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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS; FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1916
-Parrfet!
Is ®0B.
lit! Courtesy and
mention at Opening Speech
by Large CroMd.
$iva.
ursuant to the challenge re-
yissued by Judge Pink L.
sh to Julian M. Bassett to
,te on the question of the
missioners' Court to proper-
ly furnish the Courthouse and
take care of the yard, and their
. failure to build the four cardinal
roads from the county seat, the
| first meeting was pulled off at
t the Self School house which is
about fifteen miles southeast of
Crosby ton. A . large crowd of
Crosbyton people accompanied
the debaters to the scene of ac-
tion, and upon arrival there
found the Self schoolhouse
crowded to its capacity with
men, women and children, drawn
together by the celebrity of the
debaters and importance of the
questions debated. Prof., Bran-
neh of the Self school introduced
Judge R. A, Wallace, who pre-
sided during the debate. Judge
Wallace opened the meeting by
reading Judge Parrish's chal-
lenge and Mr. Bassett's accept-
ance, and in a graceful little talk
introduced the speakers in their
Mr. Bassett was given
forty-five minutes to open the
debate. Judge Parrish then had
one hour to answer; ahd Mr.
Bassett used fifteen minutes in a
reply.
.. Throughout the debate, the
utmost interest prevailed among
the iaudience and the speakers
were given the greatest atten-
tion. They were received with
the utmost courtesy, also, and
the people of that community ap-
preciated the situation and re-
frained from all outward signs
of approval or disapproval.
There is no question about it
but these debates'are going to
meet with the approval all over
the County, as evinced by the
debaters' reception at the Self
school house.
On Monday night, the debat-
ers went to the Leatherwood
school hotfee on the East Plains
through a pourin grain, and upon
arrival there found only a few
people who had braved the ele-
ments and came out. It was
• • agreed with those present that
j. the meeting should be postponed
i until Tuesday, May 9, at the
spf same place, and hour. Those
preseni however, called on some
' ,/l of the.iisitoES,ior speeches, and
and appropriate talks
&K! were niade by Judge R. A. Wal-
fggfpe, Judge J. W. Burton, Mr.
llpl R. M, Bassett and Mr. S. F.
Starrett.
I I The next meeting will^be held
' tonight at 8 o'clock at Cone, and
™ - if the weather is good, it is ex-
crowd will be
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Tomorrow,
\ ^out,
'o'clockp. m. will be held at
renzo. Monday night at
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another at 3
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HJo'cl&ck they .will again meet at
Ralls. All of these meetings
will be well attended from re-
ports that come to us. The last
debate will be held at Crosbyton
May, 15th at 7 o'clock p. m.
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Card of Thanks.
te thanfe the good peo-
'osbyton for their kind-
jess, sympathy and assistance
• during the long,siege of sickness
in my family. Especially do we
Jtjie ladies for their atten-
^ tion to our wife and mother in
l" , her illness and death, and we
assure them, that they will
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v " Stag This ®si@ 1
There was an old geezer.
And he had a lot of sense.
- He started up a business
On a dollar and eighty cents
The dollar for stock, -
And the eighty for an ads
.Brought him three dollars
In a day by dad,
Well he bought more goods
And a little more space
And he played that system .
With a smile on his face.
The customers flocked
To his little two by four
And soon he had to hustle
, For a regular store.
. - Up on the square
Where the people pass
He gobbled up-a corner
That was all plate glass.
He fixed up the windows
With the best that he had
And told 'em about it
In a half page ad.
He soon had 'em coming
And he never, never quit,
And he would'nt cut down
On his ads one jit ■
Well, he's kept things humpin'
In town ever since,
And everybody calls him
The '-'Merchant Prince."
Some say it's luck-
But that's all bunk-
Why he was doing business
When the times were punk,
People had to purchase,
And the geezer was wise,
For he knew the way to get 'em
Was to advertise.
The same plan will work
In this good old town.
So better write up an ad
And bring it around.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the.
Annual Meeting of the Stock-
holders of the Crosbyton-South-
plains Railroad Company will be
held at the general office of said
Company in Crosbyton, Texas, on
Wednesday, June 7th, 1916, at
the hour of 10 A. M. for the pur-
pose of selecting a Board of Di-
rectors for the ensuing year and
for such other business as may
come before such meeting.
The Annual Meeting of the
Directors of said Company will be
held on the same date and at the
same place, immediately after
the meeting of Stockholders.
r R. M. Bassett,
Secretary.
I Sestet SoeiaO
There will be a Basket Social
at the Barnes Schonlhouse, one
mile west and seven miles south
of Crosbyton on Friday, May 12.
Program will begin about half-
past eight
Everybody invited. -
To TSie Public
Complaints are coming to me
every day of violations of the
stock law in Commissioners'
Precinct No! 2. This stock law
went into effect on March 1,
1916, and Art. 1241 of the Crim-
inal Codfe provides a punishment
by fine of not less than five dol-
lars and not more than fifty dol-
lars against any person who shall
wilfully fail or refuse to keep up
any stock in this Precinet. I
take this method of warning the
public so that the stock may be
kept up in conformity with the
law. B. W. Mitchell,
Sheriff.
v* NOTICE
The practiaeJ5f--dumping dead
animals and trash on the vprop-
erty of the C B Live Stock Com-
pany and the Crosbyton-South-
plains Townsite Company is pro-
hibited, and violations will be
prosecuted,
A. B. Spencer,
Manager
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FARM AND RANCH LOANS _
, Henderson & Perry, Plainview,
Texas, can make you a farm loan
any size at reasonable rates.
Money ready soon title at)-
Dickens County
; Route Impracticabe
Crosbyton Commercial Club Ex-
presses' Bisjpprevah-of
, Dickens County Route.)
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The following resolution was
adopted by the Crosbyton Com-
mercial <Ulub, and the aeople
meeting en masse at 8 p. -'m.
Friday April 14th, 1916, at the
court house in Crosbyton, J. J.
Cleveland, president of the club,
presiding and G. M McKee,
secretary. v'
On motion duly seconded, it
s unanimously resolved that,
Whereas, the matter of Crosby,
county building a public high-,
way to become a link through
said county of the Fort Worth-
Roswell Highway, has been
brought before the meeting, and,
/ Whereas, it has been reported
to the meeting that the engineer
appointed by the U. S. Govern-
ment has already made a survev
of the most practicable route
from Crosbyton east to connect
with a similar highway in Dick-
ens county, and that that survey
crosses the plains east of Blanco
Canyon and enters Dickens-
county in Sec. 12, H & T B. R. R.
Co.; and,
Whereas, it has come to the
attention of the people of Crosby
county that the Commissioners'
Court of Dickens county is pro-
posing to build the road in Dick-
ens county to enter Crosby coun-
ty at what is known as the Zum-
walt farm several miles south,of
said section 12; and.
Whereas, it has :been brought
to the attention of the people of
Crosby county that in order to
connect with the Dickens county
road, if it comes by the Zumwalt
farm. Crosby county will be
forced to build a road from Cros-
byton through Blanco canyon and
the breaks with only about five
miles on the plains; that the road
in the canyon and breaks will be
about twelve miles long, and will
cross White river and three or
four ravines. That White river
will have to be bridged at a
place fullv 6000 feet wide. That
said southern route is imprac-
ticable as it can never be made a
first-class highway on account of
the excessive drains across it,
and to putJt in shape so it could
be used in all kinds of weather,
the road would go through miles
of red flats which are impassible
in wet weather.
Whereas, it has been brought
o the attention of the people of
Crosby County that the only
reason the Commissioners'' Court
of Dickens County does not con-
nect with Crosby county in said
Section 12, is because it runs
through a twenty section pas-
ture owned by one Putnam, and
that he refuses to allow the road
to go through said pasture with-
out condemnation proceedings,
and;
Whereas, the people of this
County are informed that the
damages in Such condemnation
proceedings would not cost
Dickens County more than a
reasonable amount to be allowed
by a jury, not-exceeding the cost
of fencing same and a reasonable
sum per acre for the land includ-
ed in the road, not to exceed h
thousand dollars. While, on the
other hand, if Crosby countv
builds a road on the southern
route t;o the ,Zumw*It plac'-,
rosby county people to work in
armony with the Pickens Coun-
ty people and connect with
them in the Fort Worth-Ros well
highway project, if possibles, and,
Whereas, it is the belief of
the Crosby county people that
the majority of the people of
Dickens county would prefer the
road through Section, 12, and
not by way of the Zumwalt farm
ands , _ .
Whereas, it is the consensus
of opinion of this meeting that
the people of Crosby county will
not vote bonds to build a road on
the Southern route to the Zum-
walt farm, but will vote ample
bonds to build a first-class, sub-
stantial road across Blanco Can-
yon and the East plains to Sec-
tion 12, one which can be used in
all kinds of weather and onb
which will be as perfect a high-
way as can be built through this
country,
It is therefore, resol ved that
it is to the best interest of
both Dickens and Crosby coun-
ties tfarat they become a link in
the Fort Worth-Roswell High-
way, and that by so doing, it will
be of vast importance to both
these counties; and that the prop-
er officers of the Crosbyton Com-
mercial Club take steps to have
this resolution and the facts
herein contained brought to the
attention of the people of Dic-
kens county, for the purpose of
procuring harmonious action be-
tween the two counties in the
building of this i-oad. We be-
lieve that as the road is to be a
permanent one, and that as pri-
vate interests in the land along
it are necessarily transitory, one
man owning it today and anoth-
er tomorrow, that private inter-
ests should not, interfere with
the building of a good road.
For Representative
For some time past Judge J.
M. Boren has been strongly so-
licited to enter the field for rep-
resentative from the 122 district,
and this week we are authorized
to announce his candidacy for the
place. The Judge is too well
known in this part of the district
to need any eulogy, bdt a few
words as to his record might be
of interest to the people living in
more remote counties.
Judge Boren has lived in Garza
county for about twenty-four
years and during the entire time
he has been one of the county's
most enterprising and progres-
sive citizens. He established the
first mail line ever operated in
the county; he built the first tel-
ephone line in the county; he was
active in the organization of the
first public schools in the county
and performed other important
services of the same kind, j
When Garza county was organ-
ized he was elected county judge
and is now serving his fifth term
in tliat office. As an official he
has made a record that any man
would be proud of. Asa private
citizen he has never failed to do
his part fully in every instance
wnen called upon. His private
character is absolutely above
criticism, and he has made a most
enviable record as a broad mind-
ed ousiness man. Judge Boren
possesles every trait that will fit
htm to make his district a worthy
and able representative, and we
fed that our people ciannot; hope
to do better. We commend him
totneir consideration feeling cer-
tai n that no better man can be
Post
Close of Cros-
byton High School
Very Interesting Pragrata Ren-
dered t® Large and Enthu- .:
, • • siastic aifeffiee.
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and intensely interesting^
tainment furnished.
A very large per cent
motions were announce „ Vw?
entire school.
-In view of the spU
gress made during-the term j
closed, we are predi «-
derful interest and
the 1916-17 term, as most
present faculty were rets
We-bespeak a hearty
tion by parents and pupils, wit
the Board and Faculty tl
school year, to the ei.d that even
greater accomplishments shall be
attained. a iliHllBHB
Friday April 28th marked the
closing of one of the most suc-
cess ful terms of the Crosbyton
High School, and the greatest
crowd ever assembled in the
Methodist Church were highly
entertained with the commence-
ment exercises.
The program was rather dif-
ferent to those, usually had at
commencement, and proved to
be a rare treat to all present.
The first number was a piano
duet rendered by Miss Peggy
Pittman and Miss Moda Ellson,
each of them proving themselves
to be artists in the music \ine.
Prof. 0. S. Furgeson, Superin-
dent, made quite an impressive
address relative to the work done
and the progress made in the
school, which evidenced the fact
that both teachers and pupils
had done their parts well.
Rev. A. H. Isbell, pastor of
the local Baptist church, made a
strong presentation speech to the
graduating class of the High
school and diplomas were hand-
ed to the following young ladies:
Misses, Moda Ellison, Ora John-
ston, Lottie Ellison, Mabel Fowl-
er and Florence --Ellison, by sweet
and beautiful little Ruth Smith.
This was followed by an elo-
quent appeal to the graduates
from the Grammar school by
Rev. Wm. J3- Boyd, pastor of the
local Methodist church, and Di-
plomas were handed to the fol-
lowing graduates: Misses, Leota
Vaughn, Helen Suggs, Edith
Bruner, Edna Aynes, and Bessie
Smith and Thomas Leech, Clyde
Edwards, Olda Ferguson, Pinkey
Denton, Fred Edwards, LoUie
Holbrook, Arthur Baker, Joe
Johnston and Moodie Smith, by
lovely little Geneva Woody.
Flowers were given to all in
"profusion and all together these
exercises were extremely good,
and the classes were fine speci-
mens of our young people, boys
and girls.
The reading number by Miss
Catherine McBride was rendered
extremely well to the delight of
the large audience-.
Miss Iosa Ferguson, in her in-
comparable manner, rendered
"As the Moon Rose". In this
reading Miss Ferguson proved
herself a reader of rare ability,
holding her auditors in rapt ad-
miration throughout the entire
reading.
A three part song was render-
ed in a high class way by Misses
Verda Baker,. Claudfg, . John-
ston, Allie and Helen Suggs,
Ioja Ferguson and BeulahXhip-
ley.
The last number consisting of
a two act play, "The Rainbow
Kimona, " was easily the leading
feature oJfthe excellent evening's
entertainment. The young la-
dies participating in this number
were: Misses Florence Ellison,
Ora and Glaudia Johnston, Moda
Ellison, Mabel Fowler, Lottie
Ellison, Verda Baker, Iosa Fer-
guson and, Allie Suggs. Each of
these young ladies played their
parts in a most creditable man-
ner, each excelling the other in
its rendition.
A drill was executed in a most
skillful and interesting manner.
cent of
jit
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Judge Blanton Spoke
lere Tuesday Afternoon, .
Hon. Thomas N. Blanton, of
Abilene, candidate for congress
from this the Jumbo district^
was a distinguished visitor to
Crosbyton Tuesday afternoon
and spoke at the court house to
a fair sized audience in-the inter*
est of his candidacy. His speech
was brief but to the point, and
it was quite,noticeable that:he>jfs
made a good impression upoMfiff
hearers. Judge Blanton was($^~
candidate for congress twO^^I^^
ago and we understand developed
considerable strength in
county and from the i.
manifested in his speech
we are led to believe he v.
very strong in the county again. ™
There are two other candidat^a^^^^
in the field for c<
honors in this district-congress- mmM
man Smith of Colorado, who Is ' ,'^f
seeking to succeed himself, and iff
iWeet^' ' v.'
Hon. R. N. Gresham of
water, and doubtless thuy wm
also visit Crosbyton before the
close of the campaign.
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found for the position
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will cost it to put -said road in . L—
only a fair condition, at least, Cream and Chickens Wanted.
$30;000.00 more than the road We wtll pay the highest mar- program, all felt well paid for
across the Eastplam^to Section ket'price for all the Cream and ^ . ■ — ■T- V 4-- •- '
HUr cbeiSbrought to thep \ tew*ther* were$loud;;m
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HinstreS Tomorrow Night ■ m
The people of Crosbyton and Sill
vicinity are promised a
treat to-morrow night when the _
local minstrel will present their -4'
play at the Happy Hour Theater
and a good turn, out is expected. ^;|fi
Crosbyton boasts of some splen-
did talent and we are expecting
those in- the play to more than
sustain their good reputation. - - -
The play will b'e under the di- V
rection of J. J. Cleveland
the proceeds are to go toT "
school extention fund. You 1
miss a treat if you miss mIMM
and to take it in- you.i
helping a worthy cause,
ot fail to ba present. -1
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District Coofeaence Meets I
The Plainview District Con&i
ence of the Methodist elf
convened in Crosbyton Wee
day morning and adjourned J1
terday evening after
of the most interesting ahcM
attended sessions evOr held i
the district, itls saidl^5^^^
from the different ehs
here and a good lay deleg
Was also present, r
three noted divines from a
tajpee lent their presence
occasion. The Review will t
have a full report of the 1
in next issue.
Evidence of Growing
The best evidence of a
ing business is shown "'
firm begins to make
ments. This is the case
Murphy lumber yard at!
place. Concrete Diil6w&? 3b
been put (
practically
ha
crease o
12, and*,
Chickens brought;
t Dairy their praises, for the successful
mwMm
I istarst advert
paftding bus
th&tthere is
yertising., I
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Buck, James T. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1916, newspaper, May 5, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242340/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Crosby County Public Library.