The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 19, 1940 Page: 2 of 8
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mThe Home of the Hereford"
THE ALBANY NEWS
Sty? Albattg Ntfuia
Published Every Thuraday
E. H. McCarty and John HTMcGaughey
Publishers and Owners
Trouble about this road, there has
been too many amateur surveyors
and engineers.
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HIS CAPITAL STOCK WAS A
BLIND MULE AND TWO
ACRES OF LAND
We're 100 Per-
cent Boosters for
Albany and grand
> 1 d Shackelford
County
PRESS
Over 54 Years
Continuous Scrv
ice t o Shackel
fonl and Hound
ing Counties
Entered in the Post Office at Albany, Texas, a< Second Class
Mail Matter.
SUBSCRIPTION KATES
$2.00
1.00
2.50
One Year
Six Month* - -
Foreign Address -
Local and Reading Notices, 10 cents per single column line insertion;
5c per line each additional insertion.
mil Mill 13 lie.
i ! Why
" I little
Col'mn
JOE LOUIS, THE BROWN
FROM ALABAMA
KID
Joe Louis, the boy who you
can't tell whether he is glad or
not, had another knock-out to his
credit Monday night at Boston,
where they have brown beans. He
is the greatest boxer of all times.
'II11 v.
A
tiou.i', but
bomb mi -so
like tu live
(To out and
lli. I.rit; Vrmy
i'ii|i1 iiivd 7 '.000 It
tin y have a feed In
mb
in
il him.
in 1
-lee
WE RECEIVE INVITATION
i out. Robert hi
We received a special invitation the matter of
from the secretary of tin* < ham
ber of Commerce a' -\nson thi
week to attend the Cowboy < iin.-t-
mas Ball. This dance wa made
immortal by I irry Chittingdon.
Ijarry owned a 10,000 a. re ranch
near Anson, md while lookin.' at
ter the ranch had a book of poem
published. One of the porn in
this book, "The Cowboy Chr-t-
was Ball," has become immortal.
We were born and reared in the
mountains of I ast lentiesseo
where they had those ohl-time
balls at Christmas tiini 'I'1 to a
dance, in a horse and buggy, put
up the horse, and stay and dance
all night. The cowboy- have im
jnortnlized these old dame,-. I! 1
•cently the ccwboys went to Wash-
ington, I'. where they opened!
their e.,is wiih these dances in;
ten gallon hats, h<■ ot and spurs.
If t.l.c eathtr gc.d.-. don't stage a
big stirm, we will go to Anson to j
see the dance. It lasts three days. |
Judge ('has. Coomhes is one oil
the officer.-, of this cowboy frolic.
Yes, we have a special invitation |
and courtesy card.- for the whoh
thing.
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PARKKR VICKERS DOWN
I ROM l.UEDERS
Now it
can't ,
prosperity
else? Everyone
for their produc
when the Albany New- wa, .>1.00
a year, so why not the Albany
News?
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Don't forget to put your Christ
mas greetings in the Albany New.-
Christmas Eve. Let the people
know that you appreciate their
patronage. A Merry Christina-
and a Happy New Year to all.
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WELL, THE WAR STILL GOES
ON
Major Robert Williams, born:
and reared in Albany, a noted
aviator now, is on the observation
post in London, watching the wat'j
from there. He ays the American
airplanes have some defects, and
they are going to nib those defect
At the close of the Civil War
there was a colored boy in the
Southland ob.xe.-.-ed with the idea
of an education. His mother man
aged around and bought him a
1-ir-t Bender for 20 cents. His
mother couldn't read, o he had to
hire out to a white woman to get
|i Mills. The white woman, in
tear! nig the colored boy to read,
found out that he was a regular
prodigy, and through her direc-
tion and influence he found a col-
or. d ,-chool. He started out to
hunt for this school, and walked
through two states bare footed and
bare headed but finally found
the school. He sure was a hard
looking prospect, dirty and filthy,
and when he got to the school they
looked him over and turned li n
down. The boy pled with the
teacher to give him a chance. The
Just...
Between Friends
J. H. M.
i SIX MORE DAYS and old St.
Nick will make his annual visit to
j Albany and to the world. In
i many nations Santa Claus will
! iave hard sledding this y< ar. War
I has brought Europe to the br nk
' of famine, and little boys and
• girls there will not receive many
i presents this year. But we'll ven-
| ture to say that fathers and
mothers will see that European
j children are remembered in nine
i way or another. W ar is a cruel
I thing in these modern times ■the
! innocent suffer more than t!u
armies.
I GIVE YOU
TEXAS
I ifmSmtR
Albany, Texas, Thurad^t^Decernberl^
A Remington Portable TyP®^n**r
perfect Chri tma Gift. |f
By BOYCE HOUSE
To many, there is no more beau-
tiful sight than a thorough-bred
especially when the graceful, spir-
ited, stream-lined horse is in mo-
tion, mane fluttering, tail flying,
hoofs drumming a stirring rhythm
down the track.
Such a sight it was the privilege
of your commentator to enjoy a
few days ago and right here i'i
Texas, too. Because horses, and
some of the finest at that, are be-
ing produced in this state.
Judge Alfred McKnight of Fort j
Worth, one of the outstanding la v
\ er- of Texas, extended an invita-j
tion to vi-it McKnight Farm, a few j
mile.-- south of Arlington. It prov-
ed to be a handsome establi li-i
ment, with everything -from the
substantial barns to the fence-1
costs #X.(|0 a bundle
, newspaper have a i . , . .... . ,
■ i ii teacher -aid, Vio in there and
like everybody , , , , , .
, ,, 1 c ean that room up. And when
gets more now t 1
,, cii he got through, the old antique
s than they <lnl i K , , , , , . ,
furniture looked like a looking
I gl:i.-.-. The teacher said, "You'll
do " The boy got a -eholarship in
thi.^ school. His.advancement wa.
very rapid. So much so that tin
1 faculty and student body took no
lice, of the nejjro boy. He jumped
grade after grade and went ahead
i of lii.s classes, and finally graduat
1 ed from that school. When he got
■ through he worked hi- way back
South, got hold of two acres of
land and a blind mule, and estab-
lished an industrial school and
that school became one of the best
industrial schools in the South.
The school became nationally
known and at the commencement
exercises, one hundred of the edu-
cational leadei ■ of the North char
tered a train and came down to
attend the program And they did
the whole thing on the stage
took raw cotton, spun it, cleaned it
and converted it into cloth right
on tile tag. . The;, brought >n a
Jei -ey cow , milked her, churned
t he milk and made butter ilid I he
whole thing on the stage. Tin
boy was just a common black
Southern negro, a ha.-lard, did not
know who hi daddy wa , But lie
is one among the world's greate.-t
men. lie died not ni:;11y y1 ar igo,
and hi cliool property wa valu
r<
"NIGHT OF LIGHT" wdl he oh (
served in Albany Christina Fvc|
night, sponsored by the Albany , ,^ ~ ; hj(f,;way painted|
Cnumber of Commerce. I his night, j ^ whj(|i ,
! The owner the embodiment of
I suavity and dignity in the court-
room was -niiliiig like a boy as
in khaki breeches and shirt, plus
-weater and leather coat- he led
Redset around the paddock. The
correl yearling filly was blanketed
as she already had enjoyed a gal-
lights
mid-
.lack-
ill be
every home and busine.-- i
quested to burn Christmas
and make the city bright
night in contrast to th
out- in Europe. Children
taught that they have the privilege
of living in a country of peace,
where there are no black-outs to
chill the souls of mankind Let I j|" ',){,foro my* arnvid." Incidental-
all lights glow in A baiiy on < lin t- Kcds((l.s sirn was Bookbinder
mas Eve until midnight. ^ ()am wft_. V()ns(. ,..,u
owned by McKnight) and
sire was Upset, th 1 only horse that i
ever defeated immortal Man o'
War.
ies 5ai
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CHRISTMAS is always
| season, hut this Christmas
lose shav
Cropping
obi it ei at ed
onie wav
■ in
re
his
the
ow would > ou
mdon, and have to
ill I lie wood -lied ','
I .'.ypt ha
in -. \N on't
\ n.l I ho- e
a busy
is very
busy for several hundred Albany
people. These people are respon-
sible for the Christmas Pageant
and Cantata, and the Lions Christ-
mas Basket program. In addition
to these programs, there will be
Christmas tree program-, at the
various churches where old St.
Nick will make a personal appear-
ance. Get your tickets for the
I'ageant, which is to he held at the
Presbyterian church. First per-
formance was given Tuesday eve-
ning for the colored population of
\ll.any, and beginning Wednesday
night of thi- week, two perform-
ance- will he held through next
the exception
)n that night
the direction
w ill he given
hurrh. One hun-
takin^ part in the
set (both j
d Vonset's
^ merry Christmas
an&
^ A Happy ?Crut ^fpar
Monday night, With
of Sunday night,
the Cantata, undei
of lve\ , ,1. A. Owl 11
I '.apt i.-t chun
(1 red voices ar
('antata.
at
Italians am sure hungry. They ran
I he Italian- into a t rap. Se\ cut y
five thou.-and, eh I Won't that
he a board, hill, and the poor
devils are hungry.
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ROBBING I III POOR DEVILS,
F.H ?
ng
to
was the savior of his lac.
T. Wa hington.
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Don't forget about our Christ-
mas holiday greetings in next
week's paper which come- out on
Tuesday. Remember, when you put
anything in the Albany New , it'
a newspaper not a circular. Five
thousand people read the Albany
has all the food lanes blocked, and \
log meat
They went over and put
their order for la,000 chicken
in Norway, and a big pork
Living on dog meat, eh? Ch
ing their menu from dog meat
chickens and hog ham. I here i
one thing about old Britain, she i
master of the seas >.ud has been
for a thousand vear Y> . he
e.| at two n
was Book.a
s-;i\ ior of hi.-
teell tllOU.-ai
went from
than ten per
ill ion dollars. That
I \\ a a , I igt oil the
race. More than (if
d negro graduate,
hat. -chool and le.
•<iit were failures. He
Booker
BE W HEEL weather followed ^
the week-end cold -nap and rain!
i in) ice, and Albanj people arei
hoping for a pretty Christina.-, j
More than an inch of moistun
received here, and Saturday
Sunday the rain froze as it
ice collecting on trees, wires
every object, making a hi
winter spectacle. Little damage
was reported by the heavy ice,
however, which was melted Mon-
day morning by the first bright
unshine within several day
■ wa
and
fell,
and
horse meat am
a premium. Go ,h
to -it down to a llli
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WHAT'S THE MATTER
\l BANV HAVING AN
1 ION FIELD?
ire at
how'd you like
of dog meat "
WITH
AVI A-
ew . each week. Kemeinliei that
some four or five people read ev- !
cry copy of the New K - .
it if: mind that tin- \ I ba n \ New
put
ma
the
I'i.
•d hi
of I
t
I'arker V a'ket . i , .. >w
Lucdcr Monday un| ii w
subscription to tin \lhan\
Parker lias been a suliscribl
the Albany New |. . more
50 years. He Is a substantial sf
fanner ot' th.- Luedei country
the matter of the uh t ription 1
price of the New we want to as
th;>: - nine year ...' o i feliow aid
he thought we ought to . arire on
|y ;i dolla a y, ar, like We 11
We asked him how much In-
to get for t yearling, and hi
}t 00. Now I ■ '.'e' • 10 00
per used to to i 00 a
Plane
Albany
landing
an I lookii
ick ' \ iin r i
I"i "on ;
I
i'i
in v.
ed to
11 -ed
• -aid
t hei.
. '200,000,
the year '
ot' highw
road - lit'
(living
Should ii.
and a lot
the \
■s on
g1
a
Salt
w
In-' I,
■n out tin
excellent
and uirdrom
ootll I
•oil ntr;
my.
e- lixei
pure «
of I
one among the he-l ath ert I
niediuni \\. t Ti-xa . I'I;.-
-Cl"lptinn list I kept light Up
\S i don't have- anv I'r. ••
;ing
ub
IE ALBANY NEWS will he
i died next Tuesday, 1 'hl'ist-
Ev.■, going into the home of
community and county early
that morning. The rea on for t.lii.
is that Christmas, coming on Wed-
nesday, make it. imperative that
I he N.-w ■ he i lied early Next
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Pembroke, a bay filly named forj
the street that McKnight lives on,
was being walked by young Ike
Hart, a horse enthusiast who can
quote pedigrees like Vesuvius can
spout lava, and looking on with
keen interest was his fath iv. J. 0.
Hart, head of the Fort V. ortti Sand
& Gravel Company. Soon, two of
Mr. Hart's horses, b 'ing framed on
McKnight Farm, were saddled •—-
| Mont.- Parks f.vinni'i:- jockey of|
the tiist race ever run at Arlington
Downs) riding Eliverly, two-yeai
old bay 'lily, tlaugiu.-i of Liberty
Limited famed sire for which 1.1
!'. Morgan of Kei -villi! ■-• repor.edl
to have refused $75,000, andl
I'rank Cagle, for.ner joc!'< y, riding:
Two Grand. They circled the hall
mile track side-by-si.b' tWk'S, then
Elivertv galloped the thifli circuit |
alone a picture of co-oi'ilmated,
flowing mot inn.
Will McKnight, t o i n of the i
owner, i- superin > inl.nit and Inc.
men are employed. They itve i'i
attractive iiou-e- on the place.
The thoroughbreds are shipped out i
of tlie state for racing and forj
sale. McKnight Farm is one of j
many imilar establishments in |
Texas which are giving employ-
ment to a large number of men,
providing a market for a great
amount of feed and equipment,
and paying considerable taxes. The
thoroughbred industry would mean
even more, it is declared, if racing
were permitted in Texas.
"Ain't it the truth?" every
newspaperman will exclaim after
reading the following classic dis-
covered b\ I'mii Phillip of the
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•>
,. and they said tell you we're glad you use
'lectric lights, and 'frigcrators, and toasters and
things because that's what makes jobs for them
so we can hang up our stockings. Our daddies,
you see, work for our West Texas Utilities. They
'predate you and talk all the time 'bout ways
to give you better service. They say it's because
they work to find these ways that 'lectricity is
so cheap and ev'rybody can use it. They say, too,
it makes people happy and all our mammas don't
work so hard any more since they got 'lectric
servants in the kitchen.
"There are a lot of us West Texas Utilities
children. It makes jobs for more than a thousand
families, all because yon use 'lectric things. And
that's why we're wishing you A Merry Christ-
mas and A Happy Now Year!"
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r.
Oar Local Offices
Will Be Closed
Christmas Day
WfestTexas Utilities
Company
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A-
20- 2^ & ^ ^
LL HMOl iv
rA PAUA
than
res
• >a01 jrp r t NXTO per cent more calls annually
1 ( )kM 1 IwJNo we are able to fill , virtually insu
inspiring employment opportunities on graduation from theie
nationally known schools. Mail Coupon today to our neareit
ofTice for special money-saving plan.
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Just
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thin
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I' , dig, I'll ' 1
ml a ft ei the
Will be a lli
work on tli
etter I hail fm
1 us in pi
been don. y.
it black topii
el Ollf
: 1111 >. 11
le New
KolI up
. thing
iclford
t's ma
plan to ii
and Shae
lllll. I.
town and
about the wai
a hundred ye
ca, and if he
S AI. V A I ION
AN API'KAL
WOMl N I < )R
Year wi
your -lee
foi old
county
St 1
will
1 111 tl
ip w
tak
A1 ban y
during
better
orrv i ng
• Hitler
A tiler
•ouldn't
ue will be a Christ Santa Rosa Sigm
urn -ue, with Chi -tmas greet
inir, f 10111 local merchant I hat
will be the la t i slle ill 1 he \
New ill the year of out
Lord I (MO the first publication
ot the New Year coming out
Thai day, Janiii.iy 2, ll'll. I he
old y eai i 1 ipping right along.
SI NI)S
A R M Y
TO
AID
and Mr < up
tir: • lit utlpca
\ con i ant drop of w ater
VV. ir a a ay 1 he hal'tlc -t -t one ;
rin- em, tant jnawing I' do '
Ma -t n ate the toughest bone ;
I'in' co: lallt wooing lover
i aim off the blushing maid ;
\in| the , onstant adverti-cr
I ■ tin* one w In. gets t lie t lade."
•—o—
A CHRISTMAS GIFT sugges* Sam the cynic says, "A man
. ,,, Wouldn't a be a n ce way should work e gilt hours ami sleep f
t„ r,-member someone at Christ - | eight hours but not the same |
ma , to end them a year' ub- eight hour ."
cription to the Albany New " A| —fVT,,
, , I'.nt I \ n 1 he old pike contest :
It th i! w remind . re. .pa i • ,
i , 111 t i ' -H' n«'.ni
Of yOU each week ililliug 1 .'i 1 . . . . . , |
\S I'll, if he i -ii t, they played an
\ll> ■ I \||'\ | • \ | I nd tin awful trick on him; they buried |
New "tn "\\ e on I ..rp .. Wa I '• «.
' " '| ' | (■ ' i,V). I I:a v ■ always 11Ivi• 11 the smell of I
fin n e r I \ e i.ployed I". « • • I'M' i ' . . I
, i, ... t : !ion-ppi oil ;t r ch, m'.'iw li. u
;i 'A I lilt r I ! 'Ill' I |l\ ,11 '1 ■•: • •
I'flMi I ' I'M to 11M' « )t IIPI , not
i -iiiiim ,j \ o t hp o ior I'rom child I
Business & Professional
DIRECTORY
W-. a;
Hil! Wi
ov ■ ,| to Ml.anv, i a IP A'
f the Albany New-.
Clell Cottle, a a -tan) i"l I
Mm hi N 'io. ,1 I la uk,
rand new r. ;ide>' of • hi Nc
'a.oil day , complain that it is di
::re, il.le. \n,l I tiki t ic -cent of
iw du t, and the w bine of a
,w in a lumber-mill i mil ical.
11 y onr I,ai, fnot day , did you
for those who have built up their
bank account to take cure of the ex-
tra expenditures at Christmas
time. Paying by check makes git'1
buying a greater pleasure.
The FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ALBANY
"Banking Since 1883"
iFR f E OT R A I Dl POSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Im ep i ' ,i ,1.. n at Si
an,| dt-f. ev:ai itioi. of Tin . ■ ,.1 .
ion A rn y olf cers and w ork'a
i They "keep at it" l.roviiling I
food and -belter
They "keep at it" mil itering to
be lioniele and the ick.
They "keep at it" d ' rii.Utini:
blanket.-i and warm clothing to
those in need.
The women of the Salvation i
\rniy in the Southland ar. con-
I inuously ..eliding uppl , I'In re
i a great need for clothing for!
men, women and children, also
blanket ; and comforts for warmth, |
• new and -lightly worn. I'ivery
irticle will In appreciate,I, Tlleie
are thousand.-, who suffer.
He,id.'I are urge,I to cooperate!
by 'ending suitable articb , pre |
paid, marked "I'or War Sufferer "|
to The Salvation Army, Mayor J.
W. 1'olan.sky, in charge, ., I< (Ira-j
luim St., Abilene, Texas.
Head tile ad.s Shop at home!
her to the Albany N, w
I .. s.ande. i nil ■ the V111a11y
Neii to Ml I!. I Robins if
Hubbard, Texa , for a year
<'. C, Garvin is alio a new read
er of the New , and J. J. Kcll,
. ad of the V\, t Stone Company
at I.lied,'1 ay "Send U the
N'eV.
brand new resdei ol t u ■ j ^|!)( "^jiceder" t'u by thi
i.dwaid llrew tei, .mi ' railr-uul "handcar" that wan run by
' ' j'a -olilie and hope that you'd
grow up to lie the lone occupant
of one"
I didn't envy the engineer a?
n III ell a the I ri" I gilt car coipllictol
who could -it iii the caboose up ill
the cupola. Hut the dreams of
youth fade into the light of com-
mon day and hi i e I am, making
. living by putting words together, !
VV. VV Martin, lien Water- and and the typewriter tloes mo t. of
M N llitt of M<>ran hand u the the work
price of uh cription this week.
M,-s r Martin and llitt ar
readei - and Hen Waters ha I j
reading the Albany New,- many
years we are afraid to tell how
long,
J. H. Montgomery of Moran re
news his subscript"' th week, |
and end. a copy ol ' <• News to
bis son, J. H. Jr . f' .man in
A. & M.
Mrs. .1 T. Itowman returned I
Thursday from a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. W. K. Gulledge, at,
Freer, Texas. 1
GRANGER
FLORAL CO.
(In , ii lion e on Albany Pike
ABILENE, TEXAS
Dial 4124
We Telegraph Mowers
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G. B. KING
Attorney-A t-Law
; First,National Hank II
ALBANY, TEXAS
III.. ..I.MIMII.IIHM, l,„„,M«„l(
Your Abstract
j Should Be Complete
Sea
The Albany
| Abstract Co., Inc.
1 Office- Court House and
First National Ilank
TELEPHONE 420
Real Estate Loans
We make Loans in Albany I"
build, buy or refinance includ-
ing I'll A
Minimum Expenie and Com-
petitive Intereat Ratea
ABILENE SAVINGS AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION
Abilene, Texas
Miss
Helen Gordon
Albany Agent
When in need of Flowers
Phone 192-J
III! till MIIMHHIHIHIHI HUM ||IMHIIIMIIMMIIl|SI
S A. M. HOWSLEY
.LAWYER
: First National Hank Huilding
ALBANY, TEXAS
PtHI< MM......1.1.11 ,„„„ H,,,^
mi
[General Practice Mldicine and
Surgery
j Office Next to Pout Office
| Office Ph. 82. Re . Ph. 561-W
&"•••••• till.. tm,„|
Merchants Fast
Motor Lines, Inc.
Serving West Texas
Making All Connections Daily
CARL KUNKEL, A|«nt
Albany Phone 641-W
Dr. O. D. Pogue 1
Optometrist A Jeweler
Phone 76 Albany, Texaa
Porter Pharmacy
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