The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1918 Page: 1 of 10
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917 A GREAT YEAR
CROSBYTON AND CROSBY COUNTY
year that baa jas;rctQged4year:-
$m$m&a.good-year' for,'Crosby-'
"tod Crosby county irr many
More building and geu-
■%r*l improvements in ' town, and
■-tfauS-m- any previous yt \rm the
-ei the country.
ia the history of the
ail of it is the solid
fpJ|fc brick school building
U© which would be a
WBi&L-'to ' any city. Five ' large
■fefcS ^Bri ^uiUirrigs were erec-
the yev. Oneof these
®g8 .r'the Shaw store—cov-
W$ US front feet of space -by 1Q0
Two of the other
and
'Wrm^ ma&ctn brick buildings in
^♦yy'-ftwipec:, thus showing our
llppSSiBj^B—§Bpa -. a at-1twHat e -fenghtj^for the future. ^ -
If you want to settle in a
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, ■■■ " St*- foSfc
This building activity has not
let up with the close of the year,
but another brick, business house
isgoingup on the rue
the square which will be. ready
for occupancy in a few weeks.
A "modern ginning plant in
every respect w^s erefered dur-
ing the summer, making the
third gin for Crosbyton, and
giving our farmer* the best of
service and thus assuring them
a splendid market for their cotr
ton. A large fire-proof grain
elevator has gone up near the
depot which wiUnserve a great
purpose for our farmers. *
The residence portion of town
basal.sowitnessed a substantial
growth during the p£t twelve
months, and the new year opens
Use future of Crosbyton. Two'I
$MFgt brick garage*—as j growing town in a good country
Wm^m ■ be found on the; Crosbyton is the place you are
were built during the] hunting.
ifee- sueeeeded in rsiis-
•- thirty . dollars, a
,,3Hmmm- mmrn for wfekii was put on the
'irnfimmM tw at ike Methodist
tke Rot! Cross.
Mm, C
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E,. Roy has the dis
knitting t'he first
for the
Sis*1 finished 5t this-
m4 tamed it over to the
c^sgttpr for -the comfort
mm§ mMmr'tiof-.
y^l a«ti Fcrsonat.
' E. ]L has moved to
air aiif tea® Caste.
ir and W, A Dawson
mwm ht'f tlalls Monday.
■ '^S . has', returned
Spit Jfiifl where be spent
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th.'-feiwae- folks.
who is attending
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f^r the hopdays.
sof the Smith
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L. W. JTomlin-
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Mr: and Mrs. Loyd McBride
of Plainview spent the holidays
here frith relatives.
"P. J. Wooldridge of Plainview
was here last week-tooking after'
his lumber yard business.
Mrs. Geo. Colbert left Tues-
day for a month's visit with her
son anddaughter in Ka-nsas City.
Dr. G. D. Weaver has located
at Prosper. Mrs. Weaver will
join hi'fri as soon as she can wind
up business'matters here,.
T. J. Morrison and H. and
Tom Gilmore from the lower end
of the county were transacting
business in oar city Monday. - .
- Mr, and Mr?. L. A. Anderson
of Quanah. spent the holidays
with the former's mother, Mrs.
J. A. Anderson south of town.
Si was a prominent Arthur KJelsey. F. B. Hoopes
M&mitm & oai" city from : and • H. W. McGee, ' prominent.
;• ■ " ' J citizens of Lorenzo were trans*
'"■Jim? wife were Acting business in. our city soma
Mount j ^ays ago. ■
:" [■ Mrs.. , Sep-Smith and smaller
3 accompanied s:iss _ Fjorrie
Smith to Spur Wednesday on her
return to the State University
at Austin.
We are glad to see L. B. CuT-
pveil able to Be on the streets
.'again after a two weeks co;
tfirmrnM-to-'-Iiis bed with "pneu-
vvere; monia.
: [ Mr. and Sirs, A.
left Thursday 11 morning- • ior,
_ ranuly:
ays with relatives j
eowmty.
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rliborhoorf
'itW&f t
-tows' Monday.
Mas* is&ifflm 'has ' returned to
latter's brother, who is soon to
enter army service.
Stmnts, Ernest Simpson,
-Collier,'Frank McBride and one-
or two others from the army
camps spent the holidays here
with home folks.
,,Messrs W. VV. Cooper and Ed
Terrell motored to Lubbock
ys returnea i ues- Sunday to meei- Mrs. Ceoper
^ tmm & visit to who^ was returning from a visit
in San Saba county. to relatives at Midway.- Mrs,
Balls ..and
iw HiotWa- Mrs Wicr.t the ilay wi'h harjiKither,
jmw n-ottwr, g y_ Payne ^turnjng
home with the other parties in
Appointed Fuel Administrator.
Our popular merchant R1 D,
Shaw has just receiyejd ndtice of
his appointment by the Federal
" meufc- to-&et as Fuel Cdra-
missiorier for Crosby county and
he is trying to get in touch with
the proper authorities to find out
jU*Cwhafe is expected of: him,
coal in the towns and cities all
over the United States j anda3a
consequence much suffering is
reported ih placesr The deziters
in Crosby ton are out again and
if bad weather should set in here
muehSufferihg might rfeuft,
hence it behooves uk to use what
we haye as sparingly as possible
for we may be called upon at
any time to divide with our less
fortunate neighbor., - '
MMoo Literary $muy
Program for Friday evening,
Jan.ll. ——— : 7-
Music, Mr. Sutton and Brown
Journal, John Moore,
Reading," Myrtle Brock,
Three minute sermon, Charlie
McLaughyin. ,
Jokes Miss McCormick,
Love Letter, Solon Capel,
Reading, Mrs. Bass,
Prophecy, Bessie Gaddy,
Story4 Mo!lie Johnson,
Reading,
Nellie James,
Imaginary Journey, Mr Reeves;
Reading, Vesta Branner.
Robt. Reeves, Pres.
- Kittv Pmvell, Sec'y. •
Marriages. . , \ "
' On Wednesday, Dec. 20, Rev,
W. M. Pearce united - in the
bonds of holy wedlock Mr. R. W.
Foster and Miss Myrtle Green
of Estacado, also Mr. J. 0.-
Taylor and Miss Ira McGee of
Emma. Mr. Taylor was at home
from training camp on a fur-
lough. * ' ^ •
Last Sunday "afternoon Rev.
Pearce pronounced the marrjage
eeremony"uniting the
Mr. Orval Fowler and Miss Dora
Parker, popular young people
of t he Big Four community.
Wednesdaay evening at 8:00
o'clock at the-Metftodist parson-
age;: in... this'.plage., 'fee v:;' \Y. M.
Pearce united in "mar^i-age M'r.
Ly'-e C. Randle and Miss Earlrna
Parker of* Ralls. Mr. Randle
was at home on. a furlough
from Camp T "
lev. W. M., Pearce officiated
in the marriage Tuesday after-
noon of J. R. Garrett' and Mrs.
B. S;>encer ^ j_ Q^arr^tt, ,, ho reside over
the linejp Dickens county.
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A Horrible Road.
The Re\i*>«r e?
sio'n to „ ; ;•- [lu \ ,?Jj
through the canyon fo .. t .
plains last week and we * v
testify fo the fact* that " t -is m
mm* shape than we tter
P before, and if a highway ever felplrlt
^ nee^ attention this one 4^-
Crosbyton is loosing lots of
trade op account of the bad con-
dition of this road and our bus-
iness men should take the'.mat-
ter up at once and see tha^it it "
put in good shape. - . jg
k Sseei, Rent® East.
Attention is called to the ad*
vertisemeBt: of the line car -te- :-
Roaring Springs appearing i«x
this issue of tfce Review. Our
fellow-townsman W. W. Smithee
^incha^t^4heJiM^4j^
takes great pains to extend eveyy
accomodation- to—those"-usin
fetvice. He always..makes con-
im
section wifeh the train at Roar-
Jhg Springs, andhfs route is the:
shortest and consequently th*
cheapest to all points east. He is
a home man and' should share
the patronage of our people,
when going east. ;•
. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Mask
ca-me in Friday last on a visit- t©
the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. McCurdy.; Mr. Mask.'
ire turned to their home at*;
Bridgeport Sunday,' but Mrs;.'
Mask remained for a longer'.
■visit.--" ' —
'M
_ D. R. Buch&ipan who re-
sides a coupte"6f miles south oi
town has returned f-rom a five-; ::;,
weeks visit back to her old home
in Mississippi. She got -mucl
pleasure out of the trip, bat says-
she..has no desire whatever to
move back to that country and
is pei fectFy satisfied' to remain
a citizen of Crosby county.
, Mr. and Mrs. Troy~ J. Mock "
•And Mr. and Mrs. V. R. £[3^0^*=*
spend Christmas with the ladies'
parents,- Mr. and Mrs. If. E, ^
SherwooB. Harry and Clyde.
Sherwood came over-iwith them,' - >
and the latter returned to' that
place,-; being in schftpL - there.
Harry, who has hr?on with 0&,.
of the Childress banks, remained
at .home and is now with tlie
Plains Mercantile Co. as boblcV
Keeper. ,
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Mr. and Mrs. C. C75
were the- happiest people "^1n"
Crosbyton.this Chr.istmastid^ on
accouritiifjUfine. little Chjdstnm.
baby arriving on the morning of
- DfC; "21:'
a&4 children
\ 40 " " "\ .
i p formerly. > a /esi-
.'accepted
_. I $?-. a^lirs. G- Q.nRoy s|)ent
the fetter's rela-
m mm-mrnm , * «wed a
m& in town
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the afternoon.
• J. E. Miller and family left
r*w. - < *
Tuesday? . for Corvalis, Oregon,
where tbey expect^ to T^dCln
the future. Mr. Miller "is one of
tha pld landmarks of Crosbyton,
he having ihbved here a few
month^ ar-ter the town * was stag-
ed o0 nine years ago, and las
In glancing over the old files
ot the Review some days ago we
■ W. .4^e-JssaeIcC
ov. 18,1909, which contained
an advertisement of a meat mar-
ket at Old Emma, which .stated
they -^ycwild < - deliver ,-meat^ -by
mail hack in CfosBytdfi"" from 8
to 12 1-2 cent3 per pound. On tfc%.,
following page wais a?big a^ "of
dfrE Johhitbn^rwhq^ v*W^hhmg
astofe'lt"Effi'BiaJifei.: Herquttbed'
a ^mber of prices and offered
V'theJjest^ure ribbbn cane syrap
old his name was given for mem-
bership in "the Red Cross and we -
IgbuEOirilLerels avmnlgerrneynV"""
ber in' tke state. The Review ex-
tends congratulations to the hap--
•py young parents and wishes:||
for the little mana useful earee?v-~
fine Shoes. at' $1.50 per pair;
ginghams at 81-£ and outings at
10 cents. Quite a difference in
prices then a«id now. At that
time Crosbyton was little, more
fr^'eadgdaffers; the
townsite having been
the only home merchant with an
advertisement, r^;;^nj^bjjr.,t(be.
old supply store, was" W. H.
iB& fS
sfsM: ^'1-
A,
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lEIIlsoUv who Jwas doing a gen;
^ ^d ^f«„„lml m^rchandise^usiDesB in tl5e
uS. TheifeS now occupied b Jol
estwishes to them in
Hiimir^i ■■
as
,-W. jft. Hames from' near Mt,
jlaneowas:a ple^anjt-; caller, at
the-Review offi.ee while4n Jfc^wn - -
Tuesday and-had us to "start ±ke_ _
^paper to his mother in-Arkansas.,
He spent Christmas'back at the
Jjome in that state, which 1
was the first visit he had ma<le
back since leaving there 26 years
ago, and he sayS. npthipg looked
natural to. him; thaf the hills ap*
1 to.
peared laager, the creek^,crook-;
eder and the fields smaller/-ar
the county. He thinks more >f>
this country than ever;
- The Revie w desires
of its readers who rer
bered us on subscription di
the holidays. There are a 1
ir,howeveiv
wlioti|g
nn
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Buck, James T. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1918, newspaper, January 4, 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242422/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.