Amarillo Sunday News-Globe (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 14, 1938 Page: 204 of 264
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PAGE TWENTY—SECTION F
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY EDITION, im
Kingdom for Saddle
By MRS. J. M. WINCHESTER
"My kingdom for a liorse," old
'Mo.se' Richard, England's gladiator
king, whistled to himself as he sum-
marized the value of continental
horse flesh and the relative worth
of the British Empire. The Pan-
handle cowboys put no such pre-
mium on riding stock. They liked
saddles. Which is exactly the rea-
son that E. O. Feierabend, Amarlllo
pioneer, started in the saddle busi-
ness in the plains country.
Feierabend came to Amarillo from
Miles City, Montana, in 1895, to work
with C. D. Jackson in his saddle,
harness, and leather goods shop at
Fifth and Polk. While in Montana
he made the acquaintance of sev-
eral . men from Texas who had
brought trail herds into the Mon-
tana country, among these-"Scanda-
lous" John McCandless, former sher-
iff of Dallam County and at present
a resident of Dalhart.
Jackson soon sold out to String-
fellow and Hume. This firm re-
tamed all of the former employees.
There was a good business at that
time in saddles for nearly everyone
rode horse-back. The cowboys were
proud of their saddles and often had
their names stamped on the cantle
Many fancy saddles were made in
the shop, some elaborately hand
decorated and trimmed with silver
Lee Dyer had an old Mexican tree
upon which he had a fine saddle
constructed.
The cowboys used to hold many
big herds close to town, awaiting
cars to ship them in, some of the
herds coming from near El Paso.
When pay day came, if he could
go by the saddle shop before he
went down "saloon row," a cowhand
would outfit himself at the shop.
Many a $100 saddle was placed on
a $10 horse.
The saddle shop was to the male
population of the early days what
the beauty shop is to the modern
woman. All the news and town gos-
sip was circulated there.
One afternoon there was a shoot-
ing scrape in front of the saddle
shop. Hugh Taylor, who was a
deputy sheriff, had an argument
with a lightning rod agent.
Finally, Taylor drew his gun, and
shot at the agent, the bullet hitting
him in the neck and going just be-
neath the skin. It went half way
around, coming out when it struck
the collar button at the back of
his neck. Hugh shot again. His
bullet went wild and struck the
side of Wolflin's Grocery Store,
glancing off to the other side of
the street, where it hit a painter
at work. The spent bullet struck
him in the back right at the belt.
It followed the belt around and
came out at the front close to the
belt buckle. The painter thought
he was killed; yelled, and sank to
his knees. A doctor rushed out of
his office across the street and
looked the painter over quickly and
I found only a red streak around his
waist. But all this was too much
for the pool* painter who with one
last yell, and shirt tail flying, started
| across the flats. Amarillo never
i saw him again.
For the last 35 years, Feierabend
I has been active in Masonic work. He
is past master of Amarillo Lodge,
past High Priest of Amarillo Chap-
ter, R. A. M.; past Illustrious Mas
ter. Amarillo Council, R. & S. M
and past commander of Amarillo
Commandery No. 48, Knights Temp
lar. He is now serving as secretary
of Amarillo Lodge and Amarillo
Chapter and recorder of Amarillo
Council, and is vice president of the
Masonic Temple Association.
Feierabend became married in
1898 and has reared his four chil-
dren here. All of them make their
homes in Amarillo. They are Charl-
es Feierabend, C. G. Feierabend, Milo
Feierabend. and Miss Minnie Feiera-
bend of the Amarillo High School
faculty.
StO re on the Prairie
The Furr Food stores in Amarillo
and over the Panhandle have liter-
ally grown up with the country Just
as have its officials and notably its
president, C. W. Furr, whose suc-
cess story could be used by any re-
gional chamber of commerce as typ-
ical of the results which may be
achieved in this country by hard
work and perseverance.
C. W. Furr was born May 8, 1878,
at Albemarle. Stanley County, North
Carolina, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Furr. The family moved to
McKinney when Mr. Furr was 34,
and he was reared on a farm. He
had a public school education in
North Carolina and Texas. He
married Annie Furr, no relation, in
18Gfi Coincidentally she was born
5n Carabarus, North Carolina, and
her family moved to Texas four
years ahead of Mr. Furr's parents.
Mr. Furr until 1907 when he mov-
ed to Kirkland in Childress county.
He was tired of farming and had
long had the idea of going into busi-
ness. He established the Kirkland
Mercantile Company in 1907 in a
20 by 30 box house, the rear of
which was used as his home for al-
most a year. The couple had three
children when they moved to Kirk-
land. All three are living, Ona is
Mrs. J. L. Sparks, whose husband
is superintendent of produce mar-
kets for the Furr Food Stores; Key
Furr is part owner of a wholesale
meat company in Amarillo and Roy
Furr has charge of the Furr Food
Stores at Lubbock.
As the country about Kirkland
built up Mr. Furr added to his
holding, erecting several brick build-
ings and organizing several busi-
ness firms, including furniture," dry
goods and groceries. In 1906 he
helped organize the Kirkland State
Rank and in 1915 was elected its
president, a position he still hold'
He increased the bank's earnings
find paid from 10 to 20 per cent
dividends each year to make quite
a record in the banking world. Dur-
ing these years he kept accumulat-
ing farms and business prooertv
In Childress County.
Since 1908 I have never sold
any farm I acquired but that
doesn t show a man to be any too
smart because lots of times r could
MiTFurr * ™ *aSd
Qualit
v
Qualit Cleaners, located at
bv Mr' ,Tun'£ A' 0mU>- ta "P-™
in French who has been
nes M,C fmn* and pressinS busi"
np.ss I or lo years.
He has owned and operated the
present establishment for the past
having opened it short-
anri rMo SOld tkp Prench Hatters
ana Cleaners in 1936.
> ■ T[P"ch says his PIant is equip-
ped with tne most modern cleaning
and pressing machinery available,
and specializes also in hat cleaning
ana blocking. 5
The cenial owner of the Quality
Cleaners has been in Amarillo 12
la's"""5' ing come here from Dal-
Machine
TV
The Texas Machinery Company
representing the Galion Iron Works'
and Manufacturing Company in the
Panhandle area. i. located at 308
East Fourth Avenue.
The company was organized Oc-
tober 1, 1936 by Rankin Russell,
owner and manager, who is ^-ell-
known throughout the Panhandle,
having lived in the area for 47
years.
L. W. Case, a Panhandle resident
for the past 22 year., is incharge
of the parts and service division of
the Texas Machinery Company.
Pease River Presbytery
OUT FOR A SUNDAY AFTERNOON RIDE on the
range. Quite a contrast with today's parties of canterers
on well-defined bridle paths.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Early-day cowboys paid little at-
tention to real names, usually hang-
ing a nickname on a man as soon
as they saw him. A great many of
them were given because of a dis-
tinguishing mark on either their
person or their horses.
C. W. Furr, Key Furr and Roy
Furr with Roy as manager.
At present the Furr Food inter-
ests own and operate 22 stores in
West Texas and the Panhandle of
New Mexico. In addition they own
and operate two large warehouses
one in Amarillo and another in
Lubbock, from which they supply
their branch stores. Every dollar
of the Furr Food company stock
is owned in and by West Texas and
Panhandle people.
Nath Hord, for example, was
known all his life In New Mexico
as the "LX Kid." He had gone,
while in his "teens," to New Mexico
from Eastern Oklahoma, and had
crossed LX range. He stopped for
& night at headquarters and trad-
ed for an LX pony. His youth ac-
counted for the "Kid" part of the
name, and the brand on the horse
for the distinguishing "LX."
A Pitchfork man, named Vines,
was very fond of potatoes, and of
course became "Spud" Vines. Sim-
ilarly named was ■ Pie" Tummins,
an old Spade man.
"Smoky" Fires, "Pug" Doddy,
"Gin" Delaney, "Bull" Fite, "I.obo"
! Riggins and his brother "Twiddle,"
| and, best of the lot, the euphonious
I "Soup" Gurguson, of the LX.
By HERBERT AND CAROLYN
TIMMONS
The first Presbyterian church
work in the Texas Panhandle was
under the jurisdiction of the Pease
River Presbytery of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church.
This Pease River Presbytery ex-
tended from the Vernon area north
as far as there were any settle-
ments and west until it met the
pioneer laborers of the Buffalo Gap
Presbytery. The entire Texas Pan-
handle and old Greer County were
included in the Pease River Pres-
bytery.
Records of the Presbytery as-
sembled at Quanah on October 2,
1890, show Rev. W. D. Wear as
moderator. The roll of ministers
included all Cumberland Presby-
terian preachers who were laboring
in the Texas Panhandle. They
were Revs. Wear. C. D. Elder, J.
P. Phillips, W. M. Spugle, A. W.
Rorigers, G. S. Davenport, present,
and J. A. Zinn, absent.
Six new preachers were received
into the Presbytery at this meeting.
They were Rev. W. F. Hawkins and
Rev. E. T. Nell, from the New Hope
Presbytery; Rev. J D. Brady, trans-
ferred from Elk Presbytery; Rev.
William Hudson, from Tehuacana;
Rev. O. W. Carder from the Buf-
falo Gap Presbytery, and Rev. C.
M. Lemond. from the Bacon Pres-
bytery. Rev, S. D. Logan was also
received into the Pease River Pres-
bytery.
Congregations represented b y
their elder in the Presbytery were
Headquarters (Oklahoma) by W.
H. Thompson; Chillicothe, by E. P.
Killebrien; Lillie View, J. K. Cald-
well; Vernon by S. W. Mabry;
Quanah by J. B. Vernon.
V • *
The churches of Harrold, Lone
Star, Seymour, Gypsm and Chil-
dress were not represented.
Friday, October 3, 1890, the newly
organized churches at Amarillo,
Prairie Home, North Groesbeck,
Double Springs, Pleasant Point and
Olivet were admitted into the Pres-
bytery. The Amarillo church was
by far the youngest congregation,
being only five days old.
The Cumberland Presbyterian
Church at Salisbury was received
at the April meeting of 1891, as was
Bethel, Tulia and Memphis. Can-
yon City church had evidently been
organized, as a note is made that
it had sent no representative.
At this session a formal petition
was presented for separation of
Greer County from the Pease River
Presbytery. The reason given was
that the swollen condition of the
Red River often made it difficult
and very dangerous for the members
living north of the river to attend
the sessions. The petition further
stated that there were eight or-
ganized congregations — M o r i a h,
Olivet, Pleasant Point, Prairie
Home, Bethel, Altus or Frazier,
Lake View and Cottonwood—in the
Greer County area and it was their
opinion that they had now reached
sufficient strength to justify the
separation. The petition was
granted.
The churches at Oklaunion and
at Clarendon were also admitted at
th'- session.
Washburn congregation came In
during September, 1892. with Elder
S. T. Howard as lay delegate. Mar-
garet was also recognized. Margaret,
in Hardeman County, is located on
the site of the battle where Cynthia
Ann Parker was captured from the
Indians.
The '62 report also shows that a
fine Sunday school using Presbyte-
rian literature was being well at-
tended near Claude.
The next session of the Pease
River Presbytery found congrega-
tions at Central Plains, May Shaw,
and La Plata admitted. Silverton,
Newlln and Quitaque came in in
1894. Aug. 18, 1805. records W. M.
Duvall as representing Plainview.
• •
Rev. O. W. Carder reported at the
midsummer meet of '95 that a
church had been organized in
Swisher County, and given the name
of Pleasant. Hereford is mentioned
in the report, and as La Plata has
disappeared it is assumed that the
church of La Plata had moved with
the rest of the town to Hereford.
The Presbytery records reveal that
during this five-year period there
were a large number of ministers
laboring in the Texas Panhandle, a
far greater number of ministers than
of congregations. Some ministers
were working as missionaries on the
far-flung borders of the Panhandle.
The Texas Panhandle of today owes
much to these valiant souls.
The membership roll of the Pease
River Presbytery of 1895, several
years after Greer County was cut
off. holds names endeared to many
early Panhandle pioneers. The roll:
J. W. Beck, O. W. Carder, M. F.
On His Own
Twenty years ago a young man
went to work for the Toledo Scale
Company—today that man is still
in the scale business but doing busi-
ness as his own firm.
For 13 years H. T. Bruce was a
special representative for Toledo
scales but in 1930 he entered busi-
ness for himself, opening the Ama-
rillo Scale and Fixture Company at
400 West Seventh Avenue.
Despite the fact that the next few
years were depression ones, Mr.
Bruce's business prospered and to-
day he is one of the largest dis-
tributors of scales, and store and
market fixtures in the area. He is
the distributor for Hussman refrig-
erators, compressors, scales, and
sausage mills in the Tri-State area.
Recently he purchased a building
at 1205 West Sixth Avenue and now
operates his store there.
Mrs. W. H. Magee, Mr. Bruce's
sister, is office manager. C. G Wag-
ner is the representative of the
Amarillo Scale and Fixture Com-
pany at Lubbock.
Qames, A. A. Davis, Dickens, C. M
Lemond, Le Clere, J. D. Lipscomb
F. E. Lawler, J. N. McCutchen, J
Phillips, A. W. Rodgers, W. J. Rog •
ers, W. D. Wear, George F. Lecture,
P. F. Johnson, A. J. French.
It is of interest here to note that
the name of Cumberland Presbyte-
rian was given to the denomination
because the revival that led to the
establishment of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church first swept
through the Cumberland River sec-
tions of Kentucky and Tennessee,
then spread to all the nation.
Clarence Harp, cashier of the
First State Bank at Kirkland, is
Mr. Furr's business representative
in Childress.
It was in 1925 that Mr. Furr took
the steps which led him into the
grocery business on a big scale. He
bought the rights for several coun-
ties in Northwest Texas to the M
System franchise—a new idea in
self-merchandising for grocery stores
E. H. Carlton. Fort Worth, had
patented the idea and had tried out
the patent in Clovis in 1923 as the
first M System store.
Bill George who had worked for
Piggiy-Wiggly in Fort Worth was
hired by Mr. Furr at Kirkland.
George drew the assignment as man-
ager of the first M System store
opened at Amarillo at about 512
Polk Street. He stayed a vear and
| moved back to Fort Worth.
| Mr, Furr then asked E. J. Mc-
Cartt of the Piggiy-Wiggly stores
in Fort Worth to come to Amarillo
. as manager of the store. He stay-
* fid on with Mr. Furr and new stores
were added from time to time. Mc-
Cartt is now vice president and gen-
j eral manager of the Furr Food
! Stores.
j M System No. 2 was put in on
.West Sixth Street in 1926. In that
J year a third .store was opened on
I West Tenth. In 1927 the company
opened No. 4 Store on Sixteenth,
No. 5 on East Tenth and No. 6 on
| North Fillmore. About this time
they branched out into other towns
in the Panhandle.
...
| An M System store was estab-
I lished in a tin shack when Borger
was created by the 1926 oil boom.
Soon the company had stores in
Pampa. Canyon. Dalhart. Panhandle,
Lubbock, Tucumcari, Clovis, Here-
I ford and Hobbs.
Beginning in 1933 the company
j gradually changed the name of the
stores from the M System to the
] Furr Food company.
Mr. and Mrs. Furr had given up
their Kirkland home and moved to
Amarillo in 1928. There was a
tinge of regret at leaving Kirkland
| because when they went there in
1907 there was no depot. They got
off on the prairie and started build-
ing a town. Land was selling at
; S5 an acre and there were very few
j farms. However they hit a wet
! rycle just right and boom years
j followed. They had seen some lean
I years, had carried a lot of farmers
■ four and five years but generally
I had prospered abundantly.
Mr. Furr served the little com-
munity of Kirkland in almost every
capacity and grew with the coun-
i try.
■I always tried to treat everyone
like T would want to be treated.
; handled quality merchandise and
[sold it at a small profit," said Mr.
Furr. "I found that treating my1
: fellow-man right paid off in a!
i most handsome way."
Mr. Furr declares that he has
been very fortunate in having some
excellent associates who have helped
him build a big business. He es- j
i peciaily lauds Mr. McCartt and I
i Mr. Harp. Harp has been witn
,him since he was 15, and McCartt J
almost since he started his self-
service stores.
The company doesn't plan any |
additional stores but they are plan- |
ning bigger and better stores. One '
of these new super-markets is now
under construction at Tenth and
Fillmore. It will be of the latest
c' en and have the most up-to-
dale equipment available.
Mr. Furr is president of the Furr
r.od Stores, Tnc., of Amarillo with
E, J. McCartt, vice president and
general manager; J. L. Sparks, sec-
retary and Homer Davis, treasurer.
The Lubbuck Furr unit has five
stores owned by a partnership of
Hillcrest Golf Club
Finest Public Course in the
Panhandle.
5 miles N. E. of Amarillo
Bill Keith
GROCER
Have Made
Great Progress
The grocers of Amarillo have made great progress in the
past fifty years. Down through the years they have kept
pace with the other thriving industries and businesses in
this vicinity. Today, with the modern means of refrigera-
tion the grocers stock garden-fresh vegetables, fruits, and
meats every day. .Quick transportation has brought about
a complete line of national brand products to the local
grocer. Service and quality are by-words. Patronize your
local grocer. He will appreciate your trade.
Visit These Home-Owned Stores During Potter County's 50th Anniversary Celebration
V. Mr
>OOPM I ...'• "
T.W
P and D
GROCERY and
MARKET
Not the largest store but
the Biggest Everyday
Values!
Phone 2-0859. 1623 S. Lincoln
Free Delivery Service
Meet Me at
TAYLOR'S MARKET
Where You Will Find a Complete Line of Fruits,
Vegetables, Meats, Fish and
Poultry.
404 Taylor St
Phone
6329" They Never Close
308 E. 10th St.
Phone 2-2266
Quality
Meats and Groceries
at the
MAYO
GROCERY and
MARKET
26th and Arthur. Phone 2-198!
Your Friendly Neighborhood
Grocery With Quality
Merchandise
J. C. CAIN
Groceries, Gas and Oil
417 N. E. 8th. Phone 2-0081
MORRIS
GROCERY
A Friendly Neighborhood
Store
WE APPRECIATE YOUR
TRADE
MA HECK
Grocery arid AAarket
At The Same Old Stand
916 TYLER
NORTON
PRODUCE CO.
The Only Drive-In Grocery
Store In Amarillo
QUALITY MERCHANDISE
716 W.I 6th. Phone 9268
HOMER'S
GROCERY and
MARKET
FRESH FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES
Phone 5043. 312 E. 18th.
Air-Conditioned
A
GLADYS MORRIS, Mgr
723 S. Lincoln. Phone 6915
Hughes Street
Grocery
Quality and Service
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
G. M. PEETand SON
2025 Hughes. Phone 9586
With the S ame Quality, Goods and Service
Phone 5952
Quality Food and Service
Dial 4700. 812 W. 10th
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