The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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THE ALBANY NEWS having a good news paper in Al-
bany. - -
Issued Every Friday Morning.
Baker & Grkjjg. , - I'roprietors
Paul Bakkr." - - - Editor
The News exists, not for any
and pretty soon he has swal-
lowed the whole store of your
merchant in town, who closes
individual, but for the upbuild- ul' an<^ K°(1S out of business.
ing of Albany and Shackelford \ on'j u *(>r
him.. When the storekeeper
I goes out of business ht
Subscription $r.00 Per War.
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County. It is ever found ready
Entrrwi at the Post Oflkc at Albany..Trill, aa ! ,
Surond Cla^ Mail Mittfr | tO USSlSt Ifl UHJ' WOTthy C8USC. -
... - - I „ . ... ... . out of town—goes to some town
hvery effort possible will be , , . , <. ,
1 where people trade at home,
made to make it of the greatest | jjt, wj^j.
( i.i'hitinc kaiks 1 service to the public; and in do
Th*.*«Alhiiny NVw > arnl fither «»f th** following
Mewi. ii.v. ing mis li is neueveu tnat it nas decreases the population of ^
' iY\i» ennr\r\rt nnd PA_nnn*»«jtiAn r»f •!/..«>. fP
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your
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fort Worth K«*coni
The ( omrnom;r
Farm and Kanch
St I>»uim Republic
The Texa* h arm ami (Houston I
ADVERTISING KATES.
Display advertUwrnrnt*. U) cents per inch per
month. ainirle column I'ay local. 10 rrnt^jxr
line. first inn«»rtion: (».c»*nta |M*r'li'nf for each »ub-
•etjuent insertion.
Friday, Fkh. 12.
We ask the blessing of thy grace,
For strength and will to do
and dare.
We seek within thy plan a place.
Thy world t<< bless, thy work
to share.
.lames Taft Hatfield.
service to the public; and in ao-jaU(l hls ,.i,.rks< ,)erhaps. This
pi ing this it is believed that it has ,Ureases -the population of
% the support and co-operation of your town. Thus the octopus
1117". the public spirited citizenship of eats a slice out of your popula-
the town and county. tion.
Perhaps five years ago
The Conference For Educa- town had a thousand people.
tion In Texas. Now it may have fallen off to
1. The Conference for Educa-, half that number. You own
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tion in Texas is a purely patriotic lots tier;' and you own fa'nn
organization composed of loyal laud near-by. Your lots and
n
From the output "Fewer laws
and better laws'" seems to be ^
. „ i 4. rhe Conference lor hduca-
the slogan of the lhirtv-nrst!• rr.
* , tion in Texas organizes the
legistature. educational forces of the State
and conducts a vigorous and con-
Albany has a live Commercial tinuous campaign in favor of
League. Are you a member?j Mter schools and better school
houses for all the children of
and aggressive friends of educa- hind .ir{, not W(,rt}, so niU(.j, m
• or near a town of ">00 as thev
2. It was organized Febru-
ary 22, 11H»7. with .'^12 members;
Jannary 1. 1!>0!), its enrollment
was more than 7,000 members.
Its purpose is to improve • >ix
all the schools of the state, and This octopus also eats up ^
to place Texas in the front rank that fine new school houst
in educational matters. *
or ucar a town of 500 as
were in oi neai a town of 1.000.
Tims the octopus cats off a
considerable'slice of the value
of your real estate.
It needs your help, for it stands i
for what Albany should be.
Texas.
which voir might have if voui
town kept on growing. It eats
up your children's opportun-
ities to get a good education,
it eats away their and your so-
cial privileges by .reducing tiie
papulation. It' your town re-
mains stationary or goes back-
F. E. Wh1™ey
Groceries
v 2s
Of every description, and have ^ *
the exclusive sale in Albany of
Chase & Sanborn's Coffee and
Tea, Light Crust and Tip Top ^
Flour. Come and see when
you want Groceries.
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Hardware
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Galvanized and painted iron
roofing, shop made stove pipe,
rain proofs and ventilators,
nails and wire, both smooth
and barbed, screen wire and
poultry netting, mule jewelry,
and everything in shelf hard-
ware. White Lily Washers,
Sherwin & Williams Paints,
oils of every description, win-
dow glass and putty.
| 5. It published ami distributed 1 wanl are *»'■« ,olavc;
in liK)8 more than 250.000 copies U11 'loust* °r a public li-
Diversification is becoming | of bulletins. j brary, or a lecture course, or a J
more and more the slogan of the! 6. The Texas State Teachers' [young people's club—not very j
progressive farmer It is not j Association, The Texas Farmers' j »oon, uever if you keep on |
but intensive, farm- ingress and The Texas Feder- fe«lmS dollars to the octopus.
ation of Women s Clubs have in- This octopus is only about a j
dorsed The Conference for Ed- j dozen years old, but it is of
ucation in Texas, and commend-, a(lult si/^ aU(] vet it is stiU
extensive
ing that is needed. Let the
farmer put brains into his busi-
ness, as the lawyer, doctor, and ed it to the confidence of the
merchant does, and, he, too will i people of the State
be successful
growing most abnormally and
enriching itself at the expense
FURNITURE FURNITURE
W. L. NELSON & CO.
Carry a full line of
FURNITURE,
Saddles, harness,
Paints, Oils
and BUGGIES.
Mattings, Carpets, Shades.
of your community. If all of
you in your community would
Quit Feeding an Organization That <lU*t f^ing this octopus and
Hinders Your Town's Growth.
THE MAIL ORDER OCTOPUS. .. ,,, inrA1 ,, T a M ♦♦»,
LOCAL. Judge J. A. Matthews is in
... . . G. W. Holstein was in Albanvj c'^"
teed your local enterprises,youn M .
I town would take a forward on
1 here s a new Octopus, with ^novement, add you would bei J. E. Allen did business in Al-
It has been estimated that
20, (Km,! homeseekers visited Tex-
as during the month of January.
Many of these purchased homes |a i,jtr stomach. It is being fed j feeding yourselves in the end. bany Monday.
in Texas, and many others were'and fattened by the farmers j I >id it ever om.r to you'j Lee Ayr?s'and Miss Kite were
so well pleased that they will,and residents of small towns I^ 1!Ij^l||.u^VeI U married in Moran this week,
return at a later date. The Lone (and the Jesser cities ch rough-11 01 ' ourna * ■ R w Alexander transacted
Star state with its healthful cli- out the Tinted States. With- N„ 5680 business in Albany Tuesday,
mate, its great variety of agri- ■ out being conscious of the fact, i Report of the condition of
cultural products, its wonderful.thrPt> well-intentioned people The Albany National Bank,
mineral resources, its broadlare Pounn« fodller nito
W. S. Home did business in
Albany Wednesday.
the
tentacles to seize and swallow
, I
pararies and rich timbered belts, I
and its hospitable people is sure t
to attract the home seeker and! thousands, of local onterprisw.
invester of mone\. That Texas Everyday m the year this
will continually become more 00topus eats up some country
prosperous and wealthy is inevit- town or small city merchant
able. It is only a question of j body and breeches. Everyday
time until she will be the great-jit devours some local manufac-
est state in the union. turing industry. And
. , at Albany, in the State of Texas,
great, hulking, miistodonie oc-,a^ cjose 0f business, Feb.
topus that is reaching out its ,5th. 1909.
J. M. Hooks attended the Com-
missioners' court in Albany this
week.
KKSOIHCKS
Loans and Discounts
Overilraft^, securt-d and unsecured
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation
Premiums un U. S. Bonds
Bonds, secureLU's. etc
Banking house, furniture and fixtures
Due from National Banks (not reserve
agents) ..
Due from State and Private Banks and
Bankers. Trust Companies, and Sav-
ings Banks
A. .). Center was in attend-
ance on the Tuesday session of
the Commissioners' court.
Watt Reynolds of Kent is visit-
ing relatives in Albany.
Henry Wilhelm of Ft. Griffin
was in Albany Wednesday.
(J. W. P. Coates transacted
business in Albany Wednesday.
Hartzog Ken fro has returned
from a visit to his sister in Dun-
can. Oklahoma.
■ Miss Ora Leech left Mondav
for market to purchase her spring
W. R. Pinnell returned Mon- SLlPP^v millinery.
Mrs. Ed Manning of Graham
$ne,270.51
' l,l«).".l
12.500.00 i
750.001 day night from Shamrock, Tex-
m"* as, where he has been working" is Visiting her father and mother,
for some time. .Judge and Mrs. -J. C. Lynch.
3.XX9.KO
'A 029.50
("VOW [)u*' fn>111 approve*! reserve aifenH
A CHANGE.
The attention of the readers
of the Albany News is called to
the fact that there will be one
. . t Checks and other cash items
ua\ t COllIlt 1\ pcoplo <lll(i t IIO J Notes of^^other National Bankn
Fractional paper currency, nickels and
cents
lawful M»>ney Reserve in Bank, viz:
citizens of the small towns and
cities are sending in ,their tid-
76,4:i4.3l
377.03
7. r,io.<x)
H1..S2 !
Specie
; bits to help fatten this creature.! Le«ai-tender not«
It is like handing peanuts
to the elephant. One peanut
% 7.KSK.0O
11.000.00 18,88*00 1
^ Ki**lcmption fund with U. S. Treasurer
(."> per cent of circulation)
Total
more page of reading matter in' wonU, not llo him mu,h ^i;!,Wwmd,^AWU™s
the News in the future than
less expenses and
but when so many are coming ftu7lu'"ifr,J
J ° : Undivided profit*
heretofore. This change has the time from every direc- taxes"J*"1
, ' National Bank note* outstandinK
been maae jtossible thru the tion he cannot help but
kindness of the merchants who fat and get strong enough to Individual deposits subject to check
have had a full page advertise- rake in whole peanut fields' ^mand certificates of deposit
ment, in consenting to have it w^h his trunk.
reduced. Several months ago rlhis is tin
the Webb and Hill advertise- toPus
ment on the front page was re- , _
ry, the Mail Order Octopus eats. |dayof eb-190w-
This en- 1 . .. i t»- s i
duced to a half page.
Mail Order Oc-
Let us consider briefly what
i> Mail Order Octopus eats.
First he nibbles at your dollar.
1.225. UO
*24fc,7t>5.s5
$ 50.U00.00
15.000.IJU
1.850.02
i2.50O.OU
gl'OW L)u^ to Stale and 1'rivate Banks and
Bankers . .
144.-Ui.l-.47
5,300.00
Total $248,765.85 ;
State of Texas, County of Shackelford, ss:
I. W. G. Webb, Cashier of the above-named
i
bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
W. G. Webb, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th
F. W. Nelson.
Notary Public.
Correct — \tte«t:
Jno. F- Sedwick.
K. E. Whitney.
I,. L. Hill. """"
Directors.
J. C. RENFRO
STAPLE
and FANCY
GROCERIES
Near Livery Stable
ables the News to give to its .. , ,
* ^ou may now ami then get
readers about a page and a half bargaldS by maiU but if vou
more of home print than it has W0lli^ i00k around at home you
ever had before. might find the same things for. There is no better flour made
The management believes that Sale at the same price. The I in Texas than Cream of Wheat.
this change should commend the octopus then devours more of Tr>' a sack next time you are in
. i , n. , , tow* and you will come back for
News to the reading public and your dollars, and somehow your' more
to those who are interested in neighbors' dollars, and so on. Pioneer Mill & Elevator Co.
New and Fresh stock of Groceries, at
the lowest market price. . . . Highest
market price paid for Butter and Eggs.
Come and give me a portion
of your business.
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Baker, Paul. The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1909, newspaper, February 12, 1909; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth403185/m1/4/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.