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Published Every Friday Morning
Volume XLVI--No 16
Albany, Texas, "The Home of the Hereford" January
1930
Whole Number 4089
The Old
Town Clock
One of the most cherished land
marks in this county is the old
town clock that has so faithfully
ornamented the cupnlo of the
courthouse. For the first p;in of
years the old clock kept as (food
time as any of 'em. She rode up
there high in the breeze, had a
smile on her proud face and
waved her arms and hand,-, to the
breeze in open defiance to make
her lose the correct time. Hut
time passed on. Wrinkles bewail
to appear on her fare, ner hands
and arms became less active, and
her once deep-throated <!ON(!
that used to sound on the hour
and half hours grew into a soft
murmur, and finally faded and
went out entirely. Clocks, like
human beings, grow old and have
to be replaced by newer genera-
tions. This old clock has grown.
Every morning brings a groan
from the old timepiece, dreading
the next twenty-four hours that
its worn old carcas must face tin-
elements and try to keep the cor-
rect time. Clock phy-iciati have
worked on its vital . and <■ x p ri
mented with gland, to rejuvenate
trie clock, but ago ha written it
demand a.am, th. '/rand old man.
and now it is crying to be relieved
by a youngster thai full of pep,
that will not be affected by the
weather, and that will give the
citizens the correct time. Aiding
the courthouse clock in its fight
for relief and abandonment are
the Chamber of Commerce, the
school board, the American I.eg
ion, the Lions Club, and the Par
ent Teachers Vssociation. Reso-
lutions have been drawn up and
adopted by these above mentioned
"organizations asking t'ne Commi
sjon. r Court to r. place the old
clock with a new ore School
children ar. ib-p. a , cut upon 11 •
me to get to school.
The Clarksville Times' Birthday
This issue of the Clarksville Time- completes the paper's fifty
seventh year of service to Clarksville and Red Kiver County people,
and with its issue of next Tuesday I'lie Clarksville Times will begin
its fifty-eighth year.
The Clarksville Time was founded during the old "covered wagon"
days, when freight wagons brought paper and machinery us.-il by the
publication from Jefferson.
Clarksville was a sizeable town in those days, with a court hou.-e
in the center of the square, and regularly operated stage lines extend
ing from Jefferson, via Old Boston on the east to llonham, v a I'ari
011 the west.
Clarksville had numerous business establishment- in t'tu.-. day-,
none of which, however, have stood the ted of time. With the build
ing of the Texas it Pacific railway into Clarksville a yeai or two
later, many new onti-rpris. - came and nany old establishment.- cluing
I'd hands, until today, a for several year-. The Clarksville Times ha
enjoyed the distinction of being "the oldest business institution in
Ued Kiver County."
Whatever measure of sucice-- The Clarksville Time has exp. n .
enced during these fifty-seven years, w'nich close with today's issue
of the paper, is due to the loyalty of its friends, and to the fact that ,
each succeeding year, The Clarksville Time ; has endeavored to ren
der to the community the best service possible, in publishing a news- ]
paper worthy of the same.
In expressing appreciation for the patronage and good will accord i
ed The Clarksville Times during the closing year, and during former!
years, each and every member of the organization pledges co-opera 1
tion in making The Clarksville rimes a better newspaper during tin
coming year than has been possible during the past year.
We thank you. Sam Fryar, Fditor.
Lindy and Anne
Kditors Note The present editor of The Clarksville Times is one
of the old time country newspaper men, has been on the job down
there for many y.-ai Has put his life and his soul into this jo urn
al, and same ha become enmeshed in every pha-o 0f tie • l'« • fj
C ark--. !U' and Red Uiver County II ' the .smartest darn fellow to
his looks that u. hav- ever met i i e'. ev-ial time- a millionaire.'
Not. in dollar or ci" ts, r a in to and bonds, bank stock and lands.
It's oluetlii ng that money i a a ilot buy . it" a cm ; n 1 a a t do. - t
nish, time doe, not .-far. it' one-thing eternal, it multiplies with
the year., and when Sam sleeps out tiiere in tin grave yard with a
modest little tombstone to mark his last resting place, the capital \
stock that he created will keep growing, interest and dividends will
just keep on piling up, spreading and growing. A life of service, de
voted to his town and county, you might -ay without money and with-
out price just a living, clothes to wear and three squares a day.
Hut on the credit ido of t'ne ledger, are dividends that will multiply
into millions a the years come and go, and Clark ville and 1! d Uiver
county will be the recipient of services rendered by this old-time
newspaper man. Peace to his ashes, and may lie live many year,
yet to serve hi town and county \nd l>< it -aid, that Sam Fryar i
one among thousand of country ne wspaper men all over this nation
who are giving of their live, to the co intimities where thy Ii\ .
•III.-! thi-' thought ami we clo.e thi eulog\ oil a country new paper
It look like they fly nearly all the time, and where one goes,
tle re both of them are together. I'p among the clouds, across con-
tinent- They sure are partners, either on terra firm a or up in stel-
lar spar. Neither one of them are given mucn to talk, seldom give
out an interv iew Don't remember that we have ever heard of Anne
1 ing for publication. It sure is a match, and if matches are made
in Heaven, theirs surely must partake of Divinity . Another thing,
if there be a god of aviation, and we guess there is, lie must sure be
a caretaker. Sometimes we got. scared for them, hut so far, they
have had a charmed life. It was right funny, when they got mar-
ried t'ney mail, a get-away, the newspaper hounds were on their
11 ai 1 and when you can give a newspaper hound the slip, you sure
an mooth Well, they fooled fhe press boys, hopped off in a plane
unmole-ted, notwithstanding the news hound of America were scent-
ing for their trail, while they were boating on the lakes and up and
down the rivers Not only is Lindy an aviator, but a sailor as well.
We guess 'no sailed the boat. Anyhow, they had a delightful honey-
moon trip away from the curious throng and mad mob. It hits ever
been thus, when the animal man catches a bird, he likes to be alone
during the taming act, anil that was Lindy, out there riding the
wave with In, handsome bride, all alone. Lindy is a wonderful uav-
i gator, especially up in stellar space, think of it, 'ne mapped out his
route aero - the Atlantic Ocean, and when he touched the shores of
Ireland, he missed his objective only five miles, then on into Paris,
and to glory, and ere the setting of the -tin, he was famous around
the world, nothing like it in all history. The charmed Ragle of the
air. Yes, he and Anne keep house among t'ne clouds. She said it
was their home, and sure-enough it is, as most of their wedded life
has been spent in a flying machine. Just somehow or another, we
have it in mind that Lindy and liis bride should get down on terra
firma and go to housekeeping. Of course, 'tain't none of our busi-
ness, and yet we feel like it is, loo. \- by every right of Democ
racy, they are units in the complex whole. We are all members of
thi hi. Democratic family, and why s'nould we not feel interested in
Lindy and i bride, especially Lindy, . in aviation he, the master
mind. 1 >1 a/. d i trail aero t'ne \tLint ■ <>• m, Was our Ambassa-
dor of ood will to our sist' r is puld> ' 'It,1' •'< us. Now, he'
./i\ i ■.. hi' "i-viee to hi nation in laving out mail routes, national
Sudden Death of J. N. Davis
The people of Albany and surrounding country were badlf
shocked Thursday when the news was passed up and down the street#
that J. N. Davis had died very suddenly at the McLemore Hotel. Hi
had just came down the stair steps into the lobby, and fell, expiring
instantly. It was sad indeed, coming so unexpectedly. Seeminflf
he was in good healt'n, talked to two or three parties whom he bad
met on the street just a few minutes before his death, and they said
that he was talking and joking as usual with his friends. He waM
sixty-nine years old, and stout and active for a man of his age. He
had been engaged in the ranching business in this county for th#
past thirty-five or forty years. Lived in the Newcomb community,
and in his life time had accumulated a nice fortune, owning MTMil
hundred acres of land, well stocked with cattle and mules. He leavec
a wife and three children to mourn his untimely death. Mrs. Lottie
Crow who lived with the family, Orville Davis of Houston, and Earl
H. Davis, of Dallas. At this writing no funeral arrangements have
been announced. The deceased was one among our best citizens,
industrious, honorable and had worlds of friends in the town of Al-
bany and throughout the county. He was a devoted husband and a
loving father. The News extends sympathy to the bereaved family
in their great sorrow. The vacant chair, tlje broken link in the home
circje, never more will hear his footsteps at eventide, never mora
will they hear his cherry voice, gone over the great divide, gone tha
way of all his fathers, the mystic curtains 'nave been rung down OB
a human life, and a splendid citizen, a husband, father and neighbor
has answered the last roll call. And be it said that he fell in the Una
of duty, on the battle line serving home and country.
and international. He'- the Vnih.a--a I"
pee I al I v d ••II. d Monoplane to test out
ip t h■ ■ re in stellar space, he ha - it in h
route above the clouds, up above the -
whirlpools, where the air is lighter, p
O god of speed, we are seeking after y
is our pilot and guide. Lindy and \.n i
monoplane a tryout, pronounced it a s ce . Just this, sometimes a
cog will slip, maybeso. Sometimes tie spark plug will fail to spark.
Maybeso, and then a nation will go ii'o mourning. Come down,
Lindy, and trt a flying school on tet a firma.
TNI TOWN WHIRI I LlVC IT • MY TOW*
if 1 i" Air, now, he has a
tir currents. Yes, away
■lind that there's a safety
ns. above the 'ingerou-
i with less friction. Hut,
And the immortal Lindy
have already given t'ne
P.e£nerv f:-
I Oil I t hull s.
merchant t
store . I'atli
after tin ■
catch tie
everyone di
as a "tandai
a new ft "a
hut with th
this year tl
moncv in tl
ipen
mil. Now ther. : Joi Taylor, S ate I're
lice Upon a time was publisher and ed '■
In common horse en
off ce of journalism,
Just sit around do.v
Italia
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and I'eplaci thi old clock
< 'ouilt v .lad • l\ iiy 1 n la I !
ready inve t e at ing the c> t -. and
assures u • that it will be thorough-
ly investigated ai d tin r.-solu' ion
ji veil ev i l y coll adoration
Poor Old Clock, up then day
and night for .'ore. of years. I
ay, give t In old hoy a needed
rest.
BIRTHDAY PAR I Y
(Jerry \uti Dunham, daughter
of Ale aiul Mi I ,ew I > 111111 a 11 <
. ntertuined 1'.! of her friend.-. Sat
urdny afternoon with a party at
her home, celebrati"g In i f ftli
birthday. The dining table w
decorated in pink ind white with
a large birthday cake in tin- e n
tor. Small pink basket and nap
kins carried out the color note.
Tllo.se present Were:
Margret It. th Crow, J. an Fri
nell, Pat y l'r.aymer, !)■ • rotby Ir
Dunham, Dorothy Shantis, Mary
Atuliun Fetf i- on, Roy Vdw ard
Mi ('lure, Fri d Jr.. SI.a nits. Don-
ald \\ avin |) id i
C. F. ELECTS O! FICFKS
Tne ('. F. of t In I i r. t ( hi itia11
Church elect ed officei for the
year Inst Sunday Mi Juanita
1 )urham, pr. ident; Helen I:nrI•
son, vu • pi. ident : A' Luc
I'omme, secretary-Iron n r vva
the choice of the group. The in-
onii'ig jiri id' 'it appointed th
following commit Mi Mil
drod Toinine, propi im i immit'ee;
Mr, J me . Latiniei and Ada 1
J I'dati, lookout commit tee ; M i -s
T lii Smith, lltta Mai Irfit liter
and Alloc Kenchalo, social c • -n
11. t. i . Mso Mi ' \nnie K.11h«-y
Dm mi was chosen pianist and
Mis Ruby Kenchalo, song leader
and deliver
. tc. We
ind John Knot, put
jre.it long fa- el,- i
ironnd In the divin
■xit. each one had
ng dow n to
isi • r of leal'
■fix to their
ivlor I uiver-ity , ut foi li-
ia a-,. cornered hats with
i Moulder , mar lied 'em
, and when they made theii
Dr. Joe .1 Taylor and
Dr. John Knott One of '• draw pn ' ir , the other one write,
snap hot for the Dtllla New Durn if we hava . vol ... . very
much to their stuff, notwithstanding the national journal • >jiy .loo's
i|Uib- and John' picture Now w I. • pi• that the big old Dal' i
New will not discover San Fryar. ind reach out it- gi I fine 1
and h ad Sam out of Red liiva r .unity ami • and poi1 in go d
country n -wspapec man, lik ■• did Joe Sel.ali.
1 . .AN WHIM | I IVI • MV le.**
He Went To Dallas
of Con pton, Cat., who is cad of a compnay erecting
it • •• \ . "fexas. is imong the guesi.s
d. Itefore coming to V \a le drilled ill Suiniiiat1 ,
and other Oriental countries.
a numb .) a ill nr. dm •• around Mbany that have
po ng of 'heir producti in becaus • of lack of pipe line
di a d M i tay "Wi building our refinery,
i, ... ! , • t. ! aa ei •'• ri id,an so thai it can be en-
d s. • of e little fellows. We are lo-
dfnit a tho cnier of i.l. >r."lucfrtg an a. T;i. owner
,'l not, with a reasonble profit,
tVinson • ••• e! to , in! man further away."
W, .•'111a d the f "g new t a the Star-Telegram. An im
(,..■! ,nt : ' • '..r \ my if i my thing to it. We made
ni|ii but ! coi ibove report. To say the
, a .! of '. A'bany ; . I -finery • take care of all this cheap oil.
The pipe 1! m are . i y in (hi matter of tieing on, and it would be a
-od -end t ■ tin mall o.eri'oi" iii Co Shackelford county oil fields
Maybeso, maydieso it. will happen.
THI Tt<«N WHI NI I L. IVI IT a M* TOWN
Crew Wen! To Dallas
kJ O
< ire. .' W ' It in y, propi eto
it on hi Sunday tog- and
ie national meeting of the (
i.. of ; ho popular tailor-
it's the illea bov, go down
w
shoes and dipped on a pair of kid gloves I
card printed with Ins pictui. on in and lnl-
morning to attend the national meeting . ' C
sure did took swell, and he had en cnougl
I a In
ch of business
Dallrt Monday
id Dy. is. Dub
Mr Liob ,•
WhitiK y Cleam rs . .-t.iblishim nt,
i . vn to Dull : this week to attend
' and Dyers of Ann r • i. Gregg is
i y, and i making good Now,
i i't shoulders with the big guys, get
ia ige of ideas broaden a fellow,
i i llovv can stay on his own dunghill
iye to find out what this gn at be:
country boys have to go down to
hi a' I v t •'• ii-if 'it 11to what the other fellow is doing,
we diy up and blow away.
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Biography of J. N. Davis
Joseph Nathaniel Davis was born in Kllis County, Texas, on Feb-
ruary 11th, ISfiO; died in Albany, Texas, January 23rd, 1930.
Married in Waxahachie, Texas, on November 19, 1884, to Miu
Mattie Turner Survived by wife and three children as follows:
Mrs. Lottie Davis Crow, of Albany, Texas; liirl H. Davis, of Dallas,
and J. Orville Davis, of Houston, Texas.
Came to Shackelford County on July 10, 1X90, and settled tha
ranch, l ight miles east of Albany, on which he has lived continuously
sine. . Has been a successful stockman and farmer all thesj years,
and was known for years as one of the mo*t prominent lvorse, mul*
and cattle raisers of the county.
TNI TOWN WHIRI I HVt IT • MV "OWN
Dick and Joe Hiked It
Judge Richard Dvess and Joe Kendricks had a long old hike on«
night last w ok. Away o it there on the Albany and Abilene pike,
about six miles south of the Merrick Davis ranch, their car balked
.-utile to a taiul still a-nl r'fused to go any further. You know that
t' y : ;ive made many new improv a. nts of the automobile in th#
hi t few years elf tarter , suringy prings, easy riding, like unto
• • Iv Cut ' ye', they have never made a car that will rUB
wiihout g.; -v. ept c .mi hill. Well, their gas tank was dry and
their car went dead away out tie t. on the lonesome prairie. They
finally figured it out, that the best thing that they could do, WM
to hiki •- the Duvi. ranch. So they started out on that long hike,
tin- wind wa coming through the m ar way from the polar regioiUfc
ml it vv a niit.i ' now atld -ieet. Hut go,h it wa., i cold hike.
Dick aid at tl" a a' o •.'! l ive t'l'in the nigh ball, ju • wouldn't
-. e ' ai a 'ook in, and the further t'ney w alked, ilie colder they got.
Dick a .1 : at no nd Jo w • m arly frozen, facing that blizzard,
nd he wa about out of wind, and still they were thr ••• miles from
the Davis ranch It looked like a .-ouple of hoofers were going into
the crap leap by th" road side. 1'he autos kept passing 'em up, not"
withstanding they w ■ .. giving ■ i ill the S. O. S. signal.", but they
did not seem to pick up their ignals of di tress. Said finally a car
passed, and t'ney gave the signal of distress, but he honked and pas**
ed 'em up. Getting ahead some distance, finally he stopped and said
to 'eint Where are you from? They told him from Albany Town.
Dick said he asked them if hey knew inybody in Albany, of course
he answered in the affirmative. Itu still this fellow was in doubt.
Finally he said do you know Judge Cluis. Combs of Stamford. Dick
said why yes, he has practiced law in my court, and that was the first
favorable impression that they had made on this fellow. He just
happened to b ■ the son of Judge ('has. Combs of Stamford. That
was the key that opened the car door and let the boys in for a fre#
ride. To say that the riding was good, the best ever. It meant arm
fires and blankets and hot biscuits and -teaming coffee Well, it's
funny now to us ail, but a clo-i call for the boys. Driving along
down a l a-' way o'nit tiin . Ion'some like place, and just ahead of
you is two great big -trappling fellows afoot, they try to wave yoU
dowi Ai you 'oing to stop and take 'em in eh? Not on your life
boy \nd b it aid that young Comb had his nerve. More th«.«n
we've got. Hut he sure saved two way farers from a cold hand oat.
—Selah.
THI TOWN WMCftl | LtVI if ft YOV*4
1 m r Town
If ■ M * TOWN
' oim II ivi i't heard from him, but we suspect that It cut a swath
down the" at tlo- I: vo town Si tha' outylt • > th vvitie ' • ti
a|id tin flapper.-: flapped. T at ajn4 of don ia . aa. us
lrid.lv prohibition town HI- tint • Da'la . Ii •ad'juurter for In \i
Saloon League, the bootleg.' r bunch and the Ku-Klux, and ■ ith that
combination you an get m ■ -t anything you want to put on it how.
Of course, wo may be talking out of 'hool, but w. 'v. been t • Dill ■
a time or two, and le it . aid, if ,\ .u m. >w wl. ii h ■!' .n d ■ pu'l y.-u
can get. any kind of a men i N .< lyaa" that we have ev.t put on
a show down ther No we'v. pa • d that -1a;'• of lit' , but We know
about 'eill.
Down Fropi
!Jvvt
m;
Dr t barley llu \< \ a '■
the old home town Dr. Ch
tion in tlie Wood on horizon p. ';in -
product inn I. .Ut I ef lion Co • i .a
Titus and Mug. eommuiatii . ., .1
line connection but • w I e ng ..
coming in. Hi cited onu comj; my tag
production, but could not g t pipe lino
dui
ve mile , down in the
I c Wa' ai r.,'ary of • . Sltunf rd Commercial Club, was
, hi:. \ hi • y ov. . Tl ir .la, J. C„ is a live wire, and I . bringing
. •,> i| tin re in the Paved City, ns Homer D. Wade was
,-ont to call it He v is a 1 mt .-rotary of f, \bilei'" Commer-
a I Club for ov.* ra I year., and 'ne made go ood ov. r tlion J. ('., got
boo ting qualities sharpcnetl up in th. oft,, • ,,| .ntrv- journal
,ni, Inn. a broad gtiaged fellow, a man with a vioon, and ha- tin
a option and the acutm n to capitalize hi id. a Sbaki aid boy, you
re in a good town, and wi ar. betting that you p.it big thing over
a the: ■ Selah.
Co'in'n' Collie Burr d
inectlon.
I be Hon. - of n. 1 . (..IV It. ■ if • id "t t
heeled Til" 11 ail t, totally destroy. ■{ ■
I i :i!y ni'1 ■ i 'Upi' r: ".hi in the. kM «•!
r f ' nown. (' I - n iii t'. ■ - lining r
in belore the family discovered the fire.
erne tlinn miles wa
ling i ii h "ml. Hum
nd i . n "- room ; orig''
i iust about ready to fa!
H. 1 Rogers, our popular dairyman, was in town Monday; he says
this cold weather has been hard on the dairying business. The cows
are all humped up, don't give their milk down good. Mesidos, it sure
i- a job to get up at four o'clock in the morning and pail th? cowa.
Th. ti another hard job for the boys is distribution. But doggone, it
mre is a coal job to hit he road these cold mornings. But never
mind, II I tin good old summertime will come bye and-byo, and by
| go.-.h, you will need the ice to ice the milk and make the cream coin*
up to the top. Just lirst on.- loggoned thing after another. In the
cold winter time it takes lot of bay and corn and bran, bacon and
b an and beef to ke. p n, animals warm. Then along in July, it'i
im and frigid air for the cooling process. It's like this, if we did
mt have nil t'"> expeli- . ,ve',| ill get ri al, I t b lo \nd then, had
ic': about it ' If 't wei • not for the expense of business
tin would not be any bu.-ine No, there ain't no parking benchet
along e Inch way of hu ne , .-v -pt down at the undertakers' es-
tablish,non:. at' ... • .rmintis of tin- commercial battle. When
i i quit , lie's tl an. T ■ end of the trail of the has-been, ar-' if
' n't I any 'hi- human trail, he's soon forgotten,
II I a v ill i. a end re | by the amount of butter fat oil
3 cur milk. Quality, not quant y.
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