The Courier-Gazette from McKinney, Texas • Page 1

VOLVME MCKINKEY, OOLLIN CGtMTY, TEXAS, MOKDAl KVENIXO, XO. If. A New Easter Tie is a necessity to every man, young or old. Custom demands new neckwear at this season. BARN AND STOCK ARE BURNED We Have a Collection that any man would be proud to wear.

Ladies who gift-making can buy here isith confidence. Men who have to buy for themselves find here everything needed in furnishings from sock to collar. We talk prices. They speak for themselves. 345 THE HATTER PAINT ITiMKTKKV FKM'K.

club will have Of rink Tuemlay night, irch the to devof- lo the fund being raised liy the lb tor the purpofie ef painting the Hnetery fence. Skaters 2r.c. adrniMsion fee for will be iMit a box will be provided iu which all may place contrlbntionH for this purpose. The club members extend a cordial invitation to cvt ryonc to attend and assist in this worthy (uuse. 25-2d What to Wear After all clothes do make the outward appearance at least.

To be in style is everything. To be out of it is to be a back number, socially and in business. wear the best you can afford. Be fashionable, but you need not break yourself to do it, if let us clothe you. We will turn you out all the year round in good style for little money.

Newsome Furnishers and Merchant Tailors Men Who Texas. About 3 Sunday morning the large frame livery barn jtiat of the Houston and Get tral freighi and pawienger depot, on Railroad avenue In Plano, totally destroyed by Are The barn was owned by J. P. Spillman and cupled by J. S.

Shepard, who had eight head of jacks, a large lot of alfalfa hay, eight or ten secondhand buggies, agricultural Implements and five head of hogs burned up. There were nine head of jacks In the barn hut only was saved. The loss of live stock, feedstuff, Is estimated at IT.bOO; on btiilding insurance was building or A one-story brick building a Ij'dn- Ing the barn on the north, ownc 1 by J. P. Spillman, had the roof and wall slightly damaged and means of preventing the fire from spreading the business noriion r.f town, with the splendid work done by the fire department.

It is thought the fire was of incendiary origin on account of the finding in a frame building ofdipicd as a carpenter shop, just a fh irt distanie south of the rj, of fiial oil emptied on the floor jus' below the window, and the floor blackened feel where wa- set on fire. A pane of glass wms brrtken a quart bottle of, Oal oil missing. Wm. Ptirnell and son. Purnell, have returned frrmi New York, Their hosts of friends here are very glad to see them.

NEW AGENT IS APPOINTED Proud of It Our patrons are when we decorate their walls and ceilings with our new wall paper patterns. The ideas are as bright as a summer morning, and suited to every kind of a room and style of furniture. It costs no more to have up-to-date wall paper hangings, than to have the same things that have been shown for years. We have in stock plate rail, chair rail, room moulding and everything necessary to decorate your homes. We invite you to call and inspect our stock.

Let us figure on your painting. Estimates Furnished Free CITY DRUG STORE E. BRISTOL, Prop. Business For Ypur D. Lowe of Itasca has been appointed station agent for the M.

K. T. railroad here, succeeding Selfer, who, as previously stated, has been promoted to position of station agent at Hillsboro. Mr. Lowe will arrive this wefk.

Mr Seifer will probably leave the lattvr portion of the week to assume his duties at Hillsboro. PKMUtSE ITTED. fkinrt-Martial Guiltlrss of Neglect of San Antonio, March verdict acquitting Major of the charges preferred against him in connection with the shooting up of Brownsville by soldiers of the ly-fifth infantry, has been announced by Colonel Leroy Brown, president of the court-martial before which Penrose was tried. Beyond the bare statement of the findings nothing was given out for publication and will not be until the decision of the Court has been reviewed by General commander of the department of Texas. His on will be final.

Ex-County Clerk M- kV. wite of Prosper and niece. Miss Lillian Pulliam of Kentucky, who is visiting them, were in McKinney today. A ATTILUTinX. We have engaged the services of Pi of.

Edward Reno, the great magician and entertainer, to appear at the moving picture show Wednesclay afternoon at 4 and Wednes day night at 7:30 and 8:30. This attraction is far above anything you have seen In this line and we guarantee you will be pleased. We havP four electric funs, good seats, fcYr the convenience od our patrons and hope you will attend. Prof. Reno has played two return engagements already at the Bush Temple of iMufiic at Dallas this season and is booked the third there April 1st.

80 this should give yftu an idea of his popularity. The reserved seats see Jesse Warden. Admission 2 5 cents. Miss Louie Tefteller of Corsicana, who has been spending several days with her friend, Miss Estelle Lansdale, returned home this afternoon. Representative T.

O. Murray came up from Austin this afternoon on account of slckHesa In his family. J. W. Blurton has returned from a visit to hla daughter, Mrs.

T. J. Porter, in BocMta. 1. T.

Joe H. Armstrong and wife of Dallas were guests of Mr. and Mrs. 'Wm. Purnell Sunday.

Pie plant at Barnes MERCHANT LOSES DOORS I EASTER years merchandising in Collin colinty, sixteen of which here to McKia ne.v, is the record of S. T. proprietor of The Fair. day the first rime in tierlcid that be ever found but that lorn It iry to close his doors on but a jam bee am them out of u.s had a fine trade all day. after there was sueh in the that it to close the and people out r.ntil those already were waited upon by ths eight sajespeopple who were on duty Asfbofore alludod to in these Mr.

Hammond is c'njoying a fast-growing trade in. the drv goo Is line, which growth he attributes largcdy to jiulicious ad'c ertlsing. About six months ago l.ec»nard. an excellent saleman and advertising man very superior merits, accepted a position with him and charge of the advertising enc! of the business believes in newspaper advertising first of all methods After the goods have been bought knows how to set forth their store before the public. He uses page ads in both the McKlnney and the daily, instead of an exixin.si*.

advertising is a revenue getter for The Fair, This wgs advertised two week.s in both Kinney weeklies That it broir-'fll was demonstrated by rowds of people attending, many whom brought alonsr por- tion.s rjf these advertiserrients as memoriindums of their propo.sed FUNERAL OF LARK DAVIS The remains of Davi.s whose sad death has been chronicled, were shipped to his former home in Denison on the ft o'clock train Sunday morning, in charge of L. fc and the young man friend, and as sociate In the store. Tom Cloyd. accompanied by Harry Q. Smith.

F. Smith, E. Brown, Gas Allen. Will and Lee Burgess. They were taken to home of his father and sisters in that city, and the inter- was made in the The sad death of this young man has caused deep grief to the many friends he had made during residence here.

FOOTWEAR that Do Not Pinch' Seasonable Shoes Always on Hand A Khoe that pinches or hinds cajinot become com- foriahle except by losing its shape. That is why a lasting style requires a perfect tit. Onr shoea are first made to fit. Back of this is the carefully se- lected leather and the particular workmanship which makes That Perfect Fit Last as Long as the Shoes Dn Ms J. D.

STIFF, Manager. Shoes that Fit and Wear. MOVING rU TI KFS. Sorghum seed at Price Stiff's. The moving picture show playpd to large audience Safurday afternoon and night.

The children'? matinee a success. Mis? Lena Scott wa? awarded the beautiful imported fan at the ladies matinee The management extends hearty thanks for the patronage given and on 'onight an entire change of program follows: The Dog Detectives. "A Coal Man's Bath," Lnqtienchable in the Hawaiian and others. These good one? and should draw crowds Mr. and G.

D. of AUan- ra. who visiting thfSr daughter, Mrs. M. F.

Wheeler, krft at noon visit their daughter. Mrs. Cora Abernathy, at Ambrose. Geo. Oneal has returned fmai a trip to St.

Louis. New York and Washington, D. C. Whfle in Mew York he attended a session of thm celebrated Thaw trial. We Sell Fleishman's Compressed Yeast, Eat Mora of the most nutritious of Our Pure Best Stock of Groceries in McKinney.

Then you will be able to Earn Mora Because a well-nourished has greater productive capacity. Thus you will be able to Save More Because for value received there is no food so economical as THE BEST. PRICE STIFF INrovider of EvtTything CJood to Phones 87 and 346. Texas..