The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. XXVIII, No. 48
ALBANY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1912.
Whole Number 1460
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S. WEBB, Attorney at Law
L. H. HILL, Notary Public
THE OLDEST REAL ESTATE FIRM IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
We have a number of desirable farms and ranches list-
ed with us for sale at reasonable prices and on easy pay-
ments. Buy a home in Shackelford County, where land
is cheap, and the climate the most healthful in the world.
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COUNTY DEMO-
CRATIC CONVENTION
INSTRUCT FOR WILSON
> FIRST, HARMON SECOND
Delegates tYotn three voting
precincts of Shackelford county
met Tuesday at 2:.'5( p. m. in dis-
trict court room, Judge A. A.
Clarke was elected chairman.
I5y a motion the chairman was
inst ructed to appoint a committee
on credentials. The committee
appointed was Kli Meyer, 0. 1*.
('lark, and W.L. Manning. They
received the report of the pre-
cincts, seating T. F. Pettus. J.
M. Freeman. M. D. Bray, and J.
P. Iluskey from Moran; Hadley
Hubert, J. F. Allen, I . \\. t Ira-
ham, M. C. Graham, from New-
comb: Albany delegates given
^elsewhere in News. By motion
inade and carried, the chair ap-
pointed a committee on voting,
consisting of Judge J. A. . King,
,J. K. Allen, and T. F. Pettus.
This committee reported that
each precinct should have votes
in proportion to number of votes
' cast for governor in last election.
This gave Albany ten, Moran
ten, and Newcomb two. The
report was amended to theell'ect
that only delegates present have
a right to vote. A motion was
then made and carried that live
delegates and live alternates be
.* elected. The delegates elected
are Sam Webb. T. F. Pettus, 0.
1'. Clark, R. L Allen, Fli Meyer,
^and the alternates are M. 1).
jft Bray. P. K. Clarke. .1. E. Allen,
V Hadley Robert. .Judge A. A.
Clarke, Paul Baker.
By motion made and carried
the delegation is to vote as a unit
for Wood row Wilson as first
choice and Judson Harmon as
second, the judgment as to when
to change from Wilson to liar-
man being left to the delegation.
Republican Convention.
The Albany precinct Republi-
can convention met Saturday at
11 a. m. and voted to instruct for
Theodore Roosevelt for president.
A. Wilson and .J. M. Starr
were elected delegates to county
convention. The county conven-
tion was held Tuesday morning,
county chairman H. A. Baker,
presiding. Leonard Landtroopj
and A. W. Wilson represented
the Newcomb precinct. Other
precincts were unrepresented, j
The following were elected dele-
gates to the state convention
with instructions to vote for
Roosevelt: ,1. M. Starr. A. W.
Wilson, ,J. R. Ricker, with H. A.
Baker, .J, 11. Friedly, Leonard
Landtroop, and John Tyler as al-
ternates. 11. A. Baker was re-
elected county chairman and C.
A. Wilson chairman of Albany
precinct. H. A. Baker was also,
elected delegate to the eongres- i
sional convention to be held at
Sweetwater.
NATURAL GAS USEU IN ALBANY
The installation of Natural (ias
has been completed in many of
the residences of Albany and her
citizens enjoy the use of this
product of nature for fuel and
light. Those who have begun
the use of the Natural Gas are
well pleased with results and
several have stated that its
cheapness and convenience both
highly recommend its use.
DR. H. W. DUKE
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
In this issue will be found the
announcement of Dr. H.W. Duke
of Lueders, as a candidate for the
Legislature from this, the 100th
district, subject to the democratic
primary election, July 27.
Dr. Duke received his educa-
tion, both medical and literary,
in the University of Nashville.
He has been a resident of this
state many years, coming to
Shackelford county six or seven
years ago and about four years
later locating in Lueders. He is
well informed on current events,
including the questions of gov-
ernment that are now claiming
the attention of the people. He
is a man of sound judgment, and
firm in his convictions of methods
and policies to be pursued. He
is sober, industrious, thoroughly
honest and in every way reliable
and will make the district an ac-
ceptable officer should he be cho-
sen for the place to which he as-
pires. He will appreciate your
«consideration of his candidacy
and hopes you may see fit to help
him in his race.
present wore a white flower, the
recognized emblem of Mother's
Day. A song service of appro-
priate selections had been care-
fully prepared, which was sup-
plemented by special numbers by
1 the quartette and a solo, "My
Mother's Day," by Miss Powers.
Dr. Gray in a scholarly sermon
paid loving tribute to "The best
friend a man ever had." The
Mother's Salute followed, with
prayer and benediction,
Albany School Board Election.
At an election held in the Al-
bany Independent School District
Saturday, three new members
were elected. They are Messrs.
R. F. Nail, Dave Diller and C.
A. Wilson. The members whose
time had expired and who retire
! from service are J. H. Sammons,
S. Sackett, and Judge R. L. Al-
: len.
Among those from Albany that
attended the house party at W.
I. Cook's this week were Misses
Minnie Beale and Camille Webb,
Misses Fthel and Lucille Mat-
thews. Messrs. P. K. Deats, Joe
Matthews and Louis Conrad.
MOTHER'S DAY OBSERVED AT
MATTHEWS MEMORIAL CHURCH
On account of the revival ser-
vices at the Methodist church,
Mother's Day was observed at
the Presbyterian church on Sun-
day, May 5, instead of May 12,
as designated by the governor's
proclamation. A profusion of
roses and other beautiful flowers
ornamented the church, while
many of the large congregation
CATTLE DEALS
There has been considerable
cattle trading going on in this
county this month, some of the
deals we have heard of being the
purchase of 500 head of 2 year
old steers from J. B. Matthews
by Wade McLemore and L. H.
Hill. We understand these were
extra good steers. Mr. W. C.
Nail sold and delivered to Mr. L.
11. Hill (100 head of 2 and 3 year
old steers oil' of the Lee Ranch.
W. 0. W. TO HAVE
BARBECUE AT ALBANY
JUNE 6 THE APPOINTED DAY
At a meeting of the Woodman
Lodge in Albany last Saturday
night, the lodge voted to cele-
brate memorial day with a bar-
becue. The Woodmen of Albany
have customarily had a barbecue
on this date except during the
past two years. They expect to
make the coming event more
notable than any held in the
past. A large attendance is ex-
pected and there will be abund-
ance provided to supply the phy-
sical needs of the inner man of
all who come. One of the amuse-
ments anticipated is a matched
game of baseball between the
Albany camp and any other camp
that is plucky enough to get up
against them. Other features of
entertainment will be speaking
by some of the candidates for
public office or other noted ora-
tors. Begin now to prepare to
attend this great occasion.
A Century Plant in Bloom.
In Mr. Sackett's yard at the
Hotel you may see for at least
once in your century, the cen-
tury or Maguay Plant blooming.
In two week's time the plant has
grown a stalk that reaches eight
feet in height and is as firm ap-
parently as an oak.
Dr. L. B. Gray went to Stam-
ford Monday to act as judge in a
declamation contest between the
Stamford College and Simmons
College.
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The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1912, newspaper, May 10, 1912; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393979/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.