The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1931 Page: 1 of 6
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riT JURY FOR FOURTH
WEEK DISTRICT COURT
W. W. Morris, Momnj Wm.
.«mr, Mo ran; R. H. McElvain,
Moran; E. K. Grothe, Albany; J.
W, Townsond, Moran; J. G. Ter-
ry, Moron; Bert Crockett, Al-
bany; Silas Veal, Lueders; Hurl
Smith, Albany; C. K. Kopp, Mo-
rctn; L. S. Hollowell, Jr., Albany;
T, J. Darling, Albany; J. H
RKrmwra; 7AlMlf In- t- Utormu.
i Established 18831
AlfcMy, Texas, "The Home of the Hereford" AprU 10, 1*S1
Horace Sedwick Home
The Woman—Thou Gavest Me"
Horace Sodwick I* home from Kant Texas for a breathing p«>ll -
Want* to got some otone in hi* lungw and a good drink of water out
of Hubbard crock ore ho goes back to tho i<-kn. Horace say* talking
about oil, they have found the ocean* shore line down there, and gos'n
the crude oil flown. Hut durn an ocean of it, the depth nf the ■ >.I
nands Ik over one hundred feet, the pure oil nand and a high gravity
of oil, forty and forty-two irravity. Just blast if we know where t.his
oil business in headed for. Hut doggone somebody said that crude oil
wnn th-i Wnriri Yf-- VVi •II he il said that it'm h!ill on the battle line.'
Xlsnger, Albany; IV W Arm-j fjjrht ing our commercial battle" Some forty or fifty million iruci,
strong, Albany; K. li. Ackers, AI-1 ,in,j Automobiles, battleships and ocean freighters, steam engines and
bany; F. A. Davis, Luedor*; M. tractor* and airplanes. Hut 0 (rod of wealth, and <1 ye gods of me
L.' Hay*. Albany; Howard Rogers, | pj|Hnjny,. genius, you have revolutionized the world, luxury and ease
nf1 Albany; John Smalley, Albany; Htl(| power and wealth has come our way. Il bus enriched the world,
W. K. Dawson, Moran; 1). E. ■ made America the financial mistress of all creation, crowned the \m-
Smith, Moran; Lee Ayom, Moran; erican dollar and made king of finance, and just where we will head
Carl Lieb, Albany; Sam Fade, A I- j„( ^ keeps the gods guessing. First West Texas fell the divine touch
bany; J. K. T)vorfolt, Luedor* ;0f wealth, cities sprang up, gol<l dollars rolled up and down our
Ed, Palmer, Albany; E. D. Phi!-i „treets, skyscrapers went up over night, speculation ran rife, hank
ley, Abilene; G. W. Reves, Luo ^ vaults groaned under the load of the yellow metal, and t'nis wealth
ders; C. Purcell, Luedor*; H. 'i- j ju«t. flowed into our coffers, paupers were millionaires over night
Now the scene shifts for the present from West Texas, we've milked
the oil .sands dry, and the piny woods of Kast Texas has come unto
her own, land values have gone sky high, fee holders are swimming in
wealth, riding in fine automobiles, wearing satin and silk and finger
rings galore. Yea, the oil boom is on in F,ast Texas, you can't get
Dorothy Dix, who understands men and women, anawers the ques-
tion, "What kind of husband do women want?" thus: "A woman'*
ideal husband would show a composite picture of Valentino, Henry
Ford and Job."
She suggests Valentino's beauty, Ford's money and Job's patience
in a husband
Hut Henry Ford, with his high forehead, is for an intelligent worn
an, much better looking than Valentino ever was, and he hae more
patience than Job, who only sat down and complained. Ford works
"TVtTIIMllBTTn—mill i'lin lllilKi' iove wiili inn bun
Business Meas Mass Meetag
«s!
Roberta, Moran; Fred Runkel, AI
bany; F. J. Roeaer, Albany; Wal-
ter Huaklns, Moran; J, T. Newell,
Lueders; Ghas. Folk*, Moran;
Lout* Shoffit, Jr., Albany; E. A.
Engel, Albany; J. L. Godwin, Al-
bany; Joe K. Whorton, Albany.
GAY BRIDGE DANCE
Eaater holidays were
I
at the clubhouse on Monday even-
ing of which Misses Helen Rars-
tow, Helon George and Sue De-
La fosse were hostesses.
Six tables were pretily arrang-
1 ed, £t which an hour nf playing
■wa' njoyed. High scores went
■ ss Wilma Kendrick and Mr.
T. j! Rea, while cut prize was
Dresonted to Miss Berylgene Daw-
[\ An unusual plate of ham,
\.ork *nd beans, onions, swiss
cheese, ginger snaps, and butter
milk was served. Dainty cups of
peanuts completed the plate and
served as favors.
Several hours of dancing fol-
lowed. Tne happy occasion wits
enjoyed by Messrs. J. R. Stuart,
of Strawn, guest of honor, Banjo
"'aters, Morris Palmer, T. J. R« ,
Glenn Leech, Bill George, Lee|
Palmer, Winston Wharton, Dun- \
can Leech, S. W. Suther, Johnni.'i
Moberley, Hj Seth, and Miss sl
Elizabeth Fielder, Wilma Ken-
drick, Alberta Fryar, Francos i
Mobwley, Helen Rarstow, Sue
DeIjafos.se, Helon George, Ardal-
ia Lyons, Sal I io King. Bery 'gone !
Dawson and Johnnie I.emond i
Barstow.
HEALTH ASSOCIATION
MEETING
.-''The Shackelford Count)
-tilth Association i« sponsoring
• ,\*lth procram and celebration
/April 'JMh, beginning at noon
frith a basket lunch on tli• ath'e'
1 ic field of t'ne high school. Afu'r
lunch a program will he given in
which each school in the county
Will 1 represented.
We want your cooperation : >
make this afternoon a .succe- .
U>t'.s all bring our lunch an '
joy it with the people of Mor
and the rural communitio of i
county.
AT METHODIST CHURCH
SUNDAY
"—TTmrnnrwrrr
money with the other," suys Miss Dix.
That is part of clever writing. The reality is that a good woman
wants a husband that she ran respect, one able to provide for hi.<
children, and possessed of loyalty That is not too much to ask.
Arthur Brisbane.
* * *
Arthur Brisbane and Dorothy Dix are both smart folks, famous
American writers But neither one of 'em know much about woman.
She has been t'ne enigma of men and gods all along down the ages
And the more we see of 'em, the less we know about 'em. The mys-
tic stuff that she doles out to the animal man, and her rare beauty
«nd charm, ha* kept man guessing for all these million of years. Bo
it said, that if she could be analyizod and defined and understood,
why then we could begin to guess at just what sort of man would
suit her. Here of late she has torn the veil from 'ner face, a fool no-
tion of the cave man that none of the other swains round about
parking room nor hotel rooms. Yes, the great oil boom is on in East should look his spouse in the face. Then later she kicked off thr
Texas. And say boys have a good time, we did, yes doggone we swam long cotton clout, drab colored hose and flat like shoos, minus style,
in wealth—But as said above, the gods of wealt'n are showering th • j Gaining this much freedom, she took courage and untangled her
shapely limbs with petticoats, pitched her hoop skirts into the attic,
and lastly bobbed her beautiful looks. Getting rid of the durn fool
toggery, she got out on the political campus and banged down legis-
lative doors and captured her political freedom. To do this, she went
on hungry strikes, dogged the trail of legislators, spread propaganda,
deviling the life out of the politicians, until finally they gave her the
| coveted trophy Political Freedom. To obtain this, she made many
A mas* meeting of the business men of Albany met at the
National Bank Tuesday night. Something like thirty or "
gponded to the call. Much enthusiasm wm manifested in the
ing. The purpose of the meeting was to organltee a get-to-ge"
ganication- It's object i* to create a apirit of town loyalty, stic!
by t'ne old home town—Buy at home movement. In other Words
Ing our town, putting Albany on the map as a trade center, maki
an ideal shopping town. Not organizing in opposition to our ft
bor* but Just taking can- of our own interests, keeping the
h | tte.it t-i.nllv helony tfi us. It means the extension of our trade
wK-
up
folks down in the sticks with wealth undreamed of. The aftermath,
the oil derricks all over West Texas are lone sentinels of by-gone
wealth—And now we are bending all of our efforts, back to the soil
IHHHH . _. HV
Marked by a lovely bridge dancuj the hen, the sow and the cow. As one of old said -Civilization be-
gins and ends with the plow, oil pools run dry, gold mines pinch out,
but this rich blanket that the gods unfolded and spread out, is a gold
mine t'nat never pinches out, it's like the hills, eternal. Have a good
time East Texas, we do not envy you your wi-alth Hut 0 gosh, when ' promises, promised to make politics decent, promised to clean up the
the oil boom fades, empty shacks, the failure of wildcat banks, the
weeds and the grass grow up in the truck of oil field roads hut be it
(aid, after the oil pools of East Texas are milked dry, you will have
your rich sandy loamy soil left, and again the wine will drip from the
grape, the Juice will ooze from the peach, the hens will cackle as of
old, the Jersey cow will give up her butter fat, 'nam and red gravy,
tho goo goo Irish potatoes will again flirt with the yellow yam*-—
Back to tho soil—Civilizations begins with the plow—Spend your
money freely East Texasites, have a good time—We did - Rut today
we are paying court at tho shrine of the gods of soil.
TH( TOWN WHim I l "V* IT'S MT TOWN
Back In Shackelford County
Walking down Main Street Tuesday morning, nosing around for a
news item—Met a pretty brown-eyed woman, she said hello editor of
the Albany News. We gave her the glad hand, and sure enough we
were glad to see her, for the reason that she was a Shackelford coun-
ty g'r'> woman. Yes, she was born in Shackelford county, born down
there on the banks of the beautiful Hubbard creek. We are speaking
of Mrs. Ed Manning, nee Miss Mollie T.vnch Her earthly existence
is the culmination of a western romance in a wilderness. An Iridi
lad, met a pretty brown-eyed maid of German extraction nut in a
desert wild, on the banks of the liio Grande river in New Mexico.
Cupid got on the job and two lives were joined together in the bonds
of wedlock. They treked their way back to Shackelford county and
settled down there on the banks of Hubbard creek Judge J. C.
Lynch, county commissioner, county judge and cowman, lived and
died in the county, now lie and his bride sleep out there on the hill
side in the Albany cemetery. Now th<* children have come back to i
look after and administer the estate of the lati Judge J. C. Lynch,!
ranch holdings down there on Hubbard creek. Human destiny play
a strange and romantic role An Irish lad born in Cork, Ireland, j
came to America whil. yet a lad, treked and ret r- ked
' coss-pools of filth. And lastly, she said t'nat crime would be an ox
coption to the rule if she had the ballot. Well dear woman, as yet
you have not arrived in tho matter of lessening crime, neither have
you cleaned up the dirty political muddle. In your new found po-
litical freedom, you have demonstrated that you are possessed of all
the finesse, ar ;fice and tho strategy of the shrewd politician. You
have further evidenced thr fact that you are made up of t'nat old stuff
we call human nature. You just can't get away from your environ*.
Yes, the now woman has arrived, and she is some actress, putting on
a show that made all the wor,J .rt up and take notice, her shapely
nock, dimple arms, lilt like form and pretty legis have been on exhi-
bition, and the animal man sure has enjoyed the show. Yes, she's the
prettiest t'ning that God and fashion over made. As to her choice of
men, the old folklore saying of men, that she was just as liable *o
fancy a monkey as a man. That's far fetched, naturally woman ad-
mires the strong, one that can keep the varments away from the cave
door, bring home the juicy venison and the prettiest pelts for the
adornment of her form. Ami with all of her culture, she still ad-
mires the cave man—The man on the prancing steed, daring, brave
and couragiK us, hence t'ne soldier has over been her ideal, damn yes,
the rattle of swords, tho jingle of stilver spurs and brass buttoned
uniforms." She falls to 'em. Yes, the man who can lay the spoils of
battle at her feet, castles and jewels rare, and fine raiment and social
prestige Just a natural born queen and she likt\s to sit on a throne
and wear a crown. Bless her soul even if she is fickle, frisky, and
seemingly unstable, yet she is the arbiter of human destiny, weaker
than man, and yet with her feminine beauty and charm, she can shake
ner curls, blink her pretty eyes, .smile and chuck u man under the
chin and lead him up to heaven or down to hell. As said above, she
Has been the enigma of gods and men, but with all her faults and
foibles We love her still, \nd the stiller the better "The Woman
Thou Gavest Me." -Selah.
ory, taking In ShHckolford county a* a wMe7nn<i to nujHArnd
a business ba*is. In other word* we want to sell Albany to it«
ty constituency, just keeping our own, and it belong* to us if w® i
go out and get it. The old business method* have gone into
scrapheaip, use to be that we could play checker*, dorninoe*
marble*, talk politic* and discus* religious difference*, *it behind
box stove, chew Star Navy tobacco and curse the government,
the trade *tood around and waited for the merchant* to do hi*
ing and make a move on the checker board -But the day and tilt
gone. You have got to use modern fi*hlng tackle and bait your
if you catch the game fi*h. You want live bait, the old rod
that landed the big bellied catfish don't go any more. Of course
propaganda about the old home town deserving your trade it
Buy and sell is the motto of this age, and you have got to get
cut the pigeon win and do the busines* stunt if you get year shaft
tho trade. And again, stunt sales are going the route of all
quated methods, selling below cost and all that stuff has
Watch tho modem merchant* ads in the big city dailies, whera
have competition indeed. They don't shoot any bull, but get
to prices and figure*, no knocking of their competitor*, but Jwrt
business methods, *tay everlastingly at it. Now be it said that All
i* surrounded by an excellent trade territory, folk* possessed of |
buying power, and that trade belongs to you Mr. Merchants, if
are capacitated to go out on the battlo line and get it. Dont 1
about and whine about the other fellow, hell go out on the battle Hi
roll up your sleeves, unsheath your sword, don't a k any favor
and sell, that's the law of trade, put your personality Into your 1
ness, slap the trade on the shoulder, and say hello Bill and John,
you came in, come back again. Ever remember that the animal
likes to be noticed, likes to know t'nat you know him, and above
he likes to know that hi* trade is appreciated. And keep this in mill
trade goes where it'* invited and made welcome, and where it get# i
square deal. Friendship and acquaintance is a valuable asset In
iness, it helps, opens the door, but tain't worth a damn if you
the real business man, right up to now, keep what the trade w
above everything else, quality merchandise, the prices right,
trade don't care so much about your town in the parlance of '
chandising. Be sure and get a fair margin on your good*,
stress below cost too much, the world don't like to trade with A
ing concern.—Selah.
j THt TOWN WHCfft I LIV«-—IT' MY
THR TOWN WHERt
.11 '• MY TOWN
•noiss, from ocean to ocean, bunting for gold and fame,
in a wilderness, settled a Shackelford county, that
found his gold mine, sons and daughters wen tin t'ru:
tic union, lived to a rin. old age, he and hi^ bride.
■n
Miss Wilkinson's Glee Club!
will furnish special music at the)
morning service at the Methodist I
Church.
"Soft as the Voice" by Scott.
Hymn No. 87.
aeros- I wilder
finding a bride
; of this ronian
All of life is a
stage, anil we are all actors on thu stage. Hut n:\. my, human di
tiny. Now the children have come back to look the old homestead
over, the playground of childhood. And b< it -aid the main actor-
are gone over the great divide, but their spirits still lingi r about the
human snow house, the spirit of the ear!> da\ pioneers. Mrs. Manning
made our heart go pit-a-pat, when sin -aid Shackelford county wa-
the ideal spot to live, said her father after treking a wilderness s.i
quesi ot hi idea! spot, said that Shacke ford county was the best spot
on artli And it is, and of eounsi it makes us glad to hear other
folks say so. For thirty or forty year-, we have lived out here, it has
been the playground of our brain children, and in our humble way
we nave tried to dramatize its beautv and wealth- -Grand old Shack-
Bis; Rabbit Drive On
el ford county.
TMI TOWN WHEW I LlVC
City Election—New Mayor
Creed.
Prayer.
"The Miracl
CO.
Scripturi
Offering
Sextett.
Sermon.
Hvmn Nr
of liOve" by Mo
Mayor W G. Webb got down off the political platform and has
j gone back to the life of the private citizen. Ho flatly refused to run,
i said that he had been a member of the City Council for seventeen
1 years, and in his opinion that was long enough for one man to serve,
j It can be said that Mayor Webb 1ms .served his city well, did ju.it
whsit he thought was his duty, and did it without any apologies. The
i chess board being clear, M. L. Hays (Mack) Hays got in the saddle
and come under the white ribbon with flying colors—Dead easy sail
iik', it 'ii;- at: i>piM>neir It an be said that Mack Hays is compara-
The citizenship of Hasting- and Borryhill staged a big rabbit drive
out there on the Wood Side Thursday and Friday of this Week. V
Ha- ing Thursday and Borryhill Friday. There was a picnic lunch
each day. The editor had a special invitation to come and bring his
eat tor gun and break bread with the citizens of this commonwealth.
It looks like it's a sin to kill the mollie cotton tails, back in pioneer
da. rabbit meat was a standard diet. Take about a half grown
mollie cotton tail, pretty white tender flesh, mixed tin with some chili
pepper, run it through a sausage grinder, put it in a hot pan of
grea.se, fry it brown, and gosh you had a plate fit for the gods. But
in this modern day and time, we have fat juicy beef, fat hens and
turkeys, butter fat galore, fresh lain hen eggs And poor mollie cot-
ton tail is billed for the slaughter. Well of course the mollie cotton
tails are a prolific breed, hence they become a post, and to that end,
oac.h year, Hastings and Borryhill stage a rabbit drive, an annua!
event. If possible the editor will bo there Friday morning with his
scatter gun, more especially will ho take his appetite along with him.
Hut durn fried chickens, custard pies just like mother cooked in the
long ago, salads and other stuff that go with it. When you want a
real square meal, go out in the countryside—as out there, tho mothers
have not forgotten how to cook a real sure onougih to god meal, corn
i pone, bacon and beans, apple pies, and 0 gosh sit us down to a big
platter of yellow legged chicken, fried brown, and some cream gravy.
We are coming folks if old Senior Dodge don't go on a strike.—
Selah
TM« TOWN WHERE I LlVK IT'« M* TOWN
Election of School Board
The citizens of this commonwealth—Albany Independent
! District went to the polls last Saturday, April the fourth And el
four new members of the school board, Messrs. P. T. Sears, E.
Lieb, G. R. King and Dr. E. B. Ruchanan. Old members holding
er—A. M. Russ, J. 0. Hyde and P. S. Kendrick. Tnis makes a
board, composed of our best citizens, live, wide-awake fellows,
who have the best interest of our public school at heart. Supt. \
Willingham was re-elected for another year by the old board.
will be the twelfth year for Supt. Willingham as head of our schoolt.
The picture of his work and administration is reflected in the
didly araanged school building, campus, discipline and curri
And the final test is the work and completion of an academic educa-
tion Stands for something, carte-blanch to all tho higher institu!
of learning in our state. Now to the citizens of this eommonwi
let's get in behind the school board and tho teaching corps and g6
forward in the building of a greater school for Albany. Let's raftkfi
it worth while, let's put it on the map, make it a drawing card for out
town and county. An up-to-date public school is a town's best asset,
it means a larger volume of folks, it means tho very best class of cit-
izenship. Now to that end, let's all roll up our sleeves, spit on our
hands, and let every fellow put his shoulder to t'ne wheels of tho edu-
cational wagon The spirit of cooperation will make it easy. We are
now on the hill top, have gone up the incline, and with work and gel
up and g -t, the sledding will be easy. Let our slogan be—-A GREAT-
ER lTI'.LIC SCHOOL FOR ALBANY.
■3
vealth,
TH1 TOWN WHERE I LIVE
-IT'• MY TOWN
Committee On Organization
At the business mass meeting Tuesday night, Messrs. W. H.
lock, D. C. Simith, W. E. Griggs and Berry Brown were appointed
work out details for the perfecting of the merchants organisation.
At the meeting tonight at the Albany National Bank they will
their recommendations to the body, and then they will proceed to
ganize. Let everyone come out tonight, let's have a big turn oat I
a rousing meeting—Then let's organize and roll up our sleeves mtL
go after the trade that belongs to Albany. Let's make Albany t)M
ideal shopping town of West Texas. Let everybody come—INit W
your working clothes and get in between the plow handles of do mi
bri^g things to pass.
TNK TOWN WMtM I UVI IT'S M
Lmmuou
fK
B
to
Mr.
d Ka stei
K Hubl
ir water
cs lendar
irojei
md 1
!<*>■ww'-
any school. For
tii oiT operator in oar
right nan in the right
iirgs, l'e-ehvted; C. M-
r of the council. All
ve the best interest of
a will 'nave a wise and
oil composed of level
•oiminue to grow And
t The damming of the
■t's give Albany an ado-
Putting Up New Awning
F i ^ *
iron'
St or
before
tune
No. I. T!
ot iron awninf
a v agon bow
tad frigid ar.
is
Ullt<
;ank and Rexal
do wi tiiit old
var. It look- I
tin devil in tho sum
months*. They are putt;: g up a modern awi in;-, looks like son
lived there Jack Reynolds -ays that this now awnirg i.- in lit u of a
new bank building. Well, never mind, when wi
president, why then w'e will hav
AI Smith is elected.
a new bark building
Proceedings of District Coeri
The law mill with Judge Milburn Long on the bench and Bob
as prosecuting attorney, sure turned out the grist. Yes, cri i
bes-ness was dispatched with brevity and the hoy got a free
burglary and theft, t-vo years in the pen. State of Texas vs.
W uiica charged with burglary and theft, a verdict of guilty, two yewS.
in he 'ten. Piato of Texas vs. Carl Addington was gi> en two
charred with burglary and theft. Stat- of Texas vs. Ernest Braley,
charged with burglary and theft, was given two years in the pen.
State of Texas vs. Harry Johnson, charged with burglary, two years
, democratic ' suspended sentence. State of Texas vs. Barry Ruesell, charged with
especially if transporting of booze was given one year. The District Court win
I last over next week, petit Jury for fourth term has been drawn.
quite an improve-
that was put up there
>n an ox c:.r* -Hot is
dark in t\e winter
body
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