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THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-OAZBTTE, TW’KSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1919.
STOMACH TROUBLE
Mr. Marion Holcomb, of Nancy, Ky., says: “For quite
a long while I suffered with stomach trouble. I would
have pains and a heavy feeling after my meals, a most
disagreeable taste in my mouth. If 1 ate anything with
butter.oil or grease, I would spit it up. 1 began to have
regular sick headache. I had used pills and tablets, but
after a course of these, I would be constipated. It just
seemed to tear my stomach all up. 1 found they were
no good at all for my trouble. I heard
THEDFORD’S
REV. J. SAM BARCUS’ ELOQUENT |
THANKSGIVING SERMON DELIVERED,
AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOV. 27 i
Following is tlic text ot the set tog< tiier ami all the son* of Clod
moil dtlivcivd by lilt* Kt*v. J. Hum hhotjUd lot joy,
liurniK, pastor of the Find Methodic I How appropriate «>•««» unit we who
chur< 11. at the t'nion Thanksgiving
sci \ |ce held at the First t bristian
chuii ii Thursday, Nov. 27:
UGHT
recommended very highly, so began to use it. It cured
me. I keep it in the house all the time. It is the best
liver medicine made. I do not have sick headache or
stomach trouble any more.” Illack-Draught acts on
the jaded liver and helps it to do its important work of
throwing out waste materials and poisons from the sys-
tem. This medicine should be in every household for
use in rime of need. Get a package today. It you feel
sluggish, t ike a dose tonight. You will feel fresh to-
cioru/.v. I’Tee 25c a pack::je. * All druggists.
ONE CENT A T'O?*
lest Ill'll. M: 10.
Seasons of Thanksgiving und ox-
pn-» ion of praInc Pave ever been
Idcciued appropriate P.v noble sou is.
The present piacth* of an annual
national Thnnk.-giv mg service, in
which the president of the l nib I
States follow* d I*, governors of tin-
several slates ami tin mayors of our
cities issues an annual proclamation,
the time for which custom hits se-
lected the last Tlnu-dav in Novemln *
d.it* s hack to I xtj 1; hut Thanksgiving
s**i v»«•#• is older than that.
in l«3o, soon after the arrival <*i
the ci* at fleet ol tin* MassncliuxetI
emigration, the iiccoi.i plishcil Volin,
governor of the eupin of Massaclm-
setts I!.* , John Whitin'* ;*. rcallzii -r
that there vva * l ot corn and me * 1
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). 1 M-ligll
for ;unil ii'-r
iir, disp
tilth.
k nu "i.i
nu" imdv r •' *
i. .a Pit
■ICC t*
v buy m<
al and win at
in Engltinil
t Having
i v nti-d h n
orhci’H,
• ill
3 i’i.-ri:.* ;
m il. *1 tlic i '
;d uf the
"Lion
. Wistvv.ll
*1 am! aniv *1
ill laistu
n F» i
WIFF Ml'ST III 1*1 IK H X-l I*
Olt ( AITI Itl l» IN MnM.oLIV
H ! \ ** F A .11 AKINS. AKFIII I i:<TS,
io M \ l\ I VliltlXMV lit IMF
Ikiris,
Nov. 2v
Me ..use he
Im.l
F
reithet c
apturi-d nor purchased
his
tirm
bride, aiccrding
to tin traditu
mat
liou
custom of Mongoli
a. a young I n
ni'ii
• *1 >i
diploma t
assigned
to a post in
t be-
VV l ft’
Far East
had his
inarnagc with
an
i i'
American
actress
annulled by
the
kins
11. J 1 . Till iitioll .7 t
tior's wile was p in-
in t lie oven a hi la;
vv as givin 7 his last *»v
cr than l.im elf I'.icn
nt t he gov < i ■
tier last In'* a
the governoi
• r to Oil** |MM I I
ItlF look, ill !
French courts yesterday.
The diplomat met the American it
Shanghai and after a short court
ship they eloped to Mongolia, where tn*
thev were mairi**! before a Htlgiati s***
l> L.V-e of the |{ IX SC .X .Icrikm*
nf architects has moved into the
Oil South Tennessee street oVVtl-
,la\ Me Fnl in*. Mr. Itixse md
recently located here, lie is a
**r ot the firm of Kixse Ar Jon-
as stated, urcliitects, vvito have Thanksgiving l.efore that,
opened tin ottice in McKinney. Tito Eleven years before that Thanks-
ot her member of the tirm, Charles giving in the I lay, William ISradfotd,
Jenkins, is also here and will also the governor of Flymoiith, the hat-
his family here from Oklahoma vest having l.een gathered, sent font
They came here primarily as men on fouling so that they might in
anno ne <1 the e .trance of the Lion
■ ii' i the 1. tv. N . so*.n* r had the goo*I
. st* *•••(•*! into tin* lint hor than tlie
* i-rnui'. who during the past week
ita*i proeklimed a last, proelaiinim.
a ti; 'iksgivlng. lint there •was
ate the heirs ot all tile ages and have
iiiji.ycii the blessings of the best year
oi the bent century in the best nu
i.on of the most prosperous people
(....I has evi.i permitted to live should
ni'i i together m a service of thanks-
gtv mg:
I m vvhltt kIio.iPI vv e give thanks.
I. Minor individual everyday bles-
sings.
. Great* r in'll* i<Jual blessings.
J. Minor nation.ii blessings.
1 Cl* at i national blessings,
especially should >ve thank God
that v\e still are progressing t«,viai I
that great nation that oui fathers
came t*. these shores to estal.h it. In
one of the puhlie sipiares of itoston
t..n s a statue, (5ov. John Wintlll op,
tin- founder of Massachusetls. It is
*:i in-i't and manly figure with a
111 hie in one hand and a ('barter of
the * olonj iii the otliet. Let us thunk
< that we still have the liberties
rnutcd by that written scroll und
■ iie endeavoring still to include in
*iii people the inspired teachings of
t. i • t I tool, of II* av en
L t us thank Co.I tiiat as nevi
fore th* material resources are
iii'il into religious and benuv
- Ii an* Is. A s* * r* or more of
ii t III i * vv a i \ h il.lt oil 111 New
painting by Wilder called "The
I *i-v il Sowing Tin .” The whole nt-
hai; pie re was dark set in a light that
••truck the observer with awe, as in
COAL
For tho la*t two months we have been doing every-
tliing in our power to get coal. . . ,
We now have our application before the Fuel Ad-
ministrator but will have to await our turn which will
be slow corning.
At present we have no hope to olTer for this winter.
McKinney Ice& Coal Co
PHONIC 125
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TOR YOUR AUTO
A special line of mud chains for autoinohi
trueks. We specialize on auto tops and truck hi
all designs.
AT SCOTTY'S SHOP
North Tennessee Street McKinnej
NI)\\S.
........1
Many
of
the tii'tvo'.is. pale and d« -
being
bill ii ted
a r
* i" big Pel pi d to recover
op-lit
In :th .
i lid
st i.qigth. This i: good
v on i s
York
news.
They
are
taking Peptiron. wliiep
eoiiil.ini s iron in tin- most agre> able
etlietive ill 1 Up-to-date form, over
coming all tin- oPJ* etionatih- te.itiin >
of old and Other prepara ions
the pt'e. i-nec* of some dread problem, bum. !• conns in
going mi beneath those poiti-ntious pills does not in.jut
i loii'is. In front was a Pare
pavcii slope curving upward to
oeola te-coated
he teeth, does
rock not leave .in iukv or metallic flavor in
post tiie mouth, end does not cause consti-
Uatholic missionary. Their idyll was architects for the McKinney Junior a special manner rejoice together
short lived, as the American girl, ac- t’ollege which is one of the Free Among the fruits ot the expedition of
cording to her husband's story, re- Methodist colleges owned by that these four men were wild turkeys,
mained only a f* vv days before ile- church in various parts of the United This no doubt is the origin of the in-
parting without leaving my address. t* - Uivs* \- Jenkins have built two separable as oeiatlon of tin* turkey,
The court held that the marriage of these schools, one ut Me Kherson, thanksgiving. Mut this was not
•was not valid, as Frenrh law requires Kansas, and the other at Wessington first Thanksgiving.
Frenchmen marrying ttbro; d to have Springs. South Dakota. They have had Kiigland. under the leadership
at the crest of the stony riant, whose pa'Ion.
top was not in tin- picture but left to 1‘eptiron i a thoroughly scientific
he imagined rising in the air outside preparation, the ultimate resale of
tin- canvass. The story of its mean- careful study and research by one <d
tug vv ;us plainly intimated l>y a brok tin- most successful or pharmaceutl-
* n scroll fa Hi ii on the stones against cal chemists. II is a real, not
the post on which could be decipher- believe. Iron Ionic, especially
i d the letters J. N. If. J., meaning cial hi cases of pale, thin blood, weak.
Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews, unstrung nerves, mental and physical
It was tin* foot of tiie cross, the ceil-I vigorinus and the old less leehle.
ter of redeeming influences stream- I’epiron is sold by all druggists,
ing down the Kustern slope of Gol-
the got hit into the cold dark worldly mis-
ter,v around. In the foreground canto
ot Satan creeping up the slope his eye
ma ko-
la-in -fi -
sfovii.i.i: uminks great
CAM PAIGX AT KAUTliKSVIlJiF..
the ceremonv performed before a
French diplomatic officer nr "ac-
cording to the usages of the country
In which the marriages is performed.
In Mongolia there are only two
modes of marriage consecrated by ehiteets. They like the McKinney , Hut there had been thanksgiving be- the other he flings the patent coins I
tradition—capture and purchase, school proposition so well that they fore. I up toward the cross and around Its
The cost of a wife varies from five decided to bring their families here As St. I’aul the hero of many a foot. < *n his lace shines the light
camels for a young girl to thirty or and make our city their home. They moral battle, after escaping the dan- and gravcsouic glee of a triumphant
forty camels for an old widow, the are both not only competent architects gets of the deep, was marching foot- schemer. I.et us thank (Sod that today
latter being quoted higher than all but come highly recommended as re- sore and weary along the Appian all the gold is not set to working
other classes. Tn statements relative sponsible business men and worthy way. there canto out companies of against the Gospel, lly some strange
to prices obtained in select circles of gentlemen in every respect. j faithful brethren some thirty, some process the achiev ing of Christian-
Mongolian soeiey it was brought out --•- I forty miles from Home to greet him. ity is transmitting the eagle’s wings
In court that a wife muv be bought ELEVEN XI’I'I.IC\.\Ts ! The old gray haired. broken man on our coins info (he pinions of the
lly l-'K.WK F. MIFFS.
Martinsville, Okla.. l>cc. 5.
Charles Kelgn Scoville closed
grieved at learning that his daugh-
ter died two vvceKs ago. Mr. Haley was
at her bedside when the end came
t.ut returned to his duties there soon
afterwards. McKinney missed much
in not knowing Mr. Haley longer. Ho
is a line leader# an accomplished trom-
bonist. a gifted artist, an excellent
singer, an expert sleight of hand per-
former and a strong personal work-
er, till of which lie combines with a
smile that caused AX'. XV. Jones, a
leading business man of Martlesville
to say, “Mr. llaley is the best look-
ing man 1 have ever seen when h©
smiles.”
Key. J. C. McElrny, assistant evan-
gelist, is another great worker.
Those of ns who were fortunate
enough to have been in McKinney long
enough to have become acquainted and
to let McKinney folks get acquainted
with us are not forgetting our friends
there, warm its our reception here
hits been. Dr. Scoville often speak*
of the McKinney campaign in his ser-
mons ami holds up the work of many
McKinney churchmen us an example
for others to follow.
Dr. Scoville preached wonderful
sermons here. He found certain lo-
cal conditions that displeased him and
he let loose some salvos that re-echoetl
considerable experience in St. Louis Queen Elizabeth, commemorated her on the cross which lie had found by
and Kansas as architects. They were great deliverance from the invincible tracing to their source the streams
olllcial architects for the city of Wich- Spanish Armada sent out in 1 r»88 by .,( redemptive power that were baf- 1
ha. Kansas, and are both members I’hlllp II with a tribute of praise fling his skill. Clutched beneath one1 W(.,,ks' union evangellstfe campaign and re-sounded all over Washington
nf tin- National Association of Ar- to Him whom winds and s*-as obey brawny arm was a pot of gold. XX'lth p,.r(. |Jtsj night that proved to be the county. There was, notice I say was,
greatest ever held In the State of a "choc" beer gang of bootleggers in
4
for five pounds of rice
try.
In that cun
Here’s
Your Chance
For a Good Job
Our big. well-equipped school offers
you an unusual opportunity to learn 1' H*-:
automotive m* dm • i* - . > 1 take your P» uni *
place with tin- DIG WAGE MEN"
Automotive rn* * - i * .■ - r ow- . * i n from I <»<>!!
$150 to f J'.'i p« r month with easy
hours ,iml int* r* -
KOK CERTIFICATES, received new hope nn*l strength and dove, and tin- arrows of warfare that
- - j he thanked (Jo*l anil took courage, he holds in it is talons into missives of
Eleven applicants for state and Dut this was not the first Thanks- love.
!county teachers certificates took giving. I To thnnkxiving let us join prayer
the examination nt the court house I To the confiding Shepherds on and earnest endeavor. <>ttr country
Saturday. Tiie examination began Judea's plains to whom the good tId- is not yet all yve want it to be. The
| Friday .< n< 1 was concluded Saturday lugs *.f great Joy were announced potent poison of a commercial ago
•afternoon. M. Frank Skelton of this ' wafted on the breezes from the seductive influence of wealth and
city and \V I,. Roper of Anna, who-Hie heavenly realms this thanksgiv- luxury, the charm of oppulence and
|comp* <• the county examining hoard. son bv the heavenly choir. ‘‘Glory wealth, the enticements to profanity
to Oml in the highest and on earth and sinful folly are still upon us. Dnt
pence good will toward men." Tint that God who has led us thus far
* v- n thD was not the first thanksgiv- xvill continue to he with us, if wo do
ing.
David, the sweet singer of Israel,
i ; he looked at the horrible pjt front
v ’ * 'i he had hoi n brought, the mlroy
ekiv 'piiii whleh he had been extract-
ed. thi load **f sin front which he hail
la-on l"t* as* d. fi led out of a new
p* art this new song; ‘‘Ml* -s the I .ord
j were in ' barge. Following is a list of
applicants! *
j Itohcrta Mnatwright. Plano; I#. Ray
! liars' Anna; Johnnie Mae Long. Me-
111s-s.-1; Clyde Dickerson. McKinney; j
] .la tiles S folly, Milissu; Mrs. HnlPo
|*'-"» MeK*nn*'v: ('1 ra 1, Lev
• rlsp;
Tli*.mu?
n k.
XX’e can >
-a si!
o h von th
Our com
i-- t
hot
'•uglily pr o
includes A<
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AI.
SIP iP I'D.
XX'e covi r
il!,MJ
lig
Ii'ing. >»art
battery wo
ik.
You
arc fitted
your plai ••
wi
• h
other skill
when you
gr i
dual
In V'-Sf ig
rad-
ul. It
this
chance. \\"
partieuFr-
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AM Fit It \\ XI rt»X|(>TIVF, S(
Main ^t.. and llaskell \ve„
Italia.-. Texas.
P-K'nnev; (Mara
L Lew:* lly n.
1’inson T.-rrv.
Xnria: N. E.
Dallas; Mr-
n f. wi it".
g. T E'Plins, M
•Kinev. Nora
. Nevada.
M \PTInT- (.<• »*\ III TOP
IV MP
. ( \MP.\IG\.
Garter, prim it:
■nf farrtii r of
te communitv, \i
as in the eitv 1
aft'-rnoon. J|. <
a'c.| that the
lapti»-t uri h 1
d gone "Ver
in i'S ,*."•.1 '• 0 q
ota in till'!
I'.aptist e.aia
;■ li - tl by $L’"0
the members ha
1 not yi t be* n
I’e lav.* been P
.formed that
r. fitter in.1 h!
w|f. render-
ilijc :♦ s^anr»r» in p over
Ife church quot
i. Th* s. good
nr.* nothing i
not putdic
in iv.-i-v thing
P» rtaininc to
manning in
in the
oh niv soul ;m*l f**rget not all
I* r-.fits. I’less the Txird. ve
;* ■*■ *■'> that i• \ee 11 in strength.
• i■ * his * oniniandnients, h
enfo the voice of his wonl.s
the l.or*l all ye his hosts, ye mlnis-
•* is uf his that do his pleasure: bless
thi Tzu-I. all his works In all plac-'s
of his dominion; hh ss the Izud, O
not forget Him.
"Are there thunders
the distance?
Are there spectres moving
darkness?
I/ot us trust the hand of licht will
guide us till the thunders pass, th-»
spectres vanish and the darkness
dawns into the light of ages ’*
This is a home festival. \\’o cannot
all thank God for unbroken families,
likening Tint we can thank him for the loved
bless vo ones remaining and for those who
have passed happilv to risf. How
shall we observe this day it
homes'1 Let the scripture wi
rend in your hearing he the answer
"Gr
Oklahoma. i Martlesville until he got busy but'now
A conservative estimate placed the they say that hard drinks are as scarce
attendance at the meetings during here as holy water in the place where
the forty-three days at 150,000 per- Dr. Scoville Bay%sinners will go
sons; 2,305, <>f whom only *» 1 *J were they do not repent,
reconsecrations, went "over the top”: Thinking. law-abiding citizens^4
at the gospel Invitations, 429 signed though, are agreed that the evange-
co vena tils to tithe and thirty young list has accomplished a world of good,
men and women volunteered for 1 ifo Moth the county attorney and the
religious work. The thank offering chief of police say that the revival has
was about $5,000. \ made their work easier. The police
Front here he goes to Dewey, Okla., chief, the undersheriff, several police-
the Iteming, N. .XL, meeting having men, a fireman and even some of the
been postponed. newspapermen were among those who
Martlesville. it city in the heart of professed conversion. Dr. Scoville be-
thc Oklahoma oil fields and what used lieves he has chased the devil out of
to be the old Indian Territory, is Bartlesville and hopes that if His Sa-
il flame with religious enthusiasm as tunic Cussedness shows up around Me-
a result of Dr. Scovllle’s preaching. Kinney that McKinney will shoo him
Dud weather hampered the work tlur- toward Mexico or some other place,
ing three weeks of the campaign but
in the closing days the huge taber-!
nnele with a seating capacity of 3,500 j
persons was not large enough to hold
iin> throngs that wanted to hear the
evangelist. !
That the campaign touched every-
thing in this city and county is indi-
cated by the converts. Every business,
trade, and profession here was repre-
sented by the men and women who
walked down the glory aisles. Among
the eighty-one who went forward last
night, a notorious bottlegger ap-
proached Dr. Scoville from one side
,,,1‘of the tabernacle at the same time
l>r. Schulze Recovers.
Dr. E. G.
again after
Sehlllze is able to lie up
several days illness.
TONIGHT!
Take "Cascarets” if sick.
Bilious, Constipated.
both M
i *1 vain
! the Foi
| p* ople
1 -p rt<- 1
g* *0*1 c i* iz* — I i ;>
j ** r edip-a»Iona I ■
in church affair-
bet ’or off by hr*
of such worth r*
Mut befor*
Israel stand
farther sid**
ed their vl* t
cst tha nk ■ i
vv ritten. th<
"Sing vc to
irrrib
An
hc»-
*r -is well as
community is ] «ca.‘‘ Yes and >
1 e citizenship *h<’ founder!' >*
as these. being lnl.1 "fh*
this the children of
■ -.-if* and firm on the
the Med Sea. eelebrnt-
in one of the grnnd-
g odes to liberty ever is v
.orus of which was. |
Jehovah f**r he hath *
ti-iiimt h* d t’l'.riouslv; the horse and
his rider ' ith he thrown into the
fore all this,
if tiie earth
morning stars sane REAT.TY go
have ;| police officer moved toward hint ;
from the opposite side. The evange- • ................... . __________
your way. eat the fat, drink the extended n hand to each and they Knj iv lif* . Straighten u|t! X'ottr
sweet and send portions to them for passed into the inquiry room togeth- system is tilled with llvi i -(md bowel
T'hotu nothing is prepared; for this t>r- I poison which keep.*, your skin sallow,
(• * **. ho|v unto the T,ord: neither I he Scoville company was given a your stomach up-* t heait dull an*l
t.< ve sot-t v. for the ioy of the Lord remarkable ovation when the members aching. Your meals are turning into
strength." were asked to go to the platform by cotnon and yon can not feel tight.
—2------ jl«. E. Phillips, a prominent oil man Don’t stay bilious or constipated Feci
Get This *000 Note. Just after he had finished taking the splendid always bv taking farcaretH
\n. 4nR —Here Is a special $900 thank offering. The crowd of more occasionally. They' act without grip-
home; good 4- room house, out houses than 3.500 people cheered and yelled ing or Inconvenience. They never siek-
whon cltv water, on Stnndlfer street: eoutd for many minutes. I en you like Calomel. Salts, Oil or
were make terms. See The McKINNET McKinney friends of Assistant Mu- nasty, harsh pills. Thev cost so little
r't . Director A. L. Haley will he too—Oisiui'ets work vvliili
rhones 05.
.von sleep.
Closing Out Millinery Stock At Cost!
i I- ^iro to announce t; at I have pure} asr d tho MILLIXKKY STOCK OF M-KS. \V. J. GRAVES, Southwest corner of the square and
wiii dispose of the .-toek AT (!OST. Side to l>o conducted in the same building. In is will be the most stupendous Millinery Sale ever
h‘ Id in McKinney. .Just th.ink T! is J i . took of fashionable millinery to be sold at cost. Every woman in the county should avail her-
s<‘lt tif tl is opportunity in te ttinrs pretty, stylish, millinery at a small cost.
! also wish to state that ! will occupy this building with -my hi# millinery stock during the year 1920.
Mrs. W. E. Townley
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1919, newspaper, December 11, 1919; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857095/m1/2/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.