The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1918 Page: 2 of 6
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Our New Spring and Summer Goods
Have Arrived.
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Come in and let us show you. No trouble to
answer questions or show goods.
edwick & Cook
ALBANY AND BRECKENRIDGE
THE ALBANY NEWS Have you harrowed that farm
of yours yet? tickle the soil
with a good section harrow and
hold the moisture down.
msued every friday morning
Mckard H. McCarty, Ed. and Publisher
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We met Mrs. I'. F. Castleberry
this week, and she informed us
Subscription |1.50 Per Year that she had already planted her
war garden. God bless the
ADVUmSING rates . ,
m iw .iwiNMu. .In,I. l6 women! they are the salt of the
riduc' earth and they are going to win
!* ' _"■* •" Ih«m int. that r« an* , • , ,,
| this war. Goodbye oil man kai-
ser, your goose is already cooked
— yes, when the women of a
| nation line up, like they have in
"^•1 Ik* Po*< Om* at Albany Taxaa. aa
Sacoiul Claaa Hall Mattel
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The First National Bank
Albany, Texas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $100,000.00
| FIRST AND OLDEST ESTABLISHED BANK ]
Prompt Attention to all Banking Matters
ENTRUSTED TO US
FRIDAY. MARCH 8. 191*.
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Make hay while the sun shines
— plant that war garden.
America for the cause of free-
idom, victory is in sight. Who
said that Germany would win'.'
Ixiok at those white faced write you a spring poem: "Roses
calves, mollie cotton tails and are red and violets are blue,
mule-eared rabbits playing hide- sugar is sweet and so are you."
If you have your land broke,
ty in with a good harrow and
help to conserve the moisture.
and-seek
dells.
down in the grassy
But golleys, did you catch that
whiff of fragrance from the wild
honeysuckle and catclaw bios-
aoms?
But gee! did you hear the
whir of the heelfly wings'.' Bet-
ter hunt a water hole. Lordy
mercy, I do believe in my soul
that 1 have got the spring fever.
Mrs. E. M. Douthit was down
from Lueders this week and
made the News office a pleasant
call and ordered the News to
visit her home for the next year.
1 hat's the idea, all well regu-
lated families read the great in-
dustrial journal, have to to keep
abreast ot the times, keep in
touch with the gr it busy world.
V's. it's an antidote for th -
blues, and keeps its family chock
full of enthusiasm.
But O Lordy! Look at that
green grass. Don't you hear the
song of the water fall and the
ripple of the wild mountain
brooks?
"Stand up to your fodder if you
don't get a bite, hold up your
head if you die before night."
F. W. Alexander, our farm
demonstrator, says that the rain
was of much benefit to the coun-
try
pie have enough moisture to
plant, if they will just conservt
it.
to come to an end soon, what
does the Bible say about it? The
night service is at 7:30.
At this night service Miss
Maggie Kaheart will sing,
■ "Home-ward Bound."
Glad to see new faces in the
congregation since the better
weather has come.
i Don't forget the Sunday
School, or the Prayer Meeting.
Tom Crow came in Wednesday
and paid his first monthly dues
of one dollar to the Chamber of
Commerce. Subscribed twelve
dollars for the year. Tom is a
booster for his county and good
roads. Now folks, let's all join
hands and make Shackelford
county the garden spot of Texas
- why not?
ANNOUNCI
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Albany News are i
County and DistrictflAml
Precinct offices
He says by all
now is the time for every u r at home ranch and he
farmer to harrow his land and thouKht that it was heavier at
break the capillar) cells and con-' °'^'er places. For the present,
serve the moisture. ; **ys. it has relieved the water
' '>od. who wouldn't
We are butchering nothing but the
vent best beeves
and we handle only the best packing
house products. We are in the mar-
ket at all times for your fat cattle
and bogs. We appreciate your trade.
Morgan's
Sermons On Timely Topics
The Press of the Nation is
howling about starvation in West
Texas, and the jack-legged poli-
1 ticians are clamoring for an ap-
propriation for relief, that will
never come. But we want to
stop just long enough to put
them on notice that it does not
apply to Shackelford county
read Shackelford county's finan-
cial statement in thisissieof the At Mathews Memerial I'resby-
N'ews—and not a delinquent suit terian Church the subject of the
will be tiled this year. We wish sermon next Sunday morning
to God they would specify what will be. "A Man in account with |
part of the west needs govern- His Maker." Mr. Man, you had
ment aid. if any. best keep that account straight!
— At this morning service Mr. J.
I>on't you hear the song of the O. Gordon and Mrs. D. E. Rogers
curlew and the whipporwill ? will sing a duet entitled. "If To-
Listen at the hens cackling down day Were the End of the World."
in the barn yard and the lowing The sermon at night will be
of the milk cows down in the the third series of the Wartime
Series, subject. 'The War and
the End of the World." Many
people are expecting the work!
Merrick Davis was in town
lie says a great many peo- ; Wednesday and he had a bright
smile on his face as a result of
the recent rains. He says that
means that a',olJt an inch and a quar-
ter at his home
situation,
smile?
We are authorized to
the following named _
subject to action of thai
cratic Primary in July:
For Representative, 106HI
T. J. BJ
W. W. Bl
For District Attorney,
dicial District:
W. R ELY
For County Judge:
RICHARD D1
J. A. KING
For County Treasurer:
M. H. WARD
HENRY fc;
S. W. SUTHOt
For County and District!
JESSE ENGI
S. Z. (Sol)
For Tax Assessor:
FLOYD JO*
P. H. WII
For Commissioner, Pre.
C. R. LIEB
J. W. SURRAlf
Buy your garden
Carter King's.
valley at eventide-wait just a
minute until we dip our pen in
the Divine Afflatus, and we will
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McCarty, Richard H. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1918, newspaper, March 8, 1918; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393603/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.