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ALBAirr, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29,1924
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Politics And Religion Will Mix Pettycoat Government
Has Arrived
It is an ol dsterotyj* saying tlint religion mid jtoliti'-n won't mi*,
bat Mint '* mii error, they sure will mix, ami by tin way, it takes 11 might v
ww little bit of )ivliit('H to spoil ii gwal ca-c ol religion. O ves, religion
and politics will mix, but (toil have mercy on ii cn*e of religion that |Militlcs I
has walloped iiniiind in tbe loiitrh-> and filth loi jit t a little while l.'< Iitr
ion i n thing h|'ii• t from any other calling, we are talking now ol tin
teacher, one whose profession i- to teneh ami lie a leader in tin -pi i ll mil
realm, lie run't even tamper with luhinesn, toi when he become enmeshed
ill tilings fiiiliiiciiil, dollars, prnlit-. -locks ami bond-, bus and ell ami Inn
ter, why be has not to get down ott that hi|jrh palest ii I in the spiritual realm,
hence, he tw out ol touch with thirds divine. For instance. did you ever
know of a great ui.d successful divine who engaged in mercuntile, bunking
or manufacturing business, *wap|>cd horses, sold iiiMuruuee or real e-tati 1
We have known of many who used the clergy's cloth to get business, tint
that class of Christum teuchcrs are not enrolled in the book ol greatness,
they are just traffic monger*. W< used to Iiiim the habit ot letting a
bucket ol milk down in tin well 01 cistern to keep same cool, und that was
in the day* before refrigerators and urtiticial ice. This moling proee ,
worked alright until by me In, some days the 11■ I would cnnn oil tin bucket.
This is Sumlitv evening, Augu-' the twenty fouilh, and at this writing
\ l ii I' ei l'ii-on iiiajniity ovci I eli\ Kob'itsoii i- -ewntv eight I hotisaml all
tin majority continue* to climb. I; r< maincd lot Texas to beak an age old
"''t jirei eili nt, ide tc|i|iing the animal man, and choosing in Ills siead a
woman ti> rule th< -tati To -.ay the least ol it, we have progressed, ami
il "it "I tin oidinaiy are ha|ipenihg so fa-t that a lellow luirdlv has
t mi to gel lit- hrcith until another man iiiadi idol i- smashed. It some
line had old us leu years ago that Texas would have a woman lor governor,
i would Iiiivi looked upon him a* a -im pie ton. Vow yon fellows who
clamored for pettveoHt rule, just tak< your medicine ami look pleasant,
ami h« it -aid ol u*. wi had nothing to do with the making. Hut wi have
aceepted the |m>I i t i«-ji I i diets, and what the outcome will be, only the gods
and turn can tell Now honestly, wi think that Governor Ma Ferguson will
do bet dead h w I hi-t to give u- an economical administration, and to tell
■ "i the truth, il I " l''oryii*on has anything to do with the aduiini.strnt ion.
i wi In Im■ vi- that lie i l'oiii" to :tvi the people n| Tc.va- a square ileal
and same would .hi-, and thereby some milk would he spilled the well.jw, honestly believe tha he ,- I., make good, and restore hiiiisell
11'' • the I grace - nt the state. Aid not with staiidih'.' that the howl went
a pint or a i|iuirt, but Itowcvci s ma 11 the amount, why a good well or cisicm j
is ruined. \ cs. a quart of -Meet milk -pilled III fort v barrel- nt • atcr.
and yoil have got to do the haling m t Sano ay about reliyinn, obi lashiou
kind, and just -pill a little bit ol politics in the vessel and pretty
fermentation sets up and leaven the whole. lieligion ami politics are right
op|H)site each other, and when you house them together, pretty -non there
is a family row, and in the rough ami tumble lot supremacy, both are iniureil
but tuke it 1'roill Us, religion gets the had end of the ileal. No, tin office
ol tin1 Christian tcnchci is in the realm of spirit tin I things, ye-, hi- calling
is up above that of any other office, stands apart I rom the herd, that tights
and squabbles for profit*, dollars, office and political emoluments. Hccausn
down in the marts ol trade and in the political tin •. there'- hatred, toiilosy
envy. And say lotks we want to stop here just loir..' enough til sa . that
political hatred is the most venomous hatred in the wmhl, and brim; down
the Angels from llcnvcn, and just let them in_; . in one political
powu. and they sun- will get their angelic git nt 1. The saying is,
past fit teen or twentv years, <1 ye-, vvi int to mix
and clean things up. Will how ,.hoi,t it folks.'
Have '••«' helped the matter.' We have had thein iioth in , ihlte ilium
for several vein , and I 11 in tin 'nil •• it b tin ... . „ ..i,,
perntion, and now liovv about the pnrduels ol thi con dntiu ite v. .,.di
Have we any bet t ei oil ice i . i | <ol it i c elej i .cr, a ml what i; h. -1 i1 i - : i it]
business, is that on a higher plain .' Not many moon- ago i . - on, plea
lire to Know an elo'pletit Christian teaclu i yoiiic.; ami ve.'on . n,I : ; , 1,;
tious and spiritual, and occupied a ptaei high in hi , . ell, pew,
were always crowded villi i aj{cr It-tenet-. |!ut linidlv In ■!
political affairs ol hi* state neeileil a religious mixture to
struct ion. And -o this teacher got out on the stump and
corral, challetiring the opposition tin joint discussion.*, at
III/ has been loi' the
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soft* religion with politic
. • t ro!n |,e .sfuIc i Iniols that he propo i <1 to de-troy them, but in oui miliii
at ha |list hcci tin haekw.'i-l' ot -"ichcaded educators ol our *tllte, and
'i* out to dcli.it Ma. Now crtou-ly. ju-t a word or two about our higlici
cliools ii the Mat ol Texas, we lliink Jim Ferguson evpre.sed a great
' 111 h when lie as-'ited that Tevas had 'join- hog wild on higher education,
^1 . puttiii;.' too ii.ih fixings on tin cupola "I this educational structure,
i"i enough bacon ami bean*, plowgrars and bull tongue ph vvs. ^ es. high
'ion < d education, lat salaries, vacation perns!.-, too much travel and sight
c; iiig ami iiot enoti .'Ii real work A rejil school doi - not necessarilv con
•lit ute a hiiihliug. Int y on can have :i school. a real school uinler the shade
t re i | in- Ati. i ni, hi 11 a c he istood on the street corners ami the learn
:i ol (I'cocc ha- never been cxcellei!. So not to diirh much brick and
mo tar, e.i111pits and tootball kicking, high salaried high blow ami giligei
Inc.ni works iii tl- curriculum, iml teal hard work, learn how to think,
ii> i iiiink -traight, and he dnrii sure ami learn them how to keep on think ^
altii they gi i i ivv.iy I rom the cloi-ter, not parrots or copv cats, but
' tlie111 wciii tin amp or imliv idn ilit > . Now this ma; seem a litth deiao ,
■ c. hill let II* ml you next, till Stale o| Te\a-. nor no other State in!
I It nation, ha- got , oy office tllllt wi■ wanit
iici in country Newspaper office than I
don I "I ca I ell about oui -tale i
ic i.ie, lor we iiig down in a short
• I he . 'lei n.ii v : i h then, in ri gai'd I
Our Public Schosl
Open September M
Our public school will open its dor rs Monday, September the uigMfc.
'A i have been iii formed !'u>! the school v. ill l.avo one of the «tm^(ii(
corp- o' teachers 'In- y<iii in it- histi iv. Sup'. ^Villin^ham will agtit head
i In I ii e ii 11 v. and tlinl insures di cipline and through work in all the depart-
an".t . The -chool now, under lus maiiagcuieiit litis the required nnaihnr
il units which correlates it with all the leading ( Diversities of the elate.
I'hc enrollment this vein hears the four hundred mark. And now with a
modern school building tor the pro|ier housing of all the different deyart-
iiuiits insures facilities lor the id mini strut ion of the training of our bfjfl aad
-iris. The buiblng s now undcrgong some repaint, painting ete., Mi W>M
he ready lor the full work in i> few days. Yes, we will start oat this year
wt'h the brightest prospects in our school history. Now in thin rorwcttioa,
lei us say that there is just one thing lacking up there on School Bill, ♦'hat
i- the bciiutilying ol the school grounds. It has been our one dreaaa that
the campus he terraced, then decorated with grass, flowers and shade treee
-teal o| concreti walk-. Ihi this and we will have the prettiest
-chool campus in I exns. Iteing on a high knoll, drained from ovwry way
and occupying a prominent position, can be -een from every direction,
hence, make ot it a beauty -pot, and it will be a drawing card for oak
tov n. \es, the passenger trains run alon; side ot it, and on the north is
• In great Hankhciid highway, with hundreds of tourists passing eaeh day and
month. Let's beiiu'ily ii lolks. One suggestion for te faculty and stndeitt-
hody, the lirst week ol tin scluml should have a clean up day, get all
those weeds and loose stones off the campus, make it clean and lliec and
loby. Now let's all h tost for on rpublic school, it is one of onr bent osaetl
yes, move forward, wmk, boost and figure and cipher, get our reader
lessons and learn how to spell and perse—in other words, the finiahed
product Come to Shaeheltord iiiiintv.
Will Biggs' Barber Shop Burns
I 1 id." uiornin^ about 11 rci o'clock tin electric siren seremiud out on
•'"■-hi air and put the loopy ilchisons on notice that the fire pod was doing
No. \\ i W 111 i I • I I : 11 11 e I he : I I .
• Iiiim* ;iri \ol1icc in 1 Ki• tuition
i-t it lit mils unlet t li< !'Vi ih n
1111< ;i 11• 1 spp N1 :i ;i i ! .1: . ; t:|
1 • • \ ( i nincut ;i! iHilic,.
■ | t li.'i I tin
\ i it I ruin iii*
i" tin
i! lie bri'.'ititi' ii
star actor, lllld his followers slapped bin Oh the sliolllilet ami backed bin:
up in his new position of endeavors, yes, thev had tin political spirit ol
their spiritual mlvn.er, and they eiicd, "lay it on 'em, M.|)uff." Well
under the covir ot n ;. ood cj se et religion, all that hatred and venom, teal
onj and rug tune slang devilopid . ml ci.nie to a head in his particulai
teacher, and my liov he could -kin em. And siiy tolk , we nil have this
bad nature in us, but religion, faith and love, covers it over, hides it, and
the flame diew, b-* ii Ik Kindled And so this teacher took a decoction
of I Mil i tics and JkjuioiI it into a d« coctinn of religion, yes, !.: pmpose was
to mix the two mid eh , ti up polit.i-, loll the two would not blend, hence,
there was a shipwreck, and polities rode on top dci-K. Now the last tune
we knew ol this teacher, he was selling fralernnl lile insuli n in t In
country aide, and every once 111 a v Inlc in would -et a call to do a lillic
spirituaI teucbing out in the rural districts, 'tis, he had mi ,1 religion
and |miIitics, yes, chose a |Militicnl iidv Inn-e instead ot the gr ace ot (.oil,
'"•d lost bis job, mill lo this ml .lay that tell.o has not valud up to the
fait that lie played hi- cards wrong. (lo nito your el Hrotl
And Still The Crude Oil Flows
through ihe oiVu
Itook, get ill the propel
illld 1'iilli, ami n, -1 Iii' i' i unbind with leligjon, all l vou
Up, hot puffed up, thinketh no , ,1, , ml you hii^i elianty
I hen go down on the corner anil ge4 in in ai vumeiit with a
einn, mixing your icligiun with |mlilns, nml then when you get
with that fellii"., Hike sto.k
of religion and polit ics, I) y<
"I
, ri id ' In '
Ol JH'JIM I
:i i lie! M i 11.
Ihi nil Jinn. ,
tril li >t ji J
t hi 1*4..,h |
vftin spirit iml coikI 11 ion, littrr ;i tnivtumi
IW'N Hi l \ II I I*i|* lit v bill I <4 I I I I \ 4 | ( '4 4Wt ? ||>||
THE YOUNGEST 8HEHIIT
IN TEXAB
In Siituntily'k election Orion
elected lo the office of Slrriff
and "fax Collector ot RhnekH1* rd
county. II was h close call, ritw«eil
the tape jwt sixteen votes nhcori of
hie opponent, Albert Cook. In the ele-
ction of Orieo Biggs, tbat giv«* SImw-
kelford county the youngest sheriff in
Texa Vien is the son of the lament
HEHK FROM DAJ.I.AS
tieorge Meiniaid, an o'd tins new-*
pa pi i man "as in to>ci Suturdiiv
lieorg-e usisl t ' lie oil the 1 >tillfes News
and othci dailv papeis e t)ri' Htate.
He was on his way to Ainardlo. 111
is no", director of Texas PsMic Sei
vice Information Burcaiu
OVER TROM DENTOH
The eiiidcoil -iiuation in Shueke I lord couiiiy continues to grow Hint
• prcail out, new wells me being brought in daily, iml of «uch a coininoti
.iccorcnct 'hat it no longer creates or stirs up nuii'li ol a ripple on the etude
niinereiiil sea ol action. We stated ill last weeks Albany News that I'roc-
tin K Clarke, countv snivev'or, litld nunle thirteen in w locutions in the
countv, ami ot course that was cvideiici ot much activity ill new develop-
ments, not wit 1st ainliiv/ the cut ii crude. On the I". W. Mcxnndcr fee,
-ectioii I I.ttintti<* \sjliun land, ahout live miles -outbeast ol \lhiil y, they
biouglit in veil No. 'J tin- week, and it'- making one hundred barrels of
ml. And lluit bed- ii to -ay that lit- No. I well on the same tract which
" I • 11 ii: j 111 in several weeks ago, i- still making one hundred barrels o|
e'. niiil best ot all, - i to -peak, this crude is found at tile grass roots,
">Vi feel. Now on the .1. O (Sordini Ice, adjoining the Alexander fee, section
• ■'I. S \\ iiuartcr, they brought in a one hundred barrel well down there j
. -iitunlay morning, estimated pitiduclion one hundred barrels at ."i.jll lee'.,|
i ic utoic nt your grass root crude Now another development on the I
"• II I ill iii, eelior I. A land, hey picked up a gas Si',1(1 it .r>. • •
'i, w 1,11 •11 i- ma king 11 v i million leet oi :is and -praying ml. .Ii liiison
al Iiiivi pialde'l in i In well on tin K II lee. section !. I.. A. hllal
May field et al hav. u, aided in '• in v well on tin I. N. I >: v i - lei tell mile
ii-' ot Albanv, i -et ii it i I, I «v I', bind. And just week I hoy brought in j
i |i\c hundred liacrcl ' ell om the llovelt lee. uiili uorlli «"it Ibex. And J
'here i ; I I' t i i 11 rv i dow u there on Dry llriiich has rcecnlly brought in
thud viell. brimming in X ivcentlv. Tins is deep stuff. And Tanne
ill et ai, drilling west oI town some three niilos on Mohcrly and Meyer
I
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•'i ' "i '"''n I la crack o! .ui -. and the honk of automobile*
!•' '• ovci1 I • ami pell mel went the population down to the
1 lor; ci Sedwick who had been called to Forney on account of the
a ki.i - i M> Sedwick discovered the lire and turned-in the ala^o.
I i tiie was disc'vered to be in the Sanitary Barber Shop, owned by Will
ji>igg It ' aught in lln bath room and was in projtty good headway when
j the lire boys got on tic- job. They got busy Hint put two streams of wat*
mi it, breaking in the trout door, and one on to" the buiJlliag, an
p. tty -oon the boy- had the tire under e.ntrol. It never did get on tbii
i i (side ol the building, and did not s prcad to any other building. It wae il
deed a narrow escape, as the barber s hop was in a wooden titrnctare un4
all adjoining buildings were of the same material, and hod the file got
out, and had the wind been blowing, why in all probability the whole
would have been consumed, but fortunately, there was not a breath of
blowing. The fire hoys certainly did good work oil the fire, held it ia
tin building ami saved the structure. Of course in the inside it was badly
chared, and the barber fixtures were badly damaged by fire and water.
In fact the barber fixtures were practically ruined, all the mirrors
were broken and the upholstering on the chairs were ruined. Will only
had $800 insurance, mid it is estimated that bis losa was at leant two thou-
sand dollars, take that much at lea t to put it back in shape. The building
wra- owned by 1,. II. Hill and insurance carried by Webb and Hill. Just
a* soon as the insurance is adjusted why Will re-ojien his shop at the
same old stand. ., . t .
Shuckdroii! •nwruity rs n field that ofl«rs itMhir«>niorits t«< the oil s|iori. Ail><(
tiike it t'mui .us. wlull: tin- decline ia i«l Utlk«i* a tttiiai lor the better, VIku*
i- goinyr 1o In much activity on lien in Shark oMiird county, licit cr stt n
on the grnuiFitil floor atread ol the twain 'Ciuinc l-e sfcjn'kellord nmiitv 4ill«l
hi I vunr uniiiii on ernil# production
4tt,
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Largest Gasoline Plant
In The WerW
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xiv folk . did vou know that Shackelford county has tht-e
•ii Kaving within its horderN the largest gasoline plant in the, 'worldt Ye
lt*c l,aiidreth (iasoline Hunt down there lit Ibex produces gasoline thoa
. and just gniiig Mbiwl. drilling oi.r wol? :igbt afui another, and the, I"1"' Tmlay it has a capacity^ 40,000.galtDM
cave st,k,r.,N in ih. ground, a- >ri have iiot iivked lor a | | line. • "l"1 ,M,W ,hc> "T to *** monster plant five more unitb, AiH
Now it vou Inflows, w il.'Sntters and ii«ci*tnr-v want t. , gamble on the crmWv j' thr gasoline but o£ 40,000,000 feel
laily, nml the end is not m sight yet, still ?rr*wing. And tKifik, thie,
til-
like
Km (S. Sc^iriMsler, duector wi the
Marchal Hi«s who was sheriff m iS(.hoo, of ,|OUTnil|islll in , . j. A_ ^.
| Shackelford county for nearly 20 j scil through the city Saturday em out"
yaars, and one of the most notodlto Amnrillo and «top|K'd in to ihe i ;„iciety ot the I>aptist
sheriffs in Texas. Nov Orien v. ill fol 1 'Vl,or ot' ,,lf' He is another old
low in the footsteps of his father, yes,^ ^
bird* ot a feather flock together
be has a splendid background to back
him up, the reputation of his father,
and we are betting bat Orien makes
tood. lie has n great np|mrtunity and
we feel that lie will make use of this
(ip]Kirtnnity.
ON VACATION
M' Hid Al' lien O, I.: I - , left
last w cek 1111 a V.i> a' ion '110 1 o imints
in C hi" ' \. . ji] M< \. ,i.
MUSICAL OOMEDY
An aniusint: and verv entertainin%.
iiiusieiil i-^Hinsty play was given la^4
Kriilay esrniH? by loeail talent i>; Al-
bany. iiikV r aospiei s ot the \\ . M. I .
c'litirch tor be i-
etit ol the Naiaist church building
(uiid The inteftaininent v.ws ilitecled
* iv Miss hall ill lliiirs, iissi-teil by Mis*
I 'Ics I'listle ol Alison About J'l Ol'
:i(i of Albany 's yoiui'j j*sipV ti k pint
in the play, and the I arc;; and apple
< i-liv audience "'tis indeed iitpMsed
-ii ■ i h hi ii iiie i-il i ' bad
, ,, ,j, |m All ■ ' . s •
nil
ol t'lif «-4ty "s nmr-t ii111ii< live yonut la-
dies iconqMisod the choruses, tin <vs-
tnmeti Kturn in ninnv of the niiuikcrs
were i(n nit an Mitrigueing. and itfcere
was tiWLriv bits ol comedy |da> mbove
the nvexaipe local talent. Through
nourte*y nt t he Carl Thomas l*b\ers
tbe plax was giv*m in
nishis! in tsir 11eI'■ iiii nets. The pro
ii ds lei t'n oveiii'ig r Ira led loi tin
ii nnitt'i lliuosl |iin"tv dollar-, br-
ides !m nr.- ;i mi, , , „.. abb i JI
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ic lione Star (5a.* Company ,of Dallas, have recently invested.
ke a milliioit dollars in a gas plant to take this dry gaa, and witli it'a ycreeeni
capacity, it cjui only take about 20,000,000 I'oet of this dry gas, and UkioJi of
the woeful maste, twenty million feet of this dry gas going to waot*
•iHve a hU414-I1 on the sii'e tlu i the Loue Star Gas Company will 'Jtmfrlc ^ „
inpiicity to 'like nil this gas, it will have to thribMe its plant, and we -rptC|
that it will <lo it, lor there is Fort Worth and Dallas in the winter
shivering in the cold on account of the scarcity of gas for domeotia
munufacturiag purposes. O yes, Shackelford, county is furaiahing
and Fort Worth with fuel, and at the same time, million* of feel «
fuel is going lo waste on account of lack of pipe line facilities,
it from us, genius «„d capital is gong to harness ths waste goa and o^liZ
plow gears on it, and make it the servant of mon. And that bade u. to ud
the big ,,1"" ,,"1" ,box oil ,iHd is in i,s i,"'an,'.v. -ell after well ia being brongfcTh
and their orchestra verv kittdlv I. r-!! "" "T'™ T "T' "WU'i,,,f " °f " ^TITall
',!ns ,s ,,,r tn"1" """ '"«kes the machinery of the work'
go round and ,* gotug to call for ol her large investment., it mean* mon
gasoline plants. ,t meuas more gus plu nt., ,0 pump tbe drv gas down tk,
• 'iiliu fact tiring centers of ihe east. (, v,,s, the „5| ;{s {nf
, ■ • « its only :i matter o( a short while until we wil, -iv
no , j"i>r uullion* invested
, u tin: crnde oil traffic Come to Shackelford count'
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