Weekly Democrat Gazette, Thanksgiving November 25
Glen.
S. D. Perkins is
a South Carolinian. Came to Texas when only 20 years of age, and has a wife
and four children. A dollar put him next to a mighty good paper, the
Democrat-Gazette.
J. M. Boren was
a single man until he met Miss Ida Pate in 1898, and only ten keep things
moving. For $1.75 we went him the Democrat-Gazette and Dallas News, both one
year.
J. A. Bowers the
man who always meets you with a smile because a member of the sunshine club.
Hands us a dollar and we in turn hand him a receipt for the
Democrat-Gazette, one year.
H. ("Uncle
Jack") Boren an old settler and prominent citizen of this community, tenders
a dollar for the Democrat-Gazette.
Dr. C. H. Pate
was born and reared in Trinity county, this state. When his heart began to
flutter he went on a hunt for a wife and found Miss Francis Thomas in 1876.
With only fourteen children-9 boys and 5 girls-to clothe and he had plenty
of time to study and learn a profession, that of veterinary surgery,
receiving a diploma from the college at Dallas he at once began the practice
of his profession and later took a post-graduate course. Two years ago he
retired in order to look after his farming interests and to be more with his
family. Two daughters and a son are married but there are enough left to
fill the home with music and happiness. His subscription to the
Democrat-gazette goes back to the time when it was known as Black Waxy which
is nearly 30 years ago. There are very few better men than Chris Pate, and
there are none more sociable than he. Our friendship dates from October
1900, when this writer was then "on the wing" for the Democrat and before
its consolidation with the Gazette.
While in Blue
Ridge early last Saturday morning and just before Buckskin turned her face
homeward, Esq. J. D. Wilson handed us a dollar and said he wanted an
up-to-date county paper. We soon placed in his hands a receipt and then we
made preparations for more distribution of hot air. he was nominated in the
July primary for Justice of the Peace, and was sworn in a few days ago.
esquire Wilson hails from Mississippi but came to Texas sixteen years ago,
and with the exception of six months spent in Skurry county, has made his
home in Collin county and at Pike, eight miles North of Blue Ridge. This is
the first time that he offered himself for political proferment and his
majority over his opponent who was the incumbent was surprising to himself
and friends. He was arranging the furniture belonging to his office when we
called and had the air of a veteran who is in the habit of dispensing
justice.
Here we come
with the Thanksgiving spirit and an appetite for the occasion, but the
turkey, alas! Where? Did you ever see a county paper with the enterprise to
get off a Thanksgiving edition that could approach this one of the
Democrat-Gazette?
D. W. Leigh
Communities Index
- Recommended
citation:
"Glen - Collin County Communities,"
Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of
Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13 13:37:28 US/Central 2004 ].
