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McKinney Weekly Democrat-Gazette from Mckinney, Texas • Page 11

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TIIK WEKKI.Y DEMOCRAT-OAZETTE Me KIXNKY, TEXAS, Tin'USDAY, APlilE 12, 1028. PASTOR THE LEADER OF CHURCH AT LARGE Big Attendance Expected at East Texas C. of C. Meet Ici' btlovfd both to ilcnotiil- t'lifford H. VV'oavir b'iivo vvi ok for a ab- wiico hi alfoiidiinio ujain the lii- ti-rnatlonal of Ibtd- idoH of iibriHt or rhiirrboH at ColunibuM, Ohio.

iiohuhir paHlor is halrtnaii of Iho MistMion lloiird.s which roinpoao the iiltod ('iiriHtlaa Hoidoty of liiH ohurrh of (he world at lai'K'' and will hroshh' over ItH duriuK thia ntlon. TIiIh in an honor oMWarlly cotnlnir to but ftw- uu'n of that Ki'at ofiunh. Or. VVcasi'r'H rllon for Ihia outalandlnK poMt rcHpnnaihility 1h a dlatimdion aiitl tiibntc to ability and charac-r that his honn ciy and state Kn atly lioinc friends have no fear but that he will acquit hiinself in kreaf honor and wortliy himself and to his nation at large. I'or eight years Or.

Weaver has held the uf the First FtirlHtlan iliureh of with a sti atllly wptenlng and grow ing popularity. Ills broad Itrutlnrly love, g. nlaltly and d. lightful person ality endeared him to lieuplu uf oqr city 'ounty gardless of creed in a way that pastors of uuy ehureh unywhen attain. His aeeoijjpllshed is gifted In Ghrlsliun her attainiiM'Uts as such are almost a.s whlely known througlioui the and as much at.preeiated as are af distinguished tnis- band.

Mrs. Weaver I.s uf Several religU'Us liuoks, two of whleh will he released by the publishers at the coming coruenllon at Oolumbus, Ohio. Or. and Weaver served in the fuld in Japan a period of seven yeaiH. This x- togetlar witli their extensive travels and unit, alfiUties have servej.

to ehissify them the most useful, honored and trust ed leaders of ths of Thrlsl to ln' found anywhere within it.s in- teriuitloiial limit.s. (IIIFFNVI Tex-'is. April fdh, Oi'iS. 'I'he attendanee of vllle convi ntion of the Fast '1 exas I'hamher pf Fonmieree i.roniisi« to all exiieelatlonH, aicordlng to F. Johnson, has Jm-t retm'ned from tiip throudi Hoiifh Fa.d '1 exas, Timpson.

renter, Han A ukii -biHpiT, l.nfkln, Naeog doehes. Ibndetson and Tyhr Mr. Johnson that they will regi.st.’f per cent of their quota and send a luK to the I.ulkln. Marshall. Jasp.

ami Ty- bi- will each have a sphiulid x- tiihil in Hie Imlustvlal well a.s Hoats In the THE EASTER FESTIVAL The Heart Dream of the Immortal Life Thought Unchanged by Fleeing Centuries and Apostate Ages The Anemone of the Gospel BUTTE RESIGNS AS ATTORNEY GENERAL IN PORTO RICO Hy J. the re f. vv ev- alse und Rhea Mills Boasts of Good Scliool iss HeHy (bTdon and Mis.s ri.amhers in McKinney Wed- n. sdav In tin Intere.st of a hlg art curtain for Hu- Ilhea Mills room brick school hiiihling. The young l.idi< were advcr- tisementH for the stage curtain.

is one of th- of that of -vvhleh Horn, Vonng prin ipal. The Hlua school Is an exc Hent four room hriek hnllding of niml. rn hool archilt o- tuie and Ilhea Mills Is sifu.nted about ten miles vv. st of McKlnmy in a nt farming seefion of county with a population of a very high type of citizenship. Miss Hollom.in.

t. aehers in Ha- ward sehovd, h.is from lier school rtxim dutns for a few da.vs on account of un attack of mumps. Hu.sle Is a of Mr. ami Mrs. John Dolloman, worthy McKinney couple.

of her sisters. Ibdlo- man, is uslm a Melvinney teacher, being In thf J. F. H.reer (North) SHERIFF ED LONG FREE OF CHARGE AFTER HEARING of his city vi.HiiIng Mrif FranccH at for a fhw days. She will turn hoim- Tuesday.

is a re- C. preliminary hiaring. I'ong of county, who Mon- ilay shot and fatally Frank J. Kim. Mr.shall Hounty Attorney, vva.s il.

The of by nexzur 1k C. is the longest sh'ge l.lg«’ (11 nn was greeting frlt-nds hi'ie fnun Hearsall, TN-xas, He many ars ast Felina, his farm re twelve years ago moving to Houth l.iJv*T down there, 'Xell. fiieml.s hero wire plea.si'd to sei- him again. The fourth of the Chrls- ian era was a atormy la-riod. It hlHtory throughout hy the risa ami full of the mur- louH iiml sudden of bloody of ligluu.t puris Dio- eli-tlan the century a sweping extormlnutlon of (Tiris tisns.

In first and udillcute their thrones. (lab'riUH and Augusti. Maxiiiilan and Hev. are sers. Fmperor (sueci-ssor to his father, t'oastantlne), is to Fhrls- tiaiilty.

Martin of Tours is horn. The great Aryan controversy if ned. The first general council of tin- church held at The ajiital of the empire is moved from Home to Fonstaii- tin- and tb' Homan is parlltlomd. vruat a tragic civil war la-tween the of Fonstantine opens its terrilde history. Tim suffer at hands of the rmaiis, and Constant sole- The synoil of Aries the century, only half gone, wit- the birth of Siiint Augustim- Julian Is made a and de- f'yjitls his lieloveil Gaul.

On of Fon.stantius, Julian Ihrom- and paganism is onci more in th. saddle. Julian into sml a He fore the century was Ju Inin had Jovian was of all Home, and Chri.stlanity was in full sway. What a wonderful Wondrous in its rl.se and fall of n.H thrones. And what still wonderful, this eenturj first regal ment of the kingliness of Fhri.d.

Julian, into They built the ancient groves and one- their fathers had the Hersiau defeat Julian lay dying, Gullit an, thou hast con- red!" our I'lVed and In all that of Hubseriptions to a cr or to no all, aol to uf immortal and sil among long ago; is, 1 know not how. in tiiitids of a rtain presage, ail ware, of a and tills (p-epi'st root and Is mo.st ilist-overubh- in the and the most suults," i-orgc I I I A of on 1f hoi: iS Imvinp a in the all Mim-. instant i-ell-f tl -u out of or Imv. f- II to or two all to atart tmiving that of tion and buoyaimy iis hich belong only to rf'-et Health. by Itnig TITREE DR.

J. S. BEIDGEFARMER SI.HVICi: IIG.AIl. TO.V. April C.

ol Austin lias asifiWc. 1 of Hlco- bc'-n A ml-1 g.nuin. Ilttl. Ho-i Air. 'huh.

the damW-hlna. 1 lor Gov.rnor In W. Wa.rmr, Mcliesa. I s. tub-U to atti nd th- Optometrist and OpthnI Modern scientific in.itruments used In examining tho eyes.

No or I drops. All work ed to givo dlsfuction. Office at Jewelry Store. Call 245. Stilli las.

Mi 2 4. Imt opportunily to lake pa.ign or I If-tion DM ntion in mubl not have part in cam; of to Ip-public in i of th I I all i-orps oi national convention. that it will H.Ult*:, Dalla- thi-t I litic.i,.” Dr. tiond 1 I in of hit! said le attend no tliought to po- lavv in folb wiiiK his lie fiim-ction with ti. ol calls gen- work probably with i tor tie- Government Court oi the Lnitid ,1 of 'abroad, but I partnient i ral legal LEARN COTON CUSSING RIG SALARY Drytb-n.

whose rse Is not intmic with Infinite, said; is but that iiiture Ainl tie- swear they do nut, Tle-ir trembling belie their boa ting longues. Folone! Hubert G. Jng'TSoll is saui l(, have an agnostic. w.is an ai'i h-douhter. truth -any truth man -he the point.

His to In Austin aithlu the narrow iJ pra. tice of law in! Allow. Ing.rsmllH diction ivnd during He- World! like a his thought a )f to this by him at open grave 1, lu ou. 1 I I k. Name IJynt- .1 raf.

ab.i) our I'oninrrcial '--r 1- I A b.o’-th. I Al Dr. We Want Your as foreign lligeiv I was an only torch or.ship. humanity it) 1 the only) tlm sum ry one 1 grave, 1.1 If IS tb. cold i s.

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in a happy niea.sur*- of peacv and in splendoi of her power, the Christian -world again to day tliat resar- ri'ction of ami King. Out of the vavmd interpretations of cre- ilH and multiplied of coinc rent these may they all hy sleeping dust and shout their triumphs of the dead. A majority of the ancient world upon death as an p. One of tho old Greek muses best thing to have been born, the next be.st thing is to pa.ss away as as of the Greek poets said; best gift ot gods to men is the power to own In this Idindness and apparent care- mdhingness of the future, the old Greek drank the fatal hemioek with impunity. M'hile many held vU'w, by the and the thought of death was to a thing unbearable.

now- universal longs to the world. Someone said that In the of chivaJry, when a king wished to raise a brave man to knighthootl, he struck him lightly with a swtird. ynd thea pronounced him noble, but the soft svvord-tomh by which the King eb-vates his faithful to the knight- errantry of the skies. While creeds have not always expressed tho doctrine of the i-eetion, the universal vvorbi- throlis with the hope of a life l)eyond Hie valley and the The one Ihiog in the spirit worUl is life of the Fife Its hal'itatlon Jinst as might we conceive of tlio Itfe-germ apart from the grain of as to think of con- st'lous spirit apart from its tenoment. Christianity stamls or falls will the central faet of all the 1-kister fes- True, we must awhile, if ye are Sun.shine still must follow rain; only not at for death, Now is that first breath Which our suuls draw when we enter l.lfe, which is of all life, center.

hi.s brother: believed th- he only only only rt-ligiun. priest. human and whom ormg a blosseim woubl sleep tot of narrow vale tiarren of in vain to 1 heights. cry only is echo of our cry. lips of tlie id coim-s no word; but in night of a star and listening love can hear rustb of a wing.

He who dying, mistaking the apiiroa of for the riturn of health, whi.sp;«r«Hl with hi.s in la tter us in spite doubt.s dogmu.H, of and tears that these dear words are true of all he countless This question stands at the door of the universal heart: Fan it be? Matter immortal? And shall spirit die the nobler, shall less noble man uloiie, for whom all iv e.H, N'o resurrection Know? man alone. Imperial man! hi- sown in barren ground. Less privileged than the grain on which he of Hr (b partimnt of stiifi' of XVar mcnt, ith rank of Major. I-allowing th- Witr became of i the law of Texas i which idac, signed upon be- ijig nominat' by xas UeTiublic-'ms, jQ i to oppos- XHriam Ferguson. to he GOLDEN GLOW BABY CHICKS ItIG IIATFH OI FA I'HY WF.D.M Her 1 -r Drown 1 White $11.00.

lb -i $1.00 books your r. FSTO.M 9 3. lb g-t your IMNG K'. All Fgt -r S1.2.') per Trav. Tliur.sibt.v-i.

li 'Pruy D' Ih-ath a slet'p. There's grandeour in the thought p. but foriva-r; there will a glorious That" is a Hrofoumlly re.stiul; it is undistvirb- ed by the lust of foe.s. Hrofoumlly satisfying; its arguim-nt is life, its triumphant consummation a glorious awakining. We dreail -harnal of the dead bt'oause of the unmea.stired that may antedate the morning.

To fon-vor. in a damp ami narrow a thought intolerable. forget that a slumber has uo consciousne.ss of the pas.sing vi-'urs, l)euth is only a In the unbroken hush a years are but as a been known to spring into bloom from that have been buried amidst the ruins of an ancient city for 2000 The resurrection is the of the Gospel. With Hie freshm'ss of the new-blovVn tlovver. it has wafted over decaying centuries and apostate agi'S.

chancing and sliifting Faiths the world waves its last sad farewell. Acro.ss the chasm of sighs ami sobs the universal race eries in exultant joy: believe in the resurrection of the Hosting on its promis- earth's lingering hosts Go not like the quarry slave at night. to his but and soothed H.y an ring trust. thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his About him. and lies down to pUas- ant BUIOK SALES AND SERVICE Phone 312 A That Dim ami Distant Hie grave, on this bhister day, the universal race peering Into dim and distant future.

It a.sks the the rai.se.l up, ami with what body do Hiey Tliere has but one to this great sewesl not that body that shall be, but liare it may chance of wheat, or of some other It no impossilile feat of liumaVi mlml to umler.staml that physleial ehangts may be wrought without effect upon the ri'alm of spirit. It Ls tliat the pulsing Imart radical change in a speeified time. Anutomi.sts tell us that Hte liody pu.sses through a metuniorphose witliln a term ef yi'ars, uml yet libmtlty is un- di.sturbed. This is Hie supreme thought in the Fhri.stian faith. It may have re- body.

Dut the nail prints and the clefted side were tangible evidences Hiat steadied the faith of Thomas. When we reach Hie land of the good, among ail the throng may not find the fle.sh and blood of our dead. Dnt. just as the new grain of wheat is not from Hie old, long aliH'o dead, so slutll SQi iimi.i/ FINCH TO H.VHIv With Hie adtenl of spring, citi- of McKinmy eouuty are laking ri-newed in Finch Hark and zoo. in that park.

Gifts of various kinds of animals continue to be inaile from day to to Hark- keeper A. (Mat) Wheatley who with his wife, pay particular at- teivtion to all animals and birds in the zoo. Xlr. Wlieatlcy us that the most recent gift was made this by Ibirry Gaither, who resides out on Houte 2 from a Fox to the zoo. Tho Mnoh park zoo continues to grow each ami never faiks to attract great attention from all Finch visitors.

Misses l.atchie Durton and Dorothy Hell, nleee of Mrs. George hardt, but now student of B. M. D. left 'riiursday for Nashville.

Tenn. They' are attending hoiive coming of students of mont, 'rhe many friends of Mr, H. D. Mdu'zon happv to him out aftvr a tea days llliuxss. I Death Comes Sudcienly To Mrs.

Henry Singleton The manv friends of the fanill here in and throughout countv re shocked when word them that Mrs. Henrv K. Sinaleton had died Saturday hei home. 83H Woodlawn Avenue. 1 She was stricken with, bral morrhage at 6 a m.

Saturday. 31st, and regained consciousness. Dut slowly: to like one going sweetly to sleep, until the final moment, m. Saturday. Every thing done for her that loving hands and hearts could The passing was su'hleu that very few of her tives and old time neighbors in thl-, city and ci'unty aware of illriass until word came of her; death.

i iuneral was held at Ko-wlett Greek Sunday afternoon, Apr 1 1st. when her mortal remains; were lowered to rest in thb famil.v btirving plot, where sleep the cf her father end mother. Uncle; George Herndon and wife, and other members of this pioneer family. Mrs. Singleton had been up here in only a short time ago to attend the funeral of her brother, Tom Herndcn, who was buried in Rowlett cemetery.

A brother of her husband, also in that Nativa of This County. Lucy Jane Singleton was born iit t'ollin county. Texas. Feb. 25.

185.5, the of Geo. and Cynthia Herndon. lived all her life up to 1915, in Collin county. Since that date had lived in Dallas. In ISTfi on October 19th she was married to E.

Singleton, and this honored old eon lie celebrated their golden wed ding in 1926. She is survived by her one son, Harry A Singleton, who lives iu Corpus another son, J. Ed Singleton, liv's in Dallas. She was the grand mother of six children, two boys an.l four girls. The oldest granddaughter, married G.

W. Britain of Dalla The second granddaughter joiin Dalton ot Dallas. Dalton is the of great granddanght r. The passiu'g of this good woman has cast pall of over the. communities where she was so well and lovingly known.

It was the fortune of this editor to form Mrs. Singleton's acquaintance when he first eamo to Texas over 50 years a.co. She and her devoted and now heart broken husband, had been married only a short while, an.d resitled in the iioithvvest of McKinney, having oeeupi'd the old home of a pioneer family, J. W. Tucker, which about where the Hugh Kirkpatrick now stands.

They later moved to their own farm near Lebanon. The writer was about 12 years of then and went up to their home with his parents, who were friends of Mr. Singleton's moth er in Missouri before coming to McKinney. Wo recall the friendly greeting the young wife gave us. Fifty years have drifted into the past.

The was never broken now we bow iu sorrow with striiken husband and children hi of wif'' and mother. Deceased wcs loved hy everyone who knew for she was a loyal wife, a devoted mother and kind nei.ghbor. Griff Trotter. St. who nesdav at his home at Westminster, was l.uri*«*! at Kim Grove near Van The wa.s a native of L'an'lina.

coming to sixty year.s ago. locating near Van styne. For about sixty he been a of tbe Aiasonlo lodge. He is by his wife, two sons, iSam of (vklahoma aiul (Mevo Trotter of Weston. and by a nephew.

H. M. Trotter of Van Alstyne. Hc't in North GOI AlrKIXNEY. TFVAS Pay 5c For Your Land Dollar ten ir you ni'o now year ioaii, you aro If you 7' you are If you pay you Olio iiitorect oil a ifjlOOO.HO.

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