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r AGE TWO
THE ALBANY NEWS
ALBANY/
Albany Nrwfl
Published Every Thursday
R. H. McCarty and John H. McGaughey
Publishers and Owners
DON E. LOVEUDE, Superintendent
FRONIE CLAUSHLL, Reporter
We're 100 Per-
cent Boosters for
Albany and grand
old Shackelford
County
is: Shall the arms and munition I continue to come in. Ye.% the old
embargo be lifted. We say take
her off boys, we have lots to . ell—
Yes, plenty of powder and bullet?,
cotton, bacon and corn. You know
powder and bullets won't work long
on an empty stomach. An army
travels on its stomach.
Over 54 Years
Continuous Serv
ice t o Shackel
ford and Hound j
ing Counties ,
THE BAIRD ROAD
Yes, the Baird road is still block-
ed—stale-mated. Come on, com-
missioners' court, and let's builil
that road. Let's say to the high-
home paper keeps crowing, despite
its age. And it gets better and bet-
ter all the time. Beaching out to
all people. It's a fine advertising
medium. Yes, the foreign adver-
tisers aref using its columns, be-
cause they know it' helps to -ell
what they have to sell.
o
OLD COW TOWN
—o—-
Yes, the old cow town is still on
the map—one of the best county
seat towns in West Texas. Not a
Down Memory Lane
(Taken From Old Files)
way department, "(Jet busy and boom town but just solid growth,
lay out your route." The highway Met your money on it and adver-
is not a neighborhood road, but a tise in the Albany New-,
thoroughfare for the traveling pub-
NEW MODEL CARS COMING
lie.
HERE FOR'.) SALE
Entered in the l'ost Office at Albany, Texas, as Second Class
Mail Matter.
SUBSCRIPTION KATES
One Year
Six Months -
Foreign Address ..
$2.00
1.01)
2.50
Local and Heading Notices, 10 cents per single column line insertion;
5c per line each additional insertion.
Keep in mind the Diamond Ranch
Hereford sale. Some of the best
cattle in the world will be put up
for sale there Nov. 21.
COURT HOUSE A BEAUTY
—o—
That court house is going to b
:i beauty New windows, hard-
wood Moors, new wall paneling
November is the month in which
new model cars come out. Yes,
they just get better and better and
prettierf and prettier every year.
Yes, cars and black topped roads
tire the order of the day now.
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SOME EARLY DAY HISTORY
OF SHACKELFORD COUNTY
—o—
Some fifty years ago a young
man came to Albany and Shackel-
ford county in quest of health, and
thereby hangs a story. While so-
journing here, he fell in love
with grand old Shackelford county.
Met up with a man who had a half
section of land for .sale, and went
out and bought it, and that was
the beginning to a greater end, as
he never stopped until he had
bought up ten thousand acres of as
fine land as ever a crow flew over.
That was more than fifty years
ago, and he stills owns the land.
He is Max Blach, son of J. Black,
of the firm of J. Blach and Son of
Birmingham, Ala., one of the larg-
est stores in that Southern city.
Max Black became a great booster
for Albany and Shackelford coun-
ty, though he still lives down in
the Southland —and though past
eighty years of living, he is active
in business in his home town, and
the oil interests of this county.
The News last week carried a
front page story of the leasing of
the Blach ranch some ten miles
north of Albany to a prominent
drilling company. The contract
called for a deep test down to the
Ellenberger lime—about forty-
eight hundred feet nearly a mile
straight down. Besides this deep
test there are several shallow well
contracts. These drilling contracts
will be a great tiling for this coun-
ty. All honor to Max Blach. Ye. ,
for all these years he ha been a
reader of the Albany News, and
has watched closely the oil t u;.
tion. He has always had I'ailh in
Shackelford county. Some year
ago a man told lis lu had visited
the oll'ice of Max Blach in Hi nil
inghani and that the wall >r I
office were all cluttered up with
booster .-tuff (lipped from the Al
bany News. Say, Max, I wish you
would visit Albany once more be
fore you cross that my. tie bold' r,
where they neu r < ome back to
shake hands oi tell of their trivels.
o
LETTER FROM MAX BLACH
o
Since writing the above we have
received a very welcome letter
from Max Blach, which we are
passing on to our readers:
"October 2, 1939.
"Dear Friends:
"I wish to take this opportunity
of thanking you for the interesting
article published in last week's
News regarding the Blach Ranch.
I certainly appreciate it and can
verify it. There is no doubt that
they will get a good pool of oil and
gas underlying our property at the
depth of 4,800 feet.
"Mr. H. J. Lockhart, a geologist
formerly associated with the old
Producer's Oil Company, who visit-
ed our ranch in 1911, spending sev-
eral days there, made a report at
that time and stated that if we
drilled a well on Survey 390 and
391 to the depth of 4,500 to 5,000
feet it was his opinion that we
j would get a good paying well.
Therefore, I am in hopes that his
prediction will come true.
"There have been a number of
eminent geologists who have made
a report on the Blach Ranch and
all . eemed to be of the same opin-
ion.
"As you know, I have been dig-
ging at this for the past fifty-five
year and as you know I was sang-
uine then and have remained so
throughout all these years. Charlie
A remit, as you know, has been liv-
ing on our ranch for fifty years
and has drilled any number of
wells, and is familiar with all the
minerals on the Blach Ranch. He
is very optimistic. I am going on
eighty-four years young, and I am
in hopes 1 will he here to see a
gusher brought in.
"With kindest personal regards
to both of you and associates,
"Cordially yours,
"Max Blach."
SAMUEL DILLER IN TOWN
—o—-
Samuel Diller, manager of the
South Diller ranch, was in town
! this last week. He is not only a
good stockman, but a good farmer
j Samuel say., it'.- very dry down
there, and if the truth be told, it's
dry all over Wet I . xa
new coat of paint
shine I
just watch her
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| Just...
Ik', {Between Friends j
DOWN FROM MONAHANS
—o—
Joe Overton was down from
Monahans last week. Joe says
Monahans is a great oil field and
plenty of drilling going on and still
spreading. Joe is an old time oil
man —was gauger in Burkburnett
field, also a World War veteran—
went over seas and was a crack
shot with the American forces,
hitting the bulls-eye at GOO yards.
C R YING FOR PEACE
—o—
Germany is doing the baby act
now—crying for peace. Peace will
come when France and England
have licked Hitler and his forces,
ff)iinininitii,iiii,ininmn'niniin,Minin,n,,iiiiim,if?J
J. 11. M.
You will note that this issue is
j Vol. 54, No. 52, the last issue in
the News' 54th year. Beginning
next week the Albany News will
have. b,een in existence in Albany
55 years, one of the oldest publica-
tions of continuous service in West
Texas. We are informed that the
publication was issued as the Al-
bany Echo two years before chang-
ing its name to the Albany News.
Furthermore, the News has the
privilege of dating its existence
back a few more years, when its
direct predecessors were at Fort
Griffin and Fort Richardson.
* * * *
Col. Dick McCarty has been at
and when Hitler is sawing wood in the helm of the Albany News 40 of
Holland, or exiled on some lonely | these 55 years, and during tlio -e
island, then he can talk to Englandi many years has become one of the
and the French poilu about peace, j best loved and most widely known
u country newspaper men in the
PAPER TO COLLEGE HOY AND, state. Although he has not been
GIRL ' actively connected with the publi-
- o- - cation for a number of years, he
Send the Albany News to the still writes his column each week,
college boy and girl just $1.25 a column that is welcomed by hi
for the nine months ses ion. Give' host of readers and friends not on-
them the News each week of thejly in Albany, but throughout the
old home town. J state. And incidentally, the News
o- I has readers in practically every
HOW ABOUT THE RAIN GOD? state in the union- most of taem
•o '.former residents of Shackelford
Maybe lie got tangled up with | county and old friends of Mr. Me-
the European war and can't get ''arty.
here. But ay, folks, we never get l
scared about a little dry spell owr| Mr. McCarty, in his K.'-Srd year,
M«r 5, 1899
Misses Winnie Lynch and Lillian
Manning visited at the Ellis Rich-
ardson ranch this week.
Mrs. T. W. Gulledge and daugh-
ter, Miss Gertrude, are the guests
of relatives in Cisco.
Ben G. Reynolds left Sunday
morning for the "South Africa
ranch where he will spend the sum-
mer.
Miss Nannie Martin left last
! Tuesday for her old home in Ken-
tucky.
May 12, 1899
A great deal of sport was had
last Monday on our street- by P.
W. Reynolds pulling his big horse
against a certain number of men.
It was nip-and-tuck with them, the
horse winning at some of the con-
tests, and some times the men were
too much for his power. There wii
one fact shown and that is the
hoise was true to his culling and
did his best at each trial.
Mr. I!. P. Smith and Miss Einma
II. Elliott were united in marriage
at the residence of the bride's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Elliott,
near Moran, May 3rd. Rev. Bent-,
lv officiated.
Holly Ivy and family were in
Albany Monday.
The following gentlemen com-
pose the grand jury for trie present
term of district court: D. C. Lee,
foreman; S. S. Diller, A. M. Fite,
I). H. Edwards, Hadley Robert, J.
G. Grogan, J. F. Pate, Frank K.
Sterrett, M. J. Leech, A. J. Cen-
ter, D. R. Anderson, W. L. Man-
ning.
Commissioners' court met last
Monday in regular session. A full
court was present. Judge I. M.
Chism, presiding; J. C. Lynch, Geo.
Wilhelm, J. E. Morris, and C. W.
Zugg, commissioners; deputy clerk,
Horace Coffee, and Deputy Sheriff
Hilton Williams, were in attend-!
ance.
Mrs. E. Worrell and son, Clar-
ence, are visiting in Argyle, Texas.
Miss Ida Grogan of the Clear
Fork was the guest of Mrs. J. N,
Davis la-t week.
Misses Mattie Manning and An-
nie Williams, two handsome young
ladies of Albany, visited friends in
the Newcomb community last week.
May 19 1899
The Albany school board met
and organized one day last week,
and elected teachers for the com-
ing year as follows: Prof. B. St.
John, principal; Miss Myrtis Cul-
lum, fifth and sixth grade; Miss
J Patty Perry, third and fourth
grades; Miss Emma L. Wofford,
lirst and second grades. The first
j a sistant was not chosen, it being
agreed that a man would be chosen
to fill this position.
J. H. Reynolds brought his
mother in last Sunday morning
w ho took the train for Waco, where
she will visit for a few days. Mr.
and Mrs. Reynolds were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John Honeycutt
Saturday and Sunday.
May 26, 1899
Judge Lynch and wife were the
guests of Dr. Manning's family
last Saturday.
- Mrs. L. Y. Cole and children of
Hill county are the guests of J. E.
and J. C. Dodson's families.
Mrs. S Webb and son, Grey, at-
tended the Sedwick-Torrey wed-
ding at. Abilene last Wednesday.
Newcomb News: Friday was
our last day of school at Newcomb
and owning to the interest, excel-
lent, diligent and honest work done
by our pupils this school year, we
concluded to follow the old rule,
and have a jolly good time one day
picnicing with the pupils.
The following program was pre-
pared for 10 o'clock a. m.:
Invocation, Rev. W. F. Hatchell.
here in West Texas. In the long
run a dry spell is good for us -
good for the -oil.
is not as active physically as some
years ago, but his keen wit, good
common sense, and interest in what
goes on is as keen as ever. When ;
the years creep Up on us, we hope!
we will have the sweet disposition,'
great interest in our fellow-
and
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
MEETING
—o- .
The Spanish-American War ".et-j,imn t-0|. i,jck McCarty
erans, representing about five! , * *
counties, had a most pleasant' ... ,, ,, . , .
. , ,, 1 Geo. \\. McDaniel, for years cir-
nieeting Sufldav at the v\ ill Kogei . ,. .. ,, ...
, ■ , h culation manager of the Abilene
Memorial i owhov budding at ,, . . ■ , . ,
* , Reporter-News, but now special I
Stamford. A sumptuous luncheon , . c ., ,, .
' representative for the Dallas News
GOT GOOD W A H R WELL
—o—-
It is announced that the CCO
boy have opened up a fine wat r
well out at Port (Iriffin. I'm|. r-
-tanil they went down into the
valley of the Clear Fort for the)
te-t, and it ceiii now that ;d- :i'>
of 1'fi -h water will be foui.d for
camp ii e. ( ndi i tand about t wo
hundred ('('(' lioy will be there
prett y soon to hi gin niakit e ; h.
dirt fly, ("(inverting that aaoieiu
military site into a place ol beauty.
- — o -
THE HA ITI I IS ON
The battle i on in the 1 nited
State Congre , and the que fon
. _ j
was piead at the noon hour. Ev-
ery good thing that could I). ■
t'nought of wa - oil the 'able, will,
an abundance left over. Afte:
luncheon Judge I'om Bledsoe of
\liiiei;e \\a ma-tor of cere,noilles
for some vet v interest i ng di cu-
iotis. Judge Combes of Stamford
w a also an i loi|Uent speaker for
the oec,i ion. Stringed instruments
furni ■ lied in -pil ing mil do, :■ nd a
1 •• oltg by all member and vi
it'll CiO ed a \er\ 1 i ■ ■ 1111! i'i' Hill '
The
■ veteran - pa
(I a 111' .ii''
d a r.
dut ton
■ dent
•al
>f the
e re Wjtll
arm . Oil:
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NEW SPAPF.R LUNCHEON
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CIVIC LOYALTY
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FISHING FOR BARGAINS A
i$ just as Sood in this town as else- |
where — and somewhat Met *
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The FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ALBANY
(Banking Since 1883)
VlMlm FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATIO
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extending
ler men to
I ridav at noon
Woolen Hotel,
the com id
Reporter New
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paper,
will be
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one
lleW pap
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a lunch-
\i h
iII West 'I exa wa. a ph a ant call-
er at the New. office Tin -day af-
ternoon. Mr. Mellan el till live
in Abilene, and is working hard at
hi new job. He inform the News
t hat thi I >alla - N■ w city i dit ion,
the game that is circulated in Dal
la , i - coming to Albany each
morning at ~:i.">. This edition
conn ■ off the pit - at I ..",0 a. til.
Mr. Mclianiel state- he i- starting
a business .-ection delivery -ervic-
this week in Albany for the Dallas
News, and expect- to begin a resi-
> delivery in a short time.
o. W. Mel>aniel i one of 'he
known in wspaper men in
We. ! I'exa. , and had unusual sue-
u a i irculation manager for t he
\hi 1 1 i publteat ion. \ nil ncideii.
ally, the Abilene
i- partly responsible
circulation, since th
daily put out
might\ hard t
A. & M., a hustling squad the
conference had better watch, will!
beat Santa Clara I :i to V.
I". C. I will win over Arkansas
'i to 7. That's a hard one.
Baylor will lose to Oklahoma A.
& M. 7 to I I.
Rice will bow to Centenary by a
close margin.
S. M. I . will romp over North
Texas.
The University of Texas will
beat W iseonsin.
* * *
1 hus far it look- from behind
our desk like S. M. U. is No. 1 team
in the Southwestern Conference,
Texas second, and A. & M. or T.
C. U. vieing for third.
* * *
Joe K. Y\ h or ton, commander of
the (iuy Taylor Post of the Amer-
ican Legion, returned last week
from Chicago, where he attended
the national convention of the
American Legion. Jo,, reports a
fine meeting, good entertainment
and excellent program. The Eeg-
ion went >n record as backing the
President in his effort to keep
America out of war, and this st it
"lent, coining from a group that
know, what war is, should mean
much to this nation.
ENLISTS IN ARMY
—o—-
Announcement from the U. S.
Army recruiting station at Abilene
informs the News that Linwood
Davis, son of Sapi T. Davis, Route
1, Albany, has enlisted in the U.
S. Army and has been assigned to
the Air Corps, Kelly Eield, Texas.
REV. C B~ MclNTYRE
AND ETHEL WILLIAMS
MARRIED SATURDAY
Rev. C. B. Mclntyre and Ethel
Williams, daughter of Clara Wil-
liams (colored) were married Sat-
urday noon, Sept. 110 at the Wil-
liams home by C. Thomas, pastor
of the colored Methodist church of
Albany. The couple will make
their home in Albany wdiere he is
pastor of the colored Baptist
church.
Mr. and Mi J. H. Harris and
daughter Brenda returned Satur-
day nig! • from Greenville where
lie was called on account of the
serious illness of his sister, Mrs.
Prank Wilkcrson.
Thai
Only ;
Berth
VidL
\n.
Harry*!
Jack
«P« ch.
Willi* ]
prise
meiit M |
book «
elen."
We that;
John, whel
such a
to grade the i
was perfectly i
Shortly <
rendered, the
talk dinner,
were just at <
ed to be co
their busmen
they had trralfMl (
The ladies were
ing table clothi, Mil
isfied until they
tance of 40 feet:
Coffee to ]
the middle wai I
conglomeration et i
was so coiily i
took of the
would have i _
taking to have bwi
criminate who [
when each had f
enough left t* i
of as many more I
We thank Jud* (Mat
terest and ntkiiMj
a school and the L
pupils which wii.'
and to the petal
We alio thaak lir, V.|
ell who explained tit
and advancement it m |
educational
1 |
Mr. and Mn. Mil
Fort Worth (peat the t
with his mother, Mn. J. ]
and his sister,
Crow.
LAFI II 01
/NSIWA t.
PHONI 64 • III B
ilelK
(i
lie I
a new papi i
i beat.
Reporter New.
for this tine
head of that
that is
\\
in
• t (I
w ron ■ key to our Ponl
DALLAS I All*
t riellll,
ed i to i
Te.X ;
column
hold of
eai.
lilt the I,ion- foil
ii \ liner bum
(|e nod the \l)ia
working hard,
ir eoache-. Ilia
n that i - hard to
:11e\ don't w in th
e: -hip, tin y will )
lliey get a new
ek, and ome of
enthusiast ic
all squad this
of boy ne\
■in
Tin
• Ii
pro- peet
I lie I 'in
King
a com
, and
triet c
o far.
mail out
them are
av as
- w i
.■lean
been
The I l.alla !■
tertain the pie-
ate Pair will en
of tile tate Sat-
in lay, Oct. 7. The I > a 11 a - State
Pair is a great institution, as it has
always given Texa wab publicity
if fairs.
in
11111II st rial
SAY, MR
BUS1Nl-'.SS MAN
Say, Mr. Bu im
Mail, don't
a brand of football a it has
the privilege of this writer to wit-
ness.
* * + t
The boy are ju t now getting in
the r tride, and will be ready for
their tit t conference game with
Stamford Priday week, Oct. l.'i.
These boy- and their coaches <|e-
orve the -upport of the people of
\lbaiiy and . iirrounding territory.
\ttend the | aim and boost for the
i lo e your head and go off on a home boy , and we'll wager they'll
tangent on account of a little do their best.
I drouth. It'., going to rain, always
ha , and aIw.av -
down oil the
Some of thest
and find the
good rains.
II. So don't sit
stool of do-nothing,
day.-, you will waken
ground soaked by
NI-.W SUBSCRIPTIONS
COMING IN
—0—•
We've got ome of our admiring!
! hecklei on our hip tni- week. In
| fact one tells li he will string |
along with u- this week oil our foot
■ ball predictions. We almost got 1
one hundred percent last week and
! feel pretty good about it.
This week's predictions are a lit i
tie harder, and we'll be sati fied if
New subscriptions and renewals we are 75 percent right
1 his group of young . o 1,1 i ■ r- of'
-<> year- ago is now mature. Ticv
ale hard thinking le.adei in every
field, ami the backbone of the na-
tion. What they think, and the at-'
titud' they take will doubtless!
j:'uid< the nation for the next f- v.
y ear.-.
* * * 4
I rom October to December i
1 he finest ea on of the y. ar in
' l'\a . fine weather for any oc-
ea don, and tiler.- w ill be plenty of
occa ion during the m xt few
months. Hallowe'en, Armistice
Day, two I hanksgivin^- days, and
' ' I"' ' hi'i -t in i ea -on. Sand
wiched III between are the World
S' • football galore and hunting
Personally, we wouldn't -wap the
fall month in Texa ■ for any other
ea.-on ol t ie yejir.
Mi". Maude Malone of Abilene
renew,- her subscription thi week.
* ♦ *
• l-'oyl I et/ , tl.i - i • . N.-w,
:|e> oil, l.loyd l.ietz, J| , at
Oberliit College, Oberlin, Ohio.
Lloyd is a freshman in the fine
•'it- department of the college.
* * * *
A welcome letter conies to our
desk this w eek from Vaughn Grable
from Chicago, where he has enter-1
> d the I'liiversity of Chicago, lie
is living at 6136 Greenwood Ave.,
to w hu ll addles we send bis copy
tile New., "Am busy and like
it fine," he writes.
* * * ♦
A card from Clarence blaster
from 1 ■ «' P., Port Worth, in-
forms us that there are no football
tickets available there for the A. &
,M' j C' Kame. If, kr0inR to hp
hard of Clarence when the Aggie .
take that game.
Quite a number of the fine col-
lege group from Albany have been
heard from by the News this
week. In addition to the above 1
we find lories tn this week's issue
about activities of Albany students
in John Tarleton and Texas Tech.'
t/u
DAU-AA . ^KdCMITA r AUJL
)Srri( ,{(l percent more calls ann*
1 /.No wo art,ah|e Vjrtu,UyUil#
iii.-piring e1 lployment opportunities on graduation ftmI
"•I1 • 111:. 11 >- i nown (diools. Mail Coupon today to out P
oil ice lor -pccial inoiiev saving plan.
N A M I' ' p, 0..
Business & Professk
PIRECTO
GRANGER
Fl.ORAL CO.
Cireetiliouse on Albany Pike
ABILENE, TEXAS
Dial 112-1
We Telegraph Flowers
Miss
Helen Gordon
Albany Agent
When in need of Flowers
Phone 192-J
QdlOOOIIIIOIIOMMIIMMtl
G. B. K1 „
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First National Mffll
ALBANY,
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Your Al
{Should Be
Those who attended the Metho-
dist zone meeting at Clyde last
Thursday were Rev. and Mrs. D. I>.
Dcni-on, Mrs. J. R, Lipscomb, Mrs.
I'his Hale, Mis. Itelje Freeman,
Mrs. Paul Armstrong, Mrs. J. L.
Douglas, Mrs. W. M. Anderson,
Mrs. O. P. King, and Mrs. Louis
ShofTit.
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The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1939, newspaper, October 5, 1939; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402054/m1/2/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.