The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, February 10, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS* FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928
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IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL MEETING
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HOMER D. WADE PRINCIPAL
SPEAKER AT THE ANNUAL "
: CROSBYTON C. C. BANQUET
Aunt Rachel
Ellison Passed
Feb 3
Calvary Baptist
Church Buy Building
'be Calvary Baptist church has
purchased the old building where they
now worship, from J. T. Buck. They
have purchased lots just south of the
Judge Jones place on which they will
move the building.
It is the intention of the Calvary
Baptist church folks to move this
building off and re-erect it in these
lots for a church building. It is not
known yet just when they will get
the building moved.
Santa Fe Spe-
cial Will Be
Here Monday
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Featuring dairying, poultry raising,;
more and better livestock, better,
farms and crops, etc., will be the ob-
ject of the Texas Farm and Homo
One of the. most pleasant gather-
rGfcfehf ddtte was the annua
banquet of the Crosbyton Chamber of
Commerce held last-Thursday night
in thef shows rooms of the Brown
Motor Company. The room was ample
and comodious as it accomodated
some 125 people including home folks
and guest.
The banquet was served by the
ladies of the Methodist-church and a
great feast was spread that was
pronounced delicious and abundant.
Music for t(he evening was furnish-
ed by the Crosbyton Town Orchestra.
W. M; * RomanerpTe«nc+CTtt- of " the
local Chamber of Commerce, was
toastmaster. Mr. Romane is good at
thi$ arid fit in fine. Rev. C. E. Dick,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
gave the invocation. The visitors
were introduced to the crowd and
rose as their name was called, some
of which were Miss Blanche Bass, of
Floydada; Homer D. Wade, of Stam-
ford; Clifford B. Jones, of Spur;
Ed Bishop, of Floydada; G. C. Reeves,
of Lubbock; J. K. Wester, of Lub-
Lubbock;
bock; A. B. Davis, of
Roscoe Parks, of Lubbock and Judge
Homer Pharr of Lubbock; G. C. Nel-
son, of Ralls; Mr. Haney, of Ralls;
and Sam Cooper, of Winters.
I A. B. Davis, manager of the Lub-
the Santa Fe Railway and the Texas bpck Chamber of Commerce) brought
Special Demonstration Train that will j
visit Crosbyton on Monday, February
13, at 9:00 A. M.
This train is operated jointly by;
Aunt R
this sketch, was born June 6. 18G4, in
Speedwell, Tenn., ami departed this
life February 3, i928, making her
stay here on earth a little over 63
years. She and Uncle Alie were mar-
ried September 19, 1882. To this
union were born eleven children, one
preceding her to the grave. She re-
ceived a hope in the Lord Jesus
Christ about forty years ago although
she never united with any church, she
was a strong believer in the Primi-
tive Baptist faith.
She took flue about a year ago,
which settled on her lungs, from which
Rural Basket
Ball Meeting
ton
Representatives of the
she suffered death for a year; but no
one heard her complain. She bore
her sufferings without a murmur.
Aunt Rachel is now at rest.. She is
done with her suffering; She, ir..
spirit, is basking in the "Paradise of
God; her body is sleeping in the
grave to await the second coming of
the Lord Jesus Christ when he will
call ijer body forth and fashion it lika
His own glorious body and carry it
to that eternal home that awaits her
together with all that love the Lord.
(Written by Elder J. W. West and
Myrtle Seward.)
carloads of exhibits and a real agri-
cultural show that will he intensely
inte resting and of strong educational'
value.
Speakers of note will be with the
train and discuss various subjects.
Make a holiday of Monday, visit this
train, go through arid see the exhib-
its, for it will be worth while. —
n^eetingsf rom I^bh<5ek ^(T thanke<T
! the people of Crosbyton for the co-
operation they have given in adver-
tising the South Plains to the world.
Hon. Clifford B. Jones, of Spur,
took for his subject the "Visible His-
tory of this Country." He told of
the geological formations of the
country and what it meant. He Spoke
the early pioneers and the history
i they h^d made. His talk was in-
tensely interesting and - contained
Ralls Jackrabbits Defeat
the Crosbyton Chiefs much information.
J , J. K. Wester, of Lubbock, a candi-
played the
Ralls Jackrabbits Tuesday evening at
Ralls in a very closely contested
game resulting in a score of 21 to 18
in favor of the Jackrabbits. This is
the second^game played between the
Chiefs aprtf jasfephhits for the county
championship. Crosbyton Chiefs de-
feated" the Jackrabbltg-at CYosbyton
_ in the first game in a score of 19 to
38. Lorenzo holds the county cham-
pionship so far, having defeated both
Ralls and Crosbyton.
Lorenzo plays Ralls Friday evening
evening Februaryl4. Should Lorenzo
win either of these games they will
tje the cdunty champions, but should
they lose either- gaftre it will place
the race in a three cornered tie.
—Lorenzo will-be-at a disadvantage in
both games just as the Ralls and
Crosbyton teams were at a disadvan-
, tage in the games at Lorenzo, due to
the fact that Lorenzo has an outdoor
court, while Ralls and Crosbyton
teams have indoor courts. V "
date for the Legislature from this
district, spoke on education, "fie said
that in this day and time we needed
thinking men and thinking women.
He said that the junior college move-
ment at Crosbyton was an opportune
movement and he hoped to see the
project successfully finished. ™
...JCLjGL.Reeves, publicity manager of.
F. H. Beavers Leases
Perkins Tailoring Co.
F. H. Beaver has leased the Perkins
Tailoring Company and took charge of
shop on, Monday of this week.
Waldrop who has had charge of
shop vrill move-to Lubbock. J._
Happy" Dyei ami TillniHH Ruhvuh-
have charge of, the Perkins Tail-
Jg Company, which will be ' ran
>r the same name as ii has been
the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce,
spoke.
Mr. Evans, principal of the Watson
school, said that the good road being
built from Crosbyton to Watson would
cause more people of that community
to come to Crosbyton.
Si W. Cooper, secretary of the
Ginning Data
Oil Cotton To
January 15
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The Department- of Commerce
through the Bureau of the Census,
announces the preliminary report o^i
cotton ginned by counties, in Texas,
prior to January 15, for the 1927 and
1926 crops. Below we give a few of
the PMns couhtJes; also the Central
West and East Texas counties;
1927 1926
Crosby 88i896 58,843
Dawson : 37,720 36,171
Floyd 7,478 31,850
Lamb 11,877 26,147
Lubbock ... _ 37,331 59,814
Lynn , 36,417 42,454
Terry 12,124 17,073
Following are a few of the Central-
West:"" 1—" 1 ; " ~
schools of the county met in the off ice
Of Prof. B. F. Hicks, County Superin-
tendent, Saturday. January 28. for
the purpose of arranging a basket
ball schedule for the different teams
of the county.
Rural Schools Play a Round Robin
Schedule
It was decided that the rural schools
would play a round robin schedule of
games. The program calls for the
rural school championship to be deter-
mined by February 15.
Class B High Schools Play In
Crosbyton
Tfie Class fe high~"schools decided
to meet in the Crosbyton High School
gymnasium on the night of February
14 to determine the Class B Cham-
,pion. Tfie following schools will com-
pete in this tournament: Cone, Emma,
Robertson, and League Four. The
winners of the rural school elimina-
tions and of the Class B titles will
meet in the Crosbyton gym February
16, and the winner of this game will
challenge the winner of the Class A
championship for the county wide
basket ball title and the right to rep-
resent Crosby county in the district
meet at Lubbock.
Crosbyton Entertains County-wide
Meeting March 3
The pedagogues attending the meet^-
ing accented"the invitation extended
COMMITTEES ALL SECURED
AND PROGRAM WILL
ANNOUNCED ATEA>
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fcM. Aycock Atinuuimes shobt couitop
For Public Weigher
Dickens 32,757
Fisher 32,072
Garza 20,229
Jone -«3« wJ ............ 61,755
Mitchell 28,356
Scurry - 32,061
27,202
46,054
16,886
82,160
39,732
39,732
-•tofore. Mr. Beaver will continue
Winters Chamber of Commerce, and ^j,e state:
former secretary of "Crosbyton, said
that he was glad to see the spirit of jjill
Crosbyton still aliVe to theon-going McLennan
of this community. . — Navarro
Ed Bishop, secretary of the Floy- NUeces
dada Chamber of Commerce, brought Williamson
greetings from Floydada and ex-
pressed appreciation for the coopera-
tion that Crosbyton had given— the
people of Floydada. He spoke of the
good roads connecting the two places
that would be the means of cement-
ing a still.closer relation between the
two towns. V
Other speakers were R. L. Gibson
of the Smith Community and principal
of the Smith Ward School; A. W.
Pyron of Big Four; G. H. Nelson of
Ra^ts and Judge Homer Pharr of
Lqjbbock.
Following are some of the Eastern
counties and the largest producers of
I.. 114,140 120,969
74,476 69,668
74,639 88,281
— 73,455 75,529
J... 49,430 102,697.
93,202 101,793
Uncle Billie Bicknell
Sells to J. Kent Smith
"Uncle' Billie" Bicknell has sold his
jewelry and repair shop to J. Kent
Smith. "Uncle Billie" will not en-
gage in any further business for the
present, he says. ,
them by Mr. Edgar Hutchins, Prin-
cipal or the Crosbyton Grammar
School, to meet in Crosbyton on the
t\ajr of Marth 3 for a county-wide
tournament of all the schools in the
county. There .will be three divisions
in this tournament: Senior Girl's
basket ball, Junior Girl's basket ball,
and Junior Boy's basket ball. Every
school in Crosby county, whether a
member of the Interscholastic League
or not, is urged to enter teams In as
many of-these~divisions as possible.
Crosbyton is planning to make a gala
day of the affair and promises a good
time and profitable day to all who at-
tend. Further details of this tourna-
ment may be obtained by communi-
cating with Mr. Hutchins, Box 161,
Crosbyton, Texas.
The following schools of Crosby
county were represented at this meet-
i rig by .their Principats: Blg ^ouf; H:
P. Howard; Cone, Warren Powers;
Emma, W. F. Brown; Robertson, "W".
G. Curry; League 4, W. M. Vernon;
Fairview, R. H. Nowlin; Farmer,
Marvin Nix; Owen , Orian Dennis;
Mt. Blanco, H. T. Reynolds; Wake, J.
T. Boulding; Grosbyton, Edgar Hutch-
ins; County Superintendent Hicks.
Rails, and. Smith HSrammar Schools
were represented by proxy.
In the propeFcoluriiri of this week*r "
issue of The Review will be found the
name of E. M. Aycock, candidate for
Public Weigher, Precinct No. 2, sub-
ject to the action of the Democratic
Primary, July 28, 1928.
Mr. Aycock does not need an intro-
duction at our harifls for he is known
to most all the voters of the county.
He is a good fellow and is qualified
to fill the place that he is asking for,
JLLelectedJie,
effort to serve the_ people in a credi-
Local Farmers and Business Men
Secure Important Meetings
for this Community
Negotiations that have been carried
on by local fanners and business men
with the Agricultural Extension De-
partment of the International Harves-
ter Company have been successful,
and as the result a series of short
course meetings in agriculture, horti-
culture, gardening and home econom-
table manner.
—When you go to cast your vote in
the July Primary, remember the name
of E. M. Aycock, candidate for Public
Weigher, Precinct No. 2.
His Mother Died
In Mississippi
S. T. Herrotl received a message
last week from Carrolton, Miss., sta-
ting that his mother was very ill and
not expected to live. Mr. Herrod and
J. T. left immediately in their car.
They were on the road 30 hours of
actual driving from here to Carrol-
ton. They arrived there about one
hour after hifrm other die it;
day and Tuesday, March 5 and 6.
Mr. F. J. Wolfe of the—Harvester
Company was here last week to out-
line the general plan of the short
course and to render all assistance
possible in making the preliminary
arrangements. .•*;
The only purpose of the meetings
will be to discuss, from a purely edu-
cational standpoint, important prob-
lems of. the farm and home. Wher-
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ever they have been held, these meet-
ings have been exceedingly helpful
and inspiring to both farm folks and
town folks.
The extension department of the
Harvester Company constantly main-
tains a large force of -w experienced
1 if fl
Mrs. S. E. Herrod, mother of S. T.
Herrod, was a few days over 85 years
old at the time of her death. Mr.
Herrod and J, T. arrived back home
last Friday.
people wbo giv< ^aU -thetr-iime and
Big Crowd Attended
County Sing Song
The Couny Sing Song met last
Sunday at Fairview and those at-
tending from Crosbyton reported that
the largest crowd that ever assemb-
led, perhaps, at a county sing song
met on this occasion.
Buckingham Sells His
Variety Store to Allen
Ralph Buckingham has sold the
variety store to John L. Allen of
Brownwood. Mr. Allen took charge
of the business Monday of this week.
We understand that Mr. Bucking-
ham witt go to Brownwood to engage
in a similar business.
Business Men
Banpuet The ■ 1
forts to instructive and helpful work
among as large , a number of people
as they can reach in the hope of in-
creasing prosperity on the farm, im-
proving the general health of the peo-
ple, making the work of the housewife
easier and helping boys and girls to
accomplish worthwhile achievements.
So successful has this work been
during the past ten or twelve .years ,
that there is a constant and increasing
demand for their short course meet-
rrigsT So numerous are these requests
that only a few towns in this state
can be accomodated this year
this community is indeed fortunate in
securing these meetings.
Full details of the short course have
not yet been worked out and cannot
be announced until later, but it can
be stated that a crew of speakers and
demonstrators^all men-aw women ef
H
ill
iWt
Last Friday evening, February 3, a
banquet jwas jjiven by the businesa^^-. children,
charts knd many motion pictures will
men of. Crosbyton, to the high school
basketball team in the gymnasium of
the high gchQoI ^
A color scheme of red and white
was carried out, suggesting St. Valen-
tine^ Day. Red and white crepe
paper was draped effectively
the operation of the Sanitary Tailor-
ing Company at the same stand, in
the Dendy Bat-ber Shop.
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Finished Home On
the East Plains
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J. C. Pence was in town Saturday
^ afcd told The Review editor that he
mad finished remodelling his home on
the East Plains. He put on sheet
rock, new doors and new windows i
gave his home a general
and-now he is living at
when I
in. We need factories here that can
manufacture the raw products."
Thft apgolfpr aniH tW. nhvaiml flf.
fort was necessary for community
development. The idea of letting
George do the work did not apply to
community. "He
"The three essentials of com- a
mtmity development," "said—garter em pi lasiwd the importance 3f"tidy
"was commercial, mofaT and agricul-, ing up the town." There are three
•Homer D. Wade, manager of the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce,
was the principal speaker of the eve-
ning.
Voluntary Band From
Wayland to Be Here
The Voluntary Band from the Way-
land College will be here with the
Calvary Baptist church on Saturday
niKtit mm sutkiay, Febfoafy 11
12. Everybody is invited
out and hear them.
to
SntT
come
over
the windows, and at the goals t>f the
court. Table decorations were also
carried out in the color scheme—an
artistic arrangement of red carnations
and red candles in beautiful holders
were the table ornaments.
A .delicious four-course dinner,
creditably prepared by the Home Eco-
nomics girls, was served. The first
course consisted of grape-fruit cock-
tail; the second, baked chicken and
dressing, creamed potatoes, string
beans, hot rolls and pickled beets;
the third, tomato gelatin salad; the
fourth, cherry pie a' la mode. Red
nut eup oorvqd^no plate favors.
turai development. TKinRing along
the line of the people who made this
country." "Churches," he said, "were
the foundation of all material devel-
Our country will grow
great International Conventions to be
held in Texas this year, and Crosby-
ton should clean up, as the tourist
will be passing through in greater
numbers than ever hofom. ■ ■ ff you
ant to
man
ITown,
Said the Speaker, "and throw
petty Jealousies, and get the
Of talking up your town. The moral
idea of buying in Crosbyton should in-
every one. Buy what you can
your own industries.
goUig to make Crosbyton , at
"you jtijust build with- 2
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HI seek-the beauty spots, he
said.
Mr. Wade announced that the An-
nual Convention of the. West Texas
Chamber of Commerce would be held
- Mrs. Joe Brown reeeived a message
Wednesday from, her husband at
Houston stating that his brother had
died otL luesday antL would be buried
on Wednesday. Joe will probably re-
turn home about Saturday.
Financial invest- Haplist Revival Meeting
Begins March 25th
A revival meeting will begin at the
church beginning on
closing on April 8, con-
Wmm
A delightful program was rendered
-^-BJr. Owen heading the entertain-
ment with a topst to the basketball
team. Coaches Vaughn arid Weather-
short talks expressing their
appreciation of the loyalty and coop-
eration given by the town. Captain
Amon Johnson, in behalf of the team,
made a speech declaring his team
worthy of Ihe town's support and
vindicating their valor^ and fighting
exceptional ability—will be sent here
to conduct the meetings, which will
be virtually-a farmers' and house-
wives' chautauqua. Much alse will be
provided that will be of great inter-
Large..
be used to illustrate the lectures.
Every meeting will be for every
body—men,w
folks and town folks—and everybody
will be royally welcomed at every
session.
No admission charge of any
kind'will be made. Watch for the
date, program and full particulars. <
New Teachers
Elected For
Crosbyton Schoo
Miss Ruby Pool has given up her
position as primary teacher in the
.Crosbyton public school and returna'lfpfc'
to her home at Wneo' om
JittfrfiiH >nA.
eyes, business, men
gaw short talks.
of
Smith,captafnl5f
team, and
the
but
of
ill health. Mrs. John Heard,
grade teacher was transfferred to
grade work and Miss
of ChildresB,- elected for '
Parker who j
Sherwood is a former
She has just received
gree at C. I. A.
winter'
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Curry, W. M. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, February 10, 1928, newspaper, February 10, 1928; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255711/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Crosby County Public Library.