The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1930 Page: 4 of 8
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at Editor
Some More About The Editor
Sage of The Shackelford Hills
A unique way of praising a unique figure in Texas journalise;
vm devised by Jake Lanjjford, secretary of the Albany Chamle i
of Commerce, when he shooed Colonel Dick McCarty out of tie
•ffioe of the Albany News, mounted the editorial tripod himself,
and issued a "Praise the Kditor Kdition."
Young Mr. I.angford had considerable help with the edition, it
true. There were official communication.-, from the city council, from
the county commisioners of Shackelford county, from newspaper
men far and near, from statesmen and farmers and even from the
colored population of Albany. The burden of their ,-ong wa tie
same -highest praise to Kick McCarty, the Sage of the Shackelford
Hills, the unbeatable optimist, the indefatigahh booster, tie wit'y
Irishman, the prose poet de luxe, the gifted orator and tin editor
who conducts a newspaper without a parallel in modern day journal
in.
It was a well-earned tribute to a beloved charai'< i l ie philosop! y
of Dick McCarty is wholesome, hopeful and happy. He :iy, :ii hi
newspaper exactly what he thinks of men and measure His style
is unorthodox, but then what great pel on ever wa orthodox'' The
thousands of friends throughout Texas rejoin .'it tin prosperity tier
has descended on Diek McCarty in l.i- litter ye.-ir Me Mhany N.
is a well paying newspaper in a growing c m Tie \ew- i gettin
along in years, like its editor, but 1 ik• him it i om of tie i v I■■ 1
of institutions
We select from the number of tribute to Colonel Dick tlii om
from tin pee of Helta Hart Nam*. . wid !> l*eown Si.arki ' '■!
county poet:
They said hi was a dreamer, those w!i<> aw
Him pas from day to day along tin ! r< < t.
Or met him on t'ne hills, wle i t.1 • red haw
Wa blocnninp, and wh■ ■ i e e .
H> viae 1! . I ••..!!it'll ill yti ' 1 : lid
Who came to town, how mi i! i m .'
and when,
Anil m>v. and t r i l.f i r. .•«> .p<.' ' J •.•'("
A plan to widen life for ot>.r men.
A dream, so people said, bu1 it wa M-'-d
That came to life in work tin y thought
their own,
As buildings roM to meet some long-felt
And highways giew from thought that he had sown.
Antl still he dreams', and none can ever know.
How much has conn to pass in 1 if■ '- great plan,
Hecause hi lived to write, to think, and sow,
Ant! dared to laugh, antl dream, antl play the man.
Frank Grimes, Kditor Abilene Reporti r
r y' j.' w \s «r i i ivr 1 * uwn
Some Flowers Thanks
Robert Lee, Texas, Aug. 1
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folks' Inart in yt
and that' why you h;
I an only It) antl in '
; i rvc humanit v ami if I
If
the firing lint onn day, and it' you go befort I tit
how I'll
Dick I
want tt
you
In in on planting .ouie of those wild flowers l . i: I love
Yours very "•uly,
A. W I'ruitt, Kditor Kole r
I.
IT v MY Tf'WN
Saying Nice Things
AhihiH', T«*x
Praising The Editor
Mr Richard McCarty,
Albany, it xas.
Dear Mr. McCarty:
Received my Albany News Saturday night, antl reatl it will'
pleasure, antl think you th •> rv. every nice thing that was -:rd
•bout you in "Praise tin Editor Edition." I just want to say tha'
I was so glad when you took back th" Editorship a-t Sprin r for
It did not ,-eem lik> the Albany New ■ w ithout you being the l'<!i-
tor. I appreciati your friendship thru all the year- ami hope that
you live to i njoy many mon year You certainly hav
your tinn ami talent to tin County of Shackelford and i p i
the town tif Albany, antl the town will never get a better boo
I am sure.
Was so nice 'if you and Mi Mct'arty to com' out to
when we wert all honn and wi all appreciated the \i it.
With In t wis'he■ antl kindest per onal regard-, for you both
Sincerely,
l/ola Lipscomb
tl e v o tI
I an
Hon R H Mi l arty,
Albany, Texas
My Dear Dick
Right now in tin- midst of a day that i.- hott-ei than (you know
what) l am taking the time to stop and drop you a line to sup-
plement the many wonderful things your friends said about you in
last week's paper While I have known for a long time that you
stood pretty well at home, I did not know that everybody loves you
over there as well as other parts of the country.
I know this surprisi wiis wonderful ti you ami I had rather ha.,
the folks who really know me say the things t'ney did about you
in your paper than any other honor that I can think of. You know
lots of folks have some nice things said about them by casual ae-
quaintanic but when a fellow's home folks who really know him
speak out like they have to you I ay to you that is i really wonder
ful antl I'll add that there wa not a thing in the paper that wa-
not true
May you live many more years to enjoy youi wonderful friends
and be an inspiration to those you come in contact with.
With best wisht to your good self and Mrs. McCarty, I am,
Yours sincerely,
Guv W. McCartv
MY Tf'WN
Another Veteran
That o'iier veteran of the Texas newspaper field, Col. Dick M.
Cnrty, i far from dead, but the staff of tin Albany New. decided
the ot.'ni i day to let him know how much his town appreciates him
living. Ili-nci the "I'rain the Editor" edition of the newspaper
from the home of the Hereford, in which tin staff dumped most of
Colonel Dick's own copy in the wastcbasket in order to fill tl#
column- with the views of his co laborers. When a newspaper man
takes time off to tell the boss what he thinks of him, a good ileal it
nnexpungod expletive antl sulphuric lexicography might be expected,
but Col. Dick seems to be a boss who either has buffaloed or fasci-
nated his confreres. The "Praise the Editor" edition praises him, i
■nd no mistake. Even El Mangus took occasion to sit down and
express the complimentary views of an associate in the Texas pre; s ,
field in which both have been working long enough to know better
Col. Dick will be recalled as the editor who struck oil or who was
struck <ty it, to be more exact, and who tried to quit newspapering j
and found that he could not. Journalism is a disease which he-
comes inherent n the blood. So Colonel Dick continues to write
long news paragraphs anil longer editorials set double-column in tin
Albany News, and spaced by pithy agate lines which stimulate local
pride and urge local industry. At present the space slogan is "The
Town Where l Live It's My Town " nntl the town when hi lived
has set itself to show that that is true. Only it isn't exactly. Colonel
Dick doesn't own Allwiny. Albany and Shackelford County own
Colonel Dick. State Press, Dallas News.
I' S. You have certainly been given your flower.- while you cou,
enjoy them.
TmI TOWN WHtllf: I LIVI IT B MY TOWN
PROGRAM FOR Bf
JUNIOR SOCIETY
Mr. Richard H. McCarty,
Albany, Texas.
In-jir Mr McCarty:
Am indeed sorry I did not have an opporturnity to participu.' ■ n
the "I'raisi the Editor Edition" of tin Albany News, but that I ttl
livt wire, Jake l-angford, didn't know about me, hence I was left
out.
Perhaps there i not another man in Texas who has rejoiced with
you to the extent I have, not to be there and see it. I can si tlu>-,
flower in the office, and tin good women of Albany carry-in,: then
in at the fronl door, paying gladly a debt they nwi, which is tin-
first of its kind I know anything about.
I can see you smiling and laughing and talking with tln-m in th •
offici antl one of the hardest fight- you ever fought in your life,
going on internally to keep back tears, probably some broke Muu
anyway, they did on me when I read of it in the Albany Ni w , far
God knows you deserve it and l rejoice greatly to see you ire' it.
Indeed it could do no more than to increase the burden e* c:tizen
ship, editorship, stewardship, etc.. a you say. and my! wiia;
pleasure it will be to you from here out.
Sometime-, as you well know, while an editor is figl.'ing the
hattli of hi community, and such litth encouragement come from
thosi mo-! concerned, that lie i- tempted to hack off and i nil. be
cause, to him, it looks like he's all alone, but he's not, tiny nr.
with him, but tin y just neglect to tell him about it. I have known edi
tm to give ii)) antl quit on that very account.
You may tell tl good people of Mhany and Shark, ford com \
that I i ongratu'att tin for this war.by tlcotl. It even . . .
couragement to .-peed on, for th. great big hear: of n .n
same every when antl I get a special kick out of fi
because I love humanity.
Yn
Write
a grci
to get
bf or.
Stamford, Texas, August t't.h. ltiftO.
Mr. W G Webb,
Albany, Texas.
Dear Sir:
I have just finished reading the late issue of t.h< Albany News
and ci rtainly appreciate the good things said of my old friend, Dick
McCarty. Wish I hail known the program in order that 1 might
have hatl something to say myself. Anyway, I can express myself
to you a one of his very best friends.
In April of 1 « 0C, 1 came in possession of a circular put out bv
Webb & Hill and printed by the Albany News boosting the Stephens
ranch which had just been cut up anil placed on the market. I was
very much interested in what the circular carried and arranged to
visit Albany at once in order to see for myself. So out I came to
Albany and met the illustrations Dick McCarty on my first of quite
a number of visits made to Albany during that Spring antl Summer,
which resulted in the buying of a xmall piece of land myself and
doing my bit toward lending encouragement to others who Were
interested in antl around Albany. After just a little while, as you
well know, then was quite a little colony of Hill county farmers
had bought land and -ettled there. At that time McCarty was ril-
way on the job with a good word, a hearty hand shake and a
plea-ant smile. So it was then that I learned to like Dick Mc-
Carty nntl the Albany News. From then till now I have never hatl
any occasion to change my mind. In other words, McCarty was the
right man in tin right place at the right time with the right worth
According to my way of thinking, antl with all due respect to the
other gootl business men of Albany, Dirk McCarty has proven more
beneficial to tin building of Albany and Shackelford County with
it: good road.-, it- substantial and numerous school buildings, it-
wiili spread interest in poultry, its oil and gas in
pride, and some other things as well, than any
among it entire citizenship. Reing a full blooded
uletl, fearh and always ready to take the side hi
Alw.-iy thi same, yesterday, today antl forever.
friend to Dick McCartv and Th
August 24, 1980
Hymn—253.
Special Song—Mary Nell Xil
Ruth Evelyn Tidmore, Lou
Parnell.
Scripture Reading -
Clarice Rea.
Lord's Prayer—By All.
Hymn—269.
Lesson Story—Lucille
Discussion.
Renediction.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method of tkllll>
ing our friends And neighbors
who were so good to us for tiutr
kindness and sympathy during tih
illness and death of our belov^f
husband, father and brothar.
May God's richest bleating! bo
with each of you. We especially
thank the Christian ladies for tte
nice dinner.-- Mrs. Lee Maclcty,
Miss Daisy Mackey, Mr. and Mm
Wilburn Mackey, Mr. and Mm.
F. D. Myers, brothers and slatere
stock farms, its
dustry, iis civic
other three men
Irishman, red he
considered right.
So you may
Albanv New:.
Mrs. F. L. Tarwater from
Caldwell, Texas, is visiting bar
brother, Sheriff Earl GoodlDU^
for a few days.
count ni* as a
T E. L. CLASS OF BAPTIST
CHURCH MEET-AT HOM
OF MRS. C. B. MAULD1N
Yours very truly,
.Ino. \. Middleton.
A Nice Boquot
I laird, Texas
Albanv T< xas.
August i ft, mo.
Col. Dirk McCarty,
Editor Albany New
Iar Colonel:
Though a little tardy in doing so, we wish to congratulate you,
and add a word to the many beautiful and true tributes paid you by
your friends in the edition of the Mhany News on August Rt-h, the
"Praise the Editor Edition."
'I ou know, Colonel McCarty, we have always associated you with
our own dear father, t'ne late Wi. E. G illiland, in the newspaper
world newspaper men of the old school whose number grows few-
er as the years go by.
Die many beautiful tributes are so richly deserved by you, you
aia a born optimist, sending out through the columns of your be-
loved Albany News each week to the world, good cheer, music,
laughter and song- rejoicing with those who are happy, weeping
with those in sorrow.
You have always stood so firmly for what you believed to be '
right, but you were always fair to those who opposed you anil you
have a happy way of remembering all of the kindnesses shown you.
Tin newspaper life is not altogether an easy one, but you seem
forget all the unpleasant phases of it and remember all the pleasant
oties a wonderful trait of character which unfortunately we all do
not have.
It is such a pleasure to read the beautiful tributes to you and
we trust that many more happy years will be allotted to you and
Mrs McCarty and now in the evening of life ns you journey down
tin western slope may all of the joys you have given to others be
found by you. May the bird- sing sweetest and the flowers bloom
fairest along your pathway.
Col. McCarty, we want you to know just how sincerely we ,ip- J
predate your friendship.
Sincerely your friends,
Eliza antl Haynie Gillilantl.
T. PL L. Class of the Bapl
Church met Thursday aftern
for social with ten present for
selection of officers.
Refreshments of punch, aandt,.; i
niches and cake were served. ^.'i
All had an enjoyable time. Mi
—Ry Reporter. >
they attract popular fancy they art
not very llketv to survive.
No American Proverb*
Americans are hotter known flMT
their shun: than for their provarbS
though they are slowly collecttnff
dome of their own. No doubt DMBJ
are coined every day but tmlMV
ey IN
nut*
rial writers have been moat pro-
line In the matter of phraN Hk-
Ing but unfortunately their labor*
last hut for a day, after which th*9
■ re forgotten. As a nation, how-
ever, we are still too young to
found a wisdom of our own. UMII
we do, we must Interlard our pno>
ent tongue with proverbs of olSar
civilization*. — Cleveland Plate
Dealer.
TALKING ABOUT EDITOR
Arlington, Texas.
August 1 , 1 tiltO.
Col. Dick McCarty.
My Hear Sir antl Friend:
I have just received rind read my paper, "The dear old Albany
News." It is like a good letter from home to rm and when I read in i\
ko many expressions of appreciation of you antl your good works
in Albany and Shackelford county, I thought that that was as it1
should be. I have often thought such a thing should be done. I am
a great believer in giving flowers to our friends while they live and
I am not going to be left out of all this for I still claim Albany for
my home and feel that 1 have a claim on Col. Dick McCarty and his
good wife who has stood so faithfully by his side through all tin
years.
In thinking of you I am often reminded of a beautiful pin m
written by Koss:
"Let me live in the House by the side of the Road
antl be u friend to man."
I feel that this applies to you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. J. E. Dodson.
T Mf TOWN WHERE I LIVf IT S Mr TOWN
* ( * 'A HI •
They Praise Him
mil
elf.
H.
the
and
SOME FLOWERS
Dear Mr McCarty:-
When I read "The Albany NYu .-" today with the beautiful
appreciative tributes to Col. Dick, I fi It I just must send om in;
He is most original and always say t)n most fitting thing
always has a smile antl kind words for all, and it i- through
kindnes „f Col. Dick and wifi that I read "The Albany N>
and hence keep in touch with grand old Sha. kelford county
its pro* ivi editor antl beloved citizens
1 an' . ona'h fond of the Col. and his wife.
Your friend,
Mayme Culluin,
Stamford, Texa.«.
Thanks, Boy
To The Albany New-, and Dear Old Shackelford County:
Ten years ago I left Albany, Texas, and came to Arizona, but
my heart goes back to the old moequite grass and the bronco ponies
and to the dear old Clear Fork water and to my many friends and
to the dear old Dick McCarty. Will send you aom< pictures of thi
place in a few days, so byi,
From a friend to dear old Albany Texas
George Dunn
Street* of Old London
Dangerous in Storms
Whatever the terrors of the gale
we ought perhaps to congratulate
ourselves that life In a city Is rath-
er less dangerous In h high wind
than It was in the past. Perhaps
the Seventeenth century was the
iiinsi dangerous; before that time,
ttlien London, for Instance, was
largely made up of wooden houses
with thatched roofs, discomfort
may have been very great, hut iIhii-
t'er was probably less In the Sev-
enteenth century, discomfort and
danger must have been pretty
equally matched. I nfortunately
Pcpys did not live to record his
Impressions of the great storm of
170;t, hut we have his lively ac-
count of that "very foule, windy,
and ralnv morning of January 24,
lOflfift" when "my Lord (Hrtincker)
and I, the wind being again very
furious, so as we durst not go by
water, walked to London quite
round the bridge, ainl Lord, what
n dirty walke we had. thst In ths
fields we many times could not cs
ry our bodies against It, hut were
driven backwards It was dan-
gerous to walk the streets, ths
hrlck« anil lilt's falling from the
houses that the whole streets wers
covered with them; and whole
chimneys, nay, the houses In two
or three places blowed down. But,
above nil, the pales on Txindon
bridge on both sides were blown
away, so that we were fain to stoop
very low for fear of blowing off of
the bridge." Manchester (iuartiian.
English Royal Abode
Santlringhuni bouse Is at
drlngluim, a village In
England. The estate, of some TJi
seres, was acquired In ISBIebj^1
late King Edward, when pril
Wales, for about $1,2.V1.000. ,4
rapidly made Into a model
modern place. Sandrlngham^
Is n picturesque building of
anil stone in Klixahethnn --_™_
standing In a park of 200 serMk*
On a tablet Is Inscribed: "TMi .
house whs built by Albert Rdwaru
snd Alexandria his wife. Id tk*
year of our Lord. 1S70"
PIGGLY WIGGLY
Saturday Bargains
5 lb. sack Sugar 25c
With a $2.00 Purchase
TP A Maxwell House
1 Lil Lipton's
y4 lb. 22c
y2 lb. 42c
Last week the Mhany N'ews published a "Fruit.' : n I'.ditoi
Edition," ami it was brim full of good things the peop'e of that
town had to -ay about tin editor. Col. Dick McCarty. There w-er
too many good things said about Col. Dick for us to reatl them, an i
what we did reatl did not give any idea why the edition wa- publ ,t I
antl we are left to presume that it was in celebration of tin one
hundred!Ii annuel :u-y of his birth.
Everybody in the Shackelford county town had something good to
-ay about the man who ha- spent the best years of his life working
for tin advam ' mi n' of the teintory tla new. paper serve.-, and im-
portant people from all parts of the. (ate joined the .lioru- of
praise.
One editorial on the front page wa headed "Breckenridg ■ l.ov
Our Editor," and w> are just afraid that Col. Dick will bcliev" that
includes all the pretty latlie in that town, unless we inform him
different!, . That means merely that the Ilreckenridge Chamber ot
Commerce and a few male citizens of the town have a vim , high,
regartl for the man in the land of tin cow, tin sow nntl tin In i
Col. Dick is a lovable character, popular among in wspapi nu n
anil ladies. He is ruggedly honest anil is one west Texas nan who i
not cheating when h< wiars green on St. Patrick's Day
We hope that Mr. Met irty lives another hundred years and that
the last will be better than the fir.-', ud that the Albany New:, will
continue to conluin interesting items from his pen. -Col."inn Ihrnio
I crat Voice.
— I ill '
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Ecuador Offers Much of
Interest to Explorer
Ecuador may look small on the
map. but to the explorer It Is an
Immensely large country, because
of the gi ally varied nature of Its
physical chariiclerlvt - and the ab-
sorbingly in' resting things seen on
all sides.
!!i-ia. froii the In i lands of the
Piieitie U (•-.!ends but Ii over the
Andes and then th.wn Into the
Jungle lan-l about the headwaters
of the Amazon. Many of Its an-
cient tribes Mill e\|s| with their
tribal customs of hundreds of years
ago, such ns grotesque painting of
flip bodies anil disfiguring of the
faces.
The main Industry of the country
Is Kra7lng, although large qusntl-
ties of chocolate and smaller qnsn
titles of ban inns. rl.-e, cotton, cacao
and other lowland products are
rstseil. Fairly good qualities of
rott mi and woolen goods are also
manufactured
M MSCKIIIK FOR THE AL-
BANY NEWS. Only J2 OC year
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Fancy Peaches
Large Size
LIBBY'S 0
DEL MONTEliC
NEW YAMS
7c lb.
COFFEE
Good Table
PEACHES
18c
No. 2>/2
Can
Rum ford*
Baking Powder
33c can for 25c
with cake pan free
World
Over
3 lb. can CI 1C
Strictly the Best }Ll3
FRUIT JARS SsS Sri >'£
HONEY
Quart Jar
70c
GRAPF.
JUICE
Pint 23c
Quart 43c
BREAD
3 loaves for]
25c
FLOUR (Western King) 48 lbs. $1,33
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McCarty, Richard H. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1930, newspaper, August 22, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402540/m1/4/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.