The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1933 Page: 1 of 8
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Published Every Friday Morning
(Established 1HH31
$2.00 Per Year In Advance
Volume XLIX—No. O
Albany, Texas,
' The Home of the Hertford'
December 1, 1933
Whole
That Baird Road—A Hot Subject
(l.updfr< Tribune!
That Albany-Baird road i going to b«- our concern until the « om
missioner* Court loosen* up ami supply right-of-way f«i th. i 8
Or this road. Now here stands th.' Highway Commission with th>-
money on the barrel head to build some four or five mil.- of this roa.
out of Albany. That would mean th.' ,-xp.nditur,- of something like
on.- hundred thousand dollar, for th. laboring people of this r.rnn >
right at a time when they an- in dir.- n.-.-d of employment. W iy th.«
Aim.- was blocked b> th.- court? That's the nigr-i in the political. h>v|<
ttrash pan. Some folk- wanted to pull it down east, striking the Sout i j jn ,h
Loop of Highly some five or .is mil of Baird. and of .-our..- that , V.v<
would knock out the original designation; Albany. Ila.rd and Cob-man.
fro which the Highway Commission will not stand l it htd. No* let
the Commissioner. Court g-t bu.y and grant the first four mile, of
thU right of way. If not. why not? Now if thi. project not
brought to pass pretty .oon. thi. fund will h, transferred to other
hifhwiy k in th( titf of Till
Free Cooking ;TheCottage
School Opens Library A Credit
District Champion-1 Santa CUu*LettCT'
ship Game At
Next Tuesday To Albany Albany Saturday
Give The Laboring Folks A Job
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A number <>r Albany women
'Xpres.ed interest : n.l delight j
announcement made in the j
|«.t w.-. k regarding the big'
j fire rooking school to b> h.-l.l here
j next w.-ek. This an unusual up
portunity for Albany women and
girls and a targe numb.-i is ex
'peeled to take advantage <>f this
rare priv il.-g.
The .chool will be held in the
basement of the First Christian
church, beginning Tuesday aft. i
^ 'lGreaterMiKtrek
News Friday, Dec. 15 n /II I
By Lions (M
Great Success
\ I lilt n y and Cro«. I'lain., who
have he.-n tied for honor* in Dis-I
trict 11 -nice November 11 when
they play, d :> SCO I elf
tie at Cross I
In a recent visit to the • ottag'
Library, a New representative
gathered some interesting informa
tion, which we paw on to the pub
lh NN, tin,| that Xlbany peopl- plains, will m et Saturday at Al-
ar. eager to iinprov. their lit" r>'| hany for th. District Champion-
mind- by devoting their idle time „bip. Itoth teams won their games
reading of best and most ( Wednesday, Albany defeating l*ut-
up to date books the market af- nam -> i ti and Cross Plains defeat-
During the past two y.-ars K(>inn Star 7-0
when so many people have been i The race in the District this year
unemployed a great, i part of the ha., been close and interest is un
time there has been a fat greater usually high. A crowd rivaling the
afternoon. The hours will be from
(Lueders Tribune) j'* 1° «
9 Sav. Mr. Commissioner- Court, are you going to .it idly by and e«top ( Ml- /el a
the expenditure of something like one hundred thousand J ^ J ;
UlUlt ll| " • 11111' ti" •' "" O L '11
noon and running through Friday ,i«-nx«ml for good books than ever om. to see the Albany-Stephenull.
even
in times of prosperi-
, lli-district game in IUSO is expect-
' ed.
county of Shackelford? Yes. old Hoary Winter will be here right
soon, and indeed the laboring folks of the county will need a j .
will mean warm clothe, for the kiddies, a full dinner pail for Rework
ing man. Come on Commissioners t ourt. just a vote of >«s
«,ueh to the laboring folk... and nary red cent will it cost th.
Yes. just reach up and pull thi. financial plum for the working ... .
Kschcw politics, be a square shooter, do your duty and your -lum .e s
will be light, because you have pitched into the lap of th. I.iho.ing
folks a good winters job.
notice from th*
By 1). F. Eaton
County Agent
May You H ve A Joyou.
Thanksgiving—
Let our hearts go out in thank-
g^nes. for the joy- and bl.-s.ing.-
of this fine year which has brought
us so much more to he thankful
*>i than any of the pa.-I several
Wears. More material blessing.
|Uve come to gladden our hearts.
Tnder the present National plan
there will hardly he a c'tixen ot
thi.s (treat Kepublic who will not
have at least sufficient food and
clothing to afford bo.iily co? ifort.
Real progress has been made to-
K:t I'd relieving the depression and
we are steadily but .urely getting
on firmer ground. For all this let
Us give credit where credit belong-
but in it all there must he the
guiding hand of an all-wise t re a
tor w-ho always directs the destiny
of the race.
• • •
^ Sh ck«lford County B«ef C tlle
Allotment—
The Federal Emergency Relict
Administration ha- allotted to the
Texas Relief Commission fund,
with which to purchase a minimum
of JO.000 cutter cow. for its re-
lief needs. The cows for this sec-
tion vill bebought and slaughtered
y at Abilene, Texas, we are inform-
ed. The Extension Service of A.
& M. College is cooperating
through the county agents in regu-
lating the flow of these cows to
these slaughtering centers. Can-
ning plant, are being equipped at
these centers where the meat from
these cow- will be immediately
a processed into canned products It
is hoped to have this work c u
pleted by January 15, 1! 31
The F. E. I? A. will have .-x
perienced buyer-- of cattl. at the
^various slaughtering plants, in our
case at Abilene, where cattle will
be purchas. d and paid for on a
ba-i- of Fort Worth market prici -
County agents will is.u- permits to
original growers ot:i>. and stock-
««— 1 1
to Abilene upon
I- xtension S i v ice.
We therefor, suggest that ny
who care to take advantage of thi.
offer, get in touch with this otfice
at once, so that w. may know who
are interested in this proposition.
The above is taken from a letter
,.ent to this office hv A I Smith
and Geo. W. Harne.-, Kxtension
Animal Husbandrymen ot V & M
College.
• • •
Diller-Grif fir. Thanks*ivin«-
These two enterprising cummu-
nines an having a continuity
Thanksgiving .-ervie.- and dinnei
together out thee at the chool
house al Fort Griffin on Thanks
giving. I.ong may this fellowship
live for nothing contributes to l7i<-
happiness of the.se two communi-
ties than this spirit ot cooperation
m every worthy undertaking.
•
A Contemplated Visit —
For the first time in out mar
lied life have wife and my-elt
been separated from the majority
of our children, so we plan -<>
spend Thanksgiving Day with oui
two daughters and a son at l.ub-
I bock. You may have nev.-i had
the experience of being away from
' members ot your own family, any-
way one always ha.s a solicitous
feeling about them One son in
far away Philadelphia will not "
able to join the group untf. late
next spring, -o we will have a
broken family circle, but we will
be happy any way.
Allen, recognixed
will conduct the
promised to give
the women of Albany and sUI
rounding territory some profitable
instructions and demonstrations
each afternoon. Kconomy will he
stre.-ed throughout the school,
she will show that dishes need not
be expensive to he good, that with
can and -kill in preparation, an
excellent meal can he provided
from the mo t -imple ingredient -
\i w w iy- to cook old dishes wil
be one of th.- outstanding f. ature-
to be demonstrated. \ complete
menu will he prepared eac h day
showing how to obtain a halar.ced
diet without monotony. \ isitors
, are requested to bring not,' hooks
and pencils to take down recipe...
An invitation i- extended all wom-
en and girls who are interested in
I the art of cookery, to attend this
free
be for.
The Cottage Library, located in J The Lions have won the cham- (
the home of Mrs. E. I lluchanan. pjonship every year since I MO.
the librarian, had its modest begin- They won from Stephenville 27-0
mng three years ago with only 150 that year in the lli-district game
books on the shelves. Today there !m() |0„t Snyder 45-0 for the
are mor. than 1500 books, with Regional championship. Albany
from 15 l" --r' '"'w volumes added ( p|Hyed a 0-0 tie at Comanche in
, -ich month. It i- one of the "best I ««: 1. but lost on penetrations 3-2.
:md most comprehensive privately |„ l'.iH2 they lost to De Leon l.'l-O.
Tho winner «>f Saturdny's ffanu*
will play St«®ph ®nvillo for Hi-di^-
To the many little friends we
have in this territory the pub-
lishers wish to say that we
will he pleased to print your
letters to Santa Claus again
this happy season. The issue
for Friday, Dec. 15. will be
n .pecial Santa number, car-
rying, among other messages
to this grand old fellow your
personal letter, to him.
There is on" thing that \ou
must bear in mind, children.
Your letter to Old Santa mu#t
he in the office early. \&e
cannot promise to include
your letter in the printed list
if you wait until too late to
mail it.
Write Santa Claus about any-
thing you have on your heart.
We all agree that he is kind
and considerate to you and all
other persons, old or young.
Address your letter to "Santa
Claus, in care of The News,
Albany, Texas.
owned libraries to be found any-
where and would be a credit to a
city much larger than Albany.
With the bOOkl all neatly ar-
ranged and systematically group-
ed, the library contains literature
of every description; philosophy,
biography, drama, poetry, history,
„ j,.„ce, sociology, encyclopedia
and other reference books, and a
general miitccllaneoiis collection ol
good literaturt
trict honors this year.
Albany Defeats
Putnam 2fi-6
CHRISTMAS SEALS
READY FOR
DECEMBER SALE
Many residents of this county
will in their mail on De
A premier howlng of the Gre«*-
er Ministr.-ls of IM waa pi mat
ed to a capacity hou e at the Mgfe
school auditorium last Frktay ew -
ing by the Lion* Club, under
efficient Mmiidgemrtst of Jor M-
Clarke.
It was an appreciative audience
that gave hearty retponae to tbe
rendition. The choru* w*i
to any Hroadway melody ever |
sented anywhere and the
was a real knockout.
All in all, the entire how «m •
grand succen, both from the
point of amunement and In • fi-
nancial way.
It would be impoxilMe to
out the best numbera or
as the entire cast could eaally 1
been classed as profegiionala.
The major part of the credit ftor
the success of the show la duo tw
the untiring efforts of the direetw.
Joe A. Clarke. He prored hlmaelf
equal to any professional, higb «•!-
aried director, and thoae engnod
in the performance pay him bl(fh
tribute as a fair and unaelffa*
leader. Joe has the welfare of hi*
home town at heart, and is alwajra"
a leader in any enterprise pc -
moted for the advancement of Ni
The Albany high school Lions,
yielded their first touchdown of j
the season Wednesday to the 1 ut | lnuvcu lur ulr .nnvbii, * — -
nam Panthers, but displayed an community, be it civic, charity
improved offense to win the game other worthy cause*. He is Btroi.gr
2li-6. The w in leaves the Lions j jQ1. j^ionism and a leader In all th*
good deeds the club undertabe* t
the
me
II si
by
fie
Wheat Pronram Concluded-—
Today w-- are forwarding thr --0
wheat contracts to Washington
which will soon release to oui
farmers here in the county an al-
lotment payment ot S.'!,t2'.t, the
most of which Will l>> received a-
<0on as the contracts are approved
and checks be drawn and mailed
to the glowers. This allotment i-
tv.adr on the production of 12,-1*
bu.shels of a'.loted wheat. I1,
a compensation for retiring 1 >
per cent of their average acr- ag-
-own to wheat.
\Vi appreciate th. intei1
shown by those who have partici-
pated in the wheat production
campaign program and tho-< who
have s.i faithfully assisted in se-
form., to t ic variou- county agents
n that information and blanks
may be made available 'o the
grower- T'.vcryonc who -laughter-
hogs for market must pay the tax
and till one who own- the hog at
the time of -laughtei is subject to
tax No tax i. rei|Uired on the
it owned and slaughtered for
in the home for consumption
the family. Any meat sold
sh, cured, oi canned is .subject
to the tax on the part sold. Forms
being made out for the entire hog
hut reservation made foi the part
Used at home which will be exempt
from the tax. A restaurant t;i it
grow - and .laughtei - it - own hogs
must pay the tax because the meat
i. consumed by others than the
immediate family. The tax i. 50c
per hundred until November HO,
when it become.- SI.00 per hun-
dred during December; si >0 tor
January, and aftei February th"
1 -t, it will he S2.00 per hundred
pound-. This t ix is based on !-v
weight in all ea-e- and app'ie to
hogs only, not to beef.
Corn ground for home consump-
tion i- not taxed, but if sold for
other purpose, after being ground,
it must pay the tax. Whethei
consumed by humans for food or
by animal-. It may however be
ground into eoar-e chops without
being subject to the tax. Corn not
processed 1 an he sold oi traded
without being subject to the tax.
'Tax I'way- to a. p.tal by owner of
corn.
UM Hinniui' . | will I" ' cm in - j . . - . l
Although the Albany high .chool j fim ,, sU|,,,ly of Christmas tied with ( ross Mains for t
ha. a fail - /ed library of it- own. m„(,s „)>nt bv th(. Tubercu-1 championship of the District an aecompl|gh.
it has been unable to take care of )(>M< A<sm.i^tion in it- annual seal the deciding game will be payed. -
iu own needs and Mr Buchanan s;||i. fumls for the cam-, Saturday at 2 o'clock on the Lions .
ha. at her own expense, placed at . .,Kajnst tuberculosis. home field.
' I For the twenty-fifth consecutive! The Lions winning game which
Buchanan
at
the disposal of all high school stud-
ent-, every reference hook re-
(|Utied in th- entire four year- of
hifch school work
M, mbetshipa have Increased
100 per cent .luring the three
year- and now numbers over 200,
exclusive of high school students.
Membership may be obtained
through payment of a small annual
fee. '
Mi Buchanan is, by nature and
tiaining, very suitably adapted to
her work. It was through her own (
hungering for good literature in
Xlbany that prompted her to in-
stall the Cottage Library. She has
I
year the letter enclosed with the
seals w ill he signed by H. A. Wroe,
w ho ha served as treasurer of the
Texas Tuberculosis Association
since it.s organization in lt'Oh.
Mr. Wroe is well known in
hanking circles throughout the
state. He is chairman of the board
of directors of the American Na-
tional Hank, Austin, and has held
office in the Texas Hankers Asso-
ciation.
Commenting on the general out-
look for this year's seal sale Ml".
Wroe said
moving acros
showed sign* of power at Baird,
was still better Wednesday. The
development of H. C. Arendt and
Laverne Capps as first class ball |
carriers, has been the biggest fac-
tor in the improvement of the of-
fense. Cauble's passing to Ed
Childers and Taylor, and Taylor's
nice runs with Putnam punts add-
yards to the Albany total.
So (treat was the first showing
on Friday evening, that a Mtowf
performance was called for, —J
on Tuesday evening another ftaB
house greeted the playera. It
a fine show, as is the custom he®
the Lions Club puts on a show.
o
Highest Ranking
Scouts
had special training along this line ^ ^ t0|ep|l0ne installation
; show an increase; the Michigan-
f 10111
.served
mont h
Columbia I nivrsity, and
throughout the summer
this y ar,
a
an assistant j
I Ohio football game had a gate rc
librarian in the I'niversity of Tex-
Credit i- due Mrs. Buchanan
her efforts to give the reading
Jceipt of
foi
public
able.
the best literature avail-
o —
National Code
Adopted By
Albany Cleaners
The Albany tailor shops have re-
ceived and adopted the new NRA
code which ha- been adjusted to
nit the conditions ot this line ol
trade The local tailors have been ,
in sympati c with the National pro-!
gram all along hut, like all othel
• ii waitinjf for t-M'
od many j - — - . .
Touchdowns were scored in each One of the moat im
(iuarter and Darrel Hammons, events in the history of Scooter
whose specialty is goal kicking, in Albany was witnessed last n.fW
went in each time to try for the , in the Scout Hut with a Court oT
"V extra noint but wns successful on- Honor in which three fcagie ScMB
Raw silk is again xtr" po,nt; third | badges were awarded. CM
the country by wa- 'y uftel thl . r ' of the Court David F Eaton, ami
The first score came after sever- ot tni i ourt. i a\in r. raion, ■
al nice runs by Arendt and a ten twelve men witnessed the ex
yard pass to Taylor had placed the tion and tests of Scouta _ ^
ball on the two yard line. Cauble Capps, Oland Burleson and PW*
plunged over. The Lions missed Bay Hutchison, and it ^
another five minutes later when served by those preaent that the
Cauble's long pass to Taylor was major portion of the Merit bad*Rr
■ . I passed, enabling them to attaint**
incomplete. '' . , ' , _ -
The Putnam touchdown came in bigh rank of hagle Scoot, .
the second quarter on the kick-off Camp Tonkawa. the offleml nm-
after the Lions had scored. A ™r «mP °f the Ch.aholm Trail
l;; j l „nther back took the ball on his Council, which is an annul ctwiC
30 vard line, and was surrounded at the camp site near Buffalo G**,
by Albany players, but he tore in the hills near Lake AbUea*.
loose from several tacklers and Star Scout examination, me
outran the others for the score. P ^< by Wade Burleson and Ger-
The feature of the game was a «• McCormick. All advancement*
00 yard run hv Arendt for a were from Troop No. 47, the !«*•
touchdown in the' fourth quarter, .ing Albany troop, but there waa
attendance of Scouts and efficMs
o 1 ! from Troop No. 88, Firat Method
150,000; the New York
(Federal Reserve District reports
a I t ., percent gain for wholesale
1 trade in New York State; chain
store, particularly increased busi-
ne-s in nearly all lines throughout j
the country.
"Busine.s is definitely on the
I upgrade. Unemployment ir
crea-;ng, the public is feeling •*.-
tor, happier, and is spending more
money, all of which forecasts a
seal sale that will insure a needed
expansion in 1934 ot the effective,
year-round program of the Texas
Tuberculosis Association
-o-
hava
code
Dll-l INC,HAM THORP
Mi
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.am and Mr
married one
tltt' i MclahO"
dauirhtei of
groups
approv
The new co.
a lucky break
for several ye;
price-cutting
nearby towns
to wlieia they
decent living.
le gives the cleaners
They have tried
r- to compete with
establishments in
and hav« cut price-
could hardly stay in
to mention make a
I
per
I
slaughtering pi int.- on dc c
date.s. A minimum of >1.7
hundred will ' • fa d fi
cows. No comiv 'i V\
charged. Buy. rs r< rva c
to reject any c iw- carry • in-
ficient flesh, ci ipp! 1 or di-a a d
animals.
The allottment for Shackelford
ounty is S'J head cuttei cow It
Is . 'Jggested that thi- amount of
cutter cow.- h. prorati d aai' : -
those offering caws foi -ai I rom
among the stocknu n. Alt* i t.
cattle have been located and pro-
rated thev will then b del \ r -d
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allow -
-factory work
.enable profit.
looking for
as well adjust
new price.-, as
been adopted
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SF.DWICK APPOINTED
TRI COUNTY CHMRM\N
OIL CODE ENFORCEMENT
.lei i H. Se.lwick of Albany iia-
been appointed chairman of the
Knforcement Committee under the
Oil Code to check labor and ovvr-
proiln tion complaints for Shackel-
ford, I' h. >• and Haskell counties.
S \ ..-pat-ate ComilMttee.s to ilea'
emulations and enforcement were
appointed from the ranks of the
'I •<;, tih i cc.r.in: ttce. R. L.
Win-clock. Corsicana operator,
1 ad tin l-'.nfoicement Committer
and i i ut der his supervision that
Mr Seilv ek will work in the threi
j W t C. 1 r -.1 Ti x;,. cuiati Pi
■'.'isiei No. 1. wh i h include- T,,vas,
i O K i: i' ' .a. New Mi xico and K a ri -
Passing Of Old Timer
ist Church and from the o;
ing body of a troop in the Pint
i Baptist Church. Troop No. 47
\ alley, Oklahoma, sponsore(j by the Matthews Mcmw-
l rial I'resbyterian Chnrch, and Sir
i the oldest active troop here. Kb-
aminations in the Court were by
District Chairman and Scoutmaa-
know that you have a numbei Graham Webb, Jr., assisted
by Mr. Jack H. Young, Troop N®.
, Assistant Scoutmaster.
Congratulations to these boy*
.Tni "thrir-pafCfris. * '
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TIevenu.
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stationed
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an-l
sup.: -i; .1 th. Ml
at Fort Worth la-i
al. ng nicely. H
glad to know of a
e-.-y and r>- urn
UWicK, ui.o had
aodist Ho (i"it i
week 1- getting
f i ii-nds w i 1 t.i
Mr. and Mrs. Jo*
nouncing the birth
who made hel app.•:
urday Slv ha- hi
Am .
aul !f aru *i-
a baby girl,
UK i last Sat-
r. i: -.1 Mary
sas has a- it
Mi. -I. D. c
| M.'. Sertwi, '<
work, will b
— r> it an e
general clriirman,
. tt of Fort Worth,
t i-i'-n to assist
in his enforcement
n-'.nvd by th. chair-
•!y date.
Paul
November 25, 1933.
Mr. R. H. McCarty,
Albany, Texas.
Dear Mr. Mc:
1
of subscribers who will be interest
ed in knowing of the passing of
Mr. K. P. Duffy of this town. He
iJ-i ht- ev !'.ni"Z oi tkfc. h- -
Mr. Duffy went to Albany about
lssO and iived there about fifteen
years, lie was associated in busi-
nes- with my father, but 1 think
left there h- fore you went there.
He has lived here for the past 25
years and has been engaged in the j S
j lumber busincs.-. He is survived S
' by hi- wife only. j S
' Noticed in the News vvht-:- you
were through here some weeks ago
and we ar. sorry '.hat you did not
look us up.
With best regards,
Yours v ry *rulv,
C. P. Burns.
Buy Christmas Seals
Figlit Tubsrculssls
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