The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY-, MAY 2,
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s:>yton. Texas,
md yog schedule
r the official !
K. - route oi ijpia Amarjno Auto Trades
. Excursion. * As you will note
thir - '
pne of Largest Crowds pver
Congregated in Crosbyt<j|
HeardHim.
The automobile party that left
Crosbyton Tuesday evening for
Floydada to meet Governftr Col-
quitt, arrived in Crosbyton'at
9:30 yesterday, % bringing the
distinguished gentleman to, our
pity.. ,to speak to the voters, of
time card, we are due
w IWu, yom City at -7:> m.,
' •; ^ , ^Juesday, May 7th. We rfre de-
*" ?J nirous, of cdurse, of. meeting as'
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many of youf citizens as possible,
d will'appreciate it if you will
id'vise them through the medium
f. "your paper of our intended
There "will be abgut- one
J if our livest merchants,
it is primarily a' trades
ioriY it cannot bi^t result in
good to lhe Panhandle aara
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u° • wti - 1 helping to promote and
?AA ttrtMlrt/l i <■
unite Its varied interests
We are looking for,ward* with a
great deaf of .pleasure tQ a visit
to your to.wn.''
• Very truly yours,
' ' . J. i}. Bryant,
-^Ghairaiari^Aufax Trades Excur-
sion Execu ti ve Coram ittee.
This one hundre'b Boosters for
the Plains Country ♦.will reach
Crosby aj 7:00 p. m., *on May -7jh,
V; #ri&.will sjaerid the night with us..
' '* -T.hey will'lleave' the morning of
the 8th, "at 7:30. It " ^ up to us
*to show them a good tim0T^ They*
* are. out to get acquainted and
every man in Crosbyton afed in
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" • Crosby-County," as., tg that mat-
; ter, should be in ^t.tendance^nd
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geuuqwted and know he w's a.'better chriatlan
«..ple >< e doi.ng things for the7
. -"Plains. Great, preparatibni are
"Plains. Great, preparation^ are
heingr made for their aceommo-
1 Nation and qjatertainment while
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hece|4hd wig 4iope the weather
w'ill and jhat ^he people
of., oimv^.wn v?iH* turn ojit: and
meefeth^^©n-w4tht)peTr'aFms'F
The^fdwhMS ip good condition,
wheh cleaned up, to show off to
t< a better advantage than any town
° of its "size in the Plains country
'* and the 3.0th was' ^s devoted to
dressing her. up and making
ready for our visitors."
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- • 'Iar anngfincement
: the Review this week
John D. McDermett
In the rt
* ■ cqlumns of
will be found* the announcement
-of John D. ftRsBeumett, who
, comes before the voters for the
■ office of Sheriff and Tax Collector
j< Crosby *.bounty- subject to the
^ction of the Democratic primary,
" McDeVmett is too well
m'Crosbjf County t®. need
ioy recomendation at our hands,
jut will say that he Tias lived
n, the' County1 for " twentyr.one
"haying been brought.ta
. unty_ vvhile only s^x years
f age and having m^de his home
s all the while. .
For six years he has been in
lching business as cow
boy, "and* on up,until today he is.
' ' ^feoss.for Julian M. Bas-
•one of the largest
m
i./aak tKe -votera of Ci I.
ciunty;to carefully consider his
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At 10:00 o'clock, a. m., Judge
L. Gough arose and in a. fe!w
chcsen t remarks introduce^ iSlr.
Julian M. Bassett, who' in- turn
intro4u(S6d the Governor to. our
people. , .
Mr. Bassett in his genial, good
natured way, told of how he firpt
met Gov. Colquitt, and further
in*his remarks he state'd that he
hoped the people bf Crbsby Coun-
ty would support the gentlemaft,
for he knew him- to be a fair,-
broad-minded gentleman; jvhere-
upon he introduced .the 'Hon. O.
K Colquitt, Governor of Texas.
- In t5ov. Colquitt's speech he
referred frequently -to his ad-
ministration and4n:the beginning
he stated that- he stood openly
for "local self-government*Whd
was against Prohibition, believ-
ing that'the people of. every
county, and every precinct; wera
capable with t,he present,l^wsTo
control the liquor -bi^J^eas, et<;.
He frequently referred, t;o Judge
'Ramsey as "oW. Fixem'Ramsey"
and made.some bold .charge that
Ramsey wy.s to blame for the
prison rotteness tha-fe-had existed*['Floydada Hesperian,
in Texas for a number cf years,
preflous to his present adminis,-
tration, etc.
In speaking' of the prison re-
form he devoted thirty minutes
to the Question, and pointed out
than those whp oppose him on-
the Pr6hibition question.
Gov. Colquitt was given a good
crowd and a patient hearing and
in the ny nds of those who oppose
him he has made practically no
.him-v:are pj^ed* with His
speech and he feels sure bf* a re-
nomination ip July. •
In his closing remarks he stat-
ed to us that Crosbyton- was sur-
rounded by land as rich as any.
to be found in Texas. He" said<
that he hoped* th^ Wd's would
be developed. rapj'dry ^nd. that
development-Cf th^Cdunty w^s
one thing that he wou IS "fight, for
in .the seafa^ 'Governor. *
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John K'. Fullingim.
In theannouncementcolumnof
th^ Review thfs " week you will
And the announcement of John
K. Fullihgim, who: offers for the
office of Commissioner of Pre-
cinet'JNto. .2, stfbject to the action
of the Democratic Primary. Mr.,
Fullingim has lived, in Crosby
County eighteen years* during
which time he served 1
Commissioner for four^
afterwards served as Sh
six years, an'd - he is qual
every sense of the word.. ' - h
Mr, Fullingim, needs no recom-
mendation at the hands of the
Review, for he'has lived long
among the people who are to elect
ssioner, and jie is well
_ every voter in the Pre
cinct. We.ask^oulto cor
his
y<Jur vdte
wm
W. H. Hames and |a
in Crosbyton yesteird.
tliie address % the —
uy were
to* hear
Floydada Wins
On Trial ^Ion/Jay 22nd—Op-
posing Counsel do not Ar-
7—~ .gue the Case.
A case which has taken up
mi£ch spape in the newspapers,
and whtch has been pending in
the courts since the eaBier part
of last fall, was in all probability
settled last Mohd^' in the, Dis-
trict Court of Tuligf, when-the
Commissioners Court,. |lp sheriff
and the treasurer iji* the matter
of an injunction against'collectmg
and paying .off'warrahts for the
erection - of the $80,000o court
house at Floydada, ordered by the
Commissioners' Court last fall,
came up for trial.
. Attorney R. V. Davidson, of'
Austin, made the opening argu-
ment for the defense showing
w.hy the injunction should not
hold, citing the.many instances
and precedent handed down infboys, women and girls engaged
parallel cases before from the
Supreme Court of the Statg.an'd
other minor courts. The oppos-
ing counsel made no arguments
on the points brought up and
Judge Spencer,- who sat in the
case lor Judge Kinder, who was
disqualified, rendered a decision
making the injunction void so
far as the jurisdiction of the dis-
trict court is concerned.
•It is the consensus of opinion.
that this wi.U end the fight and
that the construction people will
be able to carry out their work
without further annoyance.—
Robertson-Rossen Wedding.,
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A. B. Robertson, Jr., of Slaton
and Miss Gladys Rossen of Fort
Worth were married at the Pres-
byterian parsonage in Lubbock,
Tuesday at 1:15 o'clock. ~Ap. m.,
the Rev. Word pronouncing the
cererfiony. The wedding was a
very "quiet "affair, having been
.plarfned by the bride and groom
;iean-Up-Day
■ Grand Success
Tuesday Of this Week Proved
f to be the Greatest Day for
ZE . Many Months.
The people of Crosbyton are to
be congratulated for the manner
in which they put forth their
United ef£orts-rfo clean up the
town /Tuesday, and to say that
business house closed and
that almost every individual did if he will only plant. half as juwA- - J
est, is expressing it
mildly. ,
Crosbyton has always done
everything that it has under-
taken, and on this occasion they
undertook a general cleaning and
the job was done up in an ' 'all-
wool -and -a-y a rd - Wide'' man ner .
"There were twenty wagons^,and
teams on the work, and a varied
assortment of toilet articles in"
way rakes, hoes, spades, shovels,
picks, forks, sacks, etc.," and
more than one hundred men and
ip this much-peeded crusade.
Many began atsunrise and staj<-
ed with the work until sunsetl
The town is clejia-„i£t!s keep it
SO. .
Commercial Club
Evening of Last Week in Regu-
lar Session to Attend to
- — Business; -" ^
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At the meeting of the Crosby-
ton Commercial Club, last Thur§-
day night, the matter of incorpo-
rating the town was gone over'
and a" majority is heartily/in fa-
vor of the same.
The main issue discussed was
the form of government to be
adopted, and the members pres-
ent seemed to be divided, some
for the old form of Aldermen
land a Mayor, and others in favor
without previous announcement,i?.f t^ie Commission form. The
chant"* while thos^ who farVorland was attended bvionly a few ^EVIKW is. for the Commission
/etotlwesi... s;cr e^> an« we v
those present were Mrs. A. B. jyou why through our columns at
Robertson, Sr., mother of the . Pr°Per time.
groom, Gus Robertson, brother: — —-1 ——
of the groom, and .wtfet C. D.
Swift and A. E. Whitehead, all
of Slaton. The party Came to
Slaton after the ceremony in Gus
Robertson's car, and Briggs and
his bride caught the 8 o'clock
train for Fort. Worth where they
will visit the bride's relatives,
and friends of both.
The groom is a son of Colonel
and Mrs. A: TT" Roberts^ of
Slaton, and the bride is a sister
(of a Mrs. Pierce, of Lubboek,
where she basT>een visiting for
seyeratM^eeks. A large number
of friends join the Slatonite in
extending congratulations and
best- wishes to this popular and
very estimable young couple.'
They have not. as yet announc-
ed any plans for the future. —
Sl&ton Slatonite. ■'
Protected Meeting.
The Baptist people ,irf .Crosby-
ton will begin a" protracted meet-
ing in CrOsbytoh, Saturday pight
before the third; Sunday in this
month, at the Church, i
feev.^J. M. Hardy and Rev. L
E. Gates of Plainview Will do the
preaching and they are men of
much ability and a gr^at revival
is anticipated^. :E.verybpdy is re-
ted Ho take a part in this
1 make it one of the
; Henry Robertson. ■
In the announcement column
of the Review this week will be
found the announcement of Mr.
Henry Robertson, of Estacado,
who announces his candidacy for
the office of Commissioner of
Precinct No. 3, subject to the,
action of the' Democratic Primary
. Mri Robertson has lived in
Crosby County for the past ten
years, has been one of our best
citizens, is a practical business
man, having made a success of
every undertaking. He is just
such a man as" his Precinct will
appreciate if he is elected to
office. For years he has b^en
Cotton Planting
' Time at Hand
Coditions as Good as Were
Ever Know—Use Only the
Best of Seed.
Now that the . ground ha,s a
good1 season and the time has
come for planting cotton, it be-
hooves the farmer to be careful
and plant only the best seed to
be had, and then" he will act wise
as he did last year.
With a 9,000,000 bale crop in
the United States he, the farmer,
will receive about fifteen cents
I er pound for his cotton, while if
we have an 18,000,000 bale crop
he will get about six or seven
cents. Which is best, Mr. Farm-
er, half the work and twice or
three times the pay, or twice or
three times the work and-half 1'
the pay ?
In conversation with one of
our best farmers last week he in-
formed us that he was going to.
plant more cotton than he had
ever planted before, and made
the remark,that he knew that it
would he better, if everybody
would plant only a half crop, but
as manynvpuld-.not stick to it, he
was going to plant all the more.
This is the wrong Idea, and in-
dicates a lack of confidence in
the ranks of the farmers. Plant
•less and get the price should be
the slogan of every cotton raiser.
Cotton is not a crop that makes
the farmer independent, any
iW'a^f-itis the4eed*and 4ivestoek-
that makes the independent
farmer. Show us a tiller of the
soil that has something to sell
every time he comes to town,
and I will show you a man .^vith
money in the bank. Show me a
farmer that depends on cotton
alone, and Only'brings it in dur-
ing the^marketing Reason and I
-will show you a farmer that has
to mortgage his crop', and robhis
•children of an education to make
ends meet at the end of" each
year.
Hogs and homminyis the mon-
J. Frank Norris
Cleared by Jury
A Jersey cow and a mule colt
now and then will help educate
the children and make you rich.
Mr. arid Mrs. A- M. Patterson
of Cisco are visiting their nephew
J. F.: Littiefield this week. Mr.
PattersonT Settled in Crosby
County twenty-two years ago arid
lived here foi^several years., He
states that conditions here are
§s goqd or better than any place
he has seen lately and that Cros-
by County is the best on the
Plains. Mr^ PattersoniS
ing seriously of iocating in Cros-
byton and he is a man that we
badly need- He is a cotton man
with many years experience, and
cotton that he grades will go to
any market and his classing wiii
stand without question. He has
engaged in business and farming been engaged in the cotton and
in Crosby County, is thoroughly
qualified and is a gentlematt-
whose character is in every way
above reproach; We ask the
voters of Precinct 3 to carefully
cousider him when they afeready,
to cast their vote at the coming
primary.- \ ,!t ,X:™
.V .waff ^
weighing business fpir. the past
nine years at Ciscorand knows a
piece ofcottop as well as any man
living. He has a, son at Slay ton
arid he is undesided as to which
place he will locate, Crosbyton
or Slayton' brit from what Mr.
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best evw Held in this p^rt of the
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Stita ^d or Stolen.
On last Friday on Blanco can-
yon, one" bay horse branded L
cross on left side, one fore f.
cut with wire, hind foot:cut w „
rope, about 6 years old. $10.00
regard will be paid for his re-
covery. JIMWALKFR
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weigher and
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tqn; Stbc
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A SwellBan(
Crosbyton never 'undei
thing that is riot
finish,
Excursion
took to do. Crosby tori proi
it is hoped that everything w
be favorable for the carrying <
of the program in full
There is to be one Jiundi
men in the party from Amarillo,
arid they will have
band, and when they reach Cr
byton all the keys will have to
be thrown.away and a goodj
is assured." -
The Jury out only a Short fira&v.
when they Return Verdict
Not Guilty.
p#
Most of the people of Texas
ha^e beeii watching the Norris
case from its first inception in
Fort Worth, and a big majority
have predicted an acquittal from . .
the start, and there are , few 0©
cases that have ever attracted so ^
much attention in the State.
wTheij^ase; went.to:the'jury?
Wednesday and the verdict was
soop.returned "notguilty." Dr.
Norris has been receiving con-
gratulations from all parts of the
United States since his -acquittal,/
arid it is hoped that he^ will j
after the crooks of Fort.
as he never has before.
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are to teleRraph, telephone or tell
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White, Frank E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1912, newspaper, May 2, 1912; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242280/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.