men and women to do « nr daily wage, standing off the bill collec-
Itetter service in its vineyard. The Normal tors and—perhaps—making occasional
authorities have been unable for a number public speeches demanding equal oppor-
of years to supply the demand made upon tunity for all classes and proving by sta-
it for its graduates. Manv school board- tistics that the rich are getting richer and
The North Texas State Normal has four
hundred and forty-one graduates this year.
This is the largest class in history of this
institution.
elh' it'llt tone
Remember
Old Settlers' Picnic and Reunion which
will be held ;it the ground- of the A-socia
tion on August 1 "J, 13, 14. Those will be
three day- of merry-making and meeting
and mini:ling with old acquaintances. It
will also In- a time when new friends may
be made. It' you have been an attendant! sponsible for such
before, you will be here again this year. IT himself the justict
you have not been
time.
over the state accept Normal recommenda-
tions without serious question. Many of
this graduating class had accepted posi-
tion- before the time for receiving their di-
plomas had arrived, and many of these po-
sitions were in towns in which they were
strangers.
Some of the opponents of Tom Ball have
begun to scatter reports that he keeps
liquor in hi- home all the time. This is in
tended to earn the impression that the pro
candidate i- a coi:-tant drinker. We do not
know that Mr. I-Vp-Mison is in any way re
work, but he
the poor poorer.-
News.
-State Press in Dallas
••• ••• •> •> •> •> < •> <• *5*
WITH THE PARAGRAPHERS
<"8. "5"* * *<*♦
Fresh cream should never be mixed with
old. as this favors rapid fermentation. A
good plan is to allow tho fresh cream to
cool
Bishop News.
as well as his opponent
ere before, come thi- to publicly deny that report. His silence
ion wi.l en,jo\ the stay in our good would be con.-trued bv some to mean that
town, ami will look forward to
of the event next v ar.
the return lie giv« • it lull credence, or that he is re
| sponsible for it. I ntrue reports of that
nature would be hurtful to his better in
tere-ts.
Out of a total of SI,900,000,000 worth of
property in Mexico, the little strip of j
trouble .just across the Kio tirai^" Me\j Hon. J. J. Faulk of Athens is a candidate
can- own about $700,0<j0,0<)<l JR- beinu f°r As oeiate Justice of the Court of Crim
their own native country. ''Big Interests";'na' Appeals. Judge Faulk is a .juri-t of
in the T'nited States own ability, a clean, high toned gentleman, and
worth of Mexican property, (jet the idea a ",ilM who will adorn the bench to which
who wants war? A few of these influential asp',rps
plutocrats want the Fnited States to send j
an army of our brave hearted boy- into MeKinney needs a great cotton ware
Mexico for the sole purpose of protecting house on the plan so ably advocated by
their interests, which never has nor never Clarence Oiisley. It would mean much
would interest or profit the average man. 'both to the farmer and our fair little oitv.
Here's one editor's suggestion as to the
proper way for a girl to dance the tango—
to "keep one arm around her self-respect
and tho other around her modesty and be
careful what she does with her feet."—
Wills Point Chronicle.
King Alfonso has expressed a great do
-ire to meet Colonel Roosevelt when the lat-
ter reaches Spain, lie will certainly have
that pleasure and will also get n few dots
as to how a country ruled by a king should
lu. run.—Waxuhnchie Daily Light.
Jim Ferguson may bo able to out talk
Tom Ball but what has he said when he is
through. His rent dopois all punk and the
man never lived who could successfully ad-
vocate unti prohibition in the face of an
i •« 111; il ou prohibition, so taking all in all we
will place our money on Ball if ever ho and
Ferguson get together.—Cause Gnide.
*
* LATE FOREIGN NEWS. ♦
Uy Associated Press.
Quebec, Juno '1.—An IriiprcKslve
funeral service was held for twelve of
tho victims of tho Empress of Ireluml
today. The luiko of <'onnauKl>t sent
representatives.
fxindon, June 5.—Six thousand sov-
i rlntfH, the largest Hum In KOld over
deposited to Insure n Klove flKh , was
posted here today as Jack Johnson's
share In the coming battle with
Sam liiinpford.
Florence, Italy, June —Vino nzo
Perugia whose lliirht witfi the paint-
Iiik of "Monti l.isa" from Louvre Paris,
which was a world wide sensation, was
sentenced to eighteen months impris-
onment today.
Paris, France, June 1.—France has
annexed the Wallls Islands In tho
southern part of the Pnclllc Ocean.
The area of this territory Is forty
square miles and the population Is
forty-five hundred.
l ljon, France, June 5.—A blazing
aeroplane fell from one-half mllo
height, into the tree-tops here today.
The mutilated bodies of l.leuts. (11-
ronne and Itions, at my aviators, were
found In the wreckage.
Madrid, Spain, June 4.—The Tm-
parclal, a local Journal, prints ii very
disparaging article on the coming of
Theodore Roosevelt to this country to
he present at the wedding of his son
In this city on June 11.
Katavla, Java, June 5.—Several
volcanoes are now In violent erup-
tion In the province of San Huir forty
miles south of the Philippine Islands.
I.uva overflowed one hundred planta-
tions, but no lives are reported lost.
Derby, England, June 5..—The his-
toric llreadsall Church, dating back
to the times of the Normans in the
year of 10,'iG A. It., was burned here
today. The militant suffragettes are
suspected. The Chained nible was
among the priceless relics to be lost.
Peking, China, June 4.—The brig-
and, White Wolf, and his gang are
burning and pillaging many towns In
the Kansu province. A famous Ti-
betan monastery has been burned.
I.ater reports indicate that the
troops of the Republic have surround-
ed the brigands In a ravine.
New York, Jun> I.— The Christina
■ind Missionary Alliance today stated
through one of its otllo rs that it
feared that several of the women
missionaries have been murdered In
the towns which have In u burned by
Our War With
Mexico
WAS A MELANCHOLY I'LI KE
THAT IILEW IP IX THE
STKETCH. anil all our patriotic
Mute mllltln that whs famishing
for a eliance to examine the
Nntlonnl Mexican complexion
through I lie sights of Mauser
rllles are now at liberty to Itcgln
thinning corn anil shocking
wheat as soon as Jupiter Pluvhis
stops handing us tlie worst or It.
The consolation Is If we can't
liavo a nice up to date war wltli
tlie greasers we can have a grain
crop uround MeKinney. 'Hie
limes that are Immediately
ahead of this tillage will make
tlie grouclilcst prvdmlst sll up
and take notice. The farmer
will liate to pay storage on Ids
money anil the ncwsltoys will
have more coin limn (lie hank-
ers have had In years. Tlie street
corner lieggers will In- rhllng In
IBIS models and asking for
twenty dollar lillls lo boy cream
Kick lea ami tlie Nnrlti Side llrug
Store will lie right on tlie joli
from sit o'clock In tlie morning
until tlie street llglitN kick for
union hours.
f.et tlie best of drugs or drugs
will gel Hie Ih*I of yon.
North Side Drug
Store
Both Phone* 400 ud 10.
the Chinese brigand, White Wolf.
Five missionaries are believed to havo
been at tho monastery destroyed, and
eight others, husbunds and wives, aro
known to have been In some of th«
towns looted.
WOOHV1LLK ltOGKIUi NOW
ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING
Woodvlllo Rogers, who Is ono of
the county's brightest young teachers,
is now actively engaged in campaign-
ing for the Legislature, his school
having closed last Krlduy. He called
In to see us, getting a Mr bunch of
nicely printed curds, telling us that ho
was now ready for the fight. Ho
states that from now on, he will ho
active In the county and wants and
expects to meet every voter in tho
whole county. He is "4 years of age,
bright as a dollar, well educated, sttnl
Is a young man of pleasing address.
si \'l>.\V sniool, PICNIC
FRIDAY, JUNE 1!
The ofllcers, teachers, and pupil:
of the First Methodist Sunduy School
will enjoy their annual picnic Fri-
day, June 12. Special interurban
cars will be chartered and the plcnla
will bo held sit Klrkland Park. Every
one Is expecting a most pleasant
time.
*
Buys Itesldcnoc.
Homer Henderson, who had tho
misfortune of having his residence,
together with Ills household goods de-
stroyed by tire some two or throo
weeks ago, has purchased the resi-
lience formerly belonging to Jim
Field on the corner of College and
Louisiana Streets, and will have samo
moved to his lot on Pine Street as
soon as the streets are In a reasonably
good condition. Tills Is n six-room
residence. Mr. Henderson will re-
model and overhaul the building and
will make a modern and up-to-date
residence.
Mr. and Mrs. It. A. McCIendon of
Nevada are rejoicing over the arrival
of a baby boy.
Ask Giles MeKinney.
About that Uvalde Comb Honey he
has in ;t, fi and 10-pound sizes. It Is
pure, unadulterated Honey and
prompt delivery, l'hones 31.
When ordering llour from your
grocer always say "White Billows"
and watch him smile for ho knows
you will bo satisfied.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Subject to the \cilon of the Den o«
Crutlc Primary, .Inly 25, 1914.
Eor District ,Indue.
JUDillO M. II. OABN'ETT.
Present Judge Since Jan. 1, 1914.
W. J. MAT 11 IS.
For I/oca I llcprcscntaUve.
WOODVII.EE J. ROGERS.
J. HU I) COTTRI3LL.
Por County .fudge:
L. C. CLIFTON
GEORGE P. BROWN.
I. E. REEVES.
H. L. DAVIS.
Por County Attorney:
SAM NEATHERY.
JOHN DOYLE.
Por District Clerk:
A. S. WHEATLEY.
(Re-Election, 2nd Term)
Por SlierllT.
ALBERT McCAULEY.
1 R. W. B. POPE,
ED BLA K EM AN.
VV. F. STOCKTON.
TIP 15 ADS.
For County Clerk.
W. L KEEN.
MATE HARNETT.
SAM E. RATEMAN
O. W. WEST.
RUFFS 1IOLSONBAKE.
Por Tax Collector.
H. It. CHADDICK.
(Re-Election Second Term.)
For County Treasurer:
W. M SHIRLEY.
For Justice Pence Prcclut No. 1.
V. II (HOMER) HENDERSON.
T. HUGIISTON BEVERLY.
Por Commissioner, Prec. No. It
C. ii WARD.
J W (WALTER) DOWNS.
CHARLEY MIXoN.
A T. It A PER.
A. D. DRAKE.
A. MART GRIFFIN.
JOEL E. IIEI.CH BR.
J. II. IIAYS,
Por Commissioner Precinct No. S:
,1. II. BROOKINS.
J. II. GILES (second term).
Por Commissioner Precinct Wo. 4.
WILL N. WATERS.
HAM IIOWREY.
JNO. I). Morrow.
For Constable, I'rerliict No. It
R. I\ (SON) MACK.
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1914, newspaper, June 11, 1914; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292154/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.