The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1916 Page: 3 of 4
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■toatllw pkoM In tlu nun and pboa of rssidsne* of
HI till In tin iruk n n—If you know of other personals kindly Mnd
nrftfc %nni ?f tfcT ■■■ulifnr' This will creatl? assist Th* News In ksep-
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to«ah wttfc iaeal kipptalmaul wlllbshlshly appreciated.
Your money will go farthest at
iStore.
, C. A. Wil*m made a trip to
Lueden Thursday.
County Attorney Brittain was
• passenger up from Moran
Sunday.
Th« bast quality of men's work
at the lowest prices.
Racket Store.
ut* Minnie Lee Price return-
ed Friday from a visit with
friends in Cisco.
Subscription to The Albany
Newt 1 year, Holland's Maga-
sine 2 years, and Farm and Ranch
1 year, all for $2.00.
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Mr. Julius Meyer of New Mex-
ico made his brother, Eli Meyer
•nd family, a visit of several
d«ys and has returned home.
We sell the all leather shoes
at the Racket Store.
Geo.
was a
week.
Gober of Throckmorton
visitor to Albany this
Mr. R. E. Burns returned
Tuesday from a business trip to
Anson.
Josh Rodriguez returned Mon-
day from a visit with his son
Will in Quanah.
Hon. B. F. Reynolds heads the
list of announcements for county
judge of Throckmorton county.
Fresh Milk Cows
1 now have
cows for sale.
some fresh milk
W. G. Webb.
L N. Brittain for
Attorney.
We are authorized to announce
to our readers that L H. Brit-
tain will make the race for
county attorney to succeed him-
self. Mr. Brittain has served
you as county attorney for the
past two years and has made
much success in the prosecution
of offenders against the law.
He is a young lawyer naturally
endowed with a bright intellect
to which are added the fruits
CARING FOR THE BROOD SOWS
Give the Animals Good, Hearty Ra-
tion, StronQ In Protein and Not
Rich In Fat-Making Foods.
People wlU tell you that a brood
sow should not be too fat at farrow-
ing time. That's true; but that doesn't
mean that she should be starved to a
of 1 shadow. She should be fed a good.
study in one of the best law in- hRarty ration. Strong In protein, and
r .u o .u 'ur u r,ch In the fat-making foods. She
stitutions of the South. With 8houId have plenty of „ercll|e 8h#
these qualifications, he is well should bo in that thrifty condition
qualified to fill the office to which "hich makes her as strong as a bull—
I but not fat.
There's no danger of her having too
efforts to «ive you efficient
effective service.
and
he seeks re-election. He comes
to you pledging his most earnest1 much bone and muscle. The heavier
she Is the better—provided that too
much of her weight Is not fat. An
all-corn ration rob* her of the strength
she will need at the time of her trial,
and fills the cavities of the body with
fat. Then she will be fat and lazy
and will kill her pigs by lying on them.
Or she may never be able to bring
thom forth. Or her appetite for bono
and muscle-forming foods may be so
ubnormal that sho may eat them up.
But If she Is kept from being too fat
; by the simple method of starvation,
sho will not givo tho litter the proper
We are never too busy to give our time and
efforts to the smallest need of our custom-
ers. This service is uniformly extended
both to large and small patrons. We are
in the LUMBER BUSINESS
ROCKWELL BROS. & GO.
LUMBER DE
Missionary Meeting With
Mrs. Sedwick.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Missionary Society met with Mrs.
Sedwick Tuesday afternoon.
If U,a„t nnmfnrt trv noir AftCr tHe CU8t0mary devotion- InOunToT^ilk.
, , al service necessary business was if tho sow becomes constipated be
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Mesdames S. Webb and Jno.
F. Sedwick, and Misses Louise
Webb, Gladys Sedwick and Lou-
ise Ewing autoed to Moran Sun-
day.
Miss Florence Spears returned
Sunday from Cisco, where she
had visited several days in the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Wm.
Powell.
Mrs. Braden and children came
in Sunday afternoon from Avery,
of Mayer's dry sock shoes for
men, waterproof, at the Racket
Store.
Notice.
I have opened a carpenter shop
in the red house at the rear of
King Bros, garage. All kinds of
carpenter work, furniture re-
pairing a specialty.
Respectfully,
tf J. M. Tomme.
Ladies Aid Society.
Mrs. S. A. Newcomb was hos-
tess to the regular meeting of
the Presbyterian Ladies Aid So-
ciety Tuesday afternoon at her
Vital Statistics for December, 1915.
Total births 44(>5, as follows:
White, male, 2095; female, 1892;
total, 4012. Black, male, 153;
female, 154. Stillbirths, white,
103; black, 24. Twins, white,
37 sets; black, 2 sets. Illegiti-
mate, 48.
Total deaths 2637, as follows:
White, male, 1211 male 996;
total 2207. Black, male, 195; fe-
male 235; total 430.
Leading causes of death: Tu-
berculosis 280, pneumonia 200,
bright's disease 130, diarrhoea
transacted, followt'4 by a social for" Arrowing, as some sows do, eP
, ,, , som salts may be given in the slop for 109 cancer 97, senility 80, diph-
hour over the tea cups, with con- thre„ or four fe,!dlnK!,_Just enough so
versation and Victrola music the that the taste win not repel the sow
pleasant diversion. A free will Rnd koep her ,rom ea,,"K
' .. . . f . i At farrowing time occur the most of
offering netted <l gratifying sum p|K losses. Some of them come
which will be added to the fund from the absence of Uie owner when
for the manse. 1 ll,e P'KH arrlve, and some from his
, ■, , presence. The sow should be carefully
Those present were Mesdames but she should not be dis-
W ood, Bartholomew,t'onrad,Cook turbed In other words, no dogB should
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the meeting
assisted by
Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Braden home on West Sixth street. Mrs.
have rented the Sackett Hotel C. H. Pee, the president, pre-
From Mr. Acuff and are taking sided. Several members were
charge this week. present and much business tran-
sacted.
The Albany Abstract Co. Real | _At th® close
estate, abstracts, loans. Notary |r8- New com.
public in office. Complete set of ^<'s tern Newcomb Bessie
abstract books to Shackelford j ^ler an,i M,nrf ^ nc* °'
Albany, served a delightful
course of hot coffee, marshmal-
low pudding and wafers to the
guests. Each member when
. . .... „ , n J they bade the hostess good-bye
church will have a Parcel Post
Sale on Saturday, February 12
Also serve sandwiches
chocolate. Home made
for sale. f 11
Leech, Webb, Matthews, Cloud.
Center, Robert, King, Crawford,
Hollowell, C. T. Burns and Watt
Reynolds of Port Worth; Misses
Joe Leech, Minnie Lee Price,
Lucil" Matthews, Gladys Sed-
wick
Cjnsolidation of County
county.
Write us your wants.
J. M. Wood. Manager.
The ladies of the Christian
I declared it to be one of the most
be allowed anywhere near, and sho
should not become aware of the pres-
ence of those who watch her. A good
brood sow stealing her nest In the
grove or fields will on the average
bring to the feed trough a better
litter than the one which Is fussed
over by a solicitous owner. Yet she
sometimes needs help Combine the
merits of the two methoda.
theria 74, lagrippe 70, typhoid
fever 66, malaria 62, homicide
31, accidents, railroads, auto,
etc. 29. accidental burns 21, other
accidents 96, suicide 24, small-
pox 16, typhus 1.
W. A. Davis,
Sec'y State Board of Health.
Notice.
The ladies of the Christian
church will have a pare 1 post
sale at the picture show building
Saturday, Feb. 12, 1916, at 2:00
o'clock. Hot chocolate and sand*
wiches will be served at 10c.
We will also have home made
candy for sale.
Special music will be rendered
during the afternoon.
Three Counties to Eradicate Ticks.
Ft. Worth, Feb. 1. Drs. L. J.
Allen and H. Grafke of the Bu-
reau of Animal Industry, and C.
M. Welsh, chief clerk in the office
The Power of Enviroimsnt.
Those who understand fruit
and flower culture know well
enough the importance of en-
vironment in horticultural mat-
ters. A slight change in soil, a
little more sunshine, and won-
ders are worked. Why not take
this lesson to ourselves and
realize the power of environment
in moulding characters? We are
just as susceptible as follows to
the influence of surroundings,
and are inclined to become
depressed or feinthearted, ac-
cording to the atmosphere in
which we live. Let this latter
be sunny and pure, and we shall
EXPENSE OF KEEPING HORSE ™mmis;slon-
trom a trip to Archer, Clay
and hot deli«htl.ul meetin«s ha(| at" thought best, however, to c
le candy 'n niany months, t isco soliilate all of these on accoi
... Round-1 p. of the distance some of the ;
! Throughout Shackelfoid and
BMfgies for Sale!
neighboring counties the farmers
The buggieB, traps, etc. that are taking much interest n the
we have for sale, can now be work of exterminating tin >ests,
seen in the warehouse in the especially the rats. In some of
rear of The Albany News and these counties the rats have de-
McComb & Dodson's Garage, stroyed many thousands of dol-
Good notes taken. lars' worth of grain, and have
The Albany Livery Stable, j committed great depredations on
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A. B. Bizzell, Mgr. jxiultry.-Stamford Leader.
Economy Counts
Your grocery bill is one of the largest items
in your monthly expense account. We can
save you money on groceries because we
sell for cash. SIAPLE & FJNGy GROCERIES &. FEED
BURROWS GROCERY COMPANY
ALBANY, TKXAS. - i'HONK NO. 1
.1 idge .1. A, King, Messrs. J.
11. Sarnmons, II. Robert, and M.
Reynolds, County School Trus-
tees, went to the west side of
the county Tuesday to meet with
the trustees of Taylor and Jones
counties. A plan was up to con-
solidate (lie districts of Lanham,
II am by, and Melrose in Taylor,
Rockwell in Shackelford, and
Round Mound in Jones into a
| county high school. It was not
on-
unt
pu-
pils would be from school. Ham-
by. M elrose, and Uound Mound,
were united into a high school
to be located in Jones county.
It is proposed to consolidate
Rockwall and Lanham later.
For County Treasurer.
The News comes to you this
j week with the announcement
' that Judge T. Lawhon of Mo-
Van w ill make the race for county
treasurer, subject to the action
I of the Democratic Primary.
Judge Lawhon came to Shaekel-
1 ford in the tall of l'.Mi? from
Navarro county, where he had
lived continuously since ISM1.
Farming ha been his occupation
through life. Since the election
Cost I* Much More Than Many Per-
•one Usually Believe—Estimate
Placed at $75 Yearly.
of the Texas Live Stock Sanitary j find ourselves better in consequ-
returned Monday ence, brighter, more cheerful,
and and more readily disposed to
Wichita counties. These count- take an optimistic view of life,
ies recently voted to eradicate anddoourbestinourcalling.be
ticks. Clay and Archer counties i what it may. — Clipped.
The cost of keeping a tiflrso for a 1 have organized live stock associ-
year on u farru la much more than | afjons to begin work, but Wichita
many persons usually suppose. In an , ,
estimate of such cost It was found j ^Utlty had not.
that a horse weighing 1,200 pounds I
at moderately hard work
a year for board. Foods,
und ki'pt
costs $"">
of course, are usually higher In some .
places than others, where it would not ]
cost ho much.
Taking one horse with another, as j
kept on our farms, and allowing for |
the period of Idleness In the winter |
season, the cost to keep would not
he more than $'>0. I.arger horses
would, however, cost relatively moro I
that. those of lighter weight.
PARTITIONS IN HOG TROUGH!
Device Prevents Young and Small Anl.
mala From Being Crowded Out
of Their Allowance,
Partitions In a hog trough will save
the owner much trouble In feeding
Where there Is nothing to prevent the
young and small pigs are often crowd
ed out of their rightful allowance by i
the older and bigger animals
The trough shown In the Illustration
Is partitioned off to save this trouble
The bottom of the one I made was a
1-Inch board 14 Inches wide The
SHIPS TO DEFY TORPEDOES
Our Future War Vessels Will Be Proof
Against Them, Is Opinion
of Experts.
Washington—Future American bat-
tleahlps will be able to survlvo the ex-
plosion of a single torpedo against
their hulls, regardless of where thoy
are struck, In the opinion of navy ex-
perts Experiments which havo been
In progress for more than a year have
demonstrated that two or more torpe-
doea must find their mark before these
ahips can be sent to the bottom.
The two superdreadnaughts and
two battle cruisers congress has been
asked to authorise this year will be
designed on this plan Battleships 43
and 44 have added Interior conatruc-
tlon resulting from the study made of
the question of torpedo defense since
outbreak of the European war,
but later ships will have even In-
creased provisions In this regard.
The experiments are continuing and
officiate expect further Information on
the subject to be developed. Details
uf the work are regarded as confiden-
tial. but It Is known that some ex-
perts are hopeful that a type of con-
struction will be evolved which will
greatly reduce the effectiveness of
either mines or torpedoes against
heavy ships.
MAYORS CUT THEIR SALARIES i
Absolutely Pure
Madt from Cream «f Tartar
NO ALUM-NO PHOSPHITE
$4.25 FOR 25c!
3& RAKR money making formula*,
rnrular price ft 26; will M-mJ ixwlyttf
for fin* in ail\rr for linntml tim« only.
!>«**«• riptivr circular* ill lie aant for
•lamp. If tills* your spare time Why not •end
in ' >c in silver nt once"* It nay lw • fortune for
>ou' A.l.lrr,, t A ItlAN. lu.a ITT I H
llalh'taville. Texas.
ill l'.MIH, lit' li
•if the IViu'f
Shackeltonl
f 7 >«'nr i !il
won I lif n i
i<m«- - > > > >/ ;-
G. L. GREGG, Druggist
School Supplies,
Toilet Articles,
Cigars, Tobacco,
Candies, Perfumes,
Stationery, lite.
PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY
COMPOUNDED
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1141 u 111:
i t v> ti as .1 list ice
ii IVrciiift N'n. I? of
ountv. lit* is now
.hiiii'c Lawhon has
i! atul •sttcni of
his community ami
.iti'i his oharai'tt r
ht
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hol.l
ask*
oten
Colds pj. etl Attention
aiM
Oil,
Side and End View.
siili ■> were 4 Inches high purtlllom t
Inches wide I'ur the V slilrs on top
I UMil 1 liv H, und lit the lower edgi
of these nailed strips ol 1 by 4 l>
It.. th>- slop from waiting writes
Oilom '1 vmin of e'n Summit Mo in
Missouri Valley Kurmer The p.irti
UoriH w • re sp i ed 10 Inches apart
Tin * were i til slopliiK across the top
uti't from th>' l>ott< i of slop' to hot
torn of trough . " in lies.
ERADICATE LICE ON CATTLE
frequently Serious Pest in Winter*—
Any f Va.ious Dips Will Prove
Quite Satisfactory.
Oi l IH
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Th
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Joseph Chsmberlain's Son Takes Only
Half of $5,000 as Executive
of Birmingham.
Ixmdon llent on showing their wll
hngness to do tlwir share in prai-tlcing
iMitlonal economy several of the may
ors of provincial Kngllsh cities h >
consented to ,t suhslantial reiluelloB
In their salaries Neville t'hamherlaln
-on of Joseph rhumberluin. in the re
cent rirttmi made lord mayoi
of tiirm i'i'h,im. with a nalar> of 12,
r00, Insti ad of the nsiml $.ri,00il
I r. t'harles O'llrien llurdlng. mayoi
of Kastbourie has acieptoU a aalarj
ol ♦BjO. 111.- U a i of fl,OI/U.
Love Essential.
I r this old world Is hungr?
for love "the simph art of being
km I is nested to carry Chrlstmus
The "Sunshine Special"
(Steel Ivjuip't)
The Fine New Train
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No. 1.
' on cattlo und young stock are
nt a serious pest in winter.
the various dips advertised or
' r this purpose are effective.
■ ti Im< put on with u sponge or
and worked In thoroughly to the
: it il is not itways safe to wet
n.at ull over In cold wenther.
• • : u l lard rubbed in from
to th. tail I. a sul' und suro l Kisa tor Every Berry.
\ i , MtN M« is to usa | 1,1 11 1 -rry was pulled
r .1 mi t'hur Huh it in well with ' '"r "'ver> kiss under the mistletoe,
l „h,| r„|„..,t in | i works 1 'hej wer> n't gone, do her-
through the vear We niay git along
comfortably without nny further
wisdom or guile or sophistication:
but. ah. Bon is do we need the gentle
offices of love us we meet one anoth-
er by the way.
FURNISHING NIGHT SER-
VICE FROM NORTH
TEXAS TO
St. Louis and Memphis
Saves a Business Day
To the North mid East
lor rosier vat i
T. P. Rj. A
A. I). Bell,
A i tUn r*f At
ns, etc., see
■I r ts or write
■ D. Hunter,
Dm Art.
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no Kl^s!
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The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1916, newspaper, February 11, 1916; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393377/m1/3/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.