The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1916 Page: 1 of 6
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XXXIII, No. 22
ALBANY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOV. S, 1916
Whole Muafcer
Party Leaves Albany.
Last Thursday morning D. E.
olp and logging party left Al-
jy for Lueders, Stamford,
ermont and points on west on
the Ft. Worth-Roswell Highway.
f"our car loads of the Albany peo-
ple went with the party as far
is Stamford. At Lueders there
ftaa a large crowd assembled to
hear the speeches made by Mr.
Golp, Judge Spencer and others,
ftnd much interest was manifest-
ed. At Avoca the school child-
fen came out to and gave some
yells and sang some songs. At
Stamford the paiiv was enter-
tained at the Stamford Inn for
^lunch, after which • peeclies were
ttiade on the street to a small
crowd. Oth£r than the fact that
'feveral car:; cam • out from Stam-
ford to meet the party, not much 1
Interest was shown there.
I will change you to a Democrat
as sure as my old cat is black."
I said "Samantha I did not know
your cat was black, but she will
be gray when you have made
that change," and as I said, she
is still on the job. We have
talked to some; of the best men
in Shackelford who are Republi-
cans and of course we all will
vote for our friends on the coun-
ty ticket, but when it comes to
the president we will vote for
Hughes. "Josiah."
Courtesy for Miss Prude.
Honoring her guest, Miss Lois
Prude of Colorado City, Miss
Gladys Sedwick entertained a!
number of young ,'riends Tues-
day evening at her attractive
suburban home.
Victrola music, and smoothly
polished floors; invited dancing!
The Albany people who went: and in this pastime the abund-j
to Stamford reported a very de- «nt joy of youth found expres-
lightful trip. We quote below a , ion.
clipping which states that the Tables for bridge were ] ro-
logging party reached Lubbock | vide I for those who chose this
Saturday night: ' !diversion.
Lubbock, Tex., Oct. 2!t. Tit" An ice course was the refresh-
Methodist Ladies
Entertain
Federation of
Societies.
Missionary
Something Different
Saturday, Nov. 4
ing program was had Tuesday af-
t rncon at the Methodist church,
the occasion being the regular before
Fifth Tuesday meeting of the
Federated Church Societies.
The subject of Juvenile De-
in raising crops. This and many
other things is what the junior
institute will attempt to teach
the boys and girls of Shackel-
ford county to do. Judge King
will assist Mr. Bently in this
work a' little later when he
. . . , - , , , , . Mr. W. M. Biggs, Fire Chief,
A m08t- b.e,pf"! ""I""tJerta'"' inarms us that the fire drill for
next Saturday will be somewhat
jlifferent from the drills given 1 makeB his rountl of schools.
Instead of burning a
house in the street, the company
will give a ladder drill, probably
on the Deats furniture store
linqui ncy was dealt with in an buiIdjnK This will be something
excellent paper by Miss Berta
U'X.,
inspection party of the Ft. Worth-
Roswell Highwa Association,
headed by O. B. Spencer, presi-
dent, arrived here on time Sat-
urday and held a very enthusi-
astic meeting here on Saturday
night. Roads were found to be
ntent service.
Hallowed Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Sansorn enter-i ,.
tained a merry crowd of their
friends Tuesday evening, cele-
Nance, and splendid and inspir-
ing talks were made by Mrs.
Smith. Mrs. Crawford, and Mrs.
Hard'*.
A very pleasant social meeting
followed at the parsonage, with
a pleasing refreshment service.
Tin offering amounted to $5.17.
The next meeting will be it the
Episcopal church, Jan. 30, 1!>17.
To the Voters of Texas.
The c,institutional ain>" -Iment
to be v ' i upon b. the ""-op;
on the Yin of N ivember. . >i.
tinctly an educational amend-
ment, and is the only amend
Iment to be considered at that
time. One leading feature of
! the amendment is that it does
j not impos" a tax of itself, but if
I adopted will give the various
and counties of the
.state an opportunity to secure
It will
new and worth seeing.
be at 10 a. m.
At 2 p. m. will be the contest
in the best teams. The prizes
will be $3.00 for the best horse
team, and $3.00 for the best
mule team. Bring your stock to
! town and win one of the prizes,
j Only teams outside of Albany
can enter the contest.
Take Children to Orphanage.
(Dallas News.)
Several children were sent to
the Reynolds Presbyterian Or-
phanage at Albany, Texas, by
the child-placing department of
the Dallas County Humane So-
ciety. A pay pupil from Tom
Green county was taken to the
Home by Superintendent J. Gil-
more Smith. Four children were
taken from Dallas county and
one from Navarro county.
in fair condition. The party will lj(. ujnR fhe Hal]owmi lide> Ef_
continue its trip to Roswell, N. j (.e(<tiv(> docoralionS) 8U|«estive
of the Halloween spirit, were
i arranged thruout the house.
Portv-two was tlie favored
M., Monday morning, being join-
ed here by a large delegation.
Rural Locals
iadditional sypport for their
| schools if they need it and want
it.
The amendment was submit-
ted to the people of Texas in re-
1 sponse to a widespread demand
amusement and the high s^core throughout the state for an op-
King's Variety Store put on a
Junior Tamers Institutes to be sa!e |asl Friday and run it on
Organized. into Saturday. One of the at-
H. L. Bently of Abilene, stato! tractive features, or drawing
'orranizer for county armors .n- enrds of the sale was, that they
s:.Lutes, w.-.s in Albany Satin- g've ten per cent of the sales to
day. He met a number of the llie Orphanage. Some people
farmers, about :K) in all, and1 bought bundles and gave the
talked to them about the organ-j whole bundle to the Orphanage,
ization of junior farmers insti-! In this way the sale resulted in
tutes for the various school dis-1a benefit to the store and the
iricts of the county among the > Home also.
i boys and girls. This organiza-
tion will be taken up a little!
later. In many places, by fol- Up to Tuesday night the Sam-
lowing the methods prescribed mons gin had ginned 1325 bales
by the experts on farming, the j of cotton. About 13 cars of cot-
l)oys are beating their fathers, ton seed had been shipped.
tien at
1325 Bales Cotton Ginned.
The Shackelford County Sing-
ing Convention met atSnatani
Sunday and were very highly
entertained by that community.
There was dinner on the grouiid
for all and plenty to spare. All
the singers from various part*
of the county were there. Fort
Griffin, Newcomb, Boogsburg,
and Albany all had representa-
tives. Albany was represented
in good numbers, as well as;bt
good eaters and good, singer®,
And the singing, it was also the
best ever. Those who went oat
from town report a very delight-
ful time and express much prate
and appreciation for hospitality
shown by the people of theSfi >
lum community.
Recital Friday Night.
Benefit Albany Public School.
There will bo a musical recital
at the High School auditorium
Friday evening, beginning; at 8
o'clock.
The best musical talent of tha
town will contribute to the pro-
gram. Come and be entertained.
Admission 15 and 25 cents. The
proceeds are for the benefit of
the school.
Front the number of grain
drills thai have been bu. y n thi-
Community for the j>a;U two
weeks, we presume there will be
a large grain crop to harvest j
next year, should we be fortu-
nate enough to get rain.
The singing convention at Sna
lum has come and none and a;
usual a large >•:' i.v t enjoyed tht
good music render d mostly b\
local talent and of course tb>-
luscious dinner was greatly re!
ished by every one present, for
the good women of Snalum know
how to bake cakes and fry chick-
en that are temping to the mos
fastidiou The next convenlioi
will be held at Ft. Gritlin.
Mr. and Mrs. Sa i Lee llodg"
have been visiting a' Mr. Brad
ford's.
Robert Bradford i* moving to
his new home tie e- ( wc >
Mr. Linsey Lo ve' is moving in
one of the enani ho i - ' ■ 11
Sanimoii ranch
Our busy fanners will .-top
long enough an> time t<■ dis> i
the comint national ei. etion. (>'
course Democrat. are anxious t >
See Wi! - • i uicct el him s.•!t a ,
presiderii and ttiat ail t •. is
for them, we admire this kind o
a Democrat. On the other bund
we as a Republican will be g!a i
to see Hughes elected, and if aiv
Democrat doesn't admire our pr in
Ciple, of course it will make no
difference with us "Samantha
has been trying for nine years to
change us on this one thing and
is still on the job. When w<
were married we went to my
own homo city on our weddim
tour and when I had shown he-
the beautiful city of Asheville
with its fine parks, million do!
lar hotels, including Riltmoiv
and the twelve million dollar
grounds and nalace of the late
Oeorge W, Vanderbtlt, she looked
ao amazed and said it was grand
indeed, then I said "Samantha,"
%I1 this wealth Itelotigs to ti <
Republicans, and told her I was
one myself. She says, "well be
fore voil live with me two veal's
j favor, a box of stationery, was
awarded M Leila Hatcher.
, Mt.ss lvv received the e ntsola-
it.ion. Halloween stick pins were
1 the party favors.
The iiostess served a salad
! course to the following guests:
Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Dodge,
Mr. and Mrs. B H. K/.ell, Mr.
and Mrs \. W. Reyno
and Mrs. Will Dodson
Pet Williams. L-'la ll.itcher, Ro-
mo L ■ and Ruel Ivy. Ray Do t-
son. Mr. Ridge worthy, Frank
How.sk" .
Mr. J. R. Davis visited Dallas
Friday, returning Monday.
Is. Mr
Misse>
Christian Endeavor Rally.
Ml. \ A. 11> tie, Field .ieere-
tary of the Texas Chiv tian En-
deavor Union, is to be in Albany
next Tuesday, Nov. 7th, l > hold
rallv meeting.-; in the interest of
Young People' Work, Follow-
; i„ i the
I Ott t ill . I > \% .
Con fer e n c e "I
all interest'
- work.
Children's .%1 >•>«t
lie children of th
m.
foi
I'lto
;ll(l |>.
Work i rs
\ o'ing peoj li
1:1 I (i m
ing, for ..II
comiinini .
7:30 p. oi
n e r a I Rally
the public is
cordial > it.' ited.
The meeting?- will 1 • • h
the I't sbyterian church.
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
By Woodrow Wilson.
The season is at hand in which
it has been our long respected on the 7th of N< .
e istom as a people to turn in Yours for tin
partunity t" secure .creator sup-
port for \i: scjiools than i?. now
permitted by the constitution of
the state. Many districts in
Texas have already reached the
constitutional limit in taxation,
and are yet short of funds with
which to provide an adequate
system of public free schools.
Inasmuch as the amendment
does not !e,'v a tax on any dis-
trict or < unity, the voters of
such counties and d stricts as
may pot need additional support
should in good neighb rIy spirit j
vote for the am 'ndrnent, for by
so doing ill •>- will give the needy
districts of Texas an opportunity
to establish good schools for!
their children.
Four hundred seventy-seven!
independent school districts, and
approximated two thousand
common cltool di 'tricts in the
state have voted upon them-
selve the linvt in taxation per-
mitted by the pie ut constitu-
tion. Many of these districts
need additional support and can
not secure another dollar for
their schools unle this amend-
ment is idopted On account of
thi eotnpul ut';. school attend-
iS anee lav n n> cl ools in these
districts are tilled to iverflow-
in i ing with pupils for whom there
is no provision for housing, seat-
ling or teaching. The only re-
lief for such districts is the
adoption of the amendment to
section II, article 7, of the state j
constitution, known as House I
Joint Resolution 10, to be voted
rnber.
schools,
r
SPECIAL BARGAINS
IN
iDry Goods
For
The First Saturday
in
praise a'ul Thanksgiving to Al-
: tighty 1 Jod for llis manifold
mercies and blessings to us as a
nation. Mow therefore. I. Wood-
row Wib-'ii, President of the
I lilted Slate of America, do
hereby designate
day of Novernbe
W F Doughty,
State Superintendent.
lion. W. L. Morris and Mr. II. ;
Herron have returned from Tu-!
cumcari. where they attended
the last Thur. • the trial of I. *e Anderson for
r tu'xt as a day the murder of (Jeorge Zant Mr.,
of l'hankstf ivitm and pra\er, and Morris repre.i nted Mr. Ander-!
II,v itc i-.e people thruout the 'son. and Mr. Herron was a wit-
laud to "a e from thwir wonted ness in the case. I'he trial re-
occupations and m their several suited in conviction with a sen-
homes and place i of worship j tenee of from two to ten years.
rend r tnank.-i to Almighty <.Iod. j An appeal will be made.
Notwithstanding the fact that prices are advancing all
the time, wo are going to give the people who come to
Albany the
First Saturday
November Fourth
the advantage of some exceptional bargains. Call on
us for what you need in dry goods. We are always
glad to see you and show you what we have. It is
our purpose to please you and we believe that we can
do it if you will give us the opportunity.
I Sedwick & Cook
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