The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1915 Page: 3 of 6
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THE PLANO STAR-COURIER
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95c.
ALL WOOL
r Pants
FOR BOYS
Made strong for hard service. Other grades at 35 and 50 cents.
Look For the Loop
The World’s Best Waist 50c.
CADET HOSE
For Boys and girls, 25c. LINEN knee, heel and toe.
SCHOOL opens next week, Get ready this week at the VALUE Clothes Store.
»• ! E. A. Skites, formerly presi-
• dent of the First Guaranty State
• Bank here, but now living in
• Dallas, was one of the many that
J j attended the Picnic and met old I
• friends and acquaintances.
R. Howell, a genial, obligingj
ty teacheas that precede the
opening of the various schools.
The attendance was the largest
ever known at a county institute,
the enrollment up to Tuesday
morning amounting to *271.
L. A. Williamson, of Sulphur
J. G. THOMPSON COMPANY.
Local and Personal News.
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Mr. and Mrs. Seifert visited
home folks in Plano Sunday.
Mrs. J. A. Crow and son, Jim,
were Dallas visitors Tuesday.
Frank Bell has opened a new
grocery store at Allen in this
county.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Carpenter,
of Dallas, were visitors to Plano
Monday.
A' G. Hays is having some im-
provements made on his house
this week.
Miss Amelia Shive, of Chick-
asha, Okla., is visiting her broth-
er, Ii. R. Shive, and family.
Only three more days to have
your old hat made new at Reag-
ers.
Mr. Collins, the hatter, Now
at Reagor’s Tailor Shop, will on-
ly be here a few days more.
E. Holmes is in Dallas
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ben-
nett, and family for a few weeks.
Mr. Leland Dysart, of Melissa,
made a visit to Plano Sunday to
call on one of the visiting girls.
Asa Vines, one of our good
Richardson subscribers, was in
Plano Wednesday on business.
Misses Evelyn and Thelma Car-
penter are visiting Mrs. N. E.
Hart at McKinney this week.
Miss Mabel Lively of Seymour
is visiting at the home of her
* uncle, A. P. Hughston, and fam-
ily.
Miss Pearl Brown was a guest
at the home of Mr. ^nd Mrs. T.
J. Steenson Sunday and Mon-
day.
W. E. White was arrested and
putin jail at McKinney Sunday
last charged with forgery and
boot legging.
FOR SALE—One Fine Milch
Cow with heifer calf. — Will
Schimelpfenig.
The Star Courier is indebted to
its good friend, C. C. Aldridge,
for his subscription paid up to
Sept. 9th. 191 (».
Monday t he 0th instant, Labor
Day, was observed as a holiday
by the post office and the three
banks at Plano.
For Sale—Good milch cow.
Will trade for dry cows. Sell for
cash or good notes
C. C. Aldridge.
Mrs. Henry. Bowman and
children, of Corpus Christi, are
here visiting at the home of her
father-in-law, .). H. Bowman.
The ladies of the Christian
Church will give a Baazar some
time in December. Time and
place will be announced at a later
date.
A. A. Jones and family left
Sunday for Gunter where they
will visit their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Jones, for a few
days.
The Star-Courier’s thanks are
due these clever gentlemen,
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| SCHOOL OPENS
I; Monday, Sept. 13
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A FULL LINE OF
SCHOOLBOOKS
and SCHOOL SUPPLIES at
Webb & Coppedge.
: * SCHOOL BOOKS FOR CASH ONLY ?
The profits on School Books are
I so small that we cannot afford to
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uheu^c any books to anybody.
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W. P. Farmer and T. J. Steenson
for subscription favors this
week.
F. E. White enrolls with The
Star-Courier this week. Thanks
Mr. White for your subscription,
and we hope to give you a good
paper.
For Sale- 1 nice Black mare
mule spring colt. Phone 158—
13r.
Miss Loucile Dunlap has gone
to Crowell, Texas, where she
will be one of the teachers the
coming school year in the public
school.
Mrs. J. E. Wall and family of
Tampa, Fla., are in Plano visit-
ing at the home of Mrs. Wall’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Bowman.
The second largest cotton gin
in the state is located at Plano,
and not the second best, but the
first best prices are paid here
for the cotton.
Remember that Dan Dudley
keeps a full and complete stock
of groceries and appreciate your
patronage.
Mr. and Mrs. King Bell and
two daughters of Byers, Okla.,
were in Plano the latter part of
last week, the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Jackson.
Mrs. I. D. Newsome of McKin-
ney was a visitor to the Plano
picnic, and while here was the
guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Gulledge.
Hon. Woodville Rogers of Me-
lissa was in Plano Monday night
enroute to Lebanon, Tenn.,
where he will attend the Law
School at that place.
Dan Dudley wishes you to
know that he will meet any and
all low’ prices that might be nam-
ed you.
Public Weigher Bradshaw re-
ports cotton coming in briskly
this week and farmers generally
selling, though some are storing
and holding their cotton.
The Courier Gazette has been
authorized to say that Alf M.
Dowell, of McKinney, will be a
candidate for district clerk in
next year’s primary election.
Jim Schrader, who ran for tax
assessor of Collin county in the
Democratic primary election of
1912 has given it out that he will
be a candidate for the same place
again next year.
See M. C. Portman for loans
to build your home in Plano and
vicinity.
Word comes from Taylor Jack-
son and Midge Harrington that
they will reach Oakland, Cal.,
tomorrow after their long jour-
ney across the continent in their
Buick roadster.
A number of buyers are al-
ready in the market for the 1915
cotton crop, and as usual the
price paid will be equivalent to
that of any market anywhere.
Bring your cotton to Plano.
and successful farmer, living out j Springs, was here the first of
west of Plano on Route 1 was an j the week looking after property
appreciated caller at the Star-1 interests. He owns a fine farm
Courier office Tuesday morning j two and a half miles southeast of
and has the thanks of the pub-
Usher for subscription favors.
Special This Week: Old hats
made new for $1.00 at Reagor’s
Tailor Shop.
The Star-Courier job depart
ment lias just completed twelve
thousand Ginners Certificates
for two of the Plano gins, and we
are prei>ared to do the very best
of such work. Come and try us.
New side walks are being built
all the time notwithstanding the
hard times, and in a short time
College street will be connected
with North Main street by a
first class concrete walk. Let
the good work go on.
Dr. Miller, of Murphy, was in
Plano a short while Tuesday.
He and his brother, with their
families, just returned last Fri-
day from the California exjxisi
lions, whither they went and re-
turned in automobiles.
I make loans to build homes
in Plano. See me for loans.
M. C. Portman.
With the past few days of
pretty weather the “fleecy
staple” is coming in at a good
rate. Up to Tuesday night 130
bales had been weighed at the
yards, prices ranging from 9c
to 9 to 9 1-4c per |>ound.
S. .1. Mathews spent the first
days of the week at Dallas on
business. From him we learn
that the stock of a big furniture
concern was liquidated at a sale
in which assets amounting to
$77,000 were sold for $13,175.
The Star-Courier is indebted
to Ralph R. Carpenter, Prairie
Hill, Texas, for a subscription
renewel this week, that puts him
among those spirits choice to the
newspaper publisher, the elect
who pay for the paper a year
ahead.
Cotton Insured -Hood Realty
Company.
A great deal of small grain,
the product of the brosul rich
acres that surround Plano on
every side, is still unsold. It is
held for market later on, and
will help out the revenue to be
realized from the sales of cotton
this fall and winter.
D. L. Woods, the motion pic-
ture show manager, is at home
again to remain. He come back
Sunday from Wills Point with
his automobile, which he had
been forced to abandon at that
place a week before on account
of high water at the end of a
tour in East Texas.
Miss Catherine Owen, of Ama-
rillo, Miss Mildred Smith, of Pea-
cock, and Miss Edna Russell, of
Dallas, sj>ent the weeks end with
Miss Cottrell, they all being for-
mer school mates at the South-
western University, and Miss
Russellhaving but recently moved
ed to Dallas from Plano.
Miss Aline Jackson, of Ren-
ner, entertained the Girls Club
last Friday night with a pro-
gressive Forty Two |>arty. Many
guests from Plano were in at-
tendance, and all are loud in
their praise of the fascinating
way in which Miss Jackson en-
tertained her many guests.
A very successful meeting
conducted by the Methodists
at Fannie Harrington Chapel,
closed last Sunday night. There
were between twenty and twenty-
five additions to the church.
The Sunday School at this place
is also said to be flourshing,
growing in both interest and at-
tendance.
The Collin County Teachers
Institute assembled at McKinney
Monday for a week’s session, the
annual exercises of the coun-
Plano, and his friends and those
of Mrs. Williamson lie re trust
that the consideration they are
going to moving here may re-
sult in their coming.
Cotton Insured—Hood Realty
Company.
One of tiie biggest surprises of
late was when the County At-
torney was quoted as saying that
games of chance such as were in
evidence at the picnic this year
could not be stopped. Every-
one seemed to be of the opinion
that it was a violation of the
law, but it seems there is no
state law against gambling now-
aday. —Frisco Journal.
J. H. Willis & Son, the new
firm dealing in elecrical sup-
plies and doing inside wiring
are busy this week preparing the
buildings at Murphy, five miles
east of Plano, for the service
that is being extended that t hriv-
ing town by the Texas Light and
Power Co. The Huguley gin at
that place is installing this pow-
er to oi>erate the machinery.
E. G. Bryan, who lives at Leb
anon, dropped into the The
Journal office Monday to tell us
that he had seen Joe Warren, at
Claredon. We used to work for
Joe in Hood county some years
ago when lie owned a newspaper
there. He sent us word he was
getting along fine, and that his
business at Clarendon was good.
We are always glad to hear from
old acquaintances. - Frisco Jour
nal.
Miss Eloice Anderson left Sun-
day for Gra|>evine, where she
will teach in the public school
at that place the coming term.
Miss Eloice is one of PltyiQ’s tine
young ladies and the school
board at Grapevine have made
no mistake in the selection of
this young lady as one of their
teachers. She will be in Fort
Worth this week attending the
Teachers Institute before the
commencement of the school.
R. W. Sandifer returned the
first of the week from the east,
where he had been buying the
autnum and winter merchandise
for the Whitten-Sandifer Com-
pany. His buying orders were
placed in New York, Chicagoand
St. l»uis, purchases for the each
department placed in the market
where particular inducements
for each class of goods were
strongest. He reports the busi
ness element of the cities visit
ed strongly optimistic.
The Star Courier wants a cor-
respondent at ever |>ost office in
tiie Plano country. Stationery,
jKistage, and the Star-Courier
will be furnished those who
write. Besides, weekly news
letters will serve the community
interests, giving publicity that
will be helpful to local
undertakings and publicity local
events that will interest home
people as well as those In other
sections of the county and else-
where reached by this j>aper.
Dr. T. W. Cole, who has been
in Plano for the past five months
as Veterinary Surgeon, left
Wednesday for Washington, D.
C., where he will enter the em-
ployment of the government as a
Veterinary Surgeon. We are
sorry that he has gone, but at
the same time are glad to know
that he. has accepted this ih>si
tion, as it is a good one and one
that there is promotion in. Dr.
Cole has made many friends
while here and the Star Courier
joins them in wishing for him all
the success that can come to:
him.
I
Man’s sphere of activity is ire
quently restricted by his fear of
it.
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We will appreciate your
insurance business—All
kinds written in best of
companies.
Losses promptly adjust-
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count.
JOE BRADSHAW
Agent
Office Phone 115,
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PLANO, :: :: TEXAS
Getting up in the world de-
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one’s knitting.
Anderson
Tailoring
has the 9nap and swing
you need in your clothes.
Every garment guaranteed
perfect in fit, fabric and
workmanship.
Orders taken at any time.
Deliveries made when de-
sired.
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You Nttd' ’
EARL WETSEL
PLANO. TEXAS.
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The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1915, newspaper, September 9, 1915; Plano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601610/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.