The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 19, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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ALB1MT, TEXAS, FBI DAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1924
Shackelford County
Thoroughly Drenched
It never rains in thin country unless it and lust Thursday night
it suit1'did | m > u r down ill night, mill pint nl tin- day l-'i kIii \. The urn em-
inent utilise at Albany resist ereil and lull inir I lie win it did, old Mot'ier
r.artli drank it all up, hence, tic ground i- .soaked, hid not put out enieh
stock filter, however, ihi>I nt the t:■ nk> urot cnoti :li to relic i uinttci ti.i
the time being. This was one ruin Hint made <i. nil led mod, find coming
j;ist at the time that it did. why tiutiirnllv \ti aic smiling. Jt will V ■ |>
I'llni^e conditions woudcrhillv, in lin t it will Iniiig the gru , and guru
lip the oi I grass, and start the winter grin-, hence tin -tnckiucn ni<- ,11b
lant over the rn in In II. Then iiiioIIim tiling, nearly nil 01 i . I'nnnci- in
the ci.uhty had their stabile land broke, and some lew IciiI 1111 > . .I\ owed
sonic trrn hi . Sou jiiil n- hi 'on as the ground 1- dry enough, wh\ wheat
sowing will be the order ol the din V111I gelling tin grain in tin muni
thin enrly, it melius esccllent winter pn.-tiirngc, 1111 <I will In- worth ten
ol thousands "I dollin to i"r lm ! n, -uve lecd lull . and will n
lilt clitt le nil <• i iiler. \ nil In- iih - 11'I 1 hi . I in ri ng lili en 1ly 11 o-l, II v 1' oh I
cotton production to I lit 1 unity, but < I coin > thnl i nil n ... 1 .1,'. . Inn .. v or
ill times in our lilc, we have known prett;. good cotton ciop m ole in Texas
utter the tenth ol September, mid il inn; hnppeii ngniii. Added to 1I11 . then
in another potential wealth that is worth thousands ol dollars to town nnd
county, ttint is the spirit ol boost tint it has put into our citi/.enshi|. (I
yen, everybody is feeling good, willing to gamble on things, it brings idle
cash out of its hiding, therefore, it mean* investment. Yen, it means that we
are all .roiiig to get on the band wagon of progress, nnd go to tooting our
horns for Albany and giund old Sim Iford county, and folks *lid you know
that about half of our financial ills is in tne mind. Let 11 town 01 a
community get big things fixed in their minds, nnd ihi t community can do
ing thing* to pass. And now we are nil feeling good, the ground
£ra* ia going to get green, in uother words, the tuture pros-
uright, and w«tch Albany and Shackelford county grow. The
I )lhe ui.ity of uuud is illustrated in that ol Holland, they were
cflMpM-4n the oce. 11 brinks, to the jumping oft place, nnd hud to make :i
counti v that they could call their own, they built a wall out in
and mude a country of their own. And so this little nation lives down below
the oceans bed. aml^thc glory, the irugnlity, the economic gumption, the
courage and bull dog tenacity of the Hollanders is known 111,> 111 nI the v>■. 1 Id.
and this little dutch kingdom i> tie rdn ni.liou ol nil nn 1. And then
there's that little drowned city ol hnlvcMon, in-l 11 -hoc siring 1 f .1 town
out. there oil sill isliind, the pre\ ol the mini warn-, and live thnu.-:ml ol
her folks sleep ill watery ■ rave-. Hut uui In tin 11 ■ I like, they liuill n -in
wall around theii city, costing million-, nnd mnv they are bi 1 iidin_-
sea wall iilid tilling up 11 <• low plnct - 111 tin cost 1 iiiillion.- Ve-, eic'ov.i d
with the dure devil spiri! of do, and Kiev ■.Inpped nn oei hi tin 1.0 e
illld Kiiiil behave yoursell And then wa Houston -he wanted deep v.nter,
she wanted to be on the bti d. ol :i 11 ocean, nnd the cut a enhal some
fifty or sivtv n;iile.s long dov 11 to the hull ol M ... am 11.ink oi i , the
big nierehinit ships, flying the lln:.- of e\ cry 1 in i ion .tick tleir nice m
at Houston's buck door nnd lake her raw ii.atennl. And 11 oil -1 «n 1 111 d tins
at 11 cost of over tveuh wo million dollar- Vi1 . ill- 11111I gumption and
courage mill cash luilliessed the Wave iii' tin i 1:. m.d the tote ii city '-,
coinrncrce. And lu re i \II11111 , 1 • • 'oil, l.ow rich, m 1 •:-1111 iqmii thousand
ilills are I'nt, and every valley nnd dnb is a old mine, tnnke . 1 hn ly ami 1 ■ n 1 .•
bushels of s 1111111 grain to the n> le, in1 cotton and <0111 . ml 1 do niai/e
did you nay T Why hod hie - your -mil, the .nn t 1 ics ni"1 I. 111 bin i . 11
nil bulged out, nnd the cotton ■ a iir. 11 the .o r: <■ | . |.e• i• y.
Funeral Services of
Elmer G. Reynolds
All that was mortal ol Klmer <i. Reynolds was laiil to rest in the Albany
''eiuetery Saturday evening al _': !il o'clock. The corpse 111 rived Saturday
morniiig troin Pecos. The funeral cortege assembled.at the Matthews Me-
morial t'hiirch, nml quite a large niiinber ol' relative- nnd friends joined
in the I uiie nil pi ICC--IOH out I I'■!■ cemctcrv. At t'e open grave, I'ev,
• Levi Shelby pllslor ol the Mutll.ews Melllolilll church, conducted the
1 111 e 1 ill ervice ml delivered an appropiinle and eloi|iienl liilieinl oration.
, 11 er which In- In 1 1 ei 1111111 'nn lov 1 1 cd into I lie v' rn v e, and lining liaiiih
■lei 11 rn t' • 1 t 1 " i " 1 ■ ■. 1 ' I na ill 11 ill I lewet -, t lie >."| 11 - n I, ela 11 \ e-. 1 in I 11 lend-
Ill dentli "11- nulled It;.me. niinli litlll gllll -lot Tin 1:1111 i I y lived ill
I*e- ■ nnd I Inn 1 hnd one o 111 to lie ranch, Illld Was found ilend. With 11
11. hut 111 tin corner oi one ol In- eyes. There was no one nl the ranch,
1 ml |il t no \ it I ill I >pe 11 e< I no one wi'l evci know, bill 111 the handling ol in-
■ill, Mid hi wiis 11 gri lit hunter. 11 - way he wiis killed. I.lull i wns
tiorn n 1111 reared in l.ackellord county, nml -ouie twentv odd vent ago
went out to Pecos, nml look chill '■ 01 tin rnH<"11 business ol (ieurge T.
11' ' hold -, ; ml liai I til • I i - 1 ■ ■ mi I -II " I mi I lie bllsine . \l n 'i lell out I here,
and n.in' eluliinri win . 1 ruiI ol the inarruim, hnd n happy home lie
one ol 1110- e unite imissiimiiig men, tended strictly to hi- hu-inc-.i,
a- 1111 excellent cili/en, a loving 111. -1111 ml nnd tender lalher, mil hnd the
1 peel ol nil who knew liini, hence, hi- death wns -ad indeed, ,ve-, ,1 tin edy,
• 1111 I he New- extends condolence to Ins loving wile uui children, and In
his dear mother, Aunt (iustn Kcvnol ls. Heath at best is sail, but so sad,
when one 1- stricken down in the strength of his luiiuhnoil, it's sail imleetl,
hut death is the I i-t debt to be paid, and it comes to all men sooner or
later.
E. G. REYNOLDS ACCIDENTALLY
KILLS SELF WITH SHOTGUN.
WAS A PROMINENT STOCKMAN
The new* yesterday alternoon which ennte to Pecos that E. 0. Remolds,
commonly called Klmer, wns dcnil was one of the greatest shocks this town
bus hnd in many a day. The news spread rapidly and many of hi- friends
went to the ranch to see what assistance they could render the family.
It appears that he was at he ranch alone atid since he hnd not been
cry well Mrs. Kcv nobis nnd the children had i 11st talked to Ii 1111 nml vvei.t
" n ranch to I d-.t - ■ 111 e coked meals out to him. W hen reaching the
nn-li, Mrs. Ki vii'ihls went through 1 lie house culling lor him hut no an
Tannehill Oil Company
Spreading Out
Always when Mr. Tannehill cornea in from California, something hap
pens, it either rains or they bring in a new oil well. Well be came in lite
past week, and two great events have occurred, first, they began to lay thr
loiiiulnl 11111 lo ra power plant out there on the Moberly holdings, and ilicn
so laid 11 gloru\ s ruin, ami nil the couny is smiling. V en, Tannehill
"d Complin; is erecting n power plant out there, pumping plant, with a
n I 1 cit v ol 111V or sivtv shallow wells, and Mr. I'n 11 neh 111 says that it
ill be the best, nothing left out, •.iibsfiuit in I, ami right up to now. They
hin eight couiineirial wells mil there on the Moberly, and all the while
liny have used I he wells for storagi capncitv, but now they are going to
11111 the crude ml on the market. They are figuring on a pipe line by one
ol the big companies, and in the event that this does not go through, why
tiny "ill liiiihl n loading rack at Coghill switch, same is less tlinn a mile
I ruin production. So vou -it thai things are picking up in the Albany
ml tii Id just we -1 ol Albany. We hear it hinted around that in all pro-
bability there will In n gu-oline plant built out there, <t von, manufacture
' 1 ■ e crude output on the ground, nnd then milk the escaping gases. Why
not Put inv, wouldn't it lie 11 leather 111 Albany's cup if Tannehill Oil
' 0111 p. 111 y would invest a nullum dollars out there, right lit Albany's buck
I NmI tnki ii 1 i'« iii 11-. it's going to conn, as that wild cut dream out
there lei- come true, and the crude oil pool has been tapped, no longer a
gamble, hence they are spending thousands ol dollars in the construction of
II power plant, and this means that the company has confidence in the field,
'I menus that nn extensive oil development is going to take place, or due,
why would hey build the |K wer plant f Big enough, large enough to pump
some fifty or sixty oil wells. Mr. Tannehill has all the elements of an oil
s|K>rt, nml we have it from people who know, that he is a MMeadfoI oil
o|ierntor, has large interests in California, and other plae.M, and fc* now
he Inis come down here and bet his niony on Shackelford erode, and
has won, yes, has already s|wnt something over seventy five thousand dollars
in the county, and now, he is going to einch the matter with other inVeurt-
ments. The deep test on the Duffy is just south of this shallow field, aad
it bey pick up pay in this deep well, why then sure enough, things will hap-
pen out there west of Albany—come to Shackelford rounty—bet yonr money.
She | 1 p| Up
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n store Iioiim win i'i -In
(I yes, wealth i- breaking our n m 1
hands, and gosh, don't you heat :lu - >
Conn) nn old Albany and lei - o, .hen. tin o 1
give prosperity a run for it'- eiotii v. Keep 11 m m
Frtll.ee Sllill 1(1 \|.pnlcntl, llll \l|i- will In III Vi ,1 >•
' To hell V it h t In- \lps, " and III I i 1' U1 11 I'' 1 ..i I.
Hiving, Allmiiv's let'-, build 11 hotel, but the w 1 1
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I'. I ;. n|, 11 ml hre kept
iiv - iillki thill end
mill sitv: "Hick it eitn't he iloiu ,' yes, hn-. ! ti.'l o1 t< t! k o-.v 1 11 <
town, and lour or live nu-n own the rounty, nnd Ii fliti lid . -rie'ii-i!
down as tight as hell, and tbe doggone cnrp-i -links. S n-fIii 11 • v n-
saiii about building a new gasoline station out there on tin- public -<pi.irc,
.1 ml the to" 11 • us 111> in arms with their lighting clothe- on town 1- In
enough. \nd we espeet II, it when we hi" in hi in.ivntio' lot our net.
hotel up there on M.i 1 Street, some 1 el low wiil • 11 a writ ol injunction
town's big enough A new .-tincture will hurl -on,1 body tovvi '- big enough
Coine nn dear old Albany, nnd let'- luing up our "rnvi ilolhe in tin
closet, and don the glad lags nl do. and hi it luuhl 1 city \ e-. Albnny
Vends a hotel, but tin big rich tillow - n if.it il cun'i lie
slap the editor in the face with a cup ol cold water ol i 1 idii 1 --1 <-u•-1 I'd I'
THK IIHTKh IS (KtlNh 'I'm Id H II,T.
illian Do!iar Rain-Glorious
wns a wet epoch in the liisto t o' >'h ckel- ud conn1 ll
con)men 11 d raining' here about -i' 1 '1 lock 11 ll. m 1 r ml it ■.
tlnwil pon 1 Jill ilnv, preeipilalioi w . .1 n r I In t . u r 1 j . ■ ■ i 1 ..' k . nv ei ■. uieiil
gauge lit tie I'ir-1 v .ili ...I t-.m! 1 i-lir-d I I" N 1 il wa- a deluge
indcetl, every creek and tank 111 th iiuintv ran over, hnki Hillcr i- lull
to overflowing, and ol colli 1 eveivtiody leel- 001I, liini'i 1 s|lecinil\ Mh'
cowmen, In an- il cinched tin gin n il vvalei h i m - . v ii '11 "i.i- ha-
il I read v started, . iid t h. 'a Ill I' h . nnd who in I lie 11. 1111 lei vv oilldll I
smile. We called it a million dolhn lain, and one lellow av- why not
make it two million, and laid ju-t. 11s "ell n.nke ii. vvln n it don't 10 1 any
1111111% ('nine now boys nnd lei'- o and do gient thin - lor Mhnnv nud
nil of Shncki Ifonl county.
I'eitud hi- pio-irnti body ciuiapled a-a i -t the wall with .1 .-In,I g.iii v.m.il
'i. the lend. In In- ap 'a- a -Inn 1111 and by hi- side were the clenuing
nut and 1 with v.hich I e had been dinning the gun which i videnHv I'i'd
ci ih 11'. 111 v 1 \|.loili'd with lie idnive 'e.-ult-.
It 1- -11 ill In oin who hnd use I tin gun lielen tin- -ml aceiden that
i' ill 1 >it I111 Ocia iou w hen thi- pnrl . was cleaning I lie -mm- gun it ii. sonn
. 11; 1 n■: tin" 11 -hell In tin barrel nud lind with the ic 1111 Hint he caiin
11 lo- ii ■: I - - lite nml the lind I or • :i great hole iu the vvn 11.
I.lnnr was one ot our proinilunl stockineli and bad friend- nil ovei
:m -eclion 1! the coiin iy who re aided liini a- pure gold nml one n' lie
in I I el lov I In v knew. Ih Wiis upright, hom-l, and a thorough ■ entle
nan. Iw;iv> obii'-itiv nnd ncciiniodsti:ig.
'I'm body "a brought to I'eco and prepnied lor hiirinl by Mi. M uri :• -
ol llie I'i co- unilerl akilig ilepnrtiueet and wa .shipped to lis old home in
Mliiniy 1111 interiiieut. Melore the body vvn- curried from tin home a brie1
•eivici W||. I'I hi Iiv tin I'i v. I \l hninei III till- hapti-1 church. Al the
l-o it 1!" -t itiou a I n "1 ci 1.icoilr-1 ol orrowliil friends galhcied
I ' 1 in \ hoene'-i o :i lost I fiend.
Vltemlilig the h dv on it- |o in ay to Albnliv wa- his devoiid wil'e and
1 ' . '' ' . i. ! 1 , W11' l.'i . ol 1 , cousin nl deceased.
In ' ■'! -1 in law, nnd hl'l -nil ||i oil. I'eco- I'litel pli-e.
Wediie^ay Albany Day
At Abilene Fair
\S 1111 ll- d: 1 y , Si 'p| rn: hi 1 Jll.i, vtill lie \ Ibilliy dn v lit the West TeMt."
I nn nl Abilene. I'his i- tin biinnei day loi tin I air, hi mi e, they want
\lbnny to go over t here nud . et the very best. N 1t Ins w ill In the.lav ol
auto races and ninny otliei special I eat tire.-, so they have designated Wed
in-d.iv September 'JIth, n- Mhnnv day . The hi" pnrmlc ciuni's otT al ten
o'clock Weilne-ihtv morniiig, ami they want Albany to be in this pnrnile,
tin 11 tun. vti -houhl all get an curly -tail and get Hu n in time lo join
n tin lug .-licit pal.lib \\ i vvoulil like to -ei .Mhnnv put on liei Suiuluv
i<• 1 In on tin particular day, -tip on the a-, mil o lo tin Wc-t 'fevns
an in a boil- \\ 1 would 11 k• to see a- 111111 v a- two hundred cat- 111
in pirndc, a- I nut h - 111:111 oui 1 Hint it'll, nnd vvi want 10 go ovel then
'I put 011 ,1 -how vv in l h vi lull'. y e . ■ 1 I 1111 11,1 niicl | ii'lillii ill s . 11111 badges.
1 111 i\ 1 on time ami -av good moi'ini Mi-- \bilem Willi a shout. Another
Alhanv I • HI,,'.' Ill I, ;■ \ 1 ■ an 1 "g 1 1 cult urn I ex h 1 III t at the \\'i si 'i'evi
. ir. anil a rood one too. and -o let'- all I over 011 tin- piivliciilar ilav
■ 1: ■ Mbaliv a ;n I Si n k el t o i'd ii . ill v to t l.osc \ hi ii 1' it,' , t ei! Yin ;■ ln' , I
l\ e our s. I, I.' "it',, hull) in brook . hliluh-<em< nil i. lid
W1111 Then another tioic.;. I'liil l\i ndl'ick 1- goiie. to i.avi ti e
11' - Inn lurd ol llertord cattle over there on 1 -v11 iliitiou, tell 'em it
tl 111 >M I I'I I'I III. 111 {I". I • t \ 'f'I'I. I . 1' I i in m 111* 1 ondit ion- ideal, oreits
ter hole- ml ru 1111 1 ■ bi-ook-, 1 me-1 grass in tin world, hence, the world'-
11 1111— t hn • din- '.-round- They ii". re Hint then will lie over one hum! 'oil
J thousand visitors to the Fair tliis year, nml so folk* let'- put on a good
| how over then . n great place loi publicity, and hi '.- not lei I lie oppiutiinitv
■ p by 11- Now lei'- gel tic. ether and •• 1 range oui program, ani'e iu Alu
cm on tune, and gel in that big parade. The West Texas Fair 1- out-,
III' on alst pll'.'C.
Why The little Flapper
Maid Den't Marty
ll has always been a mystery to us why men and maids cU.ilVC to
in le hie—1 ilne--. It'- the law ol tioil and nature that men and maids,
ind nniiuuh- an.I birds, ami all creeping tilings shall mate. It commenced
lawny back down there in the harileii ol liileu, hod said the liist ceremony,
Ih-h ol lli-h an illione ol bone, and In rtbi( wilfulness of tfn.se idle chil-
dren down there in that beautiful bower, hod turned tlmm out and shut
'•' .-nle. and II talked thus to man. "In the -went ol thy face shall thou
bread." lu-t -imply hrc.11.se he hail listened at the seductive chatter
ii a w ilnil maid Mid lo woman He talked tliusly: Because thou liast
played ti e lending role in t hut red apple episode, von must be the weukor
es-el. play the -coiul fiddle, you shall lie the weaker sort, man shall rule
over you and In- desires shall be your pleasure. Of course, there had to be
a ho-s Iu tins family drama, and 111:111 being the stronger, hence, better
ibh to nile. And Iu- cnniiiinud was the law ol the weaker vessel, therefore,
home wa- established, yes, he put liei in the cave nnd said to her, stay
pin, go pick bellies, g:ither gripes and poke millet illld tend till' tiuek
I 'ii I eh. and keep i he kiddies, while ! go forth and slay bears fo rinent ar.J
aiineiit, ami keep the varmints scared away from the cave door. And
i.otv through 1 ne weakness of maids, the home whs established, lor hud
-lie bun n- strong as he. she would not have stayed 111 Hie musty and stinky
cave while the a 11 i inn I mail roved it will nut In the wild woods. Yes, it's
1 1 Hat man.- -houhl tnki ordeis from he men and stay at home, other*
, a- .ilmvi slated, tlier, would have been no home lite. ^ es, mini lias
11 been the tree, and vvtiuu it the clinging vine. And so while uiiiids have
laved nl In nn- nnd kept tie caves hi'v a in I clean ami neat, tended to th i
Kiddie churned the milk, -pin the vnni, knit the miv and wove the "loth,
iiv the iiiimal 1 an has gone out on the buskin', provided meat and skins
lo raiment, slew lious ami killed her is, cleared the forest, tickled the virgin
■oil, budded cities, established governments, wrote laws, captured terrain,
has shun his millions, harnessed the forces of nature, nnd this vast civili-
zation is his handiwork Did just as hod commanded him to do, coni|iicrtd
the • inHi and made it a nice place iu which to dwell. Yes, man has been
n muster builder. I tut tune a pace moved on, nnd bye me bye, the maids
'•I tired ol hi piiij. the cir es, truck patches, ami flowers and kiddies,
1 divan, " is to be like a he hum, and her one ambition wns to
>' 1 ll'1 'he mail- oi trade, get nn the political stump, nnd contend in
tin politteal loruic le'irn how to d'ont a gun, smoke ii cigaiette, in other
'" ' \ -In w iii'ted the political linnehi-c, came to the conclusion tha' the
ni i.ii uimi ha I .oi thing's m a devil ol a fix, and she wanted to get into.
11:1 «nd clean dungs up, that i- to say, give us clean politics. Ami
" Is' "hi inn ids, nml widows, they enlisted the help of a lot of
iien, ami I hey put the pro ject over, 11 ml women have arrived, and
'i'' ' poliiti s nice ai d clean. Hut 11 < cave is di ■okite nud untidy,
" '' ' need to be looked after, they have kinder run wild, Mu linn
1 ' l( I" ,v:,<li tiling.- up, ami the civilized world is ama/od
•""I 'allied about this lawlessness I ha t is -weeping Uh down to hell thu
•live need- t, h, attended to. Now this brings us buck I0 the ph'ttj' fhtoT
pei iiiaid thai we accosted down theie in marts of trade. And
it this prettv maid, and tve thought, we!'
we lookitt
you ougb to he mistress ft
envr. nml so we asked he the point piestion: "Why don't you gel
lied/" And she looked up at us from beneath her
live us t hi
1 lint smoke.
lonstei Hint like.- the chickens,— hene
pretty eyelashes, and
c"l« and sin cist ie reply . "I have dog that growls, « „t0Vfc
a pariM* that -wears, a 1 it that
tnys out all m„j
single blessedness for us."'
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