WILSON CHAPEL
(southeast of McKinney, south of Lowry
Crossing, along Bridgefarmer Road)
ON THE WING
Daily Courier Gazette, June 20, 1912
Personal Mention of People You
Know by Our Field Man.
T. T.
Myrick owns a number one black land farm of one hundred and twenty acres in the
Wilson Chapel community, and in 1893 married Miss Tina Chappel to whom were born
a son. Homer is now seventeen years of age. Mr. Myrick is raising a sister's
child, Miss Lula Crice. His farm is well improved and has the only windmill and
water tower in the community. Will keep in touch with political, county and home
news by reading the Weekly Democrat-Gazette and for which he parted company with
a dollar.
The
family of H. T. Myrick and whose wife was formerly Miss Cattie Bridgefarmer,
were at the home of T. T. and we had the pleasure of drinking a hot cup of
coffee and breaking bread with them. Their father, W. T. Myrick, makes his home
there and is nearly seventy-six years of age.
At the
home of O. B. Myrick brother of T. T. and H. t., he was absent by Mrs. Myrick
said the Democrat-Gazette was a member of the family and would remain as such.
J. A.
Akin informed us that his crop of corn and cotton was all that could be desired,
and life is real, earnest and pleasant with him because the Democrat-Gazette
visits him regularly once a week.
Steve
Hobbins who is a power for Socialism at Culleoka is lonesome while Mrs. Hobbins
is on a visit to south Texas. The Democrat-Gazette will enable Steve to bear the
mental and physical strain during her absence.
H. C.
(Jumbo) Miller who lives in the Bois d'arc community three miles west of
McKinney was on his farm west of Culleoka last Monday after a crew of men to
operate a new threshing machine at Lavon.
J. A.
Hargrave the only druggist and prescriptionist of the town, gets on the list of
our big weekly by handing us a dollar for the Democrat-Gazette one year.
Hon. J.
W. William, Mayor, farmer and high school booster, gets on the band wagon of the
Democrat-Gazette by handing us a dollar and we are going to send him the best
county paper published in the United States, the Democrat-Gazette.
Mrs. M.
A. Watkins (nee Miss Minnie Veazey) was, in 1895 married to A. V. Watkins and to
them eleven children were born. Own a good farm near the town, convenient to the
church, school and market. We are pleased to enroll the name of Mrs. Watkins on
our big list for that splendid little town.
M. J.
McGuire of east Tennessee, but came to Texas twenty-five years ago. Has a family
of five children and desiring to place nothing but the very best literature
before them, subscribes for the Democrat-Gazette.
A. M.
Brumit is another enterprising citizen of that wide-awake community that owns a
good farm, and knows how to cultivate it to get the best results. Will get wiser
by reading the Democrat-Gazette which only cost him the small sum of one dollar.
Bud
parker was harvesting oats by Mrs. Parker assured us that the Democrat-Gazette
was indispensable to their home.
contd
ON THE WING
July 25, 1912
Wilson Chapel.
Late Friday
evening we drove up in front of H. C. Myrick's and Buckskin called for his
oats. Mrs. Myrick prior to March 4th, 1908, was Miss Cattie Bridgefarmer,
daughter of Dr. Bridgefarmer and was reared in that community. We ran into
an ice cream supper but on such occasions there is nothing doing on our
part, but the latter end of the big picnic was good dops to us and we got
our part of it. Mr. and Mrs. Myrick are among our best friends, and we
appreciate their friendship for they are readers of the Democrat-Gazette of
long standing.
Princeton.
Mrs. Fannie
Davis who contemplates an early visit to her son in Young county subscribes
for the Democrat-Gazette and we appreciate her patronage. Our lady readers
are numerous and form quite an army.
W. T. Norman has
been living in Texas nineteen years and an Alabamian likes Texas and will
keep posted on affairs by reading the Democrat-Gazette for which he only
pays one dollar.
Elmer McMurray
was absent but Mrs. McMurray said her baby had recently recovered from a
spell of sickness. Their crops are all good and read the Democrat-Gazette.
T. B. Dalton
owns a good farm of fifty acres and reads the Democrat-Gazette because it's
the best paper that Collin county has to offer.
In the absence
of W. F. Huddleston we stopped at his home for dinner. Mrs. Huddleston
extended a very cordial welcome and with her and the children ate a good
meal hastily prepared. The Huddlestons own fifty acres of choice land on
which they have erected a modern bungalow which is very pretty and with its
spacious rooms, comfortable. Their three children can romp regardless of the
weather for the house was designed with that end in view. Mrs. Huddleston
was formerly Miss Mary Reneau, daughter of our fellow townsman A. L. Reneau.
The Democrat-Gazette has been their favorite paper ever since they began
housekeeping.
A. J. Chumley
says he cannot do without his favorite paper, and the Democrat-Gazette has
been coming so long that it's considered one of the family.
Our territory
last week included portions of Melissa, Chambliss, Valdasta, Altoga, Viney
Grove No. 2, Princeton, Thompson and Wilson Chapel. Early corn is made and
good; late planting unless favored with an early rain, will be light;
sorghum, millet and even milo maize are all good and feed stuff for next
year is abundant and pretty evenly distributed. With only an ordinary cotton
crop and a reasonable price, there is no reason to be pessimistic, although
there are calamity howlers for it matters not how big the crop, nor the
enormous price it brings, they never have a surplus dollar. For that reason
you will be able to size him up.
Our candidates
will all be busy this week digging graves for their opponents because it is
an evident fact that all will be to bury as no matter how low the excursion
rates are up Salt river, the campaign expenses have gobbled up their surplus
cash and a burial is the only mode of getting rid of their thin and
offensive carcasses.
D. W. Leigh
McKinney July
22.
Wilson
Chapel Cemetery
Communities Index
- Recommended citation:
"Wilson Chapel- Collin County
Communities," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by
Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
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