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Published Every Friday Morning
( Established 18831
$2.00 Per Year In Advance
Volume XLVI—No 19
Albany, Texas, "The Home of the Hereford" February 14, 1930
Whole Number 408#
CONSOLIDATION OK CITY
OFFICES
Read elxcwhcri! in this issue of
tho News an ordinail)'", whereb
the office of City Treasurer, City
Tax Collector anil City A .e.-.-oi
have been consolidated into one
office, and will he administered
by one individual. Also another
ordinance, whereby the office of
City Marshal has been nboli-ln-d,
and henceforth it will be an ap
pointive office by the City Coun-
cil. Yes, Chief of Police will he
appointed. This is done as a mat
ter of economy, will facilitate
matters and save the city quite a
lot of money each year.
o
LOOK OUT COW THIEVES
Albany Banks Safe and Stable i Commissioners' Court Makes
The cowmen and the citizens
of Albany and Shackelford coun
ty have made up a fund of five
hundred dollars as a reward for
the capture and conviction of cow
thieves in this county. This will
be a nice little sum for some dili-
gent official to get busy and run
'em down. And be it said that
all the officers in the county are
on the alert, and say Mr. Co*
rustler, you had better look out,
or else you will be peeping
through t'ne bar- and wonder how
in the devil it all happened.
Quite a lot of cow theft ha- been
going on, and the officer are on
the hot t rail, and -nine of the-;,
days somebody' ln>\ i going to
be wearitu1 a pair of teel brace
lets. Selah.
o
ON THF SICK LIST
It looks like an epidemic has
got a grip on the Albany folks.
There is Mrs. John F. Sedwick,
Mrs. Horace Sedwick, Mrs. Lore-
na Pistole, Mrs. Frank Hooker,
and Mrs. E. H. Owen. Well, any
how folk --, old Sol is getting back
'{he job, and doggone how
welcome his warm rays are to u
folks down here on terra firma
Pretty soon the green gra • will
be coming, the bud. will begin 1
swell, and then w will all ink
the spring fever The flower
will bloom and the bird w'll ' -
Grand and gloria i SHrkelford
county.
PRF.SBY'I I RIAN Ml N S
CONVENTION
The annual Pr byterian M. '
Convention v.. held in For1
Worth Wedneiday of this week.
This Was an all slate affair and
several bundn d laymen were in
atteiidan e Follow ing is a list
of the men who went from Alba-
ny: W, C. Webb, F. I!. Cloud.
•I. A. Own. O I!. Hutchison.
Graham Webb, H. J. King, R. 1
Wylie, Richard Dye-s, W. Floyd
Jones, J. i). Ciordon, Mike Finch-
er, Frank Wil'nelm, K. J. McCor-
mick and Hurly Rogers.
f>
JOHN F SEDWICK QUITE
SICK
Joihn F. Sedwck has been con
fined to hi bed for several day
account of sicknes- Had
severe cold, and barelv mi I a
ease of pnu<monia Ci id to iv
how i vim- that John F. i. inipriH
ing, and ere long will be at hi
post of duty down the,, at tie
Albany National Paul;.
Lati ' Sorry to ay thai l i<•
new cumi to u that John F.
is not doing so v. 01
—— - - ■ O
PR I SHYTERIAN MEN'S
BANQUET
The men of the Presbyterian
Church Iv ld t'neir annual banquet
in the Educational alibiing Mon-
day night of this week. A luxur-
ious banquet of turkey and all the
fixings wei-i served to fifty men.
Resides the local men there wer •
present several visitors: Rev. F
P. Surface. Abilene, Rev. R \
Walker and .lame-; West of Mer-
Ve|; Rev, F. P. McDowell and W.
P. Cook of I'reekenridge. An
interesting program of talks and
i i'i m was enjoy d.
-O - -
TO MORGANS MILL
It can le said that the Albany banks are safe and stable Talking
to a bank examiner not a great while ago, and in discussing the stat-
us of the Albany banks he said that he always found them in fine
condition, said if all banks were like the Albany banks, there would
not be any use in sending out bank examiners. We consider that a
high compliment for our banking officials. You know the strength
of a bank is not so much in deposits and capital stock, but in the
characters of the men back of the hank. It can be said of our bank-
ing officials that they are native sons, most of 'em born and reared
in Albany and Shackelford county, came out of the loins of old
pioneer stock, hence not a gamble. Through all the great World
War flurry, inflation, etc -through all the oil booms in the county
in the past ten or fifteen years, our bank officials did not fall to
wildcat schemes. Safe, sound, conservative and catering to good
business only. .Not long since, we heard a distinguished judge make
this expression about Albany. Said there was not another town like
it in all of Texas, said that the old-time western spirit still prevailed.
An air of positivism, an air of stability, an air of liberality, and yet
the air of conservatism. This spirit was born here in the pioneer
days.itstillprevails. That old shirt sleeve democracy of the range,
tne chuck wagion days, the lasso and the leggins -The big open
space, room for expansion, and naturally men just grew big. That
spirit has survived, this generation have imbibed the characteristic
(>l their sires. Safe, sound, conservative. Selah.
Another Progressive Move
Buster Cauble in Town
Buster Cauble, an old time Shackelford county cowman, who now
lives in Snyder and ranche in Stonewall county was in town this
week. Like the old rang'- h<tr-e, every once and a while lie wander-J
back down here to look the old water holes over, and get a glimp. ■■
of the undulating hill and fertile valley Tne greatest cow .I
try on earth, gra • in abundance, water a ph-nty, break - and hill - and 1
dales, the native home of the white fa I cattle Noted throughout
the Southwe I as the home of the Hereford. Put go.-ii ya . the bee.
iikes to come back and look the old range over, where Iv -pent hi
boyhood days chasing after the cattle Crew up in the saddle, leggin-
and spurs and a ten gallon hat was hi- pharaphana ia. Of c.our e the I
boy made a mistake when he left, and that mistake is pictured in fa
cial expression. Just has a longing to come hack and pick up a slice
of this terrain. Put durn things have picked up since Puster left, i
tlo price of lands have gone sky-high. The liquid gold is flowing |
| and spluttered up the old cow trail . the honk of the oil truck, the
eternal pounding of the drill is heard in the land. Why durn sure, I
it makes a fellow home sick, t • - * 1 s like he turned a bird aloose, let a
fortune slip out of his hand-- and migrated west. Of course Buster
is doing alright out there, a good hustler, a good cowman, but gosh
' he left us too soon. Selah.
'« I LlVf IT ■ MY TOWN
Country Boy in the City
Ye
count);, boy went i
g" h he wa all diked out, 1
| made overcoat. II thoie/ht
i knew the ins and outs of (In
city .harper Walks I up
fi I ■ ■•i'n dollar Stet .on sit' nr
coated to kll' The -well c
djiv.n tho -treei , giving th
I country bov k in w hi o.i ..
this country bo;, to p'ay hi
that's when the Jick'T, pul
went slam and they caught
(tin
■ M V I"
A Serous Car Accent
Mi . Vie Mob rley. W II,i Keivdii I-
Were caught in a bad car wi ■ la.i w
cd. Blaekie Waters ran into then broad-
pants u stained injuries. Mi ;. Mice Hob
I ord anitanuia in a e' i"U ■ c •'; ' ■; 'n. I
Ovc j. a raarews ? noe
Mi. and Mrs. R. S. Bradford
i... returned from Morgan's Mill
„ e tl ■ ■ y attended the funeral
of their aster, Mrs. J. B. Patter-
Judg I A. M • • -v .ft'-r qui'■ i - •
from !•■ i Worth. If. was an inmate of tl
for everal w. ■ k . Stopped ovr in M in i
hi ■ way home. H"' now convalesin r at t
citj of Mbany. Judge M ttliew sure C I
being poi-se--( (1 of hat We, I •
tack, and i now getting ba< 1 <.t the • . s■ I
many friends are glad to - ■ hi?, ha
he'ii regaining his strength and, vig-i as oi
Hooray for the Commissioners Court and grand old Shackelford
county. Just another step forward, and another step that places us
up among the leaders of the section. Monday in the regular Febru-
ary meeting the State and Federal Extension Department met tho
county's appropriation and employed a Home Demonstration Agent
for the county. The "Home-Demmers" as they are called are one of
the greatest factors in the county, and counties who have them in
their employ will not let them go. They do many things; organize
clubs, teach sewing, canning, preserving, cooking, health, hygiene,
correct food, all sorts of fancy work, just everything in the world
that has to do with the home and ladies problems, home gardens, and
all of that sort of work, they do and they get the county so organized
that it can do hundreds of times more work than without one.
Not only lid they employ a good home demonstration agent, but
they also want her to start right away. Miss Minnie Halsey is the
lady that i to put on the harness and saddle up the women folks of
grand old Shackelford county Miss Halsey is by no means a novice
in her profession, hut is a lady of much experience in her line of
work. She has her It S. Degree from the College of Industrial Arts.
She has served a a home demonstration agent in both Lynn and Bay-
lor counties In both of these counties she has conducted a con-
struct i\c, efficient program which was universally satisfactory with
the citizens of the counties and with the Extension Service. Shack-
elford county i indeed fortunate in securing her services, because
h'i record of civile is ,croud to none in the State. Miss Halsey
will be in In r office Saturday. February In. We don't know just
where her office will lie yet, but early next week she will begin pay-
ing call 'li the i uca women and also on tin rural schools for the
purpo . of forming I II girls
N'oW I'itizell let Welcon
• t city, anil g"t hi plow cleaned. But
d" ar gUm . Stet am hat. and a tailor-
11• i i" wa ii| boiled, much tra\ ■ led.
V\ hit Way Onto ail tin tricks of Un-
til down Main a • et, gloved, with his
!• ader ciiiii'iy o' hi I: id, and over
en ry he;, in i s n, galavanting up and
'■ '"I'll. • a a: a rial'' . But he'll, t hi -
M iml ii • are funny animals. The
■ at c.i- i ia. otic. . Smooth, -h? Yes.
11'e il into a -we|| hah"rda her. and
! 'n tra• '„.'.ei-, and that's when the trap
marl country bird napping. Yes, he
I stripped, oil to try on on > i I y t'liery, • opine behind a curtain
I trying on for a tit \nd \ 1 in * pp< d out trout behind the cur-
tains he sv a bailee , glovele and " a 11 e ■, m a trange land and
among thieve,, But damn a fellow know more, know , that iie i
not near a- -mart a he though! In w.i But durn a fellow sure does
feel like a tool. We've lost all our ni'im v a linn or two, but have
always had en • enough to keep oui dothe on \\ c imagine that
frtie next time that Dllhh d"\Wi to 1 i , |e wall hy the castor
on swell haberdasher and ha v. gumption meli to keep |n dot
oil Ex pe lie li a far III' if y oil can loitali ••• it, boy.
d Mai'lie Whorton
ir car wa demolish-
lid -aeh of the occu
new in the Slam
'•' i h.i 11'. i.icerat■ d
and ..he .sustained a ruptur •• i '■ . M W 11 K mlri-' had two
rib broken, and M M i d. Whorton i n nor ae wound.
It eem- like the hand of affliction ha h ai aii h aviiy upon Mi
and Mi Dii k Mobci 1 of ,t• ■. M. \ln n w in the Stam-
ford anilarium in a a am condition, her lit* d",-paired if, and
. "me months hack thcirehl t daughter Mis. Franci ; wa aken with
serious heart trouble, from which she ha not full, recovered yet, but
on the road to recovery. The New extend-- ympath toi Mr. and
Mrs Mobcr'ey In their sore affliction, with tho hope that their
da ii i'liters may be restored to health.
w
I of iekne ei is hom.
. Memorial 11 pita!
1 ■ •'"!• • i:•■time on
I 1 e id in the
■t a.' ■ of it, but
it weatin ed the at-
nlth Of course his
I lad to k ow that
make In r fed at hom
w do n't u nib i land,
ie . woiin n ai'
but
prob
then
t 'olll
a
a
In
ainie demon -I ra i ion club ..
Mi Halsey with a glad hand. Let's
'it , en e there lot about this work that
ind may In «• might h -orta doubtful at times
■ Xpert in •! . s tin They have heard our
expert . and have it udiod the solutions with
wi'1 I < and CO ipe rat \ ml let's give the
a .'lad hand for making- this step.
in* i ■ >w'•
For City Treasurer-Tax Assessor
In this is lie of the \lbany New. we are authorized to announce
the name of Mi Laura i' it• for the if City Treasurer, Tax
Assessor and Collector. Mi. Laura doe not need any introduction
from Us, a he i an Mbany girl, and everybody knows her. Miss
Laura i a fine young woman, a woman of splendid character, hence
if -he 1 elected, it will not be any gamble. Her qualifications are
exceptionally good In id' , will bring experience to the office.
Was bookkeept r for Wi Texa Utilltle* for years. Has served as
deputy county clerk of t.elf. •,I co > \, hence as said above, she
has the capacity, .
voters of the City
promising if eleeti
di ided attention
A!ld ill the disi ha
N'ow wa ask the \
ci.aini ^uin ini; art i:
will keep all pron
-he comes and ;v;k.s the
! he office above named,
.'. 1 i1 ai ' ay he oil the job, give her Ull-
■ . co ,■' o i and f■ i'r treataient to all.
official (Lit , will have no favorite
A an to giv Mi-: Laura's
st t h ■ ■ ii, \pril, belies ing that sin
i ll tile '■ X per|e|U '.
of Mbany to 'dec! h
d that
liters,
I loo
'■ym'm Abrabm Lincoln
ig-i were floating in the
of tin birth of Abraham
would see tie day that lis
Id rear an Vniencati flag in
and aft ei the clu e of the
n all of \ merit a by us out h-
edile da 1111 > r ii ill •• • tie V • i
breeze, purpose of which wa in men
Linen I n. Well, in -vi r t hough i that ■
folks down here in the Southland wa
iie inory of Abraham Lincoln. Dm ■
Civil War, he was the most hated man
|'rn folks. We lived through that war. was four years old when the
North and the South lined up in ba< array Tin lint'd man call
ed out seventy five thousand men f.e ninety day rvic to subdue
the south. W" also Hveil in the pa' 11 of John Sherman's march to
the sea They got all of our hor • and mules, robbed our smoke
houses, set our slavet's fre. and ib olat.il the Southland Yes, war
wa hell, and ti- southern folks < xp- renced it Vnd tl God, how we
did hate \be I ucoln llut thank to the god of Democracy, out of
which a great people ha v. "merged. p> ;■ ed of the qiirlt of liber
ality, ot toleerance. ^ , w can for;.^ive and fore't, .v hi c'll i evi
ih need hy the raising of tli American flags down here in the outh-
iand in memory of a great war chief. Yen, time has healed the
•ai ■ and in i little over t I If century the North and the South
have be. n amain rated into a united people, standing shoulder to
boulder, tie spirit of unity prevails, and all an greed that Abra-
1 am I, i.coin i num. 'he uieartals. Today, the ■ ivilizml world
■ 'knowl. d'.'e hi: i■ atii . and the Southland joins in honoring the
man who marshaled the northern armies and licked us. Great is
I '"in " c\. ad thank "odne-s it's covering the earth.
Gregg Whitney to Install Laundry
Gregg Whitney comes out with the announcement that he is going
to install a modern steam laundry in connection with his up-to-dftt*
cleaning and pressing establishment, and should be operating by th#
end of this month. Mr. Whitney has bought the best equipment iB
the field, and has added a feature that very few laundries in this
part of the State have—a water softener. Gregg will be filling •
long felt need of the city when he puts this new plant into operation.
Gregg came before the Luncheon Club Tuesday and made hit an-
nouncement, and said that he was after the business, and if he didnt
give satisfaction, he wouldn't expect the trade. But we have ft
hunch that Gregg is going to put out the good work, and it jurt
brings up another phase of the trade at home era. Ho is bucking
some mighty hard competition, not dishonest competition, but long
established competition from Breckenridge, Stamford, and AbileM,
and it took lots of nerve to put in a fourth laundry when theie towna
have been operating a truck out of here so long, but Gregg is a lo-
cal boy, grew up here, and we believe that he deserves a good trtnl
at your laundry work. Let's all trade at home. Home industrial
are the ones that put your money back into local circulation. Power
to you Gregg.
TNI TOWN WNIM I IIVK IT'I MV TOWN
His Hat is in The Ring
Wyatt W. Lipscomb'pitches his hat in the ring for the office of
City Treasurer, Assessor and Collector, the three being recently con*
bined into one office. Wyatt is now holding the office of treasurer
by appoinment. Now, he comes and asks the voters of the city of
Albany to elect him to this office for the next two years. Wyatt ia
an old-time Albany boy, has lived here the most of his life, hence he
is not an experiment, but of proven character and ability. Was with
the Phillips Petroleum Oil Company for years, therefore he is po-
ssessed of experience in clerical wa>rk. Has held this office by ap-
pointment for the past year, and has given entire satisfaction. Wy-
att is efficient, capable, courteous and gives fair treatment to all.
He promises if elected to this office to render service to his constitu-
ency fair and impartially, will have no favorites, an' will do his of-
ficial duty to all concerned without fear or favor. Vow we ask the
citizens of this commonwealth to give Wyatt's cla is due consider-
ation at the polls in April, believing that he will ful ill every promise'
to his constituency.
TNI TOWN WNIM I LtVI——IT • NT TO«*M
Albany Lions Trounce Eastland
The local Lions Club, always in search of more money, Tuesday
night sallied down to Eastland and met the Lions Club of that city
in a game of basketball, and after the whole thing was over, the Al«
bany team was riding high and dry above the Eastland team with a
score of 57 to thirteen. That's some top heavy score for the local
Lions who were playing their first game and th dr first practice.
Eight of the local Lions went down including "Cap" and "Doodle"
Wharton, Kuykeiidall, Francis Lieh, Webb, King, Hays and Bouldin,
These boy iirely made a name for themselves. Cap Wharton wai
high point man scoring points. (James are being negotiated for
Breckenridge and Cisco. Eastland plays a refurn game here Febru-
ary 21. Let's all turn out to see these aged basketeers doi their
stuff.
TH| TOWN WHCRI I LIVC——IT '■ MY ▼ OWN
Got Up to Hear tie King
Talking to Mrs. A. A. Clarke the or day, and she informed us
that she got up the other morning at fiv o'clock to hear the King of
England make his talk to the Peace Commission. But my, ain't it
a wonderful age? Just think of it, you can hook up this radio sys-
tem, and all the world can hear one talk. There was the King of
England talking, and all the civilized world was listening in. Won-
der what we will do next? Harness the atom we suspect, and the
first thing that you know they will connect with tho planatary sy -
tem, talk to the Martians. Find out just what they are doing, what
kind of folks they are. Wonderful about man. Just re-incarnated
dust, yet he speaks, runs, thinks, builds and pulls down, established
governments, religious shrines, murders and kills and steals and rob .
And yet, he partakes of the divine attributes of the gods.
THI TOWN WHCKI
IT • NT TOWN
IK,
T Ml TOWN WHim
live - T I
NT TOWN
Th" W .tc 1'i-oiJu a Company informs us that they bought clcv
■ n hundred poun I - of chicke
look like the lien i going t .
o ye . we ought to make it tl
Albany hatchery has opened
that 11,1-v will nut out at 1 m s
■s Saturday. Rut i
jet on the map in
e egg basket of W'•
up for bii due . m
2f>,000 ■ hit k tin •
it begins to
ford county
Now tile
lanager savs
Vmk
Tl 1
iino b
r
Read News Forty Years
Jesse Pate called at the News office this week to pay his subscript
fori to the old home paper. Jess says that he has been reading the
Vbany News for forty years or more. Well, boy, that's a longtime
•o . t..y v.'C. one journal, you came very near being a charter mem-
ber of the N w family, as it wa - born some forty -even years ago.
Tin oldest institution in Shackelford county. And be it said that
till her . has not lost its grip, still has faith in its town and
' I Tl t V.
)WN WHIRR
' T H M * TOWN
Mi . \n P.a kins and Mr. Emnvt Merrimaa, tli tw. who ir.
poi,- h f ■ tl • Tens . !••!•«« n T. ibtui ■ w r • i int callers at
■ ■ News office this wi k. They came to say howdy to the \lbany.
• • - w s for. •. Thi 1- a ■ • ■'! "mbination -Mr M renin • 11>I i >lier '
and .. .nil guy, with M>- . !'• rl.lus out aft' r new and busin< <. They
f" giving Throe'ae ill a " ad r, ||-. . • foi A'li
nd county ( vain t'o|. ■. an late '.ring ham- - -n the outside,
and .'tie i . ol'f ■ chair:, a - uv.-r . ailing far an occupant.
M
:rs
ti
h
Mrs.
Saturd
Mr. Pr
health
pany.
' I i k of \ permont died last Friday, and was bu'
ty Mi and M Louis P. Browning attended the fune
own iar ■ a ia phew of Mr. Will Link. She had been in
for ,. . Mr 1 nk is a member of Bryant-Link U
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Albany Girls Come Home
Mrs. C, P. Lipscomb, nee Miss Mary Sutherland Long of Cross
Plain , Mi . Burr Russell, nee Miss Helen Moore of Marlin, are home
home folks. Said they came home to get a bath out of Hub-
bard creek and a square meal one time. Well doggone tho children
do like to come home and see mother, and get some good cats. Mrs.
l ip ■ onib and Mrs. Russell are girl friends and school mates, hence
tin" on the home campus to talk over the days of yore, when all of
lifi was a romance.
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