The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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Jte?■ " fill-^p¥er:fi\^ixi}$s of these lands are on the plains; are very fertile and yield
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fV$ age about*two hundred feet in depth, and in these the water rises thirty to
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* Write to or virft us; you will be welcome and well entertained at Crosbyton,
" where you can at your leisure investigate every feature of the property.
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Daily mail hack- and automobiles from railroad points to Crosbyton.
CROSBY COUNTY RANCH
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Opportunity is here afforded to obtain in any size tracts, the finest, smooth agricultural lands on the South Plainsof Texas, and
the farms, orchards, gardens, crops and stock on these lands show in a measure what they will produce. The owners have farmed
and ranched in this country over twenty-four years; now cultivate 1200 acres and produce all their requirements in feed, fruits,
vegetables, meat, poultry and lard. _
Present prices $15. TO $30. PER ACRE; according to distance from Crosby ton. Terms $4. PER ACRE CASH; balance one to ten
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Lots in Crosbyton for Sale
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Crosbyton Review
• ^ c ~ Published every Thursday by
'tfhe White Printing Company
Not Incorporated
"WTTWmTEi^NS,Props,
Crosbyton, Texas
P. E. WHITE, Editor
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as second-class matter Jan-
iuaf 14, 1909, at the post office at
Crosbyton,^Texas, under the Act of
WM Advertising Rates
page display ad. $12.60 per week.
I page, ' v" " 7 00 per week.
t than one-half page 20c per inch
each insertion. Locals and readers 10c
per line each insertion.
Nb.dleplay advertising on first page,
time ii not specified all advertfs-
tatter will be run until ordered
id charged for accordingly.
S ' J^NOTICE TO THE PU[BUC.
erroneous reflection upon the
character/ standing op rreputation of
any person, firm ^" corporation which
ma¥ appear in the columns of the
w will be gladly corrected upon
brought to the attention of the
"era.
ur Issues One Month '
W&T*
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the
1000 letter heads, so its a cinch
that he is prepared to do the
corresponding act, But the
worst is yet to com6, he went
■ Hit© the home of <one - of our—fcK
low townsmen Sunday, made a
fine dinner from the victuals
that had bpen prepared for " din-
ner, and took away half a fine
entitled the Hesperian will con-
tinue to grow in importance and
influence and the commercial lar-
gess of the Floyd county seat
wiH be made known to the'
world. —Plainview News.
cake, and ransacked every draw-
er in the! house. 'The thief will
be caught, mark this prediction,.
imdjadifln.he^has--li^tt- caught,-
he will go to jail. A $50.00 re-
ward will be paid for his arrest
and conviction, whoever he may
be.
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When a man-wants to gosome-
where driving two or more hor-
ses, he hitches them all facing
one way ; if he didn't, he'd never
get to his destination. So it is
With the reople of a town: th^y
must all face one way, and pull
together, or they will never do
anything worth while. Har-
mony is the word.
... The Discipline Of ehtfdreft
About the worst thing parents
can do ia to discuss the failings
of their children.; ^before them.
should be done? A dirty
town. The Review is in
of catching the thief at all
t has become a common
fdr there to be missing
things in the city Ct6sby-
the work of this dirty
g? more bold we
has
a Biiice the thief
nerve to steal
e got more
more carpenters, he
fine ..rifle, probably
d to cap the
Newspaper Changes
Carl T. Steen after gdiding the
destiny of the FloydadaHesperian
upon the uncertain aea of journ-
alism last week surrendered the
tiller, laid down th&e&torial pen
made his parting bow, and that
! isea uMeOBiTgon-
«f Messrs Pettit&Stan^
r. Steen is a newspaper man
of capacity and issued almost
oung mei
to woiii he soTd |re not strahgers
to. the fcrafeT^ Peittt. /%prihg
been at one time associated as
mj^oagsBLOlihfiJ^
and is an accomplished printer.
parent to attempt to punish a
child and the other protest again-
st it. Either action will damage
the respect of the child for one or
the other of its parents, and- if
there is one thing more than an-
other that parents want to pre-
serve, it is their dignity before
their children. A child who gets
the idea that one parent is at va-
riaiice witli the other on the ques-
tion of discipline will make both
unhappy and render itself decid-
edly objectionable by playing -off
one parent against the otber, If
you want to-lwive any harmony
in the family, get toprether on the
question of desciplining the chil-
dren—at least in their presence,
and if you want $6 quarrel on
methods, do it in the private of
your own departments, where
you can have it oift without low*
ering yourselves in the eves of
ene- Minnie in company—witlv many:
Sunday Rev. Willis filled his
regular, appointments at our
school house, preaching to fair-
sized andattentive audiences^-
Quite a few from here who at-
tended Sunday School at Cone
Sunday afternoon" report tHe
attendance small on account of
the protracted meetings in pro-
gress at Estacado and Emma.
Mr. Paul Payne and sister Miss
yopr children
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from Cone attended services at
Emma Sunday,
A large number of our citizens
are attending the Revival Ser-
vices being conducted at Esta-
cado by Revs. Hussey and Low-
ry. The preaching is all we
could wish for and the daily
Class-Meetings are well attend-
ed and we believe glorlifying God
and advancing Christ's cause
and Kingdom here on earth.
Tuesday several of our voters
went to Cone and' Estacado to
cast their votes on the-law am-
end ments.
J)o not fail to hear the Farm-
er's Union Lecturer at the school
h<Mise on the evening of the
twelfth. Ladies have a special
invitation.
Mr. J: N. Payne is freighting
lumber-pr^ar&tory to building a
dencej>n_hisL,iots4n~ Peters
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Farmers Items
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Rew. Ray of Running' Walur
visited Monday night with
John Kerlin and family.
- Mr. John Maberry and fa
Plnhtvtiaif ty;>ffH mr+r Snfi
with llrs. M's brother, Mr.
Shoots Wife, Then Cuts His
Own Throat
Seymour, Texas, July 31— J.
M. ErmTsT a BChem:an aid a
well respected farmer, living
about six miles east of Sev-rrmarr
killed* his wife and Himself earfy
Friday morning. He fired two
shots from a shotgun at his wife
as she was lying in bed, neither
•of which- took efi'eet. Tb
shots awakened the children*
and they saw.Ermis and his wife
scuffling over the gun, w hen it
was discharged, the entire load
taking effect in her bowels. She
walked ouc onto the gallery and
.put her arm.around her littb j- irl
and said: "I am killed," |nd
soon died. Ermis ran out into a
sorghum'patch near by, and one
of his little boya>*#ent out there
and brought him back to the
house. He looked upon his
wife a few moments, and then
took a razor and cut his throat,
almost entirely severing the head
from the body.. " i
No cause can be assigned for
his act. Evidently he was insane
at the time. This condition was
probably brought, about by a se-
vere spell of'lickness about |;
year ago, and from which he
seemei n^f4o4iaye^nurely
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lasfcVffle, Tenn^i - Aug> 5. -
rly every business house and
lird of the residences atRock-
1, Teiin., were flooded"'last
t as the result of a doud-
Jt. The eaetentof the damage
covered. They leave:a fam'ly of
eight childrenr the eldest 9
whom*is a girl 14 j&ars old. -VM
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No Discharge th This VVar
l^fighr. thejfigbt for good ro^
aridkeep. it„ merrily-inaiiiiai5.r
for all the future, the American
Congress^ Road Builders, sitf
ting at Seattle^in the middle
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White, F. E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1909, newspaper, August 12, 1909; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242149/m1/4/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.