Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 27, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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Pre-Inventory Sale
IN THE SUIT DEPARTMENT
Great Reductions in suit
section Coat Suits Dresses,
Coats, and Furs Reduced
for INVENTORY SALE
Mason- firackMy Co.
TIE CKEAT LOW-PRICE DRY GOODS STORE
^ Among the Courts j
United States Court.
The United Stale* District court
for the Eastern Division of Texas
will convene In Sherman. Judgt* Gor-
dcn Russell presiding, on Monday,
Jan. I. 1»17.
Whiti-sboro Whisperings.
To the Democrat:
Wblteeltoro, Ini'. 21. Miss Knnk<*
Jenkins, »lxi Is attending C. 1. At- In
Denton. Is here (he (Wilt of home
folks.____MUs U»ls Jenkins, win) Is
leaching at, Grajijon Land, Is, the
tmest of home folks.....Miss lleuluh
Belle Bennett, who Is attending I.
A. In Denton, Is the guest of home
folks.....Miss <dailyh Haley of C. I.
A. I* here visiting relative*....
Miss Mary Feldt of C. L A. Is here
the guest of home folks.....Miss Eve-
lyn Beheld of 0. I. A. Is here the guest
rif her |iarcnts, Mr. and Mrs. A. 4.
Schold.....Mrs. Krrlel Unsay nml
daughter of Wixslhln* spent Thurs-
day here, the guests of Mr. anil Mrs.
Kd r. Burba.....Miss Mamie Unsay
of Henrietta siient a few days hero
with Miss Mabel Burba last week.....
Mr. and Mrs. I**on U*e of GalUwvllle
are here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Coy and otlujr relatives nml
friends....Miss HazelLewis is spemi-
ing the holidays In Bonham, tlic guest
of Mr. and Mrs. N. Phillip*.....Miss
Willie MeJunkIlls of O. I. A. Is here.
the guest of home folks.....Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. Wells arc* visitors in Dal
las.
•'JOHN’.”
f.oen In the Canadian imrllniiieiit for
fifty years, for the greater part of the
time in the house of coumnms, hut
he has occupied a seat In the senate
since im, ami has held the position
of minister of customs, /minister of
defense, minister of trade and com
men***, president of the privy council
anil for alsmt a year was premier of
Jt'Hiiadu.
Dispatching Butintat.
Counsel For the Defense— Your hon-
or, yon neglected to ask the prisoner
If she had anything to say as to why
sentence should not be pronounced.
Judge-Inasmuch as the prisoner is a
woman, we will omit that formality In
order to dispose of the case In some
reasonable time.—Pittsburgh Press.
Stag* Name.
“Yes, I am going on the stage.”
"Well, I hope you succeed in making
a name for yourself."
“That has already been attended to,
my dear. I picked a really beautiful
one out of o romantic novel.’’—Louts
vllle Courier-Journal.
Former Canadian Premier is 93.
Belleville, Ont„ IJec. 27.—Sir Mac-
kenzie Howell, one-time premier of
the Dominion and now the oldest man
In Canadian .public life, celebrated
Ills ninety-third birthday anniversary
today. His health 1ms l»een remark-
ably good during his long life, and
despite Ids greet age he seldom miss-
es a (luy’s work. Sir Mackenzie has
A Real Defender.
"Big" brother Is reasonably good
about defending little sister, but the
ical serious trouble comes when “big'
sister sees some oqe Imposing on little
brother.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Stingy!
Omar—Miss Alraee certainly 1ms a
lovely complexion, hasn’t she? Hazel
—Tes; and the stingy thing won’t tell
me what brand she uses.—Exchange.
f
Pat Tlmnihill Cm*.
Tlic case of the State vs. Pat Thorn-
hill, charged by Indictment with mur-
der. was called in the Fifty-Ninth Dis-
trict conrt this uinrulng. Thornhill Is
alleged to have shot and killed Ben
strickllng, his brotber-ia-law, at the
Cotton Mill community, Denison, Sept.
22, 1010. _
A special venire of sixty men was
drawn 111 the ease.
The defendant 1» represented by Far-
ley and < 'hurley Iteasonover of Denison,
ami they presented u petition to the
court asking for a change of venue in
the case. This motion will Is* argued
Isdore 4 mlgv M. II. Garnett during the
afternoon.
The state Is represented by County
Attorney H. II. CumuiUm nml his as-
sistant, Roy M. Finley.
A lurge number of witnesses are in
attendance upon the case.
W. K. Wright of the Cotton Mills.
Denison, whr the first witness intro-
iBiced in thi* mutter of securing u
change of venue. He was put on the
stand by the attorneys for the defend-
ant nmi testified that in Ills opinion
the defendant could not got a fair and
impartial trial in Grayson county.
This witness laid signed the affidavit
supporting the motion for a chunge of
venue.
F. T. Glasscock, a Sherman druggist:
Barlow Rols*rts, a Sherman banker; 4.
M. Nichols, a farmer living near the
Denison Cotton-Mills; lam Tuck, ah
straelor of Sherman; John F. Stowe,
abstracter of Sherman; Flo.vd Sim
ni'*iis, constable of Tolu lleaiy 4. M.
McMinin, city attorney of Wllltewright;
Judge G. P. Webb and J. H. I-aw son,
Shcrriian, attorneys, all testified that
their opinion the defendant could
get a fair and Impartial trial in this
county.
Other witnesses who testified fot
the state to the effect that Thorn
hill can get u fair uml impartial
trial were John Sunders, a farmer
living a mile and a half north of
Sherman; Paul W. Bean, grocery mer-
; hant of Sherman; A. B. Youug, a
Sherman grocer; John Moore, rounty
probation officer; Josh Fain, deputy
county clerk; W. S._ Buster, a Sher-
man cotton buyerJake Woclaver,
resident of the Denison Cotton Mill
community; Walter McDowell, Deni-
son Cotton Mill.
II. P. Barnes, testifying III favoc of
the motion, said he had heard people
say so niuny lioople have Iteeu turned
loose at Sherman, charged with mar
der, that he does not believe any one
eouhl get a fair trial here. He also
added: “I was charged with murder
and tried for It once myself and they
fried to do me just like-they an* try-
ing to do Thornhill.”
Hugh Smith,' grocer and confection
er. Denison Cotton Mill, said; “l
think some few at tlic Cotton Mill
are prejudiced against I’at Thornhill
hut can't say as to there being any
prejudice In any other part of the
Wright's addition to Sherman, $3,U0U
J. 8. Bishop el at to Mrs. Martha
Iasi better, lots IS to 42, Inclusive,
block 7; lots 14 to 1# Inclusive,
block 1H, Bells, $500.
B. G. Nevile et ux to T. F. Rodgers,
157 acres, M. D. Bullion survey,
F1H.30.
W. VV. Farlow et ux toJ.,A. Akers,
18.35 acres, ts. Dumnan survey,
fi.M».75.
U. W. Head et a I, executors, to
J. Wilson, 40 acres, B. F. Hal!
survey, $2200.
J. L. Simonson «*t al to S. J. Brown
ul. 103 acres, —*-survey, $-4000.
OBJECT 18 FOB PEOPLE OF
GRAYSON COUNTY TO GET
BETTER ACQUAINTED.
Motor licenses.
She iinun,
2078-R. Ik Hill
Haxtai.
.‘07k—Bob plait of Pottsboro,
Bulck.
2680—G. B. Anderson of Potts-
boro, Ford.
2081—-IV. B. McCord of Denison,
Bulck.
2682—A. J. Mershon of Tioga.
Brisco.
2883—Jno. Neill of Van Alstyne,
Saxon.
2081—Dick Coffee of Van Alstyne,
< Tbovi*oh*t.
2085—1. 1». Rowland of Denison,
CluWrolet.
20S0 Roy Jones of Sherman. Har-
ley Davidson.** <
An invitation is being sent out to
the business men. farmers and citi-
zens of Sherman and Grayson county
to attend "ojieii house’ to la* held at
the ChutntH*r of Comment* on New
Year's Day.
I>. W. Gullck, chairman of tin*
eCinmlttee, in the Invitations ls*ing
sent out says: “We need to get let-
ter acquainted with each other and
this also offers us a splendid oppor-
tunity of taking stock of the condi-
tions and needs of tlic city and coun-
ty. ;
'The wise business man hnlts hi*
business ouee u year, nink<*s a care
fill Inventory of his goods on hand,
goes over Ills records, scrutinizing
each atcount and In us cureful und
delllwrate manner as isisslhle plans
ahead for tin* coming year.
We need lo do the same thing for
the community ns a whole. We need
Marriage licenses.
Kel-
ltnb.v
Jno. VV. Wlllork and Miss Verna
McK .light. *
H. D. Moffett and Miss Sadie
Smith.
Il A. Bishop and *Mlss Nannie
Moran.
J. C. Record and Mis*'. Ixivey
ley.
Gtnf Fitzgerald alld Miss
Brockclt.
Horace Black and I.ue Tommie
WUkerson. n«*groes.
XI. E. Brncker and Miss Kffle
llarshhnrger.
Jesse Stallings and Laura Giles,
negroes.
Jno. Billion and Miss Rosa Hayes.
S. II. Oossage uml Miss Bertie
I’urdom. - j.„
Cliff Glasp.v and Miss Alio Clay-
ton. | 6 i |t
Sylvetter Khld and Basha Corsey.
negroes. SyULiJ#'
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
the
Signature of
county. One thousand people live
lib
America Leads the World
rr^ODAY America b the largest user of the telephone
I of all nations of the earth.
It’s forty years since Professor Bell brought
out his speaking telephone, and today there are 15,000,000
telephones in the world, of which over 9,000,000 are in
the. United States.
America’s wonderful telephone development is due
to superior equipment and methods and to the big idea—
that the public is best served by an universal system in
which each Bell telephone is the center.
the Cotton Mfil community. My
knowledge as to prejudice existing
against Tohrnhlll is limited to the
Cotton Mill community. People 1 have
heard talk of the case nrc witnesses
in the case.”
Clyde Fitzgerald, snbl lie didn’t
know of any prejudice at the Cotton
Mill, as he was busy attending to Ills
own business.
Boll Gray said there may lie preju
dice in some places.
Mrs. Alma Cool* said she heard
Hum Cummins say Pat Thornhill
night to be hung, nml heard old man
Strickllng say the same, and that she
based lier opinion that there Is preju-
dice against Thornhill on those two
statements.
After .hearing the arguments, bawd
on the testimony of the witnesses re
ferred to, Judge M. H. Garnett over
ruled the motion for il change of venue
and the work of securing the jury
wns taken up.
Liquid Fir* In War.
Liquid fire as a war weapon Is thus
described In an English journal:
Iu the earliest models the combus
tible liquid wus propelled by a gas
condenser out of a portable or fixed
reservoir anti was lighted by some au-
tomatic device as It escaped from the
nozzle of the project ing instrument.
Later a double barreled liquid gun
was devised, having the upper barrel
much smaller than the lower and piv-
oted so as to turn independently. The
fluid Is shot from the two barrels si-
multaneously, but only that from the
upper one Ignites automatically.
This small, burning stream Is so dl
.fected that It unites with the larger,
uoubuming one at any desired point
and then, of course, Ignites the larger
jet The small stream Is then shut off,
the large one continuing to flaw.
The flames do not spread backward
along the Jet toward the nozzle, but
are carried forward to the target and,
Btrlklng the ground, form a veritable
sheet of Are, which continues to ignite
the fluid as f£st and as king as It falls.
For Killing Turkeys.
A. G. Shaw filed a complaint In the
county conrt against Henry Wilhite,
alleging that the latter killed six tur-
keys belonging to him.^ Mr. Wilhite's
bond was set-at $250. which he gave
and wus released from custody.
Every Bell Telephone h a Long Distance Station
The Southwestern telegraph
and Telephone Company
■SB?
WMBItll
Rial Estate Transfers.
G. W. Harvey et ux to O. O’Hanlon.
132 acres, Joseph Denver survey
$0600.
It. E. Smith to G. S. Shoemaker,
ltltS acres, J. Wood fin survey, $1(00.
E. G. Henson to Ada Curry, 1
13, block C. Howe. $212.
Mrs. Amina Reese et al to»0.,
Webb, so iq*res. Sun Antonio & Mexi-
co Ry. Co., survey, $100.
O. E. Riser et ux to J. M. Renter,
lot in Block 8. Jones and Wain-
Fancy Waste Baskets for home use—just the thing
for your guests room, and for every day use. We have them
in solid colors and in two color stripes of green and mahog-
Special T-Xl-fMM
any.
54 ©gulls
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HE -DEPENDABLE STORE
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PHONE 23 AND COUNT THE
MINUTES
BIG ASSORTMENT OF
FINE
PERFUMERY
and
TOILET
WATERS
Just Received.
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CARLR. NALL
The Careful DrugglsL
The Making of Chipped Glass.
Sheets of glass that arc covered with
a shell-like raised pattern are- In use
for screens, partitions, electric light
fixtures add other purposes. This
chipped glass, for the pattern is often
really chipped out of the surface, In
volves a process that Is Interesting.
The sheet of glass to he treated
placed under a sand blast in order to
give it a grain. This ground surface
la next tied ted with a solution of good
glue, and the glass Is placed In a dry
lng room on a rack, where It remains
for some hours. Next the sheets
glass are removed to the chipping
room, whgre they are placed on edge
back to back, with the coated surfaces
outward. This room Is heated
steam coils, and when the heat Is turn
cd on the glue reaches Its utmost de-
gree of desiccation and curls off the
glass In pieces from the size of a dime
to that of a silver dollar, but It ad-
heres so closely to the glass that
Its effort to get free It tears a piece
off the surface, the result being
beautiful pattern.
NV1TATI0N TO ALL
TOC. Of C.GPEN HOUSE
jPollocK!*
Pay Us a Visit
Big Discount on all Ladies’ Suits
All Ladies’ Dresses.
All Misses and Children’s Suits and
Dresses.
Discount on all Coats.
slop and consider what has licen
au'onipilsliod. wherein wo have failed,
together with the yatwes. and what
things- deserve our attention during
11117.
It is as good business to take stock
for Shorunm and for Grayson county
as It Is for us to take stock of our
individual farm, shop or business.''
Jin* hours will Is* from t) until 5.
Callers may come at any time during
these hours and will l»e invited to
stay ns long as they please.
Chairman Gullck and Ills reception
committee will Ik*4)11 hand during the
entire day to welcome those who eoine
in and talk over with them 11117
problems- matters for the good of
Sherman mat Grayson county.
Light refreshment a will Ik* served.
A group of Grayson County Canning
Club Girls will have charge and citi-
zens of tin* city and county will have
the opportunity of learning more defi-
nitely the splendid work lielng done
amc-ng -.the Canning Club Girls.
♦*
PI
Fresh Oysters
Fish, Dressed Poultry
and all kinds of FRESH MEATS
V ■ \ I©'' S'"!*If•''<?*'' «-,* s’ *
Sherman Fish and Neat Market
Night Scsnss In Yokohama.
In most oriental countries sunset
brings quiet to the streets and there la
little night life. But on Theater street,
Yokohama, 11 o'clock at night sees the
great crowds leaving,the movies, which
are close together, and the resulting
iceue is one never to he forgotten.
Humanity packed too close for com-
fort surges in an unbroken tide from
one end of the street to the other. Add
|o this mass of many hued forma the
taking down ofAhe highly colored ban-
ners ail'd you a scene that makes
the droppikg of the big top ut home
look like a aide show.
Sometimes the lights on the water
produce an effect almost Venetian
charm, but the bulky canal boat lacks
the artistic lines of the gondola, and
the water sends forth a scent which
might be called by a plainer name.
The newspaper boy .rushes through the
narrow streets hurling the sheets
right and left as be runs and ringing
the bells at his waist to announce his
arrival.—Christian Herald.
•'A Thief Of Health.-
"The man who coughs or sneezes In
your presence without covering his
mouth with a lyiudkerchief is a thief,”
the bulletin of the St. Louis health de-
partment says.
“He Is a thief of health and com-
fort," continues the bulletin. “Of
course he does not know It, ami be
does not mean to Injure his friends
and compun\ous, hut he does that very
thing every time he coughs or sneezes
without protecting his mouth and nose
with his handkerchief.
Watch the people who are afflicted
and take note of how few ihtsuus use
a handkerchief when sneezing or cough-
ing. They scatter grip germs In of-
fices, workshops, stores, and within
twenty-four to forty-eight hours thou-
sands of persons are Infected. Nobody
seems to think it worth while to use
a handkerchief."
Burdstts and the Towel.
The story of how Bob Burdette
gau to write for publication Is rather
Interesting. Ills wife was an Invalid,
and most of bis verse and short stuff
were written solely for her entertain-
ment One day he was talking to Frank
Hatton, who later became postmaster
general under Arthur. Hatton was
then editing the Burlington Hawkeye.
“Bob.” said Hatton, “when you
through reading your stuff to your
wife band U over to me and
print It."
One of the first things he turned over
was bis famous ode to the printing of-
fice towel. This is part of it:
Over and uniter was blacker than thunder
And dally put on a more Inkier hue
Until one windy, morning without a
warning
It fell on the floor and was broken
two.
—Charles B. Lewis (M. Quad) In
York Sun.
Conclusive.
On one occasion Herr Stelnlts, the
famous chess master, was discussing
political economy with a distinguished
professor in England, and the Mal-
thusian theory came up. After the
usual arguments the veteran chess
player thus wound up the controversy ;
"It's all nonsense what they say.
You tell me a poor man has no right
to have a large family. You say his
doing so Is not honest. Is a jiositive In-
jury to his country and to humanity. I
tell you you are wrong, and I’U prove
It. My father was a poor man—a very
poor man. My father was an honest
man—a very honest man. Well, he had
thirteen children, and I, Wilhelm
Steinltz, the chess champion of the
world, I am the thirteenth!”
For Gcat-Ruping Coolest.
San Angelo. Texas, Dec. 27. In
belief Unit (Tinmplon broncho bus
and cattle ropers have.........bt*oomoi
common as to lie without class,
Johnson of Hmora sought for bin
a higher distinction by prorlah:
himself as the champion goat-ropr
the southwest. The claim got.
goat of A. J. Holder of Brownw
who tadleved he was some giat-ri
himself. The rival claims resv
hi an agreement for a contest
today to ihf'hlc the champion
The two men put up $1,000
agreed that the one who suceeedo
roping twenty goats In the * shot
time should lie awarded the purse
the championship title.
Don't Miss This. Cut out this
enclose with five cent* to Folcv &
2835 Sheffield Avc., Chicago. Ill
lng your nnnip and address clei
Yon will receive In return n
package 00;.tabling Foley's Honey
Tar ComiKiiitid for coughs, colds
croup: Foley Kidney Pills and
CathuiMc Tablets. Sold every who
tudh-s)
HUNT S LIGHTNING G
.MAKES PAIN VANISH • .
Mo UnlDMOt to quloklr wtnn*. (lowi 1
ud MMtrtMt tht tnrftm. bringin*
a ?1U*
I'll
New
Garnett Fighters.
Sparrows are proverbially pugna-
cious. Sometimes a tree will be a
sparrow battleground, and for,ten mln-^
utos It will lie as lively as a dog fight.
Probably Ibe finest fighter iu the
world, quadruped or biped, Is the gnme-
cock. He Is a match for anything his
size In the world if he gets a fair field
and uo favor. He Is as quick as a flash
of lightning, and hls spurs are terrible
weapons, quite as effective as a pair of
bayonets, and used much more scien-
tifically and forcefully.—Londou Tele-
graph. •
New Grocery Sti
We have ju»t opened an entire!
stock of Groceries at the hVnith (
Travis street.
Please try us with an order
will show you how we apprecL
No. 1706 South Travis street.
Phones 795.
Early Grocery
raid and IK Wilt.
Not Asking Much.
•T presume you hope fortune will
smile on you some day,” remarked the
cheery individual.
“No.” replied the pessimistic man.
“I’m so tired of her frowns that I
would be satisfied if she simply gave
me a noncommittal look.”—Spokane Re.
view. n\ It
Germany's Intensive Farming.
Germany has an area equal only
the three states of Minnesota, Iowa
and Missouri. Yet Germany produces
three fifths as much oats, four-fifths
ts much barley, six times as tm
potatoes and nine times as much
as we produce In the whole United
Stntes. In the last thirty years (
man rye production per acre Increased
87 per cent while the United Sti
Increased 10 per cent; German wheat
increased 58 per cent, ours only
per cent; German barley GO per cent,
the United States 10 per cent; German
oats 85 per cent our own 6 per cent;
German potatoes 80 per cent, ours
per cent It ts a notable achievement
for a nation whose soil resources tire
poor and which for the last thirty
years has been thought to be special-
izing on Industrial development.—New
York Mail.
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Start tbe New Year Right.
Resolve that you will not see the earnings of 1916 g<*|
up in smoke without being protected.
HALL & HARE, General Insurance Agenl
It'ith Phones 40.
GOOD SERVICE
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He Might Be Offended.
"See that dog. Katbl? It bus taken
the first prize at ten shows and Is
valued at 1,000 marks."
“I wonder if I dare offer him a bit
af sausage?”—FUegeude Blaettier.
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Has a Heavy Touch.
Jones—Doe* my daughter’s piano
practice annoy you? Neighbor—Not at
* all. But, tell me, what does she wear
—mittens or boxing gloves?—Life.
How About the Hoarort?
Certain musical compositions have
been found, to he nerve poisons that
derange the minds of those who play
them.-Kansas City Star.
Not What 8Hs Expected.
Marla was a tender, sentimental lit-
tle thing, but, to put It mildly, hardly a
beauty. 8he was very fond of hubby,
bat exacted tram him rather an undue
amount of attention and service.
“Oh, George,” she complained one
night, "1 don’t believe you really lovo
me! Tell me, would you feel It, dear,
If we were parted?”
“Eh—what's that?” said George,
brightening np.
“I mean If some one were to come
and offer to take me away, give me
beautiful home and every loving care
and all the best that money could buy,
how would you feel?”
“It wou’t happen,” he answered, n£
lapsing Into moody silence.—Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
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Had you noticed the “Good Service” we are giving yc
on our deliveries? Are you using this “Good Service?’
not call us up, Phones 52, next time and see how quick
win get it out for you.
Then, “Good Service" with us, does not mean only qu
deliveries, it also means Good Hardware, Good Prices
Courteous Treatment.
Let the “Good Service” Store fill your wants in
Resolve not to be poor; whatever you
have, spend less.—Dr. Johnson,
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invigorating to tne pale nod Sickly
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
r.ROVK'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malax la.cnrichet the blood.aud builds apthesyj.
**wu A tree tonic. For adults sad children. Sr
ware and we will promise to ‘‘Make Good.’
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Scull-Swain Hardware Coi
“THE GOOD SERVICE STORE.
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