The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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A Newspaper For The Whole
Ju,
Of The South Plains Of Texas.
CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 4,1909.
Tragic Tale?
Of Boom Days
Prayer for Divine Aid to .Fulfill
a £urse Answered--Leaves
Oklahoma For Good
"W
H&ving lived to see the fulfill-
ment of^jRprse- which I prayed
upon thirty-three of my enemies,
whd, nearly nineteen years ago,
tried to swear my life away—
having survived the gallows tjiey
At last money , gone, family
builded for me to hear ^.iun^. wife who 0?ce
victs at that time being Federal'
charges.
Fights to Recover Rk hts .
Following his pardon Adams
returned to Oklahoma Gity and
sought by civil litigation to be re-
stored to ownership of the lai>y
he claimed, he dealt in other real
estate meanwhile, and, as the
City grew, he prospered for a
time, but all of his accumulation
was swallowed up in attorney
fees and court costs.. .
eral dirge of each of them, I now
leave Oklahoma forever. Where
1 am going is t he business of no
one'but myself " suffice it to say
that never again shall I return
to the land that has blighted my
life." -
. This remarkable statemeaMaft
made by J. C. AdamsT an Okla-
homa pioneer, as he swung ufcon
the rear coach of a south, bound I
Santa Fe passenger train one
evening recently. f ,,
"Away back in April 1889, ivvhen
Oklahoma was opened to settle-
ment Adams came with the rush
of home-seekera and "staked" a
"claim " of 160-acres upon a part
of which is now situated the
Oklahoma Gity courthouse. The
remainder of that "claim" has
long since been dotted with six
and seven story office buildings,
the total value of the ground now
running well up into the millions.
. ... Fights for Eawly Land
Back in the early days when
the six shooter and the Winchest-
er were law in Oklahoma, there
came forward nine contestants
for the Adams ' 'claim." At last
the contest narrowed down to
Adams and Capt. W. L. Couch,
the latter being far famed as a
lieutenant of the original Okla-
homa boomer, David L. Payne.
A fierce, gun right was the sequel
to the Adamfl-Cou^Ieud-rAifat-
dashed between the combatants
as a target to shield her husband.
Couch w&s killed and his dead
body was carried Away by rough
men erf the • frontier, who had
learned to admire him. Adam9
was tried for murder, and was
sentenced to belmnged.
The flitfht of time brought ex-
ecution day dangerously near—
the scaffold-of death Was built.
Prayer for Divine Aid
One night when the gallows
seemed inevitable, so Adams re-
lated just before his final depart-
ure .from Oklahoma, the doomed
man kneeled on the rough floor
of bis frontier jail cell and ut-
—tered-a-prayer, a-verbatim.copy.
of which he recorded in a book
.which he designates as "The
Balance Sheet."
The* prayer follows:
God in Heaven, I am a rough
man, hut I'nCwiuare.I killed a
man while fighting for what
rightfully belonged to me—killed
him after he had fired twenty
shots trying to kill me. If I
was wrong, let th6m hang me.
If I warright^^aave me and let
all my enemies who perjured
themselves to send me to the
)wp die before I die. That
braved bullets to protect him,
eventually turned against him for
some cause which has never been
explained—the old man droppted
out of public view, and, living in
a squalid hut in the poor quarter
of the City became a recluse.
His last years in „ Oklahoma
City were devoted largely to the
writing of a book which he never
Prominent Railroad
- Men In Crosbyton
Looking For Location For An
independent Line On Plains.
Indiana Man Here
Mr, Will Duncan of Bedford,
Ind. in company with Messrs. F.
M, Richardson and t. E. Speed
of Plain view were in Crosbyton
and the Crosbyton country last
Saturday and Sunday, leaving
Crosbyton Sunday noon, in auto,
for Plain view. Mr. Duncan is
a prominent engineer and is here
in the interest of large eastern
capital and wp are informed that
the people whom he represents
want to establish an independent
line of railroad from, or near
Tucumcaria, N. M. and cross
the plains east. He says he has
immense to the consumers..
On leaving Crosbyton yester-
day the party stated that in a
#fe"w d^ys they would be back and
it is hoped that they will have
Something valuable to give out
soon. Every citizen of Crosby
and adjoining counties should put
forth every effort, to get a road,
especially in the counties that
have none. _
Railroads, not only inhance the
value of lands but cheapens gen-
eral living, therefore everyone is
benefitted.
Organ For The Hall
The young people of Crosbyton
met last Saturday -night in the
Hall to r~aise money to buy an
organ for the Sunday School and
Church, $48 50 was subscribed
by those presents - committiesl
were appointed to see the per-
sons in town. The list is now
Inauguration of President Taft
Today the Day Upon Which Great Things Will be
Doing in The Capitol
Inaugural day is a great day with the citizens of the
1 dress by George Washington was made on April
United States.
The first inaugural add
30th 1789 in New York, Washington's, farweliaddress was made SepU
19th 1796 after having served two terms as president.
One hundred and twenty years ago our first president was inaugurated
—can it be hoped that the coming president will go down in history as a
father of the age? and will his history as a leader go down with the same
appreciation as did our first president? It is hoped.
The greatest demonstrations of the.age will be made in the United
States today aver the Inauguration of Pres. Taft. Tonight will be a night
of electric display in the larger cities, especially in Washington. The
word T AFT will Be d i splayed high Trithe "eTemerfts above We ca pi toHf 311(1 whenthey
The best musicians on earth are in WasTnhgton^ Tor" tl^" Tnaugural BalT.
May we hope for the renewat^of prosperity and continuance of same in
all the qities^of the States. Yes! YesI! Yes!!!
" * President Taft's Cabinet
Secretary of state, Philander Chase Knox of Pennsylvania^ Secretary
of the treasury, Franklin MaeVeagh of Illinois; Secretary of war, Jacob
M.^Dickinson of Tennessee; Attorney general, George W. Wickersham of
New York; Postmaster general, Frank H. Hitchcock of Massachusetts;
Secretary offthe navy, O^org^ Moyarnf M^gcarhiispttg; f^rr^tary
of the inter-for, Richard A. Ballinger of Washington; Secretary of agricul-
ture, James Wilson of Iowa; Secretary of commerce and labor, Charles
Nagel of Missouri. - '.V ■
intended for publication, but
which purports to be a' faithful
portrayal of the tragic hftppeti-
jngs of early days in Oklahoma.
Hwhen might made right when
many a "claim" was washed in
the blood of contesting home
seekers. In that book he record-
ed the names of thirty-three wit-
nesses who appeared against,
him —and he waited in Oklahoma
City until the years ticked off
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of a ptaying man.
N^xt day, whether by mere
coincidence or in answer tQ,
prayer, opinions widely differ
there came an order for the sen-
tence of Adams to be commuted
from de§,th> to a pen i t§n ti ary term
of seven years. Oklahoma hav-
ing no State or Territorial prison,
Adams was sent to the Kansas
penitentiary, where after the ex-
piration of three years of his
^even-year sentence, he was par-
~ over Gleve-
>t ot
homa
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eiYltfofti(f tfrirff Tffid"tfterwere" d
carried to the fefemetery. -Quanah;
The Duck^(tmt
The poetry that appears on
page thfee was written by Henry
Ellison. We forgot tb put. his
name to the article. ■ •—
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100 acree of a choice land new
are now examining the, liije .east]
of Crosbyton, a
east as Jay ton and possiblf fur-
ther.; V":: , -v
are prominent capitalistic l>latn
view and it is with pleasure that
they are showing ■ Mr, Duncan
over 4he Country. The cation
east of Crosbyton,means, much to
the%3t railroad that corned from
tfee fact that the sand graveland
- hadll an^S;
stable quantity is badly
every town
never seen a finer 'country than
this arid is carefully going over it
now for the second time. 1
The above gentlemen weFe ip
Crosbyton, yesterday having#.#-
changed their wayof travelfrm&. IHg^ eoijier s.00
the auto to a two mulsteam they Hambton .Bomrs....... . 3.00
nma AVAtvimiartrv f.kA linA AAaf ' t ■'* . "*'3
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raisecTto $73.50. Tfie~foHowin^
are the ones who subscribed:
~ John M^Etermett:v::;:z: .^ $5.00 ;
Harley Coffy5,00 '
: Ewing Lawson 3.00
White 3300'
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T. T. Mel)ermett
J, W. Spann...
MaryB<5ggs
Ben Elliion
Chess Ellison, .
Walter Shell;!:
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Mrs. Chess Ellison. .! . ..
Verna Ellison.
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Lumber, Coal, Hardware, Imple- '
1 merits, Dry Goods Etc. In
Car Load Lots.
Crosbyton has attracted atten*
tion, not only at home but abroad,
she has gradually gained the
good will and confidence, of the
people not only in Crosby boun-
ty but in adjoining counties.
It is nothing for 100,000 to 200,-
000 pounds of freight to come in,
in one day. Last BViday there
was "156,000 pounds of lumber
unloaded at the lumberyard, and
some 50,000 pounds oit hardware
and other goods for the Crosby-
ton supply store and a consider-
able load of -freight'
Taylors store, as wlell as* small
totiof freight for the other bus-
iness establishments.
One would ask what-goes witlfc-.
all this lumber, etc? who buys
it? It was just a few days ago
that the South Plains Lumber
Yard sold to R. S. Holman of
Afton, E|ickens County, at one
time and forgone bill of lumber
52,000 pounds. Mr. Holman we
are informed, had quotatations
from Benjamin and other rail-
road points but""Crosbyton saved
him money and Crosbyton got
the business..
Crosbyton is reaching out for
trade, and there is hardly a day
but that some one from a long
distance is in Crosbyton trading.
The reason for this is our bus.-.'
iness men are ative to-the needs-
and interests of the people.
They keep continually before
the public their advertisements
The trading public read, they
go where they can sa^e money,
go, they-act—Eeople_ijyjmfi_tUL.
Crosbyton to buy goods now, that
once patronized mail order hous- -
es. Why did thly patronize the
mail order house? Because they
could save money, and ff they
can save money to patronize a
mail order house it's right that
they should do so,btit How 4fee?
save money by coming to Cros-
byton.
The Review carries, a goodline
of ads. and in every instance and
in eVery town; we represent in
our columns, you will find our
advertisers selling cheap and
doing all they say, : ■
" lwh
I would Jike to engage sbmjs
one to furnish me with sour milk.
Is there not some good
the country- whd
send me milk about twice a -
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R. L. Bowman was
ton twice last week
loads* of corn iyr the
Buck Creamer
Fred;iWell8
D.'Wv Cox
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E. White - _u..s
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C. H. Tiylor : 2.50
(ohn Howard 2.60
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White, F. E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1909, newspaper, March 4, 1909; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242126/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.