The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1905 Page: 4 of 8
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THE ALBANY NEWS
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Watch us grow.
Write it Shackelford County.
Prosperity, greets us upon ev
ery hand.
Get out of the way or get in
the band wagon! If you don't
move you will get run over!
The buildiRg of new houses,
the grubbing of new land aud
the turning under of new sod
has begun.
There will be more people
come to Shaokelford County
this year than ever before in
the same length of time.
When you say your prayers
do not fail to mention Shackel
ford county to God. When
you write a letter to your kin-
folks, head it "Shackelford
County"—and then add a pos
script: "Come to Shaokelford
County."
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The Albany News has preach
ed the gospel of Shaokelford
county fcr nearly four years—
aad now, thank God! the sun
is climbing up above the hill
tops, and a brighter day is
dawning.
Wa expect to live to see the
day when 8haekelford oounty
will have a population of fif-
teen of twenty thousand peo-
ple, and Albany will be a oity
of iiva or six thousand inhabit
ants. Keep yeur eyes on the
hill tops; get your heart in
tune, and let usClwhist!e and
sing as we go—its better furth
eron.
Hon. Sam Webb ef Shack-
elford oounty was one of the
distinguished lawmakers who
attended the Fair and the ban-
quet this week. llr. Webb ia
one of the strong mea of the
Twenty-ninth Legislature. He
Is a working member—a mem-
ber who doea things. He is
neither an Elder nor a Young-
er statesman, but properly be-
longs to the Middle Agedelass,
oombining the wisdom of the
former and the energy of the
latter. Mr. Webb is loyal to
kls Meads and untiring in his
work for measures he favors.
T lough he la a lawyer aad a
national banker, he was a lead
ar for the laborers aad the far
mere ia their efforts to secure
legislation. He believee ia the
laborers aad the farmers, he
thiaks they are honest and pa
triotio, and that when they u-
aite, aa he expeota them to do,
he prediote that they will rale
the ooantry—and rale it wis*
aad wall. Mr. Webb gave vi
•able aeaiatanoe in framing the
" State Banking law aad the
Land law, two subjeeta with
whieh he Is thoroughly fkmll-
1 iar He ia popular with fell
1 elaseee of his ooastitueate aad
| will ha r^turi^d to th» Thirtieth
Legiftlni wr** * itlion* opposition,
fopli*.
Circus Day In the Woods.
We love to go out in the
woods and sit down and be
right still for a long time
where there is no noiee, and
where we cannot hear the peo
pie babbliag about politics
commerce, gold and graft. We
do get so tired of hearing peo
pie forever oarping about hart
times, the seeuring of money
and the rottenneea of the par
ties. Bat 0! Lordy, how lone
some we do get, listening to
the babbling of the multitude—
th|s fellow hae got it in for
that fellow, and here they go
beiling, scratching, pulling and
knocking at each other, every
fellow trying to beat somebody
elss—and whieh ever one gets
the best end of the tr&de, he
will laugh about it and the oth
er fellow will set up a howl.
And thus they go in their mad
run from the "cradle to the
grave"—fighting for gold and
'ame—and every mother's son
of them is counting on going to
leaven when they die. But we
want to tell you right here,
people, some of you are going
to miss the straight and narrow
trail and wind up at the wrong
gate, and then you will have
an abundanoe of hot air—just
what you were always kicking
and stirring up down here, but
it will.be mueh hotter.
"Our Father, Who art »n
heaven", deliver us from all
this turmoil and strife, and let
us go away out in the woods
and sit down, and be by our-
selves.
We like to go out and keep
company with the birda, the
butterflies, bumble bees, ootton
tails and jack rabbits, and
forget about the strife and tur
moil of the animal, Man. Yes
we do <lOve tq go out and find a
aeoluded spot and s^t down on
an old moss-oovered log, and
look at the green trees, watch
the nodding flowers, and ths
bses robbing them of their
sweetness.
Yes it is glorious to stroll
away from the haunts of men,
get your miad in tune for the
occasion and have a talk with
Nature.
We went a walking not long
ago, and sat down on the creek
bank. The oreek was alive
with mud turtlea, gar-fish and
water mocoaslna, aad it was in-
teresting indeed to watoh them
>lay and skim around in the
water. It looked to us like
hey were having a holiday,
and really they were, for every
day, in Nature, ia a holiday
Justbalowus was an old log
•ticking up out of the water
aad on that log were five or aix
a mlnnte it looked to ua like I there came a bunch of skunks,
there must have been a hundred Out from under a rock two
and fifty squirrels on that tree! great big rattle snakes crawled
and such capers and shines as and set up a dismal soundjwith
as they did cut! jumping from their rattles—a sound that
limb to limb, and playing hide- makes man and beast tremble
and-seek through the branches, with fear. In an instant the
The horned frogs crawled up turtles slid into the creek, the
close to us and looked at us as bull frogs fell off the log, the
knowingly. The lizards were rabbits skedadled, the squir-
skeetiag around on the roqks, rels went Up the trees and the
and every once in awhile one of birds flew away.
them would venture up right And thus "Circus Day in the
close to us and look at us just Woods" was brought to a
as friendly. Directly a Jack close—the skunks snd the rat
rabbit and a cotton tail came tie snakes had rang down the
hopping down the bank, and curtain and Nature's Circus
came up within a few feet of us Tent looked lonely and deso-
and sat down on their haunches late.
and looked at us just as friend- l^ua lt wa8 *n ^eK'n"
lv. In looking in their big,lning: the Serpent crawled
brown eyes it seemed to us
bull frogs. In the tree jnat
bove na waa the turtle dove and
her mate, the red-bird, the blue-
bird, the wren aad the sparrow
were skipping and flitting a
bout through tha branches of
Ike tree. Juat opposite ue, on
the*other aide of the creek, was
a tall oottoawood tree. When
we firet sat down we did not
see aay sign off life over that
way; but preaeatly we saw a
squirrel atlok his head out of a
knot-hole aad look all around,
thea ho alid oat of his hole aad
stood ap on his hlad legs aad
onrled his tail over his back
aad gave a little bark, whioh
must have been a signal for a
general Jubilee, for in lees that
they were just dying to say
something to us. Presently
the cotton-tail jumped up like
he had an idea in his head and
skedaddled up the bank; in a
few minutes be came back with
two or three more cotton-tails
and a jaok rabbit or two. It
was amusing, indeed, to watch
hem circle around us and cut
their antics; they reminded us
of a lot of sohool boys playing
eap frog aud tag.
By this time the birds had
jot real tame, some of thsin
were down on the lower limbs,
and some of them had got down
on the ground and were flitting
around, each one of them try-
ing to see which one could get
he closest to us without cross-
ing the danger line. They re-
minded us of a lot of little
iris, just verging into their
eens, at a May picnic, frisking
around, trying to show off be-
fore their sweethearts.
The turtles had lost tt^eir
shynes», and some of thsm had
crawled up on the bank. Just
at the water's edge were four
or five big catfish, who had
come up to see the show. The
squirrels across the creek by
this time had got their curios-
ity excited, and acroes the
creek they came, on a foot log,
to see what the excitement was
about. It began to look like a
circus in the woods, sure
enough—surrounded by the
feathered songsters, horned
toads, turtles, squirrels, Jack
rabbits and Mollie colon tails.
We forgot about our print
shop, delinquent subscribers
and unanswered duns; we for-
got about high-handed graft,
dark lantern politicians and
ths greed of man.
The bull froge, on the log,
sounded their basso voices, and
this was the signal for Nature's
band to begin to play. The
squirrels began to bark, and
the tenor voioes of the feather-
ed songsters sang out on the ev
ening air; the rabbita danced
to the musio and the aquirrells
played hide-and-seek among
the branches.' We were en
tranced with the wild music.
Thsn we said: Nature is man's
looking glaaa, and man is only
an imitator.
At ths conclusion of |Me mu
sio and ths evening's entertain
ment we thought it our duty to
get up and reapond to Nature's
Dramatio Troupe and thaak
them for the show,, We eased
up very softly, for fear we
would disturb the wild aeaem-
bly; as we did so we looked up
on the bank, Just above ua, and
into
the beautiful Eden and cursed
it with deceit and a flattering
tongue.
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Large Pecans Wanted.
We will pay from 10 to 12
cents per pound for tine, extra
large pecans—from 10 to 500
pounds.
Webb & Hill.
A $42,000 Deal.
Messrs Webh & Hill sold ths
old Caufleld ranch last week.
This ranch belonged to Wood
Brothers. Mr. George of Cole-
man was the purchaser. The
prioe "paid was seven dollars
per acre—six thousand acres.
This large ranch will be cut
up into small tracts to suit
purshasers and put on the
market A surveyor has al-
ready "been employed to do the
work.
This is a bright feather in-
deed in Shackelford county's
cap. It meaus 15 or 20 fami-
lies added to our population in
the very near future. Let the
good work go on. Our star is
climbing up above the hill top,
and Shackelford county will
see a brighter day.
DR. M. POWELL.
Physician and Surgeon,
ALBANY TKXAH.
Ueaidaaoe phone 94.
Office phone 36.
TO THE KNIFE;
KNIFE TO THE
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sells hardware. Groceries
Drugs at Horan.
WALKER sells Buggies at Horan.
™ WALKER sells Binding Twine and Bailing
m Wire at Moran.
pQ WALKER has a trained Pharmacist in
charge of his Drug Dep't at floran, ^
^ WALKER buys Wheat and Oats at Moran. ^
j WALKER is the Farmers' frien and will
™ pay more for produce of any kind and
sell more goods and better goods for
the same money than any dealer in
this section of the country.
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5 WALKER AT flORAN^
H. WKHB. President.
C. B. Sayder Jr.. Vloe-Fres.
W. H. Kddleman
W. O. WKBB.CuhHr.
a. K. Lvace. Aaa't; Cashier.
Vice-President
The Albany National Bank
Albany, Texas.
0«riT«L. . t soo.ooo
auicruja. 6,ooo
Official Depository of Shackelford Co
nip i Kxteud the accommodation o( a solid, * all equipped bank
«* " | Take good care of alt money deposited with ua
WE| Try to make It pleasaut and profltable (or you to deal with
U/P I De a general banking business In tUl Its branches
« u) Try to please our oustouters. atd can please YOU
: Hew Meat Market
The BEST of Everything the Market
Affords at all Times.Your p»troB^. solicited.
. Respectfully, PERRY FITE,
W. D. KnTNOLM, Prsa. C. T. Burns, Ssc'y.
PIONEER
MILL & ELEVATOK
COMPANY
Manufacturers of Pure Flour, Heal and Feed.
At Wholesale Only.
ALBANY, as aa TIXAIJ
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McCarty, Richard H. The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1905, newspaper, December 1, 1905; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth497398/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.