The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. [10], No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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State Treasurer Baker
£o Treasurer John W. Baker
" . Jeft Crosbyton Christmas morn-
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arc this we venture he is work-
ing nicely in .his new harness.,
r. Baker is a splendid gentle-
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to the fullest
extent, and that Crosby county
will ever oe proud that it fell-to
her lot to furnish the first state
est" Texas" and
that Mr. Baker was the man
chosen.
A a an evidence of the popular-
ity and high esteem in which the
new State Treasurer is hold by
his home people, his official bond
of $75,000 was made up by them.
ilFoilowlnffis- apartial list of .those
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signing, the bond: L. B. Culwell,
: nr:~Bigkirelh Jud^e Pink L.
Parrish, A. K Lackey, Dr. J. W.
Carter, S. H, Bot!.s, John K.
—IFuiimgim,, vY. ,T. Duau, Ben F.
Smith, and others whose names
we did hot get.- .
if 1 kA;\ '"'ly.-
The Crosby ton public school
re-opentd Monday after a '-three
.'4:3 suspsnsioa on account of
i ifiu a and the holidays. ■
Jc>nsiderable new life and en-
thusiasm. seei.is to have-been en-
ge tiered in the school aud it
starts off wii.ii ?he new year
under very flattering conditions,
>th'er teacher has been added-
to the faculty, Prof. C. 0, Green,,
bt at R lis la st year.
Prof. Gteui came in .the day
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where he received'an honorable
discharge -.iVora the army. His
fine reputation as a pedagogue
Mifeet here and upon his
msM
tmt
was vith the school last
year
ifel
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^.nd who was drafted into the
irmy, also returned before the
' liday s v ■or. or able dis-
e service and ho
■'I " ! ' w s employed immediately to
. tak-i his old place -in the 'school
- — roomr-No -teacher has-ever-l-ived
in Crosbyton who has been more
a fair all classes than Mr,
BBII
WBiMi
Co wo are all„r>ad to
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post of usefulness again. .
Superintendent J*" W. Martin
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start and has never ;jjet jip in his
efforts to, give us a good school,
and with the hekrty co.-operacion
encaurageraent of pupils
and patrons we feel sure he is
going to succeed in this.
with a good school Crosbyton is
. the place to move to.
We regret to hear of the^eath
—if ffie"feamBKm-e7orT<Si;'
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Jays &go.
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ow ha
meal and
1
2 A food map of Europe today shosvs
not u single country In which the fu-
ture does not if old ihreat'_of eei-ious
difficulties and only a small part which
is not rapidly approaching the famine
point. With the exception of the"
Ukraine oniy thoso countries which
havfe . maintained marine xommerce'
have sufficient food supplies to naeet
actual needs until next harvest, and
even in the Ukraine, with stores aocu-
mulated on the farms,-there is famine.
in the large centers oi! population.
Belgium and northern France, as
well as Serbia, appear oh the- hunger
map_distjnct from tlie rest of Europe
because tiioy stand In a different rela-
tion from the other nations to the peo-
ple of the United States. America hafl.
for four years maintained the-small
war rations of Belgium and northern
-F-rance -and is-alr«ady-making-special,
efforts to care for their incr<Mised
after-the-war needs, which, with those
of Serbia, must be included in this
plan, are urgent in the extreme and
must have immediate relief.
The gratitude ©f the Belgian nation
for the help America has extended to
her during tlie war constitutes the
strongest appeal for us to continue our
work there. The moment the German
armies withdrew from her soil and she
was established omc# more in her owa
seat of government .the little nation's
first thought was to express her grati-
tudig-"to '4fie Commission-fer lUiUof la
Belgium for preserving the lives of
millions of lifer citizens. ■ ,
(Jerraahyi oh the other hand, neod
not figure in such a map for Ameri-
ca t ion that we shall be called on at all
to take thought for the food needs of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her. own. food-problem-if she is
given access to shipping- and is$ enabled
to distribute food to the cltiM Wltli
dense population®, which are the trou-
ble centers,
England, Frnnee, the Ketlierlanda
and I'ortu^al, all of which hav® been
mfiinuih Li_ American supplies,
have sufl clea ^od to'mcel. iiiunedinte
ndeds, but their fututro presents seri-
jqus.. diflieulties.-. The same is true of
Spain and the nortliern- neutral coun-
tries—Norway, Sweden and Denmark
—whoso porls have been open and who
have been able to draw to some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia is already in the
throes of famine, and 40,000,000 people
there ar® beyond the possibility. o.£
help. Before another spring thou-
sands" them; inevitably must die,
Tliia applies as well to Poland and
practically through-out the Baltic re-
gions, with conditioiM most serious ia
Finland.
- Boh&mia, ■ ^>*rW«T.. -Jtaanaania. _ sad
Montenegro liav© already cached the
famine point and are nufforten'a heatvy
toll, of death. The Armesclas popula-
tion Is falling each weak as kaiifer
At&aaia
and Boitmania. so serious.a''® the feod
shortages.,, that faaiiae is hear. Al-
thf^igh starvation is not yet imminent,
itafy. Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tar-
; 'j? 1 «shut !«> i : nit i§
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. ie "school
house on New Year's ni^ht by
some of Crosby ton's best talent.
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charge 101 ihe -f>b -the
Wopte shoWTrig-
their appreciation of the sacri-
fices that, have had to -be made
in the last two years to help
bring- the great war to a staceas-
ful cdnclusibn. The house was
crowded vrith an audience*that
enjoyed every minute of the
play, and who went away say-
ing the entertainment was fine
in every particular.-
The attraction was gotten up
by Judge Burton, J. J. Cleve-
land aneMudge Parrish, and
talent: was - provided by ^omo:
people. One-of the-chief attrac-
tions was an .o!d-faphior rry'boy
dancfi juHed^off on tlie..sfeage, to
the great delight of the audieace.
The follow ing is the program
as it was rendered:
fetroductory. ;rieCT^4ss^^lj|r.~
Cleveland who afterward irrtrcr-
duced each of the attractions'
and also acted as-■ J 'middleroan''
in the ministrei act. .
-Atklyegg -4>y Judge Pai"ri^lM=
key are to the throes ©f seriaaf stris-
genclec. <• -
In order-to~ful011-America'r"p!«^e
in world 'relief w® will have to expo^f.
every ton of food which can be han-
dled thr«ugl ««r forts. This means at
the very"least a minimum of HO,000,00®
tons compared with 6,000,080 tons pro-
war exports and 31,82(^000 tans ex-
ported last year, wlicii w were bouad
by the ties ef war to the ®urog*an
allies. _ '
If we faii to lighten b.litck apote
on tho hunger ma^or if we allow any
portions t® become darker ffce very
peace for which we fought a d Wed
will b« threatened. Revolt and anarchy
inevitably fpllow faminfe. Should/this
happen we will see in other parts ef
Kuropa a repetition of the Russian de-
bacle and our fight fer werlg peace
Will have been In vaia.
Progani of Bibfd -institute.
. Followiug is the program,of
the Bible Institute which ia to
meet with the Baptist church at
UI1 utJicaiiu utiuuins - - Qt.i, .... : J, • . , .. - xu±&. H^syji_„w,em.-.in.-±mCK--<
iOTros®S«7BepK^ ~ this afternoon,
• P,.r WaHp w c,aam>v. who 12th: " _ . law dunnR the hohday;l Shenfi ^er gH from- Califs to
London, during which they were
^7,15p.nt
tiau,. _ _
■ Friday A: M.
9:45. Devotional—R E L Mun-
cyT X."~
10. The Pastoral Epistles—Br.
W. P. Fry. ' , „
11. Eschatology—W B M'ci)an-
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^~^0:mucation^errC5rveg:
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„ 7:15. The Pastoral Epistles-
Dr. W. F. &ry.' .
8:15. Eschato ■ ..Mc
Saturday, A. M.
9:45. Devotional—J D Burnett.
10. Christian Education—Dr.
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Christ in the Old Testament—
W. hi Tubbs-
A Quiet Chri ' i,
■ When accosted the other day
jio. know' how .Christmas had
passed off. and to know if there
President Wilson
Royally Received.
• London, Dec. $>. —President
and Mrs. Wilson wej^_ia.-Bii&k,
Piano s®lo by Miss Beulah
Chipley.
• Readings by^ev. I. A. Smithr
Comic Blackface act by Mr.
and-^ja. Harry Sha^-, Mrs..Shaw
Latter Fr«m
J. J. Taylor of th
ional Bank has ju
tetter from fiia .fc
written from Molosu
under date of.Dec. 16th
#bich he saya:
5 '
S. A. Hope I keep it up.
been sick since I got
arnsy; 1 "aly-
weather "up to now;
prise to me i mghl
N.::,
but don't think wint(
until about January. ]
will be i(o
starts. But we have loin { ,
to make up for cold w
't rains most all the time
ltiiida fine niist all
have Loeu on the hike ever gin-
the 17th of November; had
twelv :
tr^-m up tovva <i tho i'.cM'r, b
ha,vu about go;
Is diun't h'uit me very muc
uiiij my feet got awfuily
The roads are sol . M<
of lliem are rock. " But
IStelrell^Feniatked-it had _
been the quietest Christmas he' accorded "all
had ever known, and so far as ^
ho knew there was not =n arrest f .I®"' f ''',a r°Tal
, . , m. picession._except those, of.: great
made m the connty. Inere were national ceremonials excited sueh
no hohday violations ,<rf any k?ndiiliterest here ag
in Crosbyton or Ralls and he had
the honors ever
state
not heard from Eorenao. ■ -
has passed with' no drunkenness
whif of old «Tdhh"Barleycorn was
absent. This is quite a contrast
to former 'j/V'Kvv sea when old
man Barleycorn was the leading
character and master of cere
j^pd^ad^r-the- guard
in kaki. French'lights hung over-
head and covered the buildings,
^V:iiooaiyn? n^'Vv
be arm master uxr cere- °***> sP^Were fifted
or anu tadbici ui lvji, Wllh people, many of whom wore
for nearly, all the holiday . ' W0 6
hi: ■ wk-
and going' of
Christmas. Then the streets were
joyous with the whoops and yells
full, «jusy, and
sadness in many homes;, but to
.._ !ayr A. M.— — a®"<SWet the le^ileraKi) offlen. iM 1
10. Sunday SchoofeTi J. Good- I ~ - HH|
-P,*
3:00. Sunday School work
■ErTuBBST "
' 7:00. Woman's Work-W..-1
Tubbs. ,sV' •" ^ ''-S *
• iSS m-. -,-v . ,
Prohibition everybody is sober,
the jails are empty, criminal
courts, are idle,- and no sid
honsesu^.
Thisjs a glorious^ chan ^
substitute for snake bite?
visit ot an-American President.
-4%e^riveofthe^hbrt"pirdces-
sion from the station to the pal-
IIce_,ws.tL,...Made™J^ougli---^^
the- American- troldrs;
of troops from the household
.
cuirasses. Then came the car-
riages with King George and
Mary, Mrs. Wilson and Princess
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Corporal ' Jacob
rived M.ondav, from Camp Mc-
Arthur with an honorable dis
charge from the army. , It ty.
reported that he would ^come
back with a bride, "but he fooled
his numerous friends againV-by
playing the Ukulele. The finale of
this,act .was'a''^ni^he=?J^c!pgIX
by Mr. Shaw.
Soprano by Mrs. J. W. Burton,
Imitations and impersonations
by Rev. J. H. Freeland.
Song by Misa Eifima MeBride.
Song by Miss Ruby S'teWarc.
Cowboy dance by Bob Shelton,
Floyd jjWilharfc,. F., Littleiiei,
G. W. Chism, with. Mr*. Chism
and Misses Pearl Strawri, Hattie
Landers and b Minnie. Eagle.
Music for thia act was furnisheu
by Stanley Carter with violin
and Sam Gates with guitar. •
; Address by Prof. Martin.
Reading by Russell Allen.
Minstrel act, C. C. Gherbon-
nier, G. M. McKee, W. M. Ro-
mane, W. T. Dunn, Ernest
'Woods7 "W7L7 Allen7""with Mr.
i^eyfiland.as iaterlQCUt:er^,j;j;'iiiss. [
act was replete with good jokes
and songs. Mr. Woods rendered
a cornet spk). Mrs. J. W. Smith
Jr. and Miss Maud Roy furnished
the piarib music for the act.
: The last song ' 'Keep the Home
Fires Burning, " was made im-
pressive bv the calling Ao the
some of the fi>
^"Zl. _T> ! _
over , them if . .ir, b
don't tuink I ever ie
if once more I reach that countr;
• i J
11th of last monTHT^Wi
ing-back 1
-three days later, but mic::.:,. :
But we served eleven' day^ v
there and nine days in itso .
Wo were in range of the big gun
range of the big gui
■in reserve, go you gee it
stage of Corpora! J. M. iVJabe,
Emmett Roy, C. O
^JBhemood. and^Le wis^ Jjien
who have -just returned from
;:bo
joined in t
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Dr. j. A. Green happened to a
very painful accident one day
•-vyyi' i
fesiionai call at the home of
Mack_ Edler tn^fhe^Big" Fo«r
neighborhood. He made a misstep
and fell into a cellar, breaking
several ribs and other wise bruis
ing himBelf up considerably, and
has been quite sick 'from the ac-
cident.
days a fellow can have Jot?, o
. to ex ,
ercise any more just like it. bu
of course necessar
I will try and do my bit. I v/iJ
^_nmi
you are under shell-fi
th^?e And about a we
before we went to the front
were in an airraid; on
? bonf. one hundred feet froi.^
billet. I came overt...
^ iin?: toi>, the ship President
Wilson \9. sailiatr on. It carrie(
8,000 of us boys/'
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' .An Ai .. , ....
' '^nfc 7:80 this morning from I he
noU''^ Mil ler-i n ■ 1110
rlWon^ded 'promptly,' but th
building being located beyon
the reach of the nearest w'ate
plug and the
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;.;0Wf;7l0f-G ■ ; , /A- :,
But by their heroic effort, an-,
with the use of snow
building n^r by.
sttpp0sed~to"iiarve ™5S®gtif
m
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A:u^i:;ho:A ';A
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moving to Mineral Wells and f
things were all saved. The he
was the former home of Xo"
Tsoii, Wo^FadSarrOo-l
Murr^y| and, we
had traded it to i man at I
ford. '' .
Ml
Maj. Oliver F. Spencer and
wife arrived home "a ifew>days
before Xmas from Atlanta, Ga.,
the Majqr having been honor-
' j
to respond when, war was de-
clared; was given a captain's I
in Mew weeks an
L. J. Parker of Big Pour wsb
marketing some choice bee/ on
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Buck, James T. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. [10], No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1919, newspaper, January 3, 1919; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242470/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.