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STAMFORDt TEXAS, MAY 4, 1926
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COL. DICK McCARTY’S OIL FIELD
RUNNING IN OVER DERRICK
Dick McCarty is in the heart of an
oilfieltj. i —7— :~r~ -—■
Therefore Dick McCarty is in “high
oats” as it were.
Dick lives at Albany, 42 miles east
of Stamford; the oil field is six miles
northwest of,Albany, the main one,
though there are Ibexes, Wildcats,
„ Willy firtuta and all other kinds of oil
fields around him.
- Dick runs the Albany New-v, one of
th* widest-read—of also best country Hicks.
weeklies in this section, ami there are
no better Irishmen outside or inside
of Ireland.
Dick was repeatedly told of the
great feats of the oil fields down his
way; he tell* it a little scarry, but
we suppose that other newspaper men
would do the same, most of them
wSbld, if they had that much oil and
gas to brag on, and some of them
would try to do do worse.
Just lately we secured, at a great
aacrifice of time and cost a fine pic-
ture of' Dick McCarty’s oil field, the
big ope, the one northwest of Albany,
a present the same to
and we herewith prt
ew readers.
The big gusher in the back ground
la the old-he money maker of the
whole bunch. This is the one that is
•bout 1300 feet deep and squirts oil
-about 1300 feet (more' or leas, per-
haps it is 130 feet high.) When Dick
writes about that well the folks just
ait up. and look dazed at hisadjectives
and his seeming high sounding brass
symbals, but it is so. *
The trains running around these
gushers are the new tracks and new
' Kies of the Katy that Dick says are
earning.
At the time the picture was made
' there was a number of Albany people
out at these wells, but they cannot
be seen. In the small house to the
—left was located W. X. Davis, Jim
Nail, Merrick Davis and others. Dick
"f lleCarty is dowrf behind the big oil
tank in the foreground of the picture,
trying to buy acreage, as he seems
to have missed, like some of the .rest
of us, getting in on the ground floor.
W^e, admit the picture seems a lit-,
tie “out of drawing," as the''experts
^^^gay as the derricks appear wider than
the oil tanks are long, but you will
remember those wells are awful
large wells, hence have to have im-
mense derricks with which to “hist”
the terrible amount of oil there-
from.!
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KATY IMPROVING ROAD BED
BIGGER ENGINES TO COME
1 The Katy kailway, we learn through
Several sources, isl now improving
its roadbed very materially. The light
.rails that have been down and doing
extra heavy service, are giving away
to the 86-pound rails *pd ’Work is now
being pushed from Cisco to this place.
When the work is do^e heavier
freight engines will be on the road,
the 600-class being substituted for the
SOO-gjass. The 500-class is abeut a
30 per cent locomotive, we are told by
railway men. The 600-class is about
44 per cent, or is capable of hauling
1450 tons. When these heavier rails
go on a much faster passenger ser-
vice is looked for also. The Katy is
sot going to be behind in anything
when it comet* to getting fixed to get
the buiiness.
Bart la Aato Colthdoa
News cornea to Stamford of the
serious injury of Mrs. New, former-
ly Mies Mary Belle Burnham, of Si
1, the accident happening at
las. Mrs. NevTs infant was also
badly hurt in the wreck. The people
of Stamford will remember the Burn-
| Mr. BltiTfham, up td'HII death
, was connected with the
Oil Ca.
- LOCAL NEWS -
Mrs. D. P. Folley and children have
returned from a visit in Ranger.
C. M. Francis’ is back from a trip
to Fort Worth.
Mrs. M. M. McBride has been very
ill we are sorry to state.
Miss Maryk Elizabeth ' Bacon, of
Abilene, is a guest of Miss Evalyne
Perkins
The Kolonfal (Card Klub is to meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs. H. H.
SUNDAY GREAT DAY
7’ AT ERICS DALE
Themendou-^erowds attended the
all day meeting of the Swedish Luth-
erans at Bethel Church Sunday. The
sermon at the morning service was
given by Rev. Walfred Anderson of
El Campo. In the afternoon the 20th
Anniversary of the organization of
the church was celebrated. Rev.- J.
A. Stambine of Rdund Rock gave the
history of the church from the small
group of men and women who came
together under his guidance twenty
years ago until now, when Bethel is
one of the largest and most influen-
a# tka piinffKsurut iAns in
'*« t n” » '’"K o “' in
Many Charter Members were present
and the occasion wa£ a great climax
to their efforts to preserve the doc-
trines of their fore fathers and keep
alive pm! holy' the religion brought
from other lands into the new and
vigorous West. The history of Jones
County owes’ much to the Swedish
people aiui their ind^try^thoir inWg~
rity, and their religion.
Mrs. C. M. Francis has returned
from a visit with relatives in Wichi-
ta Falls.
Mrs. Nib Shaw and children have
returned to their home in Abilene af-
ter a visit to relatives here.
Miss Mary Eiizattfeth Bacon, of
Abilene, is the guest of Mrs. George
Zachary. >
Mrs. C, C. Yeatt* was hegereoeat-
iy from Abilene visiting her son,
Chester Yeatts and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hewett and Miss
Carolyne Griffin have gone to Hills-
boro on a visit. „
Misses Carrie Lou and Margaret
Crockett and. Mr. Swenson Davis
motored to Rule last Sundgy,
Mrs. C. E. Wallace is to entertain
the Forty-Two Club Friday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. W. E. Swanson.
. Mrs. W. B. Harrison, MrK Geo.
Zachary, Mrs. E. E. Yates and Mrs.
Walter On spent Friday in Abilene.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Swanson are
to leave Wednesday for a stay of sev-
eral -weeks at Qlen Rose.
Mrs. J. W. Puckett is entertaining
this afternoon at a pretty pa^y with
forty-two and bridge. ,
Mrs. O. O. b’Rear had for her
guest last week at her Home on the
Hudson Road, her sister. Miss Mo-
dena Faber of Sweetwater.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. Russell
Morrison and daughters, Mrs. Louis
Winn and Miss Agnes Pender are to
entertain at a bridge party.
Mr. LeRoy Wren of Abilene was a
recent visitor in the home of his un-
cle and aunt. Dr. and Mrs. J. E.
Montgomery. *
Mrs. C. F. Upshaw, Mrs. George
Zachary and Mrs.' Leo Richards of
Abilene left Tuesday for visits in
Waco, Temple and Holland, Texas.
District No. 2 Union Prayer Meet-
ing meets Wednesday morning, at
9:30 with Mrs„ W. B. Ray on east
Moran, Mrs. Moffett, leader.
The Lesley Bible Class of St.
John’s MetHodist Sunday School will
have their social meeting Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs, W. L.
Harrison. Hostesses at this meet-
ing will be Mesdames Harrison, John
Dee and G. L. Inglisk.
Little Girl Doiag Better
Dorothy Raney fcCulwell, little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Cul-
well and granddaughter of C Raney,
is now improving after a* •>«noua ill-
ness. She has been at the Sanitarium
in Stamford.
Mrs. R. A. Boiles entertained the
Intermediate B. Y. P. U. Class with
a party at the First Baptist Church
on Friday evening. Various games
were played and a program was en-
joyed by all. Delightful refreshments
CLASS MEETING---- “
The Good Fellowship Class of the
First Baptist Chufch had quite an
interesting meeting with Mrs T. S.‘
Hoover. After business and sewing
came the tea hour. A delicious re-
freshment plate was .served. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. J. T.
Halsell, 207 East Moran St. May 26.
—Reporter. - ■
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Lutheran Conference Delegates Visit
Stamford
Many of the delegates to the Lu-
theran Conference came into Stam-
ford Saturday afternoon, where they
visited with friends, and looked in
at the progressive places of business.
They returned to Ericsdale for the
evening service after the pleasaht
ride and a delightful afternoon in
the city. ,. — —r——■—z:
Those who had visited Stamford
were served to thirty guests and, mem-
bers.
NOTICE, ALL INTERESTED
The cemetery at New Hope Church,
five miles Bouth of Stamford, will
be cleaned off Saturday. All interest-
ed will please be on hand at 8 o’clock
and bring along ydur -basket-dinner.
—J. H. Stevenson, Supt.
Stamford Gun Club Active Again
The Stamford Gun Club has been
very active this week. The following
is the score as rendered to The Lead-
er by Stephen Bennett, the secretary
of the club:
High scores for week. Singles:
Colbert 25-25; Haynes 25-17; Connell,
25-13; Biggs, 25-18; Hicks, 26-17;
Bing, 25,-15; C. H. Smith,25-14; Peck-
ham, 26-14; * Montgomery, 25-13;
O’Rear, 26-6; Lambeth, 25*17; E. E.
Yates, 26-9; Calloway, 26-l5TBakw1
25-JO; Wheeler, 26-19; Barnes, 26-
19; Bennett, 26-22; R. Carlson, 25-
12;,Johnson, 25-17; Mrs. Bennett, 26-
as. 25-23; Ham, 28.20. —
Doubless
* Colbert. 24-21: Biggs, 24-8; Hick*.
24-7; King, 24-12.
iree men io hoard and
On* Urge sleeping
before were surprised at the recent
growth of Stamford. Those who had
not, been before in the. “Best of the
West” were amazed at the progress
the prosperity, and the magnitude of
a town * so young.
A huge crowd assembled Sunday
for the all day meeting. The bar-
becue after the morning services was
followed by a pleasant afternoon un-
til tKfe heavy showers interfered with
the program.
Altogether, the conference was suc-
cessful from point of attendance and
interest and the visitors were lavish
m their praise of the entertainment
given by the Jones county Luther-
ans. The delegated returned to their
homes on the Sunday night and Mon-
day morning trains.
Shower For Bride Elect
A trio of hostesses honored Miss
Vera Mae Todd Friday afternoon in
the assembly room of -St. John's
church with a shower of gifts at a
•olevrly planned announcement party.
Mesdames L. A. Gustafson, Mar-
tin Middlebrook and Jack Fuqua re-
vived their guests in the flower fill-
ed room and introduced the bride-to-
be, Miss Todd, who stood . with her
Bister, Miss Eugenia Todd, Miss Lau-
ra Johnson introduced Mrs. M. L.
Hicks, mother of the groom. Mr. Cecil
Hicks, and Mrs. Morris Hicks; The
guest book wsfe presented by Miss
Johnnie Frances Smith. The program
that preceded the presentation of the
gifts included readings by Misses
Mary Hendrickson and Juanita
Wright, and music by Misses Rebec-
ca Harlan and Perry Lee Smith.
In presenting the gifts, Misses
Maxine Rowland and Josephine Pin-
son dressed as bride and groom, en-
tered, and Misses Perry Lee Smith
and Mary Hendrickson led the real
bride to them, while Miss Maurine
Gamblin played the wedding march.
After the gifts were accepted and
admired, delicious apricot ice and an-
gel food cake were served. The
guests included Mesdames Alton Mc-
Clellan, W. P. Moore, Arthur Reed,
J. O. Teasley, P. C. Owens, W. J.
Rosamond, Kate Alversbn, Perry
Smith, Earl Harrison, Jack Coates,
Ray RectoT, C. L. Rogers, Misses Re-
becca Harlan, Perry’Lee Smith, Mary
Hendrickson, illian Dalton, Johnni
Frances Smith, Elaine Rector
Maurine Gamblin.
nnie
ana
Truly, this is the ear of the go-geftter.
Bits off more than you can chew,
Then chew it;
Plan for more ;than you caii do,
Then do it;
Hitch your wagon to a star.
Keep your seat aad there you are.
Oordially yours,
I*
mn Service.
, Vooaanger, in Mag-
also.
jyCNT.
-have
ItV-Mrs.
Hamilton
vo unfornitthpil roorw^
r who desire
, 217 East
196. 56-lip.
LOST—One black and white spot wolf
hound. Lost last Saturday. Will pay
liberal reward j(©r information.-~W<
J. Jackson, New hope. 56-tfc.
gANITARIUM NOTEg
Mrs. J. G. Buster, of Hawley, moth-
er of A. L. Buster, i* a patient in the
sanitarium. u '
-Mrs. J. A. Smith is recovering satis-
factorily from an operation for ap-
' po illicit is Friday evening. ---T'
Mrs. J. C. Saul* has returned to
her home in Hamlin after several
weeks stay in the sanitarium.
Mrs. E. B. Huddleston, of the of-
fice force in the sanitarium, is away
her v«f»tinn .and is guest
relatives in Weatherford.
Among the out of town patients
are Mesdames H. T. Benner, Roby; L.
Y. Vinson, Anson; Oscar Owen, Ham-
lin; H. S. Neal, Anson; R. O. Flem-
ing, Albarty; and John D. Bell, Roby.
Messrs. T. C. Robinson, of McCauley,
After 136 days at sea during which
it never was heard from and had been
given up as lost, the schooner “Irene”
sailed calmly into San Pedro harbor
the other day. During the five months
the schooner had been driven more
than 12,000 miles and after the 100
days’ supply of food gave out .the
nine members of the crew and Mrs.
Allen Rosenal, wife of the captain,
lived on fish and rainwater.
"Give us a smoke,” Was the first
request of the crew of the “Irene"
when . the schooner, missiag five
months, sailed into San Pedro, Calif.
"Give me a drink of real water,4
the, f irst request of Mrs. Allen Rosep-
dal (inset) who helped catch fish and
rainwater after food and water gave,^
out and who also nursed several of the 1901.
dricks of Hamlin; R. L. Benson, of
Avoca, and C. A. Boyles of Donna
are the among the patients register-
ed at the sanitarium.
W. W. CLARK’S VARIETY OF
COTTON +
Is a ’cotton I found wntld Working
on the halves on A. V. Davis’ farm
five,miles east of Stamford in October
1921. £
Culled and re-culled until October
IUX, wHsn rpichadria
was peeled by hand and; which plant-
ed one-half acre that made one-half
bale in 1924. -
While working thirds and fourths
on J. S. Wert's farm 3 miles east of
Stamford this one-half bale was gin-
ned in one stand with the roil run
and a wagon sheet spread under
stand from which seed I planted ton
acres which made ten bales after los-
ing one-half of seed-on tny own farm
seven miles ~6uth and two miles east
of Stamford, which farm paid fifty
per cent in 1925. These seqd were
kept clean 'wiimiie exception of two
roll* that got in o.n account of gins be-
ing crowded.
..This is the seed that is for sale at
$1.50 per bushel at, Piggly Wiggly
store, Stamford. .This store charges
no commission for handling.
Quality five lock ^cotton, deep tap
root, big bolls and easy picked. Staple
1 1-8 jo 11-4 inches. v*\ .
Germination test over 94 per cent,
which cotton'Tiitder extreme test will
mature fi'bm one to fifty-five seed
to the boll. * 7,
Yburs for bettef cotton,
' y W» W. CLARK,
Route 2, Avoca, Texas. , 56-ltp.
Church southeast of town They werb
visitors in Stamford Saturday and
Mr. Soderberg called to see The Lead-
'er. Come again.
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ABOUT FAIRV1EW CHURCH
interested in the Fairview
Cemetery, 2 Mi miles south of Tuxedo,
please take notice. On May 1st, at
the Annual Meeting of the Cemetery
Association it was voted to buy the
church property/ consisting of the
house «yid plot of ground on which
it stands.
Anyone desiring to help in this
worthy cause, please send your check
to Joe H. Johnson, Treasurer, Stam-
ford, Texas, RouteB,' ; ,
RSON, Secretary.
! Stamford, Texas.
W. B. AME1
Mia/ Edna Cullum has gone back
to Dallas to resurtie her work in the
book store, where she was employed
before her very severe illness of
several months. Her health is im-
proved and her imany friends hope
she will soon be herself again. She
is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
B. W. Cullum, of this city.
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IS FATAL Kan
LONDON, April 29.—A dispatch
to the Evening tfewa from Church
of Christ,^ New Zealand, sgys,
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that “Bobby" Leach who went over
Niagara Falls in a st«\el# barrel
barrel in
iurjN received
1>i«cg_ofoijg«ne
peel in the street.
, Leach broke a leg, which it was
found necessary to amputate.
1911, is dead from inj
when he slippedton a
"Bobby" Leach, a Canadian,
achieved world wide notoriety through
his feat at Niagara Falls. He was the
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bx
live, the first being Mrs. Anna Edson
Taylor of Niagara Falls, N. Y., who
made the trip in a barrel October 24,
crew during the hazardous voyage.
Leach’s trip was made July 25,1911.
He was severely battered and bruised
Alternate delegates to the Memphis in the drop of 168 feet over the Horse-
Conference s ! shoe Falls, but his injuries were only
From a recent issue of the Texas gupbfftctal. H» WU forty nine Yeatg^—
Christian Advocate,- it is noted that old when he- performed the feat
the alternate clerical delegates 4q
Ge tier a 1 ConferenceihcludeRev. J. T.
Griswold and Rev. J. H. Hamblen
who were several years, in Sfa
ford and who have many friends w^a.-,^-
delight in their honor. Among the
lay alternate delegates are Mrs. B.
"VV. Dodson of Snyder and Mrs. W. E.
Lyon of Abilene, who are also form-
er residents of .Stamford.
E. Soderberg and 'wifb, of Dal
FOR RENT—Five PPtPtn house, partly
furnished On. graved stfeetqj close-in.
Garden ready to go "tq. dating from
—Connell & Tayman. 56-2tc,
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1 1924 ^Ford Roadster, Good Hig^t Pressure
fires.
1 1924 Chassis Good Rubber,
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