The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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▼•lame XLVII—No 27
Albany, Texas, "The Home of the Hereford" April 8, 1032
Whole Namber 4201
Horse Falls With
Sam Tom Moberley
Sam Tom Moberley sustained a
|^broken leg last Saturday when
Pifi hone fell with him, pinning
I his leg underneath, and breaking
the amall bone of the leg between
the ankle and knee. At the time
of the accident he was aaaisting
Byron Elliott at hi* pen* working
and cutting his cattle. Sam Tom
Oay* It all happened no quickly
that he whs unable to free his feet
from the stirrups nnd do the
aerial plungs which ha* saved
many a cowboy from serious, if
not fatal injftry.
He is able to be about on
crutches and will be back in the
k saddle before summer, it is
thought.
Houston Visitor
Honored
Hateful Neighbor
Un. Frank Coates of Houston,
%ho with her small daughter, Km-
ily, has been visiting with her par-'
ent Mr. and Mrs. Merrick Davis, j
has been honor guest at a number
of amall parties. Among those
entertaining for Mrs. Coates were
Mrs. Jim Nail, who gave a lunch-
eon at her ranch home last week.
Mis. J. B. Matthews and M rs.
, Frank Whitney both entertained
with small bridge parties. And
Tuesday Mrs. Frank Roseser und
Miss Virginia Mae
bridge luncheon.
Webb gave a
Albany News: Just over our front yard fi-nce the crude oil is flow-
inc. Blasted thine flowed the other night and just spouted crude oil
over everything, It made us so all-fired mad that we got out in our
front yard and threw rocks at it Quite a while ago a relative gave
Miases Ollie Clarke and Archie Lee eighty acres of wildcat land.
Seemingly It was worthless. Hut Miss Ollie Clarke and Mrs. Archie
Lee Biggs have read the Albany News all their lives, and naturally
they imbibed some of its philosophy. Our advice to all fee holders
is, if you own a tract of land, hold onto it, for somewhere along down
the trail they will come up on h (fold mine.
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Of course all his friends knew 'now much Colonel Dick MeCarty of
the Albany News lamented the coming of oil derricks to Shackelford
County aeveral years ago. He said they disturbed the bluebonnets
and other wild flowers, thereby making for more destruction than
construction. He regarded immaterial beauty as n greater asset than
material petroleum. He could get along without oil, but" could not
manage very well without flowers, unless he should frankly succumb
to the materialism of this giddy generation and allow the springs of
poesy to dry up in his heart. This column began to fear Colonel Me-
Carty had banished sentiment in favor of .spoils, for he had not recent-
ly made any outcry against the trampling of the spring verdure by oil
drillers. The above quoted paragraph is reassuring. The Colonel
was so incensed by the outbreak of an oil well just across his property
line he hurled lethal missiles at the unwelcome neighbor thus mani-
festing moat earnestly his former indignation. If a gusher should
gush in the MeCarty yard, it is doubtful if he could be restrained
from doing bodily harm to whomsoever he should conceive to be re-
sponsible for it. Still, the concluding lines in the above extract are a
bit puzzling. He advises the holding of all land for its gold mine
value. He doesn't say a word about holding it for the aid and com-
fort of the wild flowers. It is abhorrent to think of the Colonel as
one who would effect a compromise between Mamman and the Muses.
—State Pre«s, Dallas News.
M« TOWN WHIKI I LIV1 IT« .'OWN
Result Of the Trustee Elections
In The District Court
The damage suit of Nora Ashby
va. The Greyhound Bus Co., re-
sulted in a mistrial.
The civil suit of Charley Comp-
ton vs. R. A. Elliott over alleged
Unserviceable bulls sold by de-
fendant to the plaintiff is still on
trial in the District Court.
Mn. W. I. Cook's Will Probated
In the County Court the will of
Mrs, W. I. Cook, deceased, was
admitted to probate. Geo. Thomp-
son, Jr., of Fort Worth was here
as the attorney for the executors
and Ned Van Zandt also of Fort
Worth was the witness used to
Establish the due execution of the
will. There were no contestants.
Sends Paper Out Of
State
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Booker
returned Thursday from an ex-
tended stay in Waco. Mr. Booker
has been greatly interested in the
new oil play in that part of the
State. * '
Mr. Booker called by^and paid
hi3 own subscription anti"~i5ld us
to keep on sending copies of the
I^Albany News to his mother, Mrs.
P. N. Booker of Shreveport, La.,
and his aunt, Mrs. Rdna Goodman
of Waco. Thanks, Frank.
Sumner Putnam Kill-
ed In Car Accident
An account of the death and
funeral services of Sumner Put-
Nun, a former Albany boy ap-
pears in another column of the
a. Sumner attended school
as a boy and was well and
arably known. The News joins
his many Albany friends in
extending condolence to the mem-
bers of his family.
SERVICES TO BE HELD AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
* Rev. W. T. Walton of Abilene,
Texas, will preach at the First
Baptist Church at the morning
rrvtrar—vrt-ewrtiayr
April 10th. Rev. R. C. McCul-j
lough of Gonzales, Texas, will;
prcach Sunday, April 17th.
. .
I Calvin and Hugh, went to Fort I
1 Worth to visit Mr. Bradford's sis-
! ter, Mrs. Edgar Cammel.
Below we give the names of the new board of trustees elected in
the various districts throughout the county that have been received
by the News. We also give the respective votes of the six trustees on
the ticket here, but have not this information on tfte elections in other
districts.
Albany—Elected three trustees.
J. L- Castleberrj^—236, elected.
Grover C. King—190, elected.
W. D. McWhorter—192, elected.
P. S. Kendrick,—180.
J. 0. Hyde—144.
G. C. Allen—154.
Total votes cast—367.
Moran—Elected two trustees—W. O. Hunt, J. G. Perry.
Total votes cast—181.
Hastings—Elected two trustees—J. L. Dunn, Okey Richards.
Total votes cast—64.
Ibex1—Elected J. R. McLeod, A. A. Wharton, V. B. Minyard.
Total votes cast*—59.
Fort Griffin—Elected C. B. Cox.
Total votes cast—29.
Rockhill—Elected R. E. Townaend.
Total votes cast—19.
Sedwiek—Elected John McClendon.
'^tat votes cast>—47.
N, wcomb—Elected Steve Briant.
Total votes cast—G.
I'ost Oukl—Elected W. C. Herrington.
Total votes cast—36.
Berryhill—Elected two trustees—A. B. McLeod, E. P. Armstrong.
Total votes cast—15.
THI TOWN WHIM I LIV« IT' MY TOWN
Luncheon Club Adopts Resolution Of
Respect To Louis H. Hill, Deceased
WHEREAS, on March 25, 1932, the Ruler of the Universe saw fit
to call from his earthly abode, a charter member of this body, Mr. L.
H. Hill, and
WHEREAS, this Albany Chamber of Commerce realizes that we
have lost one of the few remaining pioneers of this region,—-a man of
vision, yet a vision tempered by the conservatism bred through a life-
time of business experience; a man of tremendous force of character,
of indomitable will and tireless energy, a worker; a BUILDER, and
WHEREAS, lamentable as is his passing, we harbor the consoling
thought that dropping as he did while still in the harness of business,
surrounded by his family, and at his home in Albany, Shackelford
County, the country that he had seen transformed from frontier cat-
tle-ranges to its present highly developed state, and in which trans-
formation and development he had played such an important part, was
an appropriate climax to the drama of a life-time, so full, so com-
plete, so well done; now
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this Chamber of Commerce,
in regular session here assembled, that we condole with the members
of the deceased's family in this, their and our great loss, and that we
convey to them our expressions of consolation and of our high regard.
Be It Further Resolved, that a copy of these Resolutions be incorpor-
tttll' ^iiUi'ii lln htaiatei,* uf fci.iiT uifei.wftirtwR, a/ ttftifitor
the memory of a True Pioneer.
TH« TOWN WHII.I I LIVK T'« MY TOWN
Report On School Costs
Comparison Made On Last
Four Years Of School Work
Operating Cheaper, Serving More Pupils
Per Capita And Having Better Average
Daily Attendance Than Same
Time Last Year
Shackelford County Poll Tax
Payments 1700
We think times are hard and they are hard, but the payment of poll
taxes in our county makes a remarkable showing considering the
times. An even seventeen hundred voters In Shackelford county
have their poll receipts this year, a reduction of about eleven per cent
from 1930, the preceding election year when 1866 voters paid, and a
reduction of only fifty receipts from 1928 the last presidential elec-
tion year when 1750 poll taxes were paid. Jones county which ha«
been so hard hit by a series of drouths, reflects it« financial condition
in its drastic reduction of poll tax payments. The payment there It
2344 less than in 1928, a reduction of forty-four per cent, and 1819
less than in 1930, an exact twenty-eight per cent reduction from
1930. The Jones county poll tax payments in 1928 were 6861 In
1930, 4700 and this year 3384. Stephens county has lost 1181 vote*
since 1928, due partially, no doubt, to the drift of the oil men to the
East Texas fields. There were 683 less payments there this year than
the preceding election year. Taylor county also reflects a heavy loM
in both 1928 and 1930. She will have 2491 less poll tax voters this
year than in the last presidential election, conceding that the same
per cent of the voters will cast their ballots. Callahan county will
have a thousand less votes to cast than in 1928 and Throckmorton
loses 274. Her percentage in loss is nearest to that of Shackelford,
the voting strength there being 1610 in 1928, and 1888 this yett.
It will be borne in mind, of course, that there are exemptions from
poll tax payments estimated at from 12 to 15 percent which should
add around 150 votes to our voting strength here.
The total payment of poll taxes in the State for this year waa
1,199,931, a decrease of 73,014 from 1930 and a decrease of 146,188
from 1928, being a respective percentage decrease of 6.6 per cent and
12.8 per cent. Of the 254 counties in the State 187 reported de*
I creased payments, while 67 reported increases. f
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The information given above is based upon figures compiled by the
Dallas News in their biannual detailed report of the voting strength of
| Texas. Those interested in forecasting the gubanotorial contest, may
i obtain valuable information by consulting t'ne Texas Almanac as to
' the votes in past years by counties where Mr. Ferguson, or his wife,
I were in the race. The Almanac is published by the Dallas News or-
ganizations. K
THI TOWN WHIRS I LIVf IT'S MV TOWN
Enjoying The News J
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Fort Worth, Texas, April 6, 1982.
Albany News,
Albany, Texas.
Gentlemen:
I wish to take advantage of your offer for renewal of the News,
however, I do not think that my time is out until some time this fall,
but presume that the renewal is just as good now. I enjoy the paper
very much and also Dad and Mother who spent so many yean in
Shackelford county.
The old-time news that you have been publishing from week to
week are very interesting, and I just wonder if you have an account
o# the death of Richard Wilhelm at the time of the fire at Old Fort
Griffin post office about 1901. If it is agreeable I would very much
appreciate printing of that account in your paper now. I was very
young at that time and do not remember the exact date.
The county was in the sketch described as being 450 miles north- The News is the best paper that I know of and I am always looking
west of Galveston, due to the fact that Galveston was then the most my copy Monday's. Some time you are in Fort Worth, Texas, I
important city in Texas. It tells of the organization of the county, be pleased to have you visit our battery plant and with best
SUPERINTENDENT D. T. SMITH MADE REPORT PUBLIC THIS
WEEK—IS HIGHLY PLEASED WITH RESULTS
OF THIS YEAR'S WORK—STATES COST OF
OPERATION CAN STILL BE LOWERED
It may be of interest to the patrons of the Albany Public Schools
to know that the avvrage number of students attending school show
an increase over last year, although the enrollment is under the total
enrollments for the past three years. The general operation costs of
the school have been decreased.
Following is a comparative report on enrollment and average daily
attendance for the school years 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-81 and the
present school year up to the close of the sixth month; also a compara-
tive report of the general operation costs and debt service covering
the same period of time.
COMPARATIVE REPORT ON ENROLLMENT AND AVERAGE
DAILY ATTENDANCE
ENROLLMENT
School Year Grades High School Total
1688-19 682 229 911
1929-30 652 240 892
1999*91 554 233 787
1931-32 625 287 798
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE
School Year Grades High School Total
1928-29 449 185 634
1929-30 476 191 667
1930-31 443 194 997
1931-32 462 210 662
The above figures show the enrollment for both grades and high
school, while the second group shows the average daily attendance for
both grades and high school. Under comparative enrollment a slight
decrease has been made each year, the greater decrease being in the
grades while the high school enrollment has remained about the same.
During the school years 1928-29 and 1929-30 a kindergarten was
maintained with an enrollment the first year of 35 and the second
(Continued on page 4)
Read And Preserve The Early History
Of Your County Published 50 Years Ago
Begins In Installment Form In Next Issue
Starting next week the Albany News will publish in installment
form a historical and discriptive sketch of the early history of Shack-
elford county. It is to be taken verbatim from the old files of the
Albany Echo, published fifty years ago.
wishes I am,
Yours very truly,
G. B. Wilhelm.
Home 725 Woodrow Ave.
Plant 1103 N. Main Street.
CMC TOWN WHIRS I I.IV* JT'B HT TOWN
Luncheon Club To Inaugurate
Clean-Up Week
describes its soils, its waters, climate, timbers, its industries and its
wealth at the time. You will learn therefrom that rock was at one I
time quarried in the hills adjacent to Albany and shipped to Houston.'
It includes an exhaustive sketch of Albany, describes its businesses,
one of which was the supplying of provisions to the trail drivers,
"Being on the direct line of the cattle trail, here (Albany) all the
drovers buy their outfits and supplies for the annual drive to Kan- j
sas," is an excerpt of this historical description which will appear in
one of the installments.
It will give the history of Fort Griffin and the colorful life of its ,
existence The editor tells you in this sketch that the balmy days of At its weekly luncheon last Tuesday the Albany Luncheon Club
Fort Griffin dated from 1875 to 1878, during the flourishing times of delightfully entertained by the full choir of the Preabyterian
the reat buffalo hunt Church, under the direction of Miss Alene Hinton. The choir's se-
lection was that old and familiar anthem, "Remember Now Thy Cre-
ator in the Days of Thy Youth," by Mrs. Carrie B. Adams.
Miss Hinton, following the choir, favored the Club with a sweet
soprano solo entitled, "Open the Gates of the Temple," by Fannie
Crosby.
At the conclusion of the musical program, resolutions were offered
and adopted upon the death of Mr. LouU H. Hill, a charter member
and regular attendant of the Club.
A report from the highway committee suggested that a suitable
Home of the Hereford sign be erected and maintained by the Club
upon the triangular park at the intersection of the Breckenridge and
Throckmorton roads. A motion was made and adopted that the high-
way committee proceed at once to design and have erected there all
appropriate sign displaying the Home of the Hereford. Funds had
heretofore been raised for this sign.
It was also moved and adopted that a Clean-Up Week be inaugu-
rated in Albany and a committee was appointed to confer and to co-
operate with the Garden Club, the Lions Club and the City Council
to the end that all of the civic organisations may get behind the work.
THI TOWN WHtM I Livi IT* MY TOWN
A description of our original court house costing $800.00 and built
of cedar pickets which served the county for eight years, will be given
and a history of our early courts is included in the sketch.
Every man, woman and child, old enough to read, should obtain a
complete file of these serial sketches, read the same and preserve them
for future generations. We hope they will be read in our schools
throughout the county as a part of their history course. They will be
interesting, they will be instructive and educating. A part of our old
Echo files which are growing yellow and crumbly with age, it is our
purpose to try and preserve them in the minds of our readera with
the hope that they too may see fit to file away the written record as
we have done.
TNI TOWN WHIM I LlVk 11 '• MY TOWN
Miss Anne Murrie A Bride
Cupid stole a march on education and on college circles in Dallas
and announced he had united in marriage Miss Anne Murrie, a stud-
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Miss Murrie, familiarly known by her first name Anne in Albany,
where she was raised and grew to womanhood is the daughter of Dr. j
the Albany High School, for the past three years she has been attend- J Albany April 15, is not for Club people alone, according to
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Weaver of
Henderson, who formerly lived in
Albany, spent Tuesday night the
I guests of Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Rea.
Miss Maurine Bradford and
j Miss Edna Earle Tankeraley spent
last week-end in Fort Worth.
On last Saturday Moran held ite monthly First Saturday Trades
Day, which was turned into a big political rally. The streets were
roped off and the county candidates did their stuff, making the streets
ring with oratorical eloquence. Last week we noticed some of our
Albany residents who are candidates standing on the side streets, ap-
parently muttering and doing what we thought were acrobatic stunts.
We shook our head, wondering what it was all about—now we know—
they were only practicing for the Moran Trades D«y Political Rally.
It is said that as many as a thousand people attended this rally and
that the next Trades Day at Moran will see one of the gubanotorial
candidates laying his platform before Shackelford county voters. 1
ing Southern Methodist University and is a member of the Kappu
Kappa Sorority. Mr. Holland is a former student of S. M. U. where
eupid started tlv romance which he consummated with his blissful
benediction of marriage. The groom Is the son of Mrs. W. L. Hol-
land of Dallas, and is a student in Baylor Medical College. It seems
as if Miss Anni' was desirous of paying respectful tribute to her fath-
er when she selected as her husband and companion one who has
chosen and is to follow the profession which her father is making his
life work.
The News joins with the many
ing heartiest congratulations to the young couple.
y, county home demonstration agent, but is open to all of the people
of the county. And, in addition to Shackelford the following other
counties arc to send entries: Clay, Young, Stephens, Eastland, Taylor,
Jones, Fisher, Haskell, Knox and Baylor.
Through the co-operation of the utilities people at Moran and Al-
bany the women of Shackelford county will be able to gather their
products together before hand and keep them in refrigerators until
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friend, of the bride here in extend-; needed. Miss Halsey urges that .11 product, be « beta*. 9:00 a. m.
April 15th.
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McCarty, Richard H. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1932, newspaper, April 8, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402751/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.