The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1929
r$. Fullingim
Sells City Hotel
To C. Stephens
A deal was closed here the latter
part of the week in which Mrs. John
Fullingim sold the City Hotel to C. C>
Stephens 6?~Seminole. The new man-
agement is taking charge of the
hotel this week. There are two fam-
ilies and we understand that both
families are moving to Crosby ton.
Since the death oi Mr. Fullingim
last year, Mrs. Fullingim has been
^ISftousCOf getting out of the hotel
business*®The Fullingims have own-
ed the City Hotel for 16 years. A
part of the City Hotel, as it now
stands, was moved here from Old
Emma, at which place it was owned
by A. D. Myers.
w« artt informed that the^ Messrs.
Stephens who purchased the hotel ex-
pect to stucco the building and give
it a-general remodelling.
Mrs. Fullingim expects to buikl a
modern duplex pust as soon as a site
is selected which will be in the near
future.
Have
Narrow Escape
Car Accident
In
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While out driving last Sunday eve-
ning, the big Mormon automobile in
wihch Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Perkins and
Mrs. Charles Emde were riding, turn-
ed head over. The car was pretty
badly shaken up, but the occupants
came out with only minor bruises.
The accident happened just across
the river in the canyon where thy
highway was being worked and con-
siderable loose gravel was on the road
which caused the car to skid, Mr.
Perkins said, and the automobile went
head over. It seems miraculous, they
say, that they were not seriov&ly in-
jured.,
McAdoo High School Is to
Present Play Feb. 15
A comedy-drama in four acts wil!
be presented by the McAdoo high
school on Friday night, February 15,
at 8 p. m. The title of the play is
"The Winning of Latane."
It is a first class royalty play with
a good story and plenty of interesting
and wholesome amusement. Mr.
Cherry, the.principal of the McAdoo
high school, was here Saturday and
expressed hopes that a large number
from Crosbyton would be present on
this occasion.
John Chaillet Died Tuesday
Afternoon At Brownwood
i John Chaillet, 81, father of Mrs.
Bob Harder of this city, died Tuesday
afternoon at his "home ftrBrownwood"
where he had lived for many years.
Mrs. Harder and her brother, Dutch
Chaillet. of Crosbyton, went immedi-
ately to Brownwood to, attend the
funeral which was held yesterday
afternoon.
Mr. Chaillet was a pioneer resident
of Brownwood. He was a contractor
and built the firstbuildings for both
Howard Payne ancfl)aniel Baker Col-
leges, which are located at Brown-
wood.
.■ He was the father of 11 children
and had raised one adopted child. All
of them survive.—Plainview Herald.
LITTLEFIELD INTERESTED IN A
CHEESE FACTORY
A representative of C. N. Avery,
Austin, was in Littlefield iast week
dial business "nremnRf
. farmers relative to locating a cheese
j. factory at this point.
It was stated by some who are
much interested in the project that
there .Was strong probability of such
an institution being organised here in
" the near future. Many of the farm-
ers of this section have, for some time
been interested in a better disposition
of their-dairy products, and several
have signified their intention of tak^"
ing stock in a cheese factory, if suen
could be located in Littlefield.
Mr. Avery and his associates now
have several cheese factories located
In central and southern West Texas
all of which are .proving highly prof-
itable., concerns. The plant at Round
ROck is now unergoing a process of
doubling its capacity. Realising the
great future of the; South Plains coun-
try, Mr. Avery is desirotis of locating
some of these factories in this section.
It is stated his representative was
greatly pleased with the prospects at
LittlefieFd, and the matter. will be
* taken up definitely in the near future
with a view of affecting a organiza-
tion.—Lamb County Leader.
SENIOR B. Y. P. U.
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Bible Study Meeting—"The Blood
that Cleanses." ,V v , :
Introduction.—D. IX Irwin.
Blood In Old Testament Times.—
. Martha Joplin. Lag! .u...
The Cross No Mere Creed.—Eliza-
Applied to My Heart.—Leota Fow-
Angers God.—J. B. Jones,
the Penalty. —
LSSftUiU
E. H. HENDRICKS
ELECTED CC PRES
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce Monday
night, E. H. Hendricks was elected
president of the local body. Mr. Hen
d ricks has been serving in this capac-
ity for about* six nnmths,having
been elected to fill put the unexpired,
term of W. M. Roma he,' resigned.
, The regular routine of business
was attended to. The matter of the
employment of a secretary, which
place has been made vacant by the
resignation of C. C. Williams, was de-
ferred until the next, meeting.—No
disposition was made of any-applica-
tions that may have been filed for
this place. 1
W. M. Curry was elected temporary
secretary until such time when a per-
manent secretary will be elected.
Workers Meeting of Floyd
County M. B. A.
The Workers Council of the Floyd
County Missionary Baptist Associa-
tion held a meeting at the First
Baptist church of Crosbyton on Wed-
nesday of this week. A very inter-
esting and instructive meeting was
held with a good representation pres-
ent.
Brown and Carter to Go to
Carlsbad
Joe Brown and Stanley Carter will
leave here Sunday for Carlsbad, New-
Mexico, where htey will be in attend-
ance at the meeting of the Carsbad
Cavern Highway Association, which
meets in that city on Monday, Feb-
ruary 11.
BROTHER SERIOUSLY ILL
J. R. Holman received a message
Saturday that his brother at Humble
near Waco, was seriously ill. He left
Saturday night for his brother's bed-
side. Mrs. Edgar Allen, a niece of
Mr. Holman left Sunday for Mineral
Wells to be-in the home of an aunt
while she is at. the sick man's bedside.
She was accompanied by her son,
Edgar, Jr., and little Sadie Russell.
Real Estate Transfers
A. L. Ellison to B. A. Ellison, Lots
13, 14, 15 .and 16, in Block 6, Ellison
addition to the town of Crosbyton.
John Thomas and wife to L. F.
Goad,Lot 12 in Block—16,—origi nai
town of Crosbyton.
C. B. Livestock Co. to Mrs. O. E.
Meadows, Lots 17, 18 and 19 in
Block 12, original town of Crosbyton.
C. B. Livestock Co. to Gordon L4
Tyler, Lots 7, 8 in Block 60, north ad-
dition to Crosbyton.
Wins Highest Science Award
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M SYSTEM INTEREST
A deal was closed this week in
which Earl Fuller of Granville, Okla.
sold his interest in the "M* System
store here to Davis & Humphries of
Lubbock. «-
The store was closed all day Mon-
day as an invoice of stock was made
preparatory for the change. The
doors were again open Tuesday.
Mr. Davis who was here Tuesday
told The Review reporter that there
would not be any change in the man
agement of the store. Mr. Alvis^Full- been made. *
er retains his interest in the store and
will continue the management of
. same. . - - -
The new purchasers of the interest
here, Messrs Davis and Humphries,
have a number of other "M" System
stores over the South Plains, recently
hftwng purchased untfwut BiuwilfleM
and the interest here in Crosbyton.
New York—Dr. Oliver Kamm, director of chemical research of Parke,
Davis & Company, Detroit, yesterday received the $1,000 prize of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement of Science for his work in an investiga-
tion of the ductless glands and particularly his isolation of hormones that
premise to reduce the suffering incident to childbirth and cut down the loss
of life in surgical cases ami among victims of severe burns.
Photo shows Dr. Kamm at work. The big jar at the left contains pitui-
tary glanus.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDU-
CATION MEET IN QUARTERLY
SESSION-HEAR PETITIONS
I BARGAIN DAYS ARK J
EXTENDED
Rotary Club
To Entertain
Neighbor Clabs
In order to accomodate a ..
great number of subscribers | *
who said that they were not in *!
position to take. advantage of • •
the special rate on The Review |
until this month, we have deckl- «•
ed to extend the bargain days *)
through the month of February. ..
* If you ha'-e not done so, *'
please see us this month and '!
•fr renew your subscription. We j
are mighty well pleased with
the way they responded during • •
January and we hope to get " [
100 per cent renewal by the end ..
of February, for the rate will •;
absolutely close then. ~ > \!
We will try to see you on the • •
street ourselves durins* this * |
time-and remind you of thia «•
J saving on subscription, for we * |
i. feel you will want to come in «.
• • on this. "
GOES TO QUITAQUE ON CON-
TRACTOR JOB
Plans are now in the making to
entertain the Rotary Clubs of Ralls
and Spur in the near future, this was
decided at the regular meeting of the
Crosbyton Rotary Club on Tuesday
following a discussion of the matter.
A committee was appointed by
Chairman Clayton Carter to formu-
late plans for the entertainment and
also set the date and report back to
the club oh the next-regular meeting
on next Toesdav.
Visitors present Tuesday were: Rev.
T. M. Johnston and Prof. W. Robbing,
a— Both ofthesegentlemeijt
pp interesting talks in which they com-
mended the objects of Rotary and the
Work this order was doing. They ex-
pressed a desire to co-operate with
the club in any way that they could.
MRS. EZELL IS HOSTESS
TO 1923 LITERARY CLUB
Arthur Swearengin who has been
with the Bryant-Link Company since
early fall, finished up with this com-
pany the first of February and re-
turned home. Arthur left here the
first of this week for Quitaque, where
he has contracted a job as foreman in
building a new hotel.
The County Board of Education met
in the County Superintendent's office
Monday in their regular * quarterly
meeting. ThetPOunty board consists
of the following members: B. F.
Hicks, county superintendent and sec-
retary; S. F. Starrett, president of
the board; E. A. Watson, precinct No.
2; J. P. • Kurlin,4 Precinct No. 3; W.
A. Ferguson, Precinct No. 4; and A.
C. Woodard, Precinct N. 5. All were
present at the meeting.
Petitions were heard concerning the
formation of a new school district at
Cap Rock and also one at Canyon
Valley, south of Ralls. These petitions
are asking "for new districts out of the
Ralls school district. The board will
return in called session for the con-
sideration of these petitions on Mon-
day, February 11.
A petition was also presented call-
ing for a new school district to be
formed at Canyon Point between
Blanco and Cone. A petition was
presented to the board at this time
for the creation of an independent
school district out of the Blanco
common school district.
The last two named petitions will
be considered before the board on the
first Monday in March.
County Supt. B. F. Hicks says that
the rural schools are all doing good
work at the present time. An epi-
demic of the flu retarded the work
for a while, he said, but conditions
are getting back to normal and the
best work of the term is going on
now.
Mrs. W. F. Ezell was a gracious
hostess to the 1923 Literary Club at
her home in West Crosbyton Thurs-
day afternoon. Mrs. E. W. Suggs,
club president, presided and Mrs. W".
C. Baker led. the program on legis-
lation. i
CM URGES AT-
TENDANCE AT HEET
January 30, 1929
Mr. Joe Brown,
Crosbyton, Texas.
Dear Sir:
The Carlsbad Cavern Highway As-
sociation will nold its second meeting
in Carlsbad, New Mexico, * February
11th. At thislmeeti'hg, some very im-
portant questions are coming before
the association and we trust that
city will be well represented.
your
Roll call was answered on
"What
RENEWAL FROM ILLINOIS
January 31, 1929
The Crosbyton Review,
Crosbyton, Texas.
Gentlemen:-- ----- -
Enclosed find $1.50 for Review. I
do not know when subscription runs
out.
-Wasin
saw a great many changes for the
better that had taken place in seven
years. You will see a great many
for the better from now on.
Yours truly,
E. L. Robertson.
BUSINESS CENTER.—Crosbyton,
on the Santa Fe Railway in Crosby
County, . had a very satisfactory
growth in 1928. , Nine new bricK
business houses were built. The
Mrs. Hudsoi| Director In
Place of Hames
At the Farm Bureau Federation
convention last week at Dallas, Mrs.
M. S. Hudson of Hale Center, was
elected director of the federation for
the 18th district, taking the place of
W. H. Hames of Crosbyton, who has
been director for the past year. Mr.
Hudson is director in the cotton as-
sociation.
Mr. Hames, who was in attendance
at the Dallas meeting, returned last
Saturday. Mr. Flem Gillespie-was a
delegate from Crosby county, he said.
W. D. Williams and others of Lorenzo
were visitors.
• Mr. H. B.
lector, expressed the
would be something like
receipts issued for the
Mr. Mayes and Mrs. Dallas 1
are busy trying to dig out of t!
lanche of deposits made for
on the last few days of tax
time, and a final count ha
The reason for the probable
crease in poll tax receipts is due t
the fact that this is an off-year,
to speak; or in other words this
not a political year and on off yc
there is not as many poll tax receipts
faaii " " " '
there has been an influx of new _
pie into our county during the past
year. 7f£&L
"While it is hard,to tell yet
what per cent of the property tax
been collected," Mr. Mayes said, "aa
just
we have not yet cleared up from the
rush, if is possible that the property
collection will also be short of last
year."
Dean A. H. Leidigh Here
Last Sunday
W. T. C. C. Receiving Orders
For Pecan Trees
ST A M FJORD, Feb. 6—Thirteen dif-
ferent orders from twelve different
towns for pecan trees have been for-
warded by the West Texas Chamber
of Commerce to the nurserymen who
made reduced prices possible in this
way.
Halbert and Burkett varieties seem
to be most popular with Nugget also
in demand. One order was received
for the Success variety. Although
two year old trees, those between
three and foui* years old, and those
between four and five years old were
offered, the preference is for older
The lecture, "Helping #ur Young
People," was delivered last Sunday
morning to a splendid congregation of
friends and members of the church, j
The lecture was well prepared and de- trees.
livered and suggested many practical! One thousand of these trees have
ways to help our young, peopl^, Tha { been^arranged for,_by. . the regional
Dean emphasised "the" fa<ft~""thai We j organization with prices ranging from
must love the young people if we one dollar to two cMB&rs, accor
would help them,
The song service led by Mr. H. S.
Brown, Miss Josephine McBride at tho
piano, added much to the service.
The solo, "Isn't it Wonderful," by Mr.
Brown, was a rare treat. Those who
were there enjoyed the whole service.
to age, the older trees being the ma
expensive.
The season for planting pecans Is
at its heighth now, and the sonner the'
trees are planted the sooner they wil]
produce. . .
MARRIAGE RECORD
W. M. Skirlock and Miss Martha
Cox.
J. W. Jackson and Mrs. Lillie Kim-
berley.
C. B. McClung and Miss Lena Rag-
land.
M. Porter"and Miss Corinne Martin.
Bureau Accords
"Wings" The
_ Greatest Praise
The greatest compliment ever given
to a motion picture company by the
war department haa been .bestowed
upon Paramount for its war epic of
the air, "Wings," which will have its
opening at the Queen Theatre
on Monday and Tuesday, February 11
and 12.
A memorial to cost $100,000 and
dedicated to the famous Second Di-
vision will be erected in Washington.
Because of their accuracy, still pic
John!
Picturesque Role
Plays a Soldier of the Russian
Steppes in "The Cossacks"
spkndidreprog?IS] ^f^entertli^ritWBewerage systems Were extenied
has been arranged and I am taking a
^personal appeal to yota that you have
a large delegatitm present. "Jtfc has
been my pieasur^To "be entertained in
I Can Do to Help Enforce Laws'" cl 'LZ, ^ , •
Club members joined in singing patri- Carlsbad on aeveral °<,caf,,ona and 1
otic, songs.
Mrs. J. A. Green gave a splendid
paper on "What Women Should Know
-About Civil Service." Mrs. P. T.
Findley discussed "Community Pro-
gram oni * Legislation," and short
talks were made by members on "Bills
We Are Interested in Passing."
Mrs. E. W. Suggs, gave reports
from Federation representatives at
Austin, working in behalf of bills in
which1 women are interested. "
The club will meet February 7 with
Mrs. W. M. Romane.
I. W. Collier and family
Lockney Sunday to visit J
tier's mother.
went to
Roy Lee, who has
for the past three weet
have always found them hospitable,
and aside from the visit to the Carls-
bad Caverns, we believe it will be
worth the~tim -and oxpcnac of any
citizen of your town to make this
trip.
I will thank you to canvass your
membership and advise lat the earliest
possible.date the number we may ex-
pect from your city.T With kindest
personal regards and best wishes, I
am,
- Sincerely yours,
CARL S. GULF,
Natural gas service was established,
A large number of new. residences
were constructed. Twenty odd years
ago there was little at Crosbyton
Mfo ■ .. p... . mt
The only industry In the county was
livestock. Today the county 1b dotted
with farms that produce large ctftps
of cotton, Indian corn, kafir and
.other sorghums^ wheat and other
rghums^v
small grain, and_a. number of less im-
portant crops. The'wealth dug out of
these pr&irie farms is making Crosby-
ton an important business center.—
The Earth.
HARLE.Y SADLER BUYS TENT
WITH CAPACITY OF^
F. W. Sadler was th town Monday
from his farm out on Route B. Every*
llllglM $m I;
said, and the flu epidemic had about for the giant top, in itself costing
ceased. : $6,000, while at Kansas City.—Scur-
ry County Times. * A
A canvas top theatre that Mil seat
more than two thousand persons will
be delivered to Harley Sadler #0m'e
time in April, Mr. Sadler has report-
ed. He recently made arrangements.
tures from the photoplay "are "to be
used as models in constructing the
huge memorial.
duplicate of a sector of St. Mihiel in
order to obtain the spectacular battle
shots which climax "Wings" t and
these so impressed war department
officials that they asked permission
of Jesse L. Lasky to model from the
stills.
"Wings" was directed by William
Wellman, who was a flyer in the fa-
mous Lafayette Escadrille. John
Monk Saunders, an instructor in avi-
ation during the war, wrote the
The cast includes Clara Bow,
Charles (Buddy) Rogers, Richard
Arlen, Jobyna Ralston, Gary .Copper,
Arlette Marchel, U. B. Walthall,
John Gilbert is an incessant source
of surprise with each at his new roles.
The Yankee boy in "The Big.
was a far different character
his Vronsky in "Love;" and "Bard-
elys" and the hero of "Twelve Miles
Out" were equally far apart. And
now comes something new, even for
Gilbert—his role as a swashbuckling,
braggadocio Cossack soldier, who,
under his veneer of bravado, has th
soul of a poet. It is a complicated
role, and one that grips the very
heart. It thrills with Its sheer drama,
and baffles by its truth to life.
Such is John Gilbert as Lulcashka
in "The Cossacks," Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer's vivid drama of the Russian
steppes, playing at the Queen Theatre
I Thursday and Friday, February 14
and 15. It is a stupendous drama;
1 huge in its great settings—a complete
town aws built as a locale for the
| play—huge in its great drama of,
love of a father and son, and th
^it:r]pin#;;therTfleBtocaLdtteme^
Heda Hopper, Claire McDowell,
Brendel andr Gunboat Smith. ?
El
Minnie Lee Waldron visited in the
the *Mt. Blanco community last week
end.
Mr. John C. Allen and Finis Vaughn
visited in Lubbock last week end.
Myron Carpenter from Lubbock
visited Velma Abel tyst week end.
1 Velma Abel visited
Sunday.
in Lubbock
love story of a boy and a _
dentally Renee Adoree is the
i JGilbert's sweetheart of "The Big
l'iitiri j ami just ■ as- in this play
surge and thunder of battle,
thrills and the sensations are aU
frame or setting for the delicate
mance that the audience f<
throughout. Frnces Mi
lasterpiece of the story,
a triumph of the -direction, and John
Gilbert made a classic in acting out
the principal .role.
The Cossacks, brought
rope for the ^.picture, stage
horsemanship that.
battle scenes are
character honors go to
rence, as the brutal old C
ing chief, whose love
as huge as his giant
Alden as the Russian
Fuller as mother of the
Hurst as the Cossack 1
splendidly cast and Yo
is cleVer in the com
menacing is Joseph
sack chief, and Nei
esphine Borio two
young people'in adc
Cossacks" is one
tjiat one simply i
and that one
Avis Mangum visited in Plainview
last week end. '
Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Miss Holmes Went to Dickens last
Sunday.
, Mr. H. Work was '
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