The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1910 Page: 1 of 10
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VOL 2.
CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1010.
Senator H. Bascom
I Thomas In City
'$k —y •
Only fifteen minutes In Which to
| talk to the people but all
well pleased. <
jTiiesday morning
minutes
at fifteen
to ten o'clock in the
Crosbyton Supply Store the few
citizens who had been informed,
met to hear State Senator Thom-
as. He was introduced by R E.
White, and made a short speech,
and following are some extracts
from same:
"rI was expelled from the
State Senate of Texas for charg-
ing grafting and corruptness in
the Legislature of Texas, a thing
never occurfng before in the
State. Twenty days afer my
having been expetled, I was elect-
ed by my home people, by he
largest majority ever given a
Texas Sta e Senator, and that
over the strongest man the oppo-
sition could find to oppose me."
* That Senato s and Legis-
lators have proven themselves
grafters and corrupt is shown by
tke arrests, and paying of fines
£ar poker playing and other
bribe taking. It is a fact that a
few nights after the fight jn
.which I was expelled from the
State Senate, that the very man
wbo had worked the hardest
against me was arrested by the
Chief of the Police and his dep-
uties in a poker game, and the
next morning a corrupt Lobbiest
appeared in court and paid the
fine of one State Senator and
three representatives. Was this
a bribe or was it through
charity ?"
Mr. Thomas gave names of
the parties but we are unable to
recall them, and he ex plain show
the lobbiest can get in the work
by. heading off sixteen of-th
State Senators and having ever
thing done according to their
bidding! Mr. Thomas is now a
candidate for Lieutenant Goyer
nor and we feel sure that he
will be elected by the largest ma-
jority ever given a man tor
that office. We need men with
lliptiierve to make our laws
AT HENDERSON
IH Commenting on Senator
Thomas the Henderson Times
says;
^The next time you hear anyone
say that H.' Bascom Thomas is a
crankis crazy, you tell them
thAt ninety per cent of fche people
wM heard him speak here Sat-
urday will vote for Thomas for
Lieutenant Governor, and that
they only wish that the entire
legislature could be made up ot
such men as he. Senator Thom-
as is the man whom that "august"
body expelled last year, for the
simple and only reason *that he
exposed some of this graft arid
corruption goiug on at our state
house. He went back to his peo-
ple and they re-elected him by
an overwhelming majority over
one of the strongest men in the
district. That's how his home
people regard him. the impress-
ion has gor e out that Senator
Thomas was a crank, ademogue,
and just wanted to create a sen-
sation, and we must confess that
Henderson was a little backward
•boot hia >eoeption
fact he went
heralded, and was
streets meeting the people in the
"good old f^hioned way" shak-
ing hands and introducing him-
self to every man who was in
fiis way. When the hour for
the speaking arrived the court
house was filled to overflowtng.
For two hours he hejd the vast
audience as one has never before
been held in Henderson. We
thought last year when Cone
Johnson treated.. Bailey's case
that it was rather severe medi-
cine, but it was a gentle laxative
compared to the purgative Sena-
tor Thomas poked down the
throats of "Senotorial Dignity"
here Saturday. He gave them
something that would purge,and
the phial from which the stuff
was dropped was stamped with
the skull and crossbones —it was
poison—a deadly ikfison to1 politi-
cal grafters. The4 man is abso-
lutely invulnerable; he has the
truth to tell and we are not at all
surprised that these candidates
forLt. Governor do not meet
him in joint discussion. They
can't stand the pressure. He is
the one man and the first man
to have the moral courage to ex-
pose this rottenness, and if the
people of Texas stand by him in
the fight against the infamous
lobby, the gambling and im-
moral living will be checked in
that body of "Senatorial Dig-
nity."
' Further comment from the
News at that point reads:
"When Senator Thomas spoke
at Henderson. Senator Braqh-
field* the author of the Resolution
of expulsion, occupied a seat in
the audience. Senator Thomas
would frequently call upon Brach-
field to correct him if he made
any misstatements or misrepres-
entations in the serious charges
he brought against the senate.
So effective was Senator Thom-
as's address that at it's conclusion
Senator Brach field came to the
platform and begged his home
people, where he had been prac-
ticing law for twenty years, yto
remain a few minutes until he
could reply. Brachfield was
hooted from the platform and
the audience began to yell, "Sit
down, sit down, you grafter^,we
^have heard all we want to and
we'don't care to hear anything
else." Such'a spectacle was
never seen before in this sec-
tion." _
. The people of Crosbyton heard
Senator Thomas, here Tuesday
and were well pleased with his
remarks. 'His clean cut way of
showidg ufc> the rottenness in the
legislature of Texas is wonderful.
It is strange to think that a single
voter in Texas would vote against
such principals as he advocates.
Thomajs a.clean cut high class
gentleman gjid one that the peo-
ple of Texas can well afford to
tie to.
The Ball Game
at
Home Team Shows
ment A Double Header
For Satuaday
•Jgfc"
Improve-
f the South
tcA am now
$
Notice
To my friends of
Plains wflLs&y that
located in Ch^bytoip' Texas and
expect to contirfa^fm4 the real
estate business. ffo&W that I
appreciate the IrainessSiyen me
in the past and/olicit yoursBusi-
ness in the fujpre you will finchqe
ess at all time.
1 W. P. Lamar
The baseball game between the
home bunch and the Estacado
fans at the latter place last S|t-
urday was called off - in the 8th
on account of the condition of
Mr. ReedL an old gentleman who
had accidentally been struck in
the head by a wild ball thrown
before game by Estacado's pitch-
er. The pitchcr was working
.out along the side lines when he
lost control of the ball and it shot
into a crowd of bystanders strik-
ing Mr. Reed full on the riufeft
side of the head. He sank to
the ground bleeding from the
ear; for a moment he befame
unconsious. Temporary relief
was administered #nd he ev-
idenced improvement but a little
later suddenly become worse.
Mart Carson, an employe of the
C B Co., took the big car, which
was on the grounds, and made
record breaking run to Peters-
burg, returning with Dr Gilliam.
Up to this time it was thought
that the accident while painful
was not serious, and the game
was called. In the 8th inning,
however, word was received 6n
the grounds that the old gen-
tleman was in a critical way.
After a short consultation with
the captains, the umpire called
the game off, declaring Escatado
winner by a score of JO to 7.
Our boys made an excellent
showing and the battery work
by "Bonnie**' and Parks showed
marked improvement and had it
not been for some costly errors
V
in the in and out fiield the score
would have sounded different as
what few hits they got oflEo of
"Bonnie" were scattering and
come at a time when they were
not costly.
The Escatado team is com-
posed of a bunch of npt only
base ball players, but gentlemen
as well. The absence Of any rag
chewing, or quarling was notic*
able and the refined and corteous
hospitality from fiost to guest
was in evidence throughout ;the
entire little city.
Saturday Emma and Peters-
burg will cross bats at Emma
and just after this game our
boys will have a chance to even
up with Escatado as that team
will meet them at that point.
The boys are at their best so
far this season, and the recent
practice and new memebers have'
materially strengthened the
teaqi. The games Saturday
promise to be the best. so far
this year. : • ggf
Go td the
your fat U&ttl
Have you
pressed by T,
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maflcet
led and
Thompson,
fdada Texas.
ready for to
if A i ;•
Who's
If you hWe any fat cattle to
sell see...the^mir Market at
Spur TexasTthjfcvfll pay all they
are worth.2t
Mr. C.H. Moyer and wife. Mr.
J.L Seiber, and Mrs
T.O. Shelton a realestate deal-
er of Brownfield was in Crosby-
ton Tuesday/ 4
' L. H. Graham of Gomez was in
the city Tuesday on his way to
Spur and other points.
% N. P. Howard of Emma was in
Crosbyton yesterday and says his
crop is in fine sti&pe.
Mr. Goodman of Lubbock was
in the city Tuesday, and while
here paid the Review office a'
Call, and complimented the Re-
view equipment.
" Bert McQuirter of Lubbock
was in the city yesterday and
was spinning around in Ifre fine
auto. Hecameoverin the fore
noon and returned in the Even-
ing.
M. G. Easter of Fairview was
in the city yesterday and says
his crop is fine. He says that he
has the finest oats that he ever
saw, not only on the plains but
any where in his life.
John K. Fulingim was in the
city yesterday and we under-
stand that he is preparing to
made Crosbyton his home. He
did not tell us that but said that
he wanted too if everything come
out right and we have been told
that it come out right.
Sheriff A. C. Goins, of Floyd-
ada was in the city yesterday
his wife and boy was along and,
the family are visiting J. Wal-
ling and good lady this week.
Mr. Goins is a brother-in-law to
Jay.
J. E. Cautben of Lubbock was
in Crosbyton yesterday, he is
representing the Plainview
Nursery and has given us a nice
advertisement for the same.
Watch out for good trees and the
kind he handles will give you
satisfaction.
If you are looking for a trading
point come to Crosbyton, and
when you have anything to sell
bring it to Crosbyton and get
railroad prices for it. You know
that it will not be long until the
Crosbyion South Plains will build
and it will afford you the advan-
tages that a railroad town now
offers for your farm products.
'Get the habit and come to
Crosbyton.
Manse Wood traveling sales-
man for Maverick- Clark of San
Antonio was in the city Monday
and tells us that he is always
glad to get to Crbsbyton. Mr.
Woods home is at the live town
Sweetwater and Manse always
does some boosting for that city
while out selling his line.
Our traveling representative
made a trip to Spur this week,
returning Tuesday evening and
leaving for Ctibbock and other
points early Wednesday morning.
He is getting some mighty nice
business too and we certatfily are
proud of our fine patronage, and
will say that we are pushing t
circulation of the Review like
other on the plains.
;iCeiof Establishing/of
leral Offic
lereby giva^ to the
public b^kthe Cro8DMon-South-
plaint Rai Irfead Comdrny that it
has established its general offices
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As Seen by The Review Rep-
resentative tha first, of the
Week-A Fine Trip.
• We never tire writing about <
the great plains country, her
towns, her people and things in
general. We had the pleasure
to, make a trip to the Flourishing
city of Floydada, Plainview,
Petersburg, and Cone the past
few days and will say
that we have never in all our >
lives seen so many fat stock and
fine cattle as we have seen re-
cently for the time of year.
Our first city was Floydada,
but along the road will not allow
us to pass with out mention. We
see more new land broken more
new houses and more new farms
and some new people. When we
look on spots of land that four
months ago were sod, never
having felt the plow, now see
fine young crops growing, it r
seems more like imagination
than one would think, but just
so it is. All the old land
has practically fine crops and
the small grain is the best I
ever saw.
On arriving at Floydada we
find the merchants of that city
without stretched hands to meet
us and find them doii^g a nice
business and many of them using
the Review to tell tihe people
about their wares and j merchan-
dise. They are building many
nice houses and evertbing is ac-
tive all over. j
Out from Floydada we find all
.along the road to Plajnview the
best of conditions and we had
the pleasure to stop at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Whitfield*
who live six miles west of Lock-
ney. Here we found a fine stock
farmer full up on business and
his stock and home show pro-
gressiveness and pro9parity.
On into Plainview, where we
find that steady growth and the
city looking more like a metropo-
lis than that of a towil of the
wild and wooly West. But this '
is just the Plainview way and we
would be benefited and that to a
great extent if we would more—
ften get out and see what our
ister towns and neighbors are
doing., Plainview is doing
wonderful things and as substan-
tial as one will ever see in any
western town, and as to that
matter in any place on earth;
We had a pleasant stay in Plain-
view and are glad to call your
attention to the nice linoof Plain-
view ads in the Review, and
when up there always look
them up.
Petersburg and the country is
as fine as can be. Crops on all
. sj^es are in fine shape ahd espe-
cially" the grain. The town ol
Petersburg is growing and looks
good. Her business men are
doing nicely and we have some
mighty good friends up t
Petersburg we are told is
have a newspaper, and w
for the enterprise ^ „
posssible. If there is an
the Plains need is publici
We.-spent the ,
►me Of Mftfjini
Tharp, and will say ;th^r did us
a good part, they bid us a hearty
welcome and will long be remem-
bered by the Review man. MY.
is comfortably fixed and
farmers who knows how to farm
he has ff lovely family.
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White, Frank E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1910, newspaper, June 2, 1910; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242190/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.