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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY June 16,1922
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The regular meeting of Crosby
Farmer's Upion was held
ig Four local Saturday,
June 3. The meeting was called
to order by President Flem T.
. Gillespie. On account of the sec-
retary being late, Bro. D. H.
" is well was appointed to fill the
y; After cards of those
present were inspected and dif-
ferent committees were appoint-
- -ed!. the Union went into the;
usual businesiTsesKion.
Bro. E. F. McElroy made a
pas tial report ,of
the
the
work done
committee on the flour
. / !•' . McEh'oy.
stated that, due to the condition
,of the roads during'the past few*
vr~ekka,: 'as well. as the rush of
planting when the weather was
fit theire had not been much done
on this and asked that the com-
'^itteel be allowed
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more time.
His report was accepted and the
committee continued. Report of
the credential committee was
next submitted. Due to the fact
that credentials from several lo-
d not reached the secre-
tary, members present from
these:locals were seated as del-
egates. This being arranged sat-
factorily the subject of a licensed
cotton grader for Crosby county
was next taken up and discussed.
Reports from places throughout
the country indicate that the
people as a whole desire the ser-
vice of an expert cotton grader
this fall. As a result of this dis-
cussion Flem T. Gillespie and E.
F. .McElroy, representing Ralls
trade territory, W. H. Hames
and Wm. Mattews from Crosby-
tonf L. M. Reed and Fred Rob-
ertson, representing Lorenzo,
were selected to meet in confer-
ence Saturday, June 17th at
Ralls to decide this matter. Dis-
cuss this in your local, men, and
report what your people think
between now and then. As it was
- dinner time the Union-adjourned
to take up business again at 1:30.
It seemed that every one was
in good shape to do justice to the
good dinner served by the Big
.. .Four ladies. A long tablewat
. heaped with every good thing
that goes to make every gather-
ing like this more pleasant and
a big' success. -The writer has
attended; places likethisforsev-
eral years where every effort
Was put forth to show what
Southern hospitality really is,
but it seems like the Plains la-
dies beat them ali. Just after
diiiner the gentleman were ti eat-
ed to cigars by Mr. Taylor, man-
ager of the Bryant-Link Co. of
Ralls, and chewing gun_for the.
ladies by Mayor John Haney of
,the First State Bank of Ralls.
The good diiiner and these little
treats were surely enjoyed by all.
AVVMROON SESSION
After all had assembled in the
house'the Visitors present were
called on to make speeches. Our
county agent, J. W. Jackson, be-
ing present was first' called to
the floor. Mr. Jackson,spoke for
a short time, explaining his work
ihinge that go
make a comity "'"agent's work
a success. He , closed by asking
ffie co-operation of thie Earners'
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mportance of
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t sa me will be given. ^Mr.
those who have heard him know
the time taken by him was well
worth the while. Mr. Taylor in
. his discourse expressed himself
.SakfavortaK a. cotton
grader
good man who knew his business
than otherwise, as he believed
satisfaction would be more fully
assured' by all concerned. It
seems that any broad-minded
man, whether he be cotton buyer
or producer, would look at this
in the same -light. .
Mr. Haney then took the floor
and talked on the banking bus-
iness in connection with farming.
He explained several : things
clearly that were of much inter-
est to we farmers who do not
uMerst¥n^^
cannot borrow a little money
when we • need it. Any-wav his
talk wtiserrjoyed.
.. The Jake.
Mr.de from Crosbyton. Mr. Mabe
as w e air know is a candidate for
County Judge, but his talk was
non-political. He spoke a short
times expressing his views on
conditions as they are today,
which was very interesting, and
received with much applaus. Mr.
Mabe is a broad man, and if
elected we believe would make a
good officer.
After this the Union went into
closed door session. Lots of good
things were discussed and at-
tended to, but we can give only
the most important. A committee
was appointed, consisting of two
men frona .every local, to meet
and set a price on harvest labor,,
This was done last year and was
a success. This committee is to
meet at Crosby-ton June 10th at
9:30 a. m. Don't forget this men.
At this point a subject was in-
troduced by resolution that has
been in the minds of the far-
mers Union men for sometime.
l!sAs the cotton acreage in the
Crosby ton. trade territory has
been increased considerably this
year, it is very essential that we
own a gin there. Therefore a
committee consisting of J. B.
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One of the most enthusiasticjfair and we feeI 8Ure sufficient
^nd ■ harmonious^ meetings of funds will be easily raised
the Crosby ton Chamber of Com-! finance the enterprise'
merce that has beerfheld in quite | Mr. Guy also made-a-,propo
a while was that in the court sition that- he would give' $500.00
house Wednesday night,
" The; objec t of themeeting was
to—elect—officers of the organ
i z a ti o n f@ "the : en a uIn g- -. v
to transact such other .business
of interest to,v the' town that
come up.| In the- absence
of•the-nresid'eTrt:. yJudge--A"'"W:'
to the chair
R- Plummer
to a fund.to buildVa;, club house-
f or the ladies of the Civic League
^orfhlspurpose. This proposition
met with considerable applause
Wants To Close Spur Gap.
A washout on the Double Moun-
tain River between Old Glory
and Sagertown put the folks on
the N. W. Section of the Stam-
ford and North Western rather
on the bum • Saturday, Sunday,
and Monday5although mail and
passenger service were kept -up
by using a freight that happened
to be on this end of the line when
the washout eame.:. Folks never
appreciate their many blessings
until they are deprived of them.
Which rewinds us that it would
-berarifortdtrrfut"Tbressing to the
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s. He further said he had
Schmitz and A. E. Fisher\ol |cillMon_for this purpose, nam- and bring a new member with
Evergreen, H. C. Edler and W.
H. Hames of Big Four, - Fred
Davis and G; E. Huddleston o
Crosbyton, iand Andy Wobten
ani. P. H. Leather wood of
Paniey were appointed t© ia-
vestigate this proposition^ It is
vory likely that a gin wili be
bought-or~«recfeed in^3rdsbytoir t«>H a eommittee^ffrfiver-consist^
at an early date by the Farmers'
Union. A resolution was offered
and adopted whereby we pledge
our undividsd suppert, to our
county agent in his work.
On Invitatioa of League Four
the Union will meet there the
first Saturday in July. Let all
locals hav® full reps
Odie Mel
mentation,
feely, Sec'y.
Farttters Gave Helping Hand.
In the "Fairview district on
June 12th neighbors gathered at
the home of Joe E. McDuff,
who has been in bed from oper-
ation some thirty dayat~and work-
ed his entire crop, twenty-six
men and seventy-four "head of
stock helping. Those helping
were: G. , M. Wortes. Flem ,T.
Gillespie, John Lain, J. R. Mc-
Duff and hand, Lon Jackson, J..
B, Jackson, J. F. Singleton and
brother, Fred McDermett, O. A.
Jackson, Frank Weaver and sons,
J. D. Roberts, Fred- Fezell Bean
Webb, G. W. Oden, F. W. Dasher,
Hill Elam^Qeor^Lancaster.-J im
and Barnett Orand, J. Beavers
and a Mr. Evans and son.
We want to try and express as
faF..as..Mords can.:., our ^apprecia-
tion of the kindness and help
shown us in our recent illness.
Maywe all work for this: feeling
of brotherhood to prevail thruout
the world.
Joe E. McDuff and wife?
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iotton graded
Gibson was called
and on motion V.
was made secretary pro tern. "■
On motion, J. J. Murphy Was
unanimously elected president of
the Chamber of Commerce for
the ensuing year, with S. A. Guy
as vice-president. The selection
of a permanent secretary is to
be made later by the Board of
Directors.
Attention being called to the
fact that, the by-laws and con-
stitution of the club called for a
Board of Directors to consist of
twelve members, on motion a
committee of three, consisting
of W, M. Romane, R. D. Shaw-
and S. A. Guy, was appointed by
the chair to select a list of names'
for twelve directors. While this
committee was out making up
the list, the question of a county
fair was brought up and dis-
cussed, and it was, enthusiastic-
ally agreed that we "do":hive1 a
"fair m Crosbyton this fall . to Tbe
known as the Crosby County
Fair. Seyeral little -talks advo-
eatirig'the fair were made and
H. F. Sherwood started a sub-
go also.
yKeT cdmW6ei'"l[j^5ted to
Select a Board of Directors sub-
mitted the following names, and
upon motion they were duly
elected as the Board of Directors:
W. S. McClung, D. E. Aynes, I.
W. Collier, Dr. J. A. Green, R.
S. M. Carter, J. A. Parks, BenF.
Smith, Dr.- Meadows, R7"E. Karr,
S, J. Dendy, Ernest Wood and
J. T. Buck.
On motion, W. M, Romane was
unanimously chosen to be pres-
ident and manager of the fair
association. This is a splendid
selection, for when M/v Romane
takes hold of anythingjhe usually
makes it a go,- and we predict
the fair a great success. How-
ever, Mr. Rom^ne will have to
have the hearty co-operation and
assistance of the people if he is
to accomplish all he desires.
Give him your ideas at Once as
to the plans you have for the
success of the fair and then -help
all you-can. -
Another meeting of the Cotn-
mer$!§i&lub .is to be held at the
court house next Monday night,
commencing at 8:30'o'clock. No#
let's, every one of us' be there
Mil!
More
entire country betweenJESubbock
and. Stamford, if some plan could
-Jcol-suge -tt - w ill "be gap
between Spur and Crosbyton
SUHWcoot^
train service could -be had be-
tween the east and the west. A
move is under wray to connect
the, gap betweeu Midland and
and Seagraves which would con-
nect with El Paso and the clos-
ing of the gap between Spur and
Crosbyton would make a through
line from El Paso to Stamford
where connections would be
mad'e with all points North and
East. The closing of two short
gaps, would convert three branch
lines into a trunk line and be
worth more to this part of Texas
than any other one thing that
might come our way. A united
effort of all business and farm
interests along this line will do
the tFick and Stamford, El Paso
and Lubbock should unite and
lead the movement. If they will
every other interest along the
way will fall in and do their
part.—Jayton Chronicle.
is cos
thousands of dol
This fact is -1-
•in a survey
Crosbyton by u„ ,
i. .V:', V:
Chamber of Commer
was in Fort Worth ill «.
with officials of the doc
bei of ~ Comrn
companicd hc.v -
whaley, manager of W
Chamber, and Horn -
-assistant raanager, wiro :^i;
tablish headquarters in
Worth about -J^rty-j3^~~ S
-Buying places of the : . :
. '
wmm
ing $100 as the. sum the Plains
Mercantile Co. would, give. Mr.
Guy Immediately stated that he
would give $100 or m@re7-and
several others subscribed .Jike
amounts or less until a totar@ub
scription ofsomething near $1090
was raised for'the fair. On -mo-
ing of B. F. Smit|,:. R. D. Shaw,
W, S. McClung, H. E. Sherwood
us.
With Mr. Murphy as president
o£ the club and Mr. Guy as vice
president, we feel sure we will
have the ^ strongest commercial
organization the town, has ever
had. Mr. Murphy ig.a public spir-
lted young ®an ©£ the first water,
has always been a booster and
hag done as muchor saoie for the
town.as any other one man in * it;
and we all know what Mr. Guy
?nd J;.^;;Pafk8'.was appointed | has done and will continue to do if
to solicit subscriptions for the!westand bvhim. v
To the Votes of Crosby County.
In view of the fact that it will
be impossible for me to make a
thorough canvass of the county
in my race for Sheriff, owing to
the demand my business.-will
have for me from now until the
election in July, and feeling that
it would not be treating my
friends as I should treat ihem.
without making such canvass, I
take this method to announce
that I am out of the Sheriff's
i'ace. I wish to thank my many
friends over the county for the
encouragement given me. There
shall ever: be a spot in my mem-
ory for each of them. I shall be
found working for the best in-
terest of my county and its cit-
izens. At some future time I
might-enter ""polities" again, arid"
until such time. I_ tip. my hat to
my; friends and the splendid cit-
izenship of Crosby county. .
S. G. Carlton
-FOR _SALE.—Pair of canary
birds. Call at ffceview office if in-
terested.-,
LOST—Between" Ralls ■ an# mg outfit -ready for .work. Will
Siivetf ails mm fm
casing. Finder ;please notify
sell at:bargain and take some}
trade. Call at Review office for
Wonderful Chicken Recent.
^he always glad to
make notejpl^ny thing in and
around C^oabytoh^ that may be
out of the ordinary, and our at-
tention has been called to a very
fu e5°C^ ^ncona chickens at
the home of Cashier W. S. Mc-
Clung of the Citizens National
Bank. Besides being an able
banker, Mr. McGliing is also
an amateur chicken fancier
and is very proud of hisTine
birds. He had a hatch of Anconas
to .come off in March, and about
the first of June the pullets be-
gan to lay. If this isn't, what you
call "going some" we would like
to know what it is.
Crosbyton has the finest herd
.of- dMr-y^lrye^.fe--tliQ--U:nited'
States—the Cap
Farm herd, We also have some
of the best registered hogs to be
found anywhere, and we are
glad .our people are taking a
greater interest- in fdncy poul-
try . and are -improving" ■■ their
flocks with the better breeda of
chickens. The Review would be
glad to hear from our livestock
and Poultry breedersJsheh-they
FOR TRADE—4 town lots in
Block 61-19, 20, 21, 22; for good
Ford car. Rev. ,f
stimulates the other fellow
to try to do better ,'and thus, help
the country.
Local Wage Scale
The County Farmers Union
committee composed of delegtes
from all locals of the county met
at the court house in Crosbyton
on June 10 th, 1922. The purpose
of this committee was to agree
on a live and let live wage price
for harvest and cotton field labor>
Also a fair price for cutting and
threshing. After discussing the
matter very closely the follow-
ing prices were adopted. Har-
vest"har.de $2.00 per day and
board or $8.50 without board.
$1.50 per day with board for
cotton choppers or #2.00 and
handr board themselves. #1.00
per acre for cutting, heading or
binding. $1.00 per acre for cut-
ting with combine-harvester
with 10c. per butiftl added for
threshing and to pull jrrain'
wagon. 8c. per busher for de-
pend and thrashing, thresher to
furnish fuel. 12 1 2c per bushel
for indepeMdent staek threshing.
17c. per bushel for independent
shock thrashing. To whom it may
concern for better co-operation.
(Signed) Wallace Parker,
Chairman, Big Four; D. H-
Criswell, Sec., Ralls; E. F. Mc-
Elroy, Ralls, Henry Dameron,
G. Sherod, League 4; Andly Woo-
ten, Pansey: K. gbneider. Far-
mer ; A. E. Fisher, - Evergreen;
G. E. Huddleston, W. P. L'amar
and Wm. Matthews of Crosby-
ton, Committee.
Judge Green Harrison of Ralls
was a. business visitor to our|M&.~
city Monday. We did not talk
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that his nnrne will be on the
ticket for County Attorney in
the approaching primary.' Judge
Harrison is a good lawyer and a
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ancl if be . is- houored with this
office it will be in good hands.
LOSr—Suit ca§e containing
bathing suit and other things on
rold between Crosbyton and
I
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stores in Crosbyton, Spt
home town, were closely ii v
igated, Spencer reports, and it
was found that no groceries are
bought by Crosbyton me
either in Fort Worth or !
- Three per cent of the dry goods ~
sold in Crosbyton come t
Fort Worth houses, he found,
and 7 per cent through Dallas '
firms. Only 2 per cent of
"hardware used there is from t'
city and none of' the fi e-
ments come from Fort Worth or
Dallas. Invest'
shipments revealed th 1
90 per cent of the town's hogs
were sent to California and the
other 10 per cent to Fort Worth,
"Crosbyton merchants have
got to have p^ks; and
find a place to buy them," Spen-
cer said. "Of course, every one
cf them would prefer to buy in
Fort Worth, but such markets as
Oklahoma City, Kansas City, St.
Louis, Louisville and Chicago r
present offer the best advan-
tages, and consequently they are
going there." Spencer states
that practically the same co.
ditions prevail all over the Plains
cities.
"The Plains country unc
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Worth," he said,
ready t® go,. We wiil give the
projeetany kind of support Fo
needs. - It is the consensus i
opinion throughout the PI'
that not a town would fail to do
more than her share in the mat-
ter of b6nus and right-of-way to
help the project along. Fort
-Worth, will have to take the lead.
The Plains people are not grow-
ing impatient because they real-
ize that such n
proceed slowly."
Spencer expressed
that the greatest need of Fort
Worth at this time is a closer
personal touch with the Plains
and West Texas.
"Your people here do not real-
ize the extent to which that ter-
ritory has developed in the last
-few'yearsv" -.ho- 'satd*^^i^^^^|
The chief work of the West-
Texas chamber of commerce this
year, aside from the Fort Worth-
Plains railroad project, Speficer-
said, was the securing of an A.
& M. college for West Texas.
His organization also is tf.eepFr
in irrigation ahd floo^
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Arrangements are being ma-
by the exJhioit department of •
chamber to have compr*1-—*■
displays of West Texas?
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dally endorsed the!
Exposition aod F;
and will have its
here next vear.
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Buck, James T. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1922, newspaper, June 16, 1922; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242633/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.