The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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People Of The Great South P S a i n s 6 f T ex as
Friday, a?ril i«. t9ti
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* To Canning ClUb Girls.
ffllair Canning Club Girls:
I Many of you, I have not been
able - to meet for some time ,$'el
hope you aire busy with' your
gardens and looking forward to
goon having something which
we c^n work with.
....7 Let me remind you that May
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is the best month for preserving
your eggs and we must plan to
preserve a great many of them
for the winter shortage.
£ Last"~weekA I met with the
Farmer Club and found them all
Very much interested in the
"wbrlf. -To my gre^t joy quite a
hnmber of the mothers were
present, and I tried to give them
"^lome interesting information
about Hooverized cooking. They
" are* planning for us to have a
: demonstration, of that important
... work soon.
' Also attended the closing; ex-
ercises of the Estacado school
i which was quite a pleasant affair.
Am expecting fine work by that
. t club, as I find the parents are
very interested in our work.
?rZ F^om Estacado I went to Lorenzo
£4-„ajid it is always such a delight
c 'vto meet- with those fine girls and
' their enthusiastic teachers. At
: this-place we have forty girls in,
; the club and they report each
girl has her garden planted. This
"'"is" the best report I have from
. any club, but i found the teach-
- ers were largely responsible for
f their progress, as it is their daily
conversation about garden work
~ and their very important part in
-—the 'great war struggle. But a
_jt rinmh&K-of the... bidiea alsr^ roet-
" with us and they are also plan -
: ning a cooking demonstration.
Let me urge every woman a.nd
girl in this county to get busy
us conserve- a great egg
Supply while they are cheap and
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Ali Clubs that I have not visit-
ed recently may expect me soon,
I am trying to get to each of
you at an early date.
v Any community that wishes a
cooking demonstration of Hoov-
erized recipes - ma:y have my
services if they desire' and will
notify me.
Yours for Service.
4—— Mrs. L. 0. Cox.
Interscholastic Meet
>rosbyton Winner of '•Mpny
Points and ' Hondrs.
To the Voters of Precinct Wo 2:.
I hear it is 'Charged against my
candidacy for Commissioner that
if elected I would favor other
portions of the county in pref-
erence to Precinct 2. I wish to
Refute .this charge and pledge
my loyalty to the precinct and
to assure the voters that if they
honor me with this office I will
I faithfully look after their inter-
ests to the best of my ability.
p • Geo. W. Smith
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/. / Demonstration by Mrs. Cox
' Mrs. L. 0. Cox will give
before the Girls Canning Club of
^S:;yC|r0sbyton. at their meeting Sat-
®''**• .urday, May 11, -a Demonstration
on Preserving Eggs., It would be
' well enough for the ladies of our
felown^fid vicinity to take advan-
tage of this opportunity also of
learning the method. Eggs are
-r4xlaiitiful.™duriii^, the spring..and
r summer and s&arce during the
jmen and girls would learn to
preserve, them for winter use,
much inconvenience and high
prices of eggs be avoided.
B. F. Hiiies and family moved
Crosby ton first of the week
.m McAdoo, where they re-
for several years.
Judge 3. A. Buck left this
1 ing for Pecos, bis former
on legal business and
be absent about two
It you hate
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'IG wanted
The County Meet of the Inter-
scholastic League was held in
Cro3byton last Friday and Sat-
urday, and proved a great suc-
cess. Contestants from the va-
rious schoo's of the county be-
gan to arrive early Friday morn-
ing. Beginning a little after 10
h'clock an excellent program
was rendered in the high school
auditorium. Then the athletic
events" began and not once did,
the interest lag unlii he shad-
ows of evening drew nigh, and"
the people began to gather for
the declamation, debating and
spelling contests scheduled for
the night. By 9-o'clock the audi-
torium was filled to its capacity,
and soon after the contests be-
gan.
—In the -senior boys--d-etla-m-af jon-
contests Russell Allen of CVos-.
byton won first place and Har-
old Keen of Ralls won second
place. Miss Millie Bird Richie of
Ralls won first place in the sen-
ior girls ; declamation contest,
and Erma Glasson of Emma win
second - place.-. Miss Fugate ■ of
Estacado won first ploce in the
senior spelling and Mabel Moyer
of Crosbyton won first place in
the junior spelling. ■
There being no other schools
represented in debate, first place
went t,o Crosbyton, Roy Heard
and Russell Baker being on hand
ready to deliver the goods -
The inclemency of the weather
prevented any 'contests in the
forenoon Saturday, but the work
of the League was resumed in
the afternoon^. Amid-the-cheers
of a large crowd. Ruby Stewart
of Crosbyton carried off the lau-
rals of the junior girls declama-
tion contest and Master "Rankin
of Estacado won first place in
the junior boys declamation, con-
test. The following are the ath-
letic contests and the winners in
each:
220 yard dash; first, Heard of
Crosbyton; second, Moses of
Ralls.
100 yard.dash; first, Richards
of Ralls; second, Heard of Cros-
byton.
50 yard dash; first, Heard of
Crosbyton; second, Richards of
Ralls.
... Senior pole vault; first, Easter
of Crosbyton; second, Pass of
Ralls.
Junior pole vault; first, Cagle;
second, Cox, both of Crosbyton."
High jump senior; first, to
Rolls; second, Howard of Cros-
by,fcOJfl,.y
High jump junior; first, Sher-
wood of Crasbytor}; second to
Emma.
Broad jump senior; first. Heard
second to Ralls.
Em-
ma; second, Cone.
120Jyard hurdle; first, Howard;
secon, Baker, both of Crosbyton.
Mile relay senior; first, Ralls;
secondrCrosbyt on:
of first places and the number of
points gained:
The Silver Loving Cup thus
goes to the Crosbyton school and
also the individual hotWs'to both
senior boys and girls and junior
boys and girls. Individual hon-
ors.: Senior boys, Roy Heard-
Senior girls, — 5.Junior boys.
Jack Cage. Junior girls. Ruby
Stewart. Essays, Verda Baker of
Crosbyton won 'first place in the
ecsay contest, Beulah Chipley
and Emma McBride, both of
Crosbton, winning second and
third place.
Our bo$s and girls are making-
ready for trie District meet
which wiH be held at Lubbock.
next Friday and Saturday, and
are expecting to share the lau-
rals with other contesting schools
of the district,
AN OPEN*LETTER.
structed as a result shown by
the people. His work in this con-
nection was of great importance.
He iaa stockholder in the Citi-
zens National Bank of Crosby-
toa and has always endeavored
to forward the banking interests
of this community.
Public ^Organizations. Mr.
interesting Letter
—From
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Loyd'Baker Gives Soma of His
Experience at the Front.
of Crosbyton;
Broad jump junior; first.
To the Editor: —
..The undersigned are—rrr-
formed that in " this issue
of the Review will appear, the
announcement of T. C. Mathies
of Crosbyton for Commissioner
of Precinct No. 2, subject.to the
primary election in duly. We wish
to ' nrake~thts~ an ~ 0ccas i o n "Tor
advocating his election and in
order that your readers may
know and appreciate our earn-
estness in this connection we
sii-bmi; <4k.-slaort sketch-of some of
the things Mr.. Mathies has done
for this community, with the
idea in mind that you could judge
what a man will do in the future
by what he has done in the past.
Mr. Mathies came to Crosby
county.with his family in Sept.
1909 and immediately began to
Lake an active part in the devel-
opment of" this""roUnTry He in>
terested himself in all the affairs
of the community which worked
for the good of this commission-
ers' precinct and the whole coun-
ty. We believe a County Com-
missioner should be intereted in
-alh pubiie-'-affairs-and to "Show"
that this has been the nature of
the work Mr. Mathies has done
.in his private capacity we set out
in detail some of the things he
has .been interested in, feeling
sure that if he is elected and be-
comes responsible in an official
capacity, his energies will be.-in-
creased correspondingly. ,
Roads. —Mr. Mathies-has been
an advocate of good roads and
plenty of them. He has owned
several pieces of land in this
community and to our personal
knowledge has donated free of
charge roads though and around
them. He voted for the bond
issue for the roads in this pre-
cinct and has given much time
and attention to the road prob-
lem. He is eminently qualified to
take charge of the roads as Com-
missioner and - "give"^ them i n tel-
ligent attention.
Schools and Churches —He has
aiways been an advocate of good
schools. Fie acted as tax assessor
for the Crosbyton Independent
School District for three terms
and as-collector for two terms,
without _c
hls'services, although under the
law he was entitled to a percen-
tage of all the money he collect-
ed, He has donated liberally to
the building of schoolhouses out-
side of Crosbyton. He has also
been liberal in hia donation to
the churches of this community.
Public Utilities.—Mr. Mathies
was one of the incorporators of
the Crosbyton Telephone Co. and
was its first president and gen-
JVlathies was one of the Otgan-
izers of the Crosbyton Commer-
cial club and helped keep this ters
organizrtion going when there
were few men in this community
to do this work. Mr. Mathies
also was one.of the .incorpora-
tors and organizers of the Cros-
by County Fair Grounds Asso-
ciation and gave his time and
money _ toward . getting, up ex-
hibits and helping with the.fairs
and expositions that have been
here.—-He-w-as-a-hso-e nthus ias -~
tic supporter of the Crosbyton
band and baseball club and his
hand was always in his pocket
ready to donate liberally toward
their suppart. •
Town incorporation. •- Showing
Mr. Mathies' ideas Of progress
he was heartily in favor of the
kile^elay-junior; first,"
byton; second, Ralls.
Sh5l put; first, Howard . of
Crosbyton; second to Emma.
Basket ball. Crosbyton won
first place in the senior girls,
junior girls and junior boys bas-
ket ball and Ralls won first place
in the senior boys game.
The events were too numerous
to mention all, but suffice it to
say that Crosbyton won 32. point
places and a total number of 323
points! many more than all the
other schools combined. Rails
came secondin.both^e number
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built
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telephone line was
country"was unsettled and
success of such an enterprise
was doubtful, but with a true
insight into the^uture he risked
his money and his time and de-
veloped a telephone system
which is of vast importance to
this country and has to a large
extent helped build it upr When
the (railroad project first arose
Mr. Mathies Was appointed a
member of the home committee
for Cr#sby county, and as such
gave his entire time for several
weeks soliciting bonuses. His en-
ergy and enterprise in this be-
half resulted ini the people of
this community donating liber-
aHy an^ ttie railroad
i ncor parution ...of -Cr-osbytoo-'so-
that it could achieve under prop-
er management better things
for itself. His was the first name
on the petition to the County
judge to call an incorporation
election.
Mathies came to Crosby county
he invested in several tracts of
land, but in every instance he
has showed that he was not a
land grabber, nor a person, who
tried- to hold land for fancy
prices; he has always disposed of
his lands and leases to actual set-
tlers and thus helped increase
the population of this community
instead of'holding his lands to
keep people out. He has always
traded with the merchants and
other business men of this pre-.
c;nel and in thou.sanus of- ways
has shown . hiS""'loyalty to this
community.
County Seat Election and Court-
house Bonds. We do not wish
to resurrect this' issue, but as it
was of vital importance to the
..p.eQple.,..Qf.1.this^.^Feeinet-"we'-#eel*
we should say that Mr. Mathies
took an active part and his..,in-
fluence was largely- felt over the
whole county. He worked un-
ceasingly in- the county seat elec-
tion iind was instrumental in ob-
taining many votes that might
have been cast against Crosby-
ton. This was also true in the
election for bonds to build the
courthouse. No one who -knows
Mr, Mathies can say that he is
not imminently qualified to hold
the important office of Commis-
sioner to this precinct. He is a
staunch friend of this commun-.
ity and has been found true in
every respect in the severe trials
through which we have gone.
He has raised his family here
and his wife and children have
taken prominent places in the
social and religious activities of
the community.
We submit this communica-
tion to the people of this "pre-
cinct through your columns for
the purpose of refreshing the
minds of the "old, timers"^nd
presenting the true facts to the
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Baker
have received two of three let-
from their son Loyd this
week who is in the army "some-
where in France." The first "let-
ter is dated March 9th and reads
as follows:
. "Dear Folks:- I have been in
France for about a week now,
but this-is about the first ehance
I have had to write to von
Texas pr
. On ;Mon<3ay JasV t
state of Texas went c
less: basis, at voluntg
having been taken py the
and wholesalers to the end ti
in the retail
nbvvg|j|i _
stores of. the- skaM
should be made to last until oui1
next harvest at least, and longer?
if necessary.. ^ P
Flour will still be sold btfre-T
tailers, but with the knowledge
that after their present stocks
pie. We have been on the move
the last two days but I think we
will be in this place some time.
At least I.hope so. 1 haven't had
a chance to take a look at the
town yet but anything that looks
like a permanent camp looks
good to me.- I have certainly-
seen some new and strange
sights since I • got here. The
towns have scarcely any of what
we cail the "residence district; "j
are gone, no more can be bpugh|f
and for this reason, all citizen*
hoi
ses are
new comers," with the hope
that' wfeErr*'1^Tfr~T;Ttmar!ra°s^
- - £he people will be well informed
as tp the character of man they
are voting for and with the
knowledge that if elected he will
do his full duty to his precinct
and to the county and seek to
carry out the wishes of and
warn.! ox the people he will rep-
resent ' Yours truly,
(Si^n. d) J. W. Burton,
Jn>). K. t'udingim, C. C. Cher-
- A , ,. . . boa.uer, W. Z
JSltoffltotrty Jt. t,hft time thw. d4mjst3PF=€%5sterSm^< W. L.
Johnston, W. C. Baker, J. W
Carter, J. F. Littlefieid, Ed Ter-
rell, J. I. Seiber.
(Political Advertisement)
For Sale—Right to sell Raleigh
line of Medicines in 'Crosby
County. - Good opportunity for
hustler. Call at Review office or
write me at Floydada for par-
ticulars. R'( L. Robinson
FOR SALE--Sudan, • millet,
maize and kaffir seed at rhy f&rm
north of town. J. T. Simpson,
bat all the business
three or four- "sTories "KIgh and
the upper stories are used as
dwellings. The buildings are all
cf white stone; Drick on con-
erete. There are^ no wooden or
red_ brick buildings, at least I
haven't seen any. The railroad
corches are about one half the
size of those in the U. S. and set'
away up in the air until they,
look as ii' they would fall off the
trrck if they were moved around
should see that flour is used molfe
.peo*~f.spaF-i ngly-'-andrawifToFin valid f
.andsmall -childr^—
possible.
A determined effort is :beinijJ
made by the food administration-1
to locate all stocks of hoarded
Hour and of wheat, and house-1
holders having more than thirty^-"'
days supply of dour on hand will ;
be required to seil to the nearest
mill or elevator at once.
Coun ty Administrator Spencer
states that he is satisfied thafr^
.■ a
^ryj^^liJ^^Ihe-trainsJnmke.-
pretty. good time, a- whole lot
better than the S. P. & Sf F. Ry.
The people here are worse than
Jews when talking. The/wave
their hands around and almost
-^4heiwhotetodTt5Talirv^7
A man with both hands cut off
would have no chance ,at ad to
talk. The people are very friend-
ly, although the small boys are
quite a pest begging for pennies,
cigarettes and tobacco. There is
so very little that we are allowed
to write about that it is very
hard to write a decent letter.'-"-
A later letter [dated March
29th contains the following:
"Dear Folks: —I am , still get-
ting along as fine as can be. I
had,,to sleep one night in a box
car without any thing under me
but the floor and nothing over
me but the darkness. Don't ever
let this talk about sunny France
fool you into wanting to come"
over here. Believe me, if I ever
get back to Texas somebody will
have an awful argument getting
me out, The people and country
over here don't suit your little
Willie a bit. The people have the
San Antonio habit of boosting
prices on soldiers. I bought a fi
and a'dav later bought another
one for li Francs, a raise of 50
per cent, which is very good for
a country that has been making
fun of America for chsaing the
dollar. I am getting to.he quite
a French talker. I can order
cheese, bread, cake and .several
other things. When I am in town
I walk around with my French
dictionary in my hand and when
I.get stumped for a word I look
.. ^ UP and show it to some one to
Allen, Erank F, Whit*. Jr-E, -ggt tho pronunciati^r "We"have "LesgueTFour .and.JFoirviemJ
w a nice Y. M C a tK^l It is hoped that everbQd""
attend these meetings, as t
a matter^that interests- <
American citizen. 1
Guy Stewart, R, T. Graves,and
T. M. Brantley of the Erst Plains
were. &a$ng in our city Tues-
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a nice Y. M. C. A. here and that
helps a whole lot. We have
moved, several times since we
came over, and every time we
move I lose something. Yester-
day an O. D. blanket, ajpair of
hob-naild ^hoes and a canteen
were-atolenlrom me, tlnrcosT of
which was $15.00. If this keeps
up much longer I will have to
work for Uncle Sam two or three
years atter. the war is over' to
sqhare up what 1 will owe him
as everything I lose I hare
pay for. Our time here is quit<
bit ahead of yours. .
fdlki are getting out <
the motning it is "abc
Jtiraewithu,.".
.
IeilaL5£.ti<Jfl.-,>jlii-n-0-t--!.>e--n-eeessarT^"
to carry out the government'*, j
wishes as regards hoarded flour'"',
and wheat, but that if it is nee-St
essary, the rules will be enforced ^5
and flour are a public necessity.,.
and no one may, be allowed ti l
keep and use more than his own,r'
share of the common stock..
- Annoancss Tor Commissionei".
JianUB-af-X—.-'Mathiesuifi'
announcement colufhh'this'"weeF?
as a candidate for County Com-
missioner of Precinct No. 2. -^§
■ ---Mrr;Mathi^iias- beerrcnEag^t-i:
past tew years and is at present $
in the coal and feed business.'He /'
is weU and' 'favorably known for
his good business judgment and
qualifications and he promises,
the Precinct good faithful ser- "f
vice if entrusted with this office, ,I
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Countv Gourt Next Weefc""™ -
A regular term ' of Crosby '
County Court will cohvene in the
court house in Crosbyton n
Monday, Anril 22. Following at
the jurors for the term:
W. A. Ferguson, H. E.
gim, H. A. Coffey, N. L.:Green®
T. T. Easter Jr., Connor Parrish,'
W. C. Baker, J." C. Noble, 'Ed |
Liske, C. H. Hines, John Bur- -i
well, T. H. Ballowe,
strong.
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Notice
Meetings will be held
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at the
following commuities in Crosby: ||
county on the dates as given'at'
8 o'clock p.,,m, for.. ihiBLJDiuaaQSft^
LTi berty
Bonds. There will be speaking;ii&f|
by residents of the community^
as woll as outside speakers. "
Tuesday^ April .23-Lorenzo,- ^
Farmer and Leatherwood church.
- Wednesday, April ,24—Mount
Blanco, Big Four>:-Estacado and"
Ralls
Thussday, A
Cone and Robinson.
Friday, April 26-
0rosb^
Nose and
Snyder
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