The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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S. WEBB, Attorney at Law
THE OLDEST REAL ESTATE FIRM IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
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printed stationery.
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pared to do this
kind of printing on
short notice and at
reasonable prices.
ALBANY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912.
Whole Number 1474
Webb & Hill
1912
L. M. HILL, Notary Public
We have a number of desirable farms and ranches list-
j
with ns for sale at reasonable prices and on easy pay-
ments. Buy a home in Shackelford County, where land
cheap, and the climate the most healthful in the world.
Write, wire or phone us if you are in the market for realestate.
WEBB & HILL
Albany
Texas.
Meeting May be Held Soon
A. 0. Hill was in town 'furs
day ma! in / further plans for the
calling of a meeting in which the
farmers ma> decide whether
they <I* ire to co-operate in the
Southern States Cotton Corpora-
tion system of holding cotton for
a better price. It was to he de-
cided Aug. 12 whether a sulli-
cient lunnher ol counties in the
South I'll State ■ had endorsed
this plan to i nal>le tlii' corpora-
tion to put it into operation this
fall. I'it'ty-i lit counties in
Texas have endorsed the plan,
about ninety-five percent of the
couatu . in Alabama ami Mis.,is-1
t>ipi, and a large aumber of coun-
ties in other Southern states.
The headquarters of the Corpo-
ration will be heard from again,
ami if the plan is to be put into
operation this fall, a meeting of
the farmers and business men
will be called in Shackelford
county at once to discuss the
proposition of co-operating in it.
In connection with a discus-
sion of this plan, Mr. \Y. 11. Ste-
phens, who is well informed on
financial matters, expressed the
opinion that this fall would be
an oppertune time to test either
this plan (i • that of the Farmers'
Union for holding cotton for :i
better price. Mr. Stephens based
his opinion on the fact that crop
conditions both in North and
South are fairly good, unusually
jjood in some places, and that
financial conditions are good in
the I nited States and in Eng-
land, both of these conditions
pointing to the probable success
of the plan or plans adopted.
LOCAL.
>r. Bachelor and family, for-
merly of Lueders, were the
nil. ts last week of Mr. and Mrs.
)olph Long. Dr. Bachelor was
enroiite to Dallas by auto.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Brazell re-
turned Monday from attending
the Cotton Carnival at (Jalvos-
ton, returning by Sweetwater, ;
where they visited relatives.
Mr. and Mrs, ,). A. Robert are
leaving this week for Aransas
Pass, where Mr. Robert will be
engaged in the realestate busi-
ness. Mr. S. A. Newcomh is
going with him on a prospecting
\ isit.
Mr. W. H. Cauble was unfor-
tunate last Friday morning in
the loss of his fine black buggie
horse, the horse being killed by
lightning.
HARROW TRIAL ENTERS
ITS FINAL WEEK
Waco Times-Herald.
Los Angeles, Aug. 12. Begin-
ning today the trial of Clarence
S. Harrow, the Chicago attorney
charged with jury bribery, pass-
ed into what was believed to be
its final week. The argument to
tin' jury was scheduled, to begin
today by Assistant District At-
torney Joseph W. Ford, who de-
clared his intention of consuming
the entire court session in sum-
ming up.
THE COTTON HOLDING
PLAN GOING FORWARD
THE BRAVEST
MAN IN TOWN
RAISES RALANGE OF MONEY
FOR GAS LIGHTS
ic $150.00 which was needed
to complete the street gas light
fund was raised by C. A. Wilson
Thursday thru popular donation.
On account of so many subscrip-
tion sheets having been circulat-
ed of late in Albany, some of
our good citizens felt that it was
time to let up. We therefore
pronounce Mr. Wilson the brav-
est man in town for having the
courage to face the Nos of peo-
ple who had been cruelly bled of
late.
JONES COUNTY FARMERS
ATTEND STATE INSTITUTE
Stamford News-Tribune.
Jones county had the distinc-
tion of sending the largest dele-
gation of farmers of any county
in the state to the Texas Farm-
ers' Institute and Farmers' Con-
gress. which has been in session
at College Station during this
week. Seventy-two actual farm-
ers attended as delegates from
this county, and. from reports
received, they made a decided
hit. While they did not go in a
body, every man wore a badge
with the inscription: "Jones
County, the heart of Central
West Texas," and the delegates
took a prominent part in the
meeting.
County Superintendent Cun-
ningham was on the program for
an address and, according to the
report of the representatives
from this county he acquitted
himself with much credit to Cen-
tral West Texas.
Judge L. M. Buie was one of
the first delegates who returned
from the Institute and said that
there was no delegation that at-
tended the Congress that at-
tracted more attention and re-
ceived more attention and re-
ceived as many compliments.
With the exception of Super-
intendent Cunningham and one
or two others, every man who
attended from Jones county was
an actual farmer and those who
have returned declare that they
received a great deal of benefit.
They also declare that they will
nut into practice much of the
benefit they received and it is
safe to say that Jones county will
profit very materially from this
visit.
To Superintendent Cunning-
ham is entitled much of the
credit for the attendance of the
large delegation from Jones coun-
ty and in addition to being under
obligations to him the delegates
are under still greater obliga-
tions to Commissioner of Agri-
culture Kone, as well as to the
railroads.
H. A. Baker returned Thurs-
day from Dallas, where he went
as a delegate to the Republican
convention from Shackelford.
After the split it the convention,
stated elsewhere in the News,
j ihe Roosevelt delegrtes decided
to adopt the name, Progressive
Party of Texas, as the name for
their branch of the Republican
party in Texas.
MODIFIED PARCELS
POST PLAN ADOPTED
Waco Times-Herald.
Washington, August 12.-The
senate today adopted the Bourne-
Bristow parcels post plan as a
substitute for the house parcels
provision in the postoffice appro-
priation bill.
The Bourne-Bristow plan would
divide the country into eight
zones. Within fifty miles radius
the rate would be fixed at five
cents for the first pound and
three cents for each additional
pound of fourth class matter. A
graduated rate to cover the eight
zones, covering points more than
1800 miles apart.
The house provision outlined a
straight 12-cent rate on parcels
weighing up to eleven pounds.
A NEW BLACKSMITH
SHOP FOR ALBANY
The new blacksmith shop which
Seth Burleson is erecting, be-
tween N. R. Price's shop and W.
L. Nelson's furniture store, is
nearing completion. As soon as
Mr. Burleson completes the build-
ing he will move his tools and
machinery in and be ready for
business. This will make the
fourth blacksmith shop for Al-
bany, and the town and com-
munity. therefore, should not
suffer for lack of ready attention
along this line.
More of the Reynolds College
post cards may be had free of
; cost at each of the drug stores.
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The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1912, newspaper, August 16, 1912; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393856/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.