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VOLUME 25
Upbuilding of Crosbyton and Crosby County
CROSBYTON, CROSBT COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY
AUGUST 18,1933
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Presiding Judges For Cros-
. by County Prccincts Are
Named; Six Questions To
Be Voted On
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When Crosby county voters go to
the polls, Saturday, August 26,to reg-
ister their oponions- on- six-proposi-
tions, it will be the first election
conducted under a new law rfjtp|irinsr
* unofficial retums .be made public im-
mediately ofter the first-^count.
The new law, drawn and" success-
fully supported by .Senator Marpio
E. Neal of Panola'county, requires
election officials to tfrUphone unof-
ficial returns to the county clerk or
county chairman in cases of prima
ies, when the count is completed.
FcUr~&fcnerally Known i
COUNTY TAX RATE
NOT CHANGED BY
COMMISSIONERS
Rate of 82 Cents Again Set
At Meeting of Court
Last Week
The county tax rate'was aga'n set
at 82 cents on the $100 valuation by
the Crosby County Commissioners
Court at h called meet ing last wiek-
No chajige was made in the rate from
that of last year.
The tax rate in road districts two
«ndJthree were cut in half from the
FOR THE
SETTLERS REUNION
245 Voters of County Sign
Petition Calling for Local
Option Vote; Only 167
Names Were Required
Following a petition signed by
245 voters of the county, the Com-
missioners court sitting at their re-
gular term Monday, called a local
option election far Crosby county to
be held cm August 26, at the game
time as the state election The p t-
tlon required ^only 167 names. Pet?-*
tibns were circulated at Crosby ton,
Ralls and Lorenzo.
The-'ballot that will be presented,,
to the voters on August 26th will
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Only four of the six', questions to EVERY SCHOOL IN
COUNTY REPRESEN-
alization in the county and the; s&jjtenj TED AT MEET • HERE
of beer containing not more than j "y ■ ,——
3.2 per cent of alcohol by weight, re- o f Wjilhrrtnlc anH Arthur
peal of the Eighteenth amendment, ^UP|- ItaiDrOOK and AIUUU
and a $20,000,000 bond issue^j^Jief ^ Dllggdn Speak On ^e\V
of unemployments. The other propos-1 School Law
als: -
rate last year, due to the taking ov- |
er by the stats government of bonds I contain he following:
voted to improve State Highway 24. j FOR the sale of beer contjinjug
not more than three -and two-tenths
per centum (3.2%) of alcohol bv
weight. -j
AGAINST the sak
of beer contain-
ing not more than three-and - two-
tenths per centafa (3.2%) oC aleqh'l
by weight.
Besides this ballot there will 1
two other ballots at the special els e
Crowd Estimated At Ten
Thousand by W. T. Dunn,
J. B. Jejtkins,Flovdada, is
Made President
The largest crowd, by far in recent
years that has attended the West Tex
as 'Old- Settlers ... Reunion- st ' Hank
Smith Memorial park, ten miles of
Crosbyton, was onj hand foc..-lhk 8tb
Annual reunion held last Friday and
Saturday. "The affair was a success
in every way, from a financial ons
as well as a social affair and an en
tertainment. ^
The crowd for the\wo day reunion
was estimated at from eight to t n
thousand people, by' W. T. Dunn, se-
cretary of the Old Settlers' Associa-
tion. Saturday's crowd was much
larger than that on Friday, with pn;- .
bably more than 5,000 people present |
Saturday night.
Entertainment features-contisted of .
OWNERS LOAN A
READY TO FUNCTION
carnival, dancing for both young
and old each night,; and speeches in
!the day time, besides the many intii
j vidua! picnics and gatherings of old
j friends seeing each other for the first
tion on August 26. Four amrnr.'nicnt-; time* in a year or more.
B. M. JACKSON
W. P. Walker Is At
and A. L. Wnifrey, Ra
Appraiser, For
Organization i
The recent appointment of Judg>
W. P. Wajker, as attorney, and A. L.
Winfrey of Ralls, as appraiser, for
the Home Owners Loan Corporation
of Crosby county, opens up an aven- .
ue of assistance to the-impair home1
owners who are behjnd . with- th ir
loan payments and possibly ta s,
f It is not the intention of-he gov- ,
ernment td interfere with any private ,)
lendyig agency but simply to as. Jsr
the small home owners who are in
distress. >, ' ■y--—'' •••!>'
The first step to be taken by any
nrosoectiv'e applicant is to w\ite to
his loan company and see if they
will a^ree to accept the bonds of the
j corporation, and if |hey will not there
| is no need of taking the matter up
! with either the attorney jar appraiser. >0i
«Llf he loan company will agree to ac- < ~„v
"| cept the bonds of the corporation in
lieu of the mortgage, then the bur* j*|
j rower may take the matter up w,tV ' ' -
Judge Walker who will give nfttt\
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f l . . . | to the Constitution of the State of i Hard Times Taboo
To provide authority . for the^dop- Kvery school-district in the county , Texas; and one amendment to fee "i have not heard a single
Constitutoin of the United States ai
to be voted upon.
tion. of a home rule charter by ir,a;was represented here Saturday when
yoters in counties having a p<pula- Mr Halbrook, deputy state schorl
tion of 62,000 or more; and to ex- superintendent, spoke explaining th:
empt$3,000 of the assessed * taxable |new schoo, ,aw its various'provisions
value of all homesteads from state an(J the p,an ()f opjrati„IW)f the new
^xes. Rural Aid Law.
. Taxpayers Decrease - ! Senator Arthur Duggan,. who i^
Because 1033 is a so-calleji "off onf> of the authors of the state & d, RuVS Growin^tirnn Smith-
year" in elections, number of persons (,aw also gpf)ke i^fore the school ^
representatives.
County School Board
Will Meet August 21
paving poll taxes decreased consider-
ably, it was said at the tax collectors
office. Only 1063 persons paid poll
taxes and about 500 others in Cro •
by county secured exemption certi-
ficates .The exemptions, for persons ] ] :
entitled to them and which are not I The county School Board will meet
required in voting boxes outside of here on Thursday, August 24, B .F.
Crosby county may be secured at any Hicks, county superintendent, , an-
time before the election? nounced Tuesday.
"I have not heard; a single4 won!
■\bout hard times," said Mrs. W. T.
Dunn, whir* had chaig? of the regis-
, _ -^tration. "She reported nearly 500'old
F. C. CASH RESIGNS timers registered for the reunion.
AS DEPUTY SHERIFF J II- Jenkins, Floydada busing
j man and former cattleman, was eJec-
! ted president of the association at
the business session Saturday aftH-
Rev. B. M. Jack sun, Forti
Worth, To Be Preach-
At Sc-: ? -
er
services
west of City
Absentee balloting (which began Tire schools of the county w.li be
last week will continue at the county classified at the meeting, announcing
clerk's office until three days before for each school the grades they will
the election. Persons who plan to be j be allowed to teach this year.
out of town August 26 may receive
F. C. Cash, deputy sheriff has
purchased 130 acres of growing' crop
southwest of town, 100 acres in cot-
ton and 3ft acres in feed It was the
Buck Reed crop.
Mr. Cash expects to resign as' de-
puty sheriff about August 20, ind
take care of his crop. H« will nio.v;
to the farm next we:k.
noon. He succeeds Col R. P. Smyth,
■'mayor of Plainview, after having Ba^ist church, Fort Worth, will
served as vice-president last year, the Reaching duting the meeting
Jeff Spikes, Cone, a resident of this
county for 43 years, was named Vice
president, and W. T. Dunn, who has
served as secretary-treasurer dining
the entire time, was unanimously re-
BAPTIST REVIVAL TO
BEGIN AT CHURCH
| HERE NEXT SUNDAY!further instructiona- , . „
. |. All loans that are accepted in cx-|
rhange for bonds are to draw five
per cent interest "and will be amof-
i tized so as to liquidate th§. loan in
fifteen years. _ ,
j The maximum aiiwui.t of a Iqan
ae! under the bond plan is gO per cent
of a conservative valuation.
There is also a "plan whereby ' a
announced he^Wcdnesdav. R JjL «^al1 home owner may borrow up to
| 50 per cent of a conseivative valua-
^ tion, on a cash basis, but in Cases cf -
this kind the loan company is usual-
ly willing to refinance the loan them-
selves on a reasonable plan.
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A revival meeting- will begin
the First Baptist - -church Sunday, |
August 20,..Rev. C-. E. Dick, pastor, j_
announced here^ Wednesday. R .v.
M Jackson, pastor "of College Av. nu
Rev. Mr. Jackson is a former pas-
tot at Mangum, Okla., Alb&rquerque,
N. M., going from the latter pastor-
ate to the Fort Worth church. H i
is reported to be a very fine preachei"
asbentee ballots on presentation cf
their poll taxes or affifidavits that
they have paid a poll tax or have se-
cured exemption certificates.
Dels gates Selected
Drys and wets in the state have
named delagates to a , convention
which will ratify or reject an amend-
ment to the United States constitu-
tion, which amendment will void the
Eighteenth Amendment. Names of
-delegates of the two factions are list-
ed on the ballot. Dry voters Mil mark
out the list of wet delegates; those
favoring repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment will mark out the names
of ary delegates. ■
Presiding judges and associate
- ""Ju&lfes 1 for the county voting pie-
„ cinet.H are: mnwiiwr—~
No. 1, Ralls, J. M. Raukin and E.
- C: Brown; No. 2, Estacado, L K.
Moore and John Fondre'ft; No. 3,
Cone, P. D Bartley an<l C. O. L'ttl^-
field; No. 4, Mount Blanco, M J.
Mosley and Tilford Taylor;. No.
Local Chevrolet Company
Reports Heatfy Sales
A car load ofChevrolet automr-
'«les were received Tiere Saturday by
.the Lieske Chevrolet Company. The
four automobiles were sold immedia-
1 tely after unloading, Ed Lieske said
Monday.
j "We need another car load at once
i to supply the requirements," Mi".
, Lieske said. He also- said that €hey
had a standing order for four car
loads butvcould not get them because
of the demand all over the country
[for automobiles.
the post but Jenkins •< fused to serve
unless the secretary (lid, so the di
— o——_— ' j rectors..made-It • unanimous.
COUNTY SING SONG TO r Directors Are Named ,
BE HELD AT,.EV KRG REKN 1
~•;nell, Crosbyton; R. L. Travis, Ralls;
The Crosby county sing sone: will R. L. Bowman, Lorenzo; Oscaf Kelly
be heT<T next Sunday August 20, at Post; Pink L. Parrish, Lubbock;
Evergreen, announcements were m?de ( Hamp Collit, Spur; John McDermett,
here this week. This will be the reg- j-Silver City, N. M.; Frank Spears,
*ular monthly meeting of this org-m- j Dickens; Coke Fullingim, Lorenzo;
lization and all lovers of music a>e in- O. C. Arthur, Quitaque'; Mrs. Van
vited to attend
elected. Dunn gave notice ofde clining ^d the^ public is invtied to hear hin<
11 Rev C. E. Dick pastor will "preach
Sunday morning and night, Rev. Jack
son not..arriving until Monday for the
evening service. -"-"T ^
John McDermett, Former
Sheriff, Is Present For
Old Settlers Re-Union
The corporation will have a capi-
tol stock of $20,000,000, furnished by
the government, spd"^ the governm^n1"
Avill guarantee Hhe interest of the
bonds during hg, full time they run;
the interest rate of tihe bonds is feur-
per cent and they will make an at- '
tractive investment.
STATE RATE PLACED
AT 77c; HIGHER THAN
RATE SET LAST YEAR
BILL NICKSON GOES TO
MATADOR AS PHARMACIST
■Leonard, Floydada; R. P. Smyth,
Plainview^ Marion Day, Plainview;
M. C. Potter, Silverton; Geo. Sm th.
Crosbyton; Lum Collit, Roaring
— ^ | Springs; Charles Watkins, Peters-ltjje 0j(j gg^tjej-j, reunion at the Hank
Mr. and, Mrs. Carter Nickson mov- burg; Luther Jones, Spur; John Whce j Smith home. The organization was'
ed to Matador last week and will, ler, Ralls; Mrs. Charles Epps, Plain- j started ejKht years aff0 w.hen a few,
make their home there. Mr. Nickson j view and Mrs; Joe Sherman. S?mr-j Q|(j settiers*~l¥fet" in Crosbyton for aj
J^lin D. Silver
Decreases Taxable
N. M., was here last week attending
the Old Settlers Reunion and visit-
ing . relatives. J<|hn McDermett, Bob
Smith and a few others were the
first to originate the idea of haying
Valuations
ROBERT McKEE SEEKS
iiAW DEGREE AT"UNI.
Has Been Student for Past
Two Years At Texas
_The State tax rate for the year
1933. will be 77 cents on the $100 val-
uation, according to the State Auto
matic tax Board which met Some two -
weeks ago and decided, on thia rate
, . , , . ... * i — — — - - i the rate, for the general fund be'ne
has been employed-as pharmacist for nole. ' (picnic and get together meeting and!placed at its constitutional limit cf 35
th Simpson Drug Company of. - that Next meeting date of directors to J<)hn McDermitt waS elected its first'cents. '
Cltli xt- i i . ' -rT ; ^ r „nt i President. From^hat time The West This is considerably higher than it
Mr. N.ckson has been associate* i as dunnp the, annual Floyd County jTexas old. Settlers Reunion has was last year, but under the present
with his father here in the druK bus-, reunion next May ' i gro*Ti with each succeeding .war un-! circumstance it was said.that- this
iness-testes.itamee^ thejr came to Cros- The day was given over largely■ .iRrir,rt3"f8r-a'-'permanent affair and J rate was necessary accorSng to re
few years ago. About two; recalling of old times, Mrs, Lon V. I. . . . • " I •' * 5
byton
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IdSSni1?. frJS Tha^acisS ^^11 of^d'adl: spoke °f fT ^ TZ ? a
| diploma as a r^gisteied pharmacist, durin(? "thc moniinfr session. I Te*««.And other parts of the state, budget of the general fund, to say
GO TO WORLD S FAIR
Candidates for the bachelor of law
Ptosy, J. G. Cage and Andy . Walker; degree at the University of T^x,y
No. 6 Rogers, H. C. Peterson, and W. ^ this summer, according to the prel!-
0 Slack; No. 7 Robertson, C E Wes- minary list announced by Dean Ira
i Lorenzo, left here Monday for A | Amarillo;
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term an and Tate Moring; No 8 Cros- , p. Hilderbamd, includes the name of
byton, J R McDuff and N Y Bick-: Robert McBride McKee of Crosbyton. ^ .
nell;'No 9 Lorenzo, R L Bowman j For t*"^ past two years Mr. Mckee Century of Progress Exposition
and F B Hoople; No 10 Kalgary, W. has been studying law at the State I Chicasro. They expect to be gone
A. Grizzle and T. E. Howell, No. j University. He taught one year in bout ten days.
11 New Home, S. T Anderson and . the Crosbyton High School previous I \ "
Q Henry; No 12. Cap Rock, lr. Uo that he was a student at Th* Un-] C.. OF ^ Wlttjfi.V
Fulbright and H. P Test: n, No j iversity. Besides Mr. Mckee there are
20 other candidates for bachelor of
'aw degree at the University.,,
j They were introduced by Mr. Dunn,
John A. Dillard, tax collector, ac- \ 'n the absence
companied By W. L. Pattillo. Guy j ™ho detained in Plainview
Pattillo, Earl Roberson. and familv, afternoon.
A. B. Tefrill and family, and J, H. During the afternoon Senator Ar-
Roberson and perhaps others, from I ^hu.r P. Duggan of Littlefield,
nothing 4f the deficit
has been
carried over. • "* J '
The total assessed valuations
it we
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BLANCO ANOTHER DATE
and different states.
of President Smyth.|, Since S, .. , , , . .,
until years Mr" McDermitt 1ias visited The total assessed valuations ;n th%
I the reunion most every year, haying state upon which advalorem ; ta*^
missed last year. He was made one are levied has been placed at ||,177
of the directors again at the election 1206,309 whjQh: is falling, off of 2j|i r
of officers and directors and will, cent of that jif last year,\the -eBief
likely be a yearly visitor to the event, cause for this being the exemption oi
———-—o-— —— i homesteads up to a $3,000 assessed
j valuation.
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Farmer, H J. Hillvard and J. P.
Kerlin; No 14 Big Four, J F Edler
and A W. Pvron; No. 15, PI" as art
Hill, E. R. Melton and H. Swetnam;
and No. 16 Fairview, Jno Goins and
Carl Lavendei'; '
New Election Law
The new election law provides:
1. Precinct election officers ire
required to telephone unoffic&il 1 e^
C Of C Begins
ProgramsTonite
The Crosbyton -chambcT of com-
merce was to have staged its conj-
I munitv nvoeram at, Mt, Blanco Miin-
' day night of this week, but; a rlih
| cloud came up and the program was
jhot put oij,-as scheduled.
I Edp-ar Hutchins, secretary of th?
I Chamber of Commerce, said here on
Wedhesday that another date would
required to teiepnone unonicaii "i«* n.. . yji rr-. u u ^
turns' to the county clerk, countv i 1 ^ r OU1 A.UCI 1 Onee 10-^oCv ^ |je given Mt. Blanco, which nas .been
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chairman in the case of primaries,
when they complete the count. Offic-
ial returns under seal are required
to .be made within*£4 hours. Previous-
ly ho unofficial returns were provid-
ed for. and in the case of primaries
four days were allowed for making
official returns, which could not ba
lawfully tabulated and announced un-
til the eight day. •- i
• 2. The county clerk is required to
tabulate unofficial returns from th«i
precincts up to midnight on election
day, and to announce the status of
the count at intervals. In prmlery
elections this duty( is laid ypon the
county chairman. Heretofore there
has been no provision for tabulating
unofficial returns. £
To Report Totals
8. When unofficial returns have
been tabulated front all precincts H
the county the couny clerk is requir-
Entertainment Tonight;
Rain Causes, Postpone-
ment Mt Blanbo Program
Dates have been completed for the' *A««feciation meeting held >t
annual CrDsbyton Chamber of Com
set oh Monday, August 21.
f ATTENDS IOOF MEET
A. Hatchell attended the
teenth annual State Secretiry
Th«'-
TOOF
Fort
was
Geo
Prof. L. P,
Sheffey, Canyon, and Pink L. Par-
rish, Lubbock also spoke.
Oldest Resident West Texan ...
J. W. Aynes of Crosbyton was the
oldest West Texan registered from a
residential point of view. He was
born in Denton county in 1860 and a
year later brought to Jack county by
his patents. He came to the South
riafti-i about 20 years ago.
H. R Stoker of Hillsbofo. came to
West- Texas in 1869.
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COMMISSIONERS COURT
OWEN CRUMP TAKES
THIRD IN GOLF TOUR-
NY AT LOCKNEY
REV. SUTTLE TO PREACH
Rev. Suttle of Idalou will preach
Sunday morning at the regular "tl
o'clock hour, and night at 8:30, at
Tournament To Be Held In ^the Calvary Baptist church.
Crosbyton on Septem-
/ ber 3 and 4
1.10 Incftes Of
Main Falls Here
A golf tournament was held at
Matador Sunday when 32 players of
APPROVES DEUftQUjBNT TAX4four teams of the Cap Rock Golf .
i ROLLS FOR CB(>SBY vCO. j League met. Crosbyton,. Matador, j| ^ -. . '-r
: Lockney and Spur were represented. i Hail Does Damage To Sev-
The C^nmissionets court approvt;vd , Mr. Reecer of Lockney won the
the delinquent tax rolls Monday at yfirst prize which was a $15 golf
their regular monthly meeting. A ^^ub. The second prize went to Qlenn
Check of the 1932 delinquent tax of Matador, a pair of golf knickers;
rolls revealed the fact that there1 and the third prize was won by Owsn
Crump of Crosbyton, four golf balls.
nrth Mondnv., Th nfeeting
tnerce Community programs, which^held at the Texas Hotel. Mr. Hst"
are held each year to develop a feel- ch^ll went down Sunday and return-
ing of good will between town and ed home Tuesday. • !
communities. . ; | — —o-t—
( The dates which are to be follow-
ed this year are as follows: j
Big Four, Friday, August 18fl Mt.)
Blanco, Monday, Aug. 21; Fairview.
Thursday, Aug. 24; Pansy, Monday
AWi^28; Wake, Thursday, Aug. 31;
"McAdoo, Tuesday, Sept. 5; Owens,
Thursday, Sept. 7; .Webb, Mond 5% ... ... —19 ..,.,
Sept. 11; Kalgary, Thursday, Septk Mr. Ellison received a message Mon- , WILL BEGIN MEETING
14; Leatherwood, Monday, Sept. 18; day but did not get the details of the | Rev. A. W. Anderson will begin a
ISmith, Thursday, Sept., 21. "Q .accident but it is presumed the child- meeting Saturday night, August 20,
A date for Crosbyton will be an- jren were in -swimfhg. The Ellison and Jit Big Four and ruiuiing through
nounced later. The program w,«ll h- Miilrbhe® families ar« former c't!z;ns next week.,. Everybody is invited to
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ad valorem. $13,207.64, county po'l,
GRANDCHILDREN OV A. 1 J$157.9®; District school, $3,197.93;
ELLISON v A RE DROWNED, district road, $4^53.50, making a to
} tdl bounty tax of $21,116.57 delin-
A. L. Eilison aged 12, son cf Har- fl®?'
risoh Ellison 'and Helen Ruth Mur-
phee aged 8 both grandchildren of,;A."
L. Ellison were drowned lsst Monday
in the Williamette River ig,.Qrigpn.
Mr. Ellison received a message Mon-
day but did not get the details of th« '
accident but it is presumed the child
were $33,176.36 delinquent taxes for
the year 1932, divided as follows:
State Advalorem, $11,114.77; St«te
poll, $945.00; making a total state September 3 and 4, twi days Will be
tax of $12,059.77 delinquent. County /given to a tournament at Crosbyton,
era! Sections Southwest
of Town During Rains of
Monday Night
nt.
Delinquencies for other years had
not yet been| computed by the tax
collector. Y
■Sixty-four one hundredths of an
Next Sunday week another tour- inch of rain fell here Monday night,
nament^willbeheldatSpuri^ndon'4MrK| ,47 cf an inch Tuesday night,
making a total of 1.11 inches for the
two nights. :>
f .ftiere was some rain in most
sections of the Crosbyton
*ory, ranging from a
than two indies in
Stanley Carter said. There will be
three fights of 16 players, and pnz
es will be given in each flight
11 An entrance fee of $1 wit! be
charged to defray expenses ,of prizes being heaviest so
Mr. Carter said. j where It was
r- • « — . '; I than two inches
BROWN MOTOR COMPANY | West of town
GETS NEW AUTOMOBILES three sections,
\) The Brown Motor Company je get- j panied by hail
ting in convoys of new cars each j ble damage to
week. A new shipment was received few farms, ^orr
this week and two new cars w$r* ing hail
Ford automobiles Cornelius
sol4 Other
sold
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