The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1933 Page: 1 of 8
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XLVIIl-No 16
Albany. Texas, "The Home of the Hereford January 20, lfcSS
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Turkey Folks In Town Father Succumbs County Receives Lake Diller Again New Shallow Pool Ext«sklf«l
Sir. and Mr*. Jim Ijinham, who live in the NVwcomb community,
Wire In town thii> week doing buaines* with our merchant*. Mr. and .
Mn. Lanhsm are the chief turkey raiser* of Shackelford County; thi y
ltiw<l a bunch of two hundred this past year. Now, Jim comes to town
end talk* turkey to the town folk*. Hut, Mr*. Lanham, says Jim,
ilniiw't know ii> much about raising turkey* as a cat know* about *ide
pocket*. Ye*, Jim come* to town and doe* the blowing and 1 stay at
ham*, do all the housework and rai*e the turkey*. Mr*. I-anham *a}>
she (fot only eleven cent* for her turkey*, but my, that'- m fall in price
from what It wa* three or four year* ago, when turkey* *old for twen-
ty-five and thirty cent*. Hut, *hucken*, eleven cent* a pound for tur
kflf meat beat* five cent* a pound for a durned cotton crop. Now.
those two hundred turkey* at eleven cents a pound brought from
three fifty to four hundred dollar*. Not much expense to rai-i tur
k«y* in thin country, a/. they feed over a large ran (re, keeping fai and
fine in the spring and xummei on gra*shoppoi-s Now, every farmei
ought to rai*e a hunch of turkeys like Mr. and Mrs. Lanham, and for
Ood *ake* don't raise so much five cent cotton, a- it keeps your child
ren out of nc'nool, and starve* their mind* for mental food. The cotton
fiber raised down here in the South land ha- enriched h11 the world,
oncept the farmer who raised it, and the country merchant who buy*
it. They all go broke But take care of the New Kngland spinner*, also
the British spinners; they take the American cotton crop, and they
cord and spin it and convert it into the finished product, hence, they
huild cotton mill*, live in castles, ride in palaiv cars and handsome
ocean yachts, wear fine raiment and dine on the fat of the land, while
St southern folk* stagger under a damnable debt, live in shacks anil
die in poverty. And now, to the Shackelford county farmer, cut out
the blasted stuff and do like Mr. and Mr*. Lanham. and go in the tur
key business; the hay business, some laving hen- and crowing roosters.
Jersey cows, and a truck patch on the side and say to t.ie Knglish and
British spinners, that 1 am going to throw off th. -hackels. To the
devil with youi spinning wheel* and looms, for right here, boy. we an
going to part company, with the curbed, durn stuff that has hung like
a mill stone around the neck of us Southern folk-, and busted hank
and busted merchants, as the result of raising five-cent cotton, and
plant more turkeys, hoys, and more truck patches. I o you ge' us?
Turkey meat versus cotton fiber, which?
TH« TOWN WHI «I I I.IV*
Will G. Standifer Here
Will Standifer wa- horn and reared in Albany. Will i- a hustling
boy. For many years he ran a cleaning and tailor shop in Albany. He
made good; selling the very best people in town tailored -uit Then
by mo by, he married him h wife, and pot a lot of Kn.st TVxa> land to
boot. Then dirccth the discovery of oil came along, and as 1u<*k would
have It, Will's terrain wa sitting right over on an oil pool W ill fitv.
high while the crudi ran. ! «• it said that gold mines and oil wells
pinch out. Yes, the oil pool pinched out, hut Will hud hi land I< f; A-
some other follow has said, Land i> the best investment in the world.
Will said t'nat Monday morning at hi.* home down in th< Kast Tev.i-
stick? was a great event. That'* the day when th« Mbanj New- reache
Will. Says he read- everything in it. Yes. Will reads thi Albany New
and in doing so, he caught the Hereford catth fever. So he came up
to Shackelford County, and bought him some male and female , -hip
ped them down to East Texas and started a herd of white faced c:1111.
Now, he has about sixty-five or seventy head of tine Shaekelfurd
County hcreford cattle. That heats an oil pool, W.'l, a- they ni'iltip.y
while the oil well decreases VI! right. Will, keen youi M *1 r ■ tord en!1
and keep your land. Don't lose yoi nervi . and keep m
Albanv New and some day you will be milliotia 1
At McGregor
Mi>. Richard Dye** wa* called
to MiK.rejror last Sunday on ai
count of the grave lllnc«- of her
father, I-'. M Graham, who parsed
•way there W>'dne«day. He w*«
past HO year- old Suffering an at
tuck of pneumonia. he had slight
chance to combat the illnes „n ac
count of hi* advanced age.
Funeral services were held at
McGregor Thursday Heside* hi*
daughter here, he i* survived by a
son. Pi K. 1,. Graham of Cisco,
Hnd several other children The
New- extend* condolence to the
bereaved family.
Shackelford County
A Mecca For The
Shallow Operator
Shackelford County, according
to some of the brightest men in the
011 industry, has an opportunity
for the independent operator in its
wealth of shallow oil sands, which
can he tested and produced with
liuht portahh machinery and with
minimum of investment for drill-
ing costs. Sand vary in different
portions of the county, at depths
from r.00 feet to 1700 feet, and
wells from fi barrels to 12r>00 bar-
rel- daily have been obtained in
the various -anils. Within the past
12 months the major activity has
been in the area West of Albany,
Jetci pool, and in several new
-hallow an a- North and East of
Albany. New shallow pool- within
the last six months have been un-
covered on the H H Horton Fee,
.1 W. Clausell Fee, .1 N Cox to-
and W (I Webb Fee. From these
shallow pools and others that may
In found nearby, the independent
operatoi and producer in this ter-
ritory will havi much apace and
area for development. Come to the
Shackelford county shallow oil
area.
Jesse H. Reynolds, Sr.
First Allotment
Of RFC Fund
Supplies City
Willi Water
A county committee composed
of Judgt Hornet Houldin, M 1..
Hayes and Charles Castle* and
Floyd Pool of Moran, went to
Sweetwater last week where they
received a check for ll'iOO, the
first allotment for Shackelford
county coming from the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation
This money ha* been providi-d by
the federal government for the
purpose of unemployment relief
and must be used for civic im-
provement
The allotment wa* received
through the West Texas Chamber
of Commerce, with the local Cham-
ber of Commerce making the ap
plication for the county's share of
the funds.
Albany receive* $1100 and Mo-
ran $.r 00 anil the local committee
ha* already started a program of tract to purchase water from them,
work which will bring relief to the
The J 1. Hart et al No. 1 on the
W. G Webb Farm, T F. A L. Sur-
vey No. was drilled In thi*
week from the fi*0 foot sand and
Uk. Oilier, former city water for ,0 barrel. daily, lo-
uppiy. has again com. into use to j nf#|. wnt*r ,he survey
apply water customers of Albany. I(| )n( ^ well obtain-
ed of four that have been drilled
On Webb Fan OfUntoUVak
To Fan Boms
The change wa* made several days
ago and thereby rut expenses of
t^e city of Albany several hundred
dollar* per month.
Several year* ago, when Albany
suddenly nwakened to find herself
the center of one of the largeat
shallow oil pools in the country,
when people were coming in by
the dor.ons every day, great de
mand* *n th. water supply caused
such uneasiness as to necessitate
a change.
An offer from Roesor-Pondlcton
who maintained adequate pumping
facilities to bring an unlimited
on the same tract, at different lo-
cations. The Fronteer Production
Co No. 2, 7. W. Casey Fee, in T.
Annual Report Show*
Wide Scope Of Wot*
Although only 50 pot
the 4fi2 farm and ranch
Shockelford county have
ted In organised work,
F * I.. Survey No. 681 is drilling #5 ^ 0(>T,t have been
at f>00 feet, being an offset to the
C. S Carroll No. 1 Clausell, which
i* good for 16 barrels daily. On
the first hill Went of Albany the
Jno. H. Sedwick et al No. 1, Shack-
elford county, Texas Fee, is drill-
ing at «00 feel, located in South-1 ^proximately 81,600,
east part of N-2 Section No. 16.'hy club member*, consisted
Hlock No. U, Texas A Pacific R fre!,h> c#nne<1 nd dried <
R. Co Lands. The lights on this fruit* put up in evoty
rig are plainly visible from all manner, pickles, relished,
the expansion program of eh*
men. under the direction
county home demon tr ti«*i
Mis* Milic M. Halsey, during tfc*
year just cloied.
A farm food supply valoed
water supply from the Clear Fork p|(rts of A,b,ny „t niRht #nd it h<>ney poujtry( <Wt| mnk.
of the Hrano- river wrs accepted
and the citv entered into a con
th-
is-- H Reynolds
New- office this
von much elnti
Sr., called at
week. Jesse
d over n long
reading the
THI TOWN WHCBI I UlVe IT B MY TOWN
Better Further On Boy
It will be better further on, boy. Tain't going to hi th way a'way-
Never has, and never will. Thing- are going to loosen up ote of the.-
day*, so don't be discouraged, nor don't despair, and always stand up
to the rack, even if you don't get a bite, and hold up your head, if you
die before night. As gods and men have no use for financial cowards.
If you have a dollar, invest it. Now is the tim to buy, while coward-
are running to cover, and prices are stuffing. There's a tradition in
the Rothchild- family British folks of l.ondon town-—the wealthiest
family in the British Empire. This tradition run- back over a hundred
When everybody buys, thev sell, and when everybody -"IN,
they buy. Be it said, if I had a million today, I'd put it in land and
cattle at the present prices, and sit right still until the depression bust-
ed. Yes, hoys, it's going to be better furthei on. as tlv inflated dollar
il coming along, and. gosh, pretty soon, you'll hear the honk of the
tourest automobile, and the wheels of industrial machinery and gold
dollars will jingle on the counter, prices will jump, and busines- will
oxpand So t1 quiet and hold a stiff upper lip, a the hettei day is
right around the corner, and ere long the prosperity hus will -top at
niei
She
the
■dtaitf,tliiw 111\a ■■■ i\ i.'.'iii< -ji.11
ovi. thi n
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■i he had received front his
Mis- Lottie Degraftendried.
•ore did pat her old uncle on
back and brag on him, and so
to compensate her for it, hi came
down and put her on the Albany
New- subscription li.st This family
ii.'i ' ad the Mhan\ New - before,
and Mis- Lottii said many nice
'li ng- about thi paper. Said that
if wi ev 11 r had a vacancy on the
reportorial staff, she might come
up anil fill it. It can be said of
■1' s-i Reynold that he ha- always
been a friend to the old home pa-
per; he has alway.s subscribed and
sent the paper to al! his children
over the county. That's what
makes a good strong country pa-
per tin hacking of it's constitu-
ency, evidencing their good will by
putting the money on the barrel
bead ,Ies«,. has recently sold his
Clear Fork ranch; sold it to Ross
Sloan of Breckenridge Ro«- laid
down twenty-four thousand dollars
for this fine ranch. Jesse said he
divided with each of his children
TM® TOWN WHfM I L!V«
IT ft MV TOWN
Fortv-Niie Years Aqo
for their portion of the ranch.
Now that'- the right idea. If you
have anything for your children,
let them have it while they are
young, and abl. to in\• 4 and use
it.
unemployed and at the same time
improve condition* of streets and
sidewalks in the city.
Mrs. Roy Matthews, as chairman
of the civie welfare hoard has ap-
pointed Mayor Mack Hayes, a*
chairman, ,1. C. Miller, and Roy
Matthew - a.- a committee to super-
vis, work and direct the general
program. All business will be
handled through the chamber o!
commerce office. Those desiring
work will make application at that
office and men with families will
be given first consideration. No
man will he given over three days
w nrk in one week, the day to con-
sist of eight hours and the wage
will be Sl.fiO per day This plan
will give work to a great number
of men and it is hoped, will bring
relief to needy people of the coun-
ty. I
Sixty-six men had registered at
the chamber of commereV up to
Thursday afternoon and twenty-
fivi 0! thi.s number began work in
Albany Thursday morning. The
first order call- for general repair
of city streets and sidewalks. Sev
eral drainage structures are to be
installed, streets cleaned and re-
paired where needed, and side-
walks placed at a number of im-
portant crossings
This program of work is n«t
designed for men of the town
nlom , hut every man in the coun-
ty who needs employment is en-
titled to hi- shar of thi work A
plan i- being worked out wherehv
farmers may receive benefit from
tin fund- without having to work
in the towns.
The county did not make appli-
cation for funds from the fir*' al-
lotment. The second allotment is
to be used over a period rff two
months and w ill cover January
and February needs in relieving
unemployment in Albany. This is
not a loan fund and does not have
to be repaid, as most relief funds
have been.
Over From Abilene
Sam Diller, of Abilene was an
Albany visitoi Tuesday. Sam is a
Shackelford county pioneer, but of
*h,
Since proration laws have been
in effect and with the general cur-
tailment of oil production, popula-
tion of Albany has decreased to
such an extent that demands on
the water department have been
lessened to such a degree that
Lake Diller could again supply the
city. Very little expense ir realized
in comparison to the cost of pur-
chasing from Roeser-Pendleton, as
the water is brought to the city's
settling basins by gravity flow
from Lake Diller.
Water Superintendent, Roy
Matthews, states that if consum-
ers find cause to complain about
the water or the service, to be pa-
tient a little while until everything
gets going good, and in the mean-
time, remember what an expense
has been lopped off the city's pay
roll.
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Judge A M. Howslev and fam-
ily are moving to Austin. Judge
Howsley will have charge of the
I "ual department of the State
highway department in Austin He
has been employed by Judge Fly,
chairman of the department. He
will be .there for a period of five
months. We understand that he
will not move his household goods,
hut will take an apartment in Aus-
tin temporarily. Shake, hoy! We
arc glad they called a Shackelford
county hoy dnwn there to straight-
en thing- out. Judge How-ley is a
fine lawyer, and we are i|uite sure
that he will make good.
LICFNSE PLATES
MUST RE BOUGHT
IN HOME COUNTY
Looking over tin files ol tht Albany New-
That wa- forty nine years ago. wv found thi
Nance and Meyer -old to J. ^ hllison of th
Hereford bulls, for one hundred dollar- each.
: -I' • divM'. 111 i * -t Vl
-hack in eighty-
interesting nev.
county four pitri
Now, D. A Nan;
Kllison is sti' 1;
four.
i di murium
He own- large ranches in this
county. Also he is stockholder in
the First National Bank He just
came over to shake hands with his
Albany friends, and to look after
hi- ranch irter"-t- it; this county.
Automobile registration is run-
ning a little short of the same date
last year, according to a report
from the office of Tax Collector
Goodman. Only 3fil cars had been
registered Thursday while on Jan-
uary IV*. 1932, license plates had
been bought for 383 cars.
Automobile owners are being
warned by highway officers that
01
ving.
A. (L Fo:f Bewn From Lueders
no nays
on registrations this year and new
number plates must be on car- by
February 1, or pay a 20 per cent
penalty. The law requires a full
twelvi months fee on any car driv-
en during the month of January
and if not paid before expiration
date, the penalty is added.
Car owners should also remem-
ber that license plati . can not he
purchased out side of thi eountv.
a pretty sight to see this wHI near- American and e
ly 200 feet above the city, loom- frpsh> canned and
ing up as a bright spot all the |grri fiour> maal, popcorn,
night. C. S. Carroll et al No. 2, Hn(j pwans.
Clausell Fee. located S00 feet T<) promotc ,his f(H)<1
Southwest of the No. 1 discover}- ^ pporra)m> thf, mR<.nt
well is drilling at 2fi0 feet. j t# ho|ww of ,
0 — munity in the county. Tho
report shows organised claba ftl
every community of precincts S
and 4, while precinct 8 ha* oHiy
one unorganised community ■■(
precinct 1, two unorganised 0im-
munities. There are 22b Mthtt
members enrolled in the chibs.
Although no estimate can %•
given of the number of contaiMM
filled during the year, the Mr-
chants of the county report (Mft
sale of 81,000 tin cam and 12,WW
glass jars, while four of the com
munities do not buy in Albany nor
Moran. With the large supply of
old containers on hand, it is
ly seen that an immetiar food 1
ply has been conseiK-od in the 1
ty. The sah of 68 new cooker* ami
more than 40 sealers was also im-
ported by the merchant* of th*
county.
To stimulate interest in doing
better work, two fairs, throe ppnl
try and turkey shows, eight (i«k
vegetable shows, a county-wiAl
meat show, and a district dairy
show were held during the year. A
pantry tour conducted in Ncrenfr-
ber, revealed some wonderful re-
sults of Women's club work. In-
spection of nineteen well
ed pantries in nine different
munities showed a food sup
with a total value of $9867, or na
average of $519 per family, and
everything was producod on An
farm. Comparing t'nese
with the so-called "cash crop"
cotton, it is evident that the
food supply shown was worth 1
than the gross value of 1
bales of cotton at this year's prirf
The value of the entire ninetoMI
pantries compared with this
cotton would equal 828 fcnhaft
Since this represents only a boat I#
per cent of the pantries in
county it can readily be seen
the organisation of home
stration work under supervision
a competent person, will mean M
any county.
To fully appreciate the effort*
of club women to help fill the faa
ily larder during the depression,
Robmson-Garv'n
Miss Glady* Robinson, daughter
of Tom Robinson, was married
here Monday evening to C. C. Gar-
vin of Rreckonridte- The rites
were said by Judge Homer Rouldin
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hig-
gin in Albany. Immediately fol-
lowing the ceremony, a reception
was held in Ffte home of the bride's
father, with only a few intimate
friends present.
The bride is a former student of
Albany High School. Mr. Garvin is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R Gar-
vin of the Berryhill community
and is a graduate of Stamford
High School. The couple will make
their home near Rreckenridge. The
News joins their friends in extend-
ing congratulations.
Down From Stamford
(rent Owsley of Stamford, dis-
trict manager for the West Texas
Utilities, ha* some fifteen or twen-
ty towns 011 his list, was an Albany
visitor Tuesday. We've known
Gent Owsley for a quarter of a
century or more. He used to be
cashier of the First National Rank
of Aspermont. County and district
attorney of Stonewall county for
four years. He wa- born up there
in Haskell county. He's a fine fel-
low and he's making good with the
West Texas Utilities Company of
Stamford. We count Gent Owsley
lis one among our best friends.
Subscriptions Still
Coming In
Tne News appreciates the now
arid renewal subscriptions received
during the past week. We extend
thanks to the following:
Mrs. H. H Rrittingham, Cleve-
land, Ohio. J S. Conway, Monroe
City. M nT K 'W ' ''"Ti'i "'i"?
Okla., A. C. Fox, Lueders, "M. G.
Catter, Wichita Falls, R. J. Malone
Caldwell, Kan., Miss Lottie De-
Graftendried, Waco, and W. P.
Newell, Albanv.
Dave Diller In Town
His residenci i- now in P'-eonix. Arizona, w en he n mov .1 t" "mi
here u number of y, at. ago. Whih living 11 this county, hi owned
what is now known as the Stephens ranch. Sine then it ha be. n cut
up and sold out In small farms. Now. some fifte n or twenty fan lies
tke on that riTTvtr. Instead -ol-tmv. family. I), G Huir.hu ire- th old
Stephens homestead. Don't know if Mr. Klli-on used th..- b
Shackelford County or took them to Arizona. S
Thick new 1. u. . ~m ~ \
I'.ro K
HO the
you
bred
•nigh* to corn.
hwefcrd cuttb browsing on th -e undulating hills and grazing t •
grassy dells, lying under the shade of the mesquite trees, and drinking
clear, sparkling water from Shackelford County's babbling brooks.
■Selah. *
'ox. of I ueih rs. who operati
11 Albany Monday. It ran b<
old more stone than any other
limestone ha- h i n shipped
Houston, Galveston, N w
handsomt building stone, but it's
■1\. A. C. -aid to us, "Put mil nam<
Right, boy. tha was a good mov
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city wa
and
whi
Italia
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decora' ■
-cription list.'
"TiTiTT
.Hill" I pape w
in Shackelford County
He is a hard working,
tb< famous stone quary of that"
aid of Fox that he has quarried
man in Texas. That beautiful
and used throughout the Southland
Orlean.s and M mpbi*, T -nn. Not
substantial and can be used
on the Albany New- sub-
You'll liki the old
mionir the greatest newspapers
side of thi county will be permit-
ted to pU' base licen* plates here.
Headlights must be tested be-
for licensi plate- will be issued.
Or A
Dave Diller was in from Fort
Griffin Thursday and savs every-
tliing is looking line otTi 11
"'3'rV
W. hav, known A. C. Fox for thirty 633 r.*TTr-
industrious and fine business man, and if you
happen to need any building -tone, go and figure with him. as he has
mountain- of it up there.
Tom Matthews was on Main
■ i-.y limping around
on a crutch. Tom does lots oT"
trucking and heavy hauling; hence,
oftentimes, he's got a crippled leg.
1 nai w,i>
He reports an excellent season in
the grounn and the grain crop
coming on nicely. He says cattle
are looking good and very little
feeding i necessary. Although
gras.- and weeds are slow- coming
he says there is enough freshness
underneath the dry grass, which
" a ! I-. u '—---- ■
last summer, to keep cattle in good
condition.
IIITU'li, Ml. llll'Ul!. IIIUII"
w-hen they bought all the food
ply. This member has {& varir-tiOB
of food in her cellar. SeveAl mem-
bers helped their husbands in tht
fields during the busy season anfl
worked with their pantrias after
supper. Various and sundry way®
were used in securing vegetable*,
urd -'•her npmaKy.
(Continued on
4)
1
these women managed to
plished so much. The following ex-
pression from members is ampin
proof of their determination. Obb
woman said. "I'll never dreud an-
other depression, for I have fount
out how to beat it." Another men^
her said she had fed her family df
*even through the first six month*
of the year at a cost of $46 for tht
entire time and had lived well, s>-
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