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CROSBYTQMROSBYGOUNTYr^IB SFFRiDAY, MAY 17, 1918
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Crosby County Boys
Write From Camp Travis
Camp Travis, May 8, '18
To the Crosby ton Review:
H^We arrived here Sunday April
28tli, about 11 o'clock a. m. Then
we had our eyes opened. It was
• a sight to ps-all the camps and
so many men. They all looked
'alike, and the streets in camps
are so much alike you could
hardly tell where you are agoing
until you get acquainted. We are
practicing on the drills now. It
would certainly tickle our people
to see us, we are so awkward. I
know we will sure wear the pa-
tience of our officers' out. There
is lots of work, but just lots pf
fun as well. We have lots to
learn, but we are here to learn
it and I know we will.
Yours respectfully,
Pvt. Clarence L. Freemam,
41 Co. 11 Bn. 165 D. B.
The Crosbyton 'Review: .
That the people of Crosby
county may know something of
our maneuvers we have been
ordered, as well as the boys from
the other counties, to .write our
home paper. Since our encamp?
ment we have been .intending to
write to our numerous friends in
Crosbyton, but the greater part
of the time has been taken up
with a continuous chain of ex-
aminations, our' vaccination, in-
oculationand some drilling the
last few days. Our commander
complimented our Co. very high-
ly ,l sayiug "You are the best
Will Make An
Active Canvass.
Turns-Down Proposition Not to
Wlake Persona! Canvksi.i. .
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PM'M
/ bunch ol men we have had in a
rl5Bg""tlmerN6w come to atten-
tion and salute 'old glory,' you
^sohs of the west," for that is
"thiacompany's birthplace,
Our days on the dear old plains
. ^ inay be over fer a time, mem-
ories of spee^|pg races and gal-
loping bronchos, cadence in the
thought "I love the cows and
^ chickens, but-^hig-is-thg^tife^for
^ - me." Pvt. Arnold Gibson
K2 Co. 41, 11th Bm 165 D. B.
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v " This is to let the people of
Crosby county know their quota
i of seven arrived in good shape,
no one being in the figurative
"state of preservation,'' nor
r overly boisterous. For a Camp
| Travis rookie to attempt to de-
scribe. his camp, would be like a
(j'uarentined nigger trying to
On April 27, 1918, our fellow;-
townman, Hon. John W. Baker.
*who is a candidate for State
Treasurer, addressed the follow-
ing letter to his opponent, the
present State Treasurer, who is
seeBngl^WStel!tronrfor^e~fi£th^
term to this office;
"Mr. J. M. Edwards, Austin,
Texas. My dear Mr. Edwards.
' 'Since you have announced for
State Treasurer, I presume that,
you and I will be the onlv can-
didates offering for this place,
and in keeping with the spirit of
conservation of means and en-
ergy, I would like to enter into
an agreement that neither of us
would make a personal campaign.
We could jointly have this pub-
lished in the daily papers of the
state, at a small cost, and I am
persuaded the people of our good
state would approve of it, since
we are all so intensely interested
in the prosecution of ouraseveral
war activities. If you think well
of this, please advise me, and..we
can" have the matter put before
the people in the press of the
state.
"Awaiting an early reply with
interest, I am sincerely yours,
"Jno. W. Baker."
Following is the reply to the
above letter-
i ' !. IS DOING
AND WHAT YOU CAM "DO
■ CANTEEN SERVICE DEPARTMENT
The Canteen Serjviee of the Red Cross has organized tb date 104 active
canteens in towns along main railway lines in the Southwestern Division,
that is in the states) o£ Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texaih
Every day these canteens are renderng aid to our soldiers in the way of.
^g^vlngthem hot coffee, sandwiches, fruits, and in case of severe illness, giving
immediate-hospital service. - *
The value of tB|ff~^ersonal^ touch cannot be over-estimated. Nothing
cheers the boys up like the wapiri" reeeption they get from a Canteen Com-
mittee, especially wl^en hungry and tired, and they leave the town with
•the feeling that the people are proud of them and will stand back of them.
When the women understand how o£ yourself and your associates in go-
mao of New York City's
limits. Suffice to say, a rookie's
life is,well filled with duties and
some recreation, is this stom-
acbe, which is well filled with
"chuck; '' there being little room
there for either duty or recrea-
tion. In conclusion would mod-
estly :state Lhav^Jaeen^advaneed
■ to buck private, which rank
with great latisfac-
tion to my superiors and mag-
nanimous pleasure to myself. Be
pf&tl glad to hear from any of you,
) also any contributions gratefully
received. Confidentially yours,
> Glenn H. Hess
Co. 41-11 Bn-165 D. B.
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Another big land deal is being
eonsumaled as we go to press,
wherein I. 0. Bsyd becomes the
purchaser of all of A. L. Ellison's
town "property and his farm of
220 acres adjoining the townsite.
We have not learned the details
r'traile^butrTheTproprty
involved is very choice, both are
'-shrewd traders and we expect
the other to a
rc-you-well, if such 8 .thing, is.
for Cros
ifflii.. ..Ml
T. Robinson
T. Driver
"Austin, May 2nd 1918
"Mr. John W. Baker, Crosby-
ton, Texas. Dear Sir: This will
acknowledge receipt of your fa-
vor of the 27th, in which you
suggest that we enter into an
agreement not to make a per-
sonal campaign. I beg to advise
yratLdonot-believethat-Ieare
to enter into such an agreement.
In the first place, there is plenty
of time for others to announce
for this office, and besides I do
not care to restrict myself to a
certain line of campaigning.
"As long as I am a candidate
for this office I want to be free
to lay my candidacy before the
people in any legitimate and hon-
orable way, for I feel that if
anything is worth doing at all,
it is worth doing well. I had
much rather spend $2,000 on a-
campaign and win than to spend
only $500 and lose.
"Yours v,ery truly,
"J. ¥1. Edwards."
- From the above correspon-
dence it will be seen that Mr.
Edwards expects to make an ac-
tive can vassand it is up Aq .Miv
Baker and friends to get busy.
In view of the many c iaims be-
ting made upon the public for
war purposes and Of the constant
drain upon the resources of the
country, we believe Mr. Baker's
suggestion to submit their can-
didacy to the' people without
making a personal
the sta^e, should have been ac-
cepted. This is one time when
political haranging should be. left
off entirely. Political picnics
should be, dispensed with this
year and as little campaigning
as possible should be entered into,
^wwer7~tkisi^o.rg.espohden^
has made it plain to . Mr. Baker
and his friends that they must
get busy,. West Texas is entitled
to recognition in the state official
family and now is the opportune
time to demand this recognition.
Let eyory man in Crosby county
as well as all over west Texas,
get busy. Every-letter you write
■■.. WHAT THE
RED CROSS
■much real good they can do by paying
Ihis attention to our.Soldiers they will
all want t6 do their share, for in no
better way can they do their bit to
help our boys who are about to make
the supreme sacrifice for their coun-
try.
It ought to be a great satisfaction to
the parents and friends of the boys of
our Southwestern country to know
that" wherever- th^~^«m'-the---XJ-nited
States the canteens tif the Red Cross
are on hand and ready to take:;;eare of
them in case of an emergency, and,
therefore, \£§, know tiiat the women of
the Southwest will wejlcome the oppor-
tunify of establishing Red Cross can-
teens to take care of other troops that
jnay pass through their own hoine
towns?" - —
' Innumerable letters are received
from the officers and men showing
their appreciation of the attentions
that have been shows them' by the
Red Cross canteens on their jounleyS.
I wiR quote from but just two let-
ters to show just how the work of our
canteens is appreciated by the army;
Extract from New Orleans report:
"I am sure that every one of the
men who were cheer0fi and benefited
during their arduous totir of duty
_wo,uld bQ=.gla(L-ta4.haak >"oU 'Personali
•vtrur thouuklfulnpfgf
is impossible* I am "happy
tion -to do it for theta and to express
my slnsere appreciation of the efforts
ing out on those cold nights to distrib-
ute among my men your welcome sup-
plies.
Extract from Richmond . (Va.) re-
port:
"I might add, for your information,
that the canteen committee waited-ou
a train coming from Texas on the 30th
ult. and took charge of a sick soldier
ili.with pneumonia and took hrai in an
ambulance to the Memorial Hospital.
Yesterday we cared for another sol-
dier, at the Memorial Hospital, who
was coming from the West on a troop
train from Louisville."
A canteen is or'ISniaed in a Red
Cross chapter by th® .appointment of
a chairman and a committee of from.
10 to 20 who' are ready to report for
work when a call comes. Arrange-
ments are made beforehand for the
preparation of hot coffee and Sand-
wiches in large quantities on sEort
notice," and for its transportation to
the station. The women all over the
country have entered enthusiastically
into this work and are willing to serve
at aJl times of day or night. They are
required to wear a canteen USifarm to
show that they are the official repre-
sentatives of the Red Cross, and as
STich the soldiers are filling to accept
m*'—bflARLES P. PETTUS,
Director of Canteen Service, South-
western Division, 1617 Railway Ex-"
change, St. Louis.. „ ... ••
District Court
Now in Session
Four
Sent Co
25 True
Penitentiary
Bills IFoti&icSo
and
District court for Crosby
county convened in the court
house Monday in regular session
with Judge W. K. Spencer of
Lubbock on the bench and Dis-
trict Attorney G. E. Lockhart of
Tahoka at his post, and lt.ia
proving one of the busiest terms
that has ever been held in the
county. (
The entire civil docket has been
cleared and the criminal docket
is being worked ovjgr with dis-
patch and may .alscf be cleared
by the end of the. terra.
So far four have Received pen-
itentiary sentences, namely: Ed
Williams " for 'swindling, F. M.
Smith for forgery, and Roy Day
and Moorey BuHsell each for
theft, and.all get two years each
in the 6 penitentiary^
The case^ against Alvin Stew-
art, the negro who stands in-
dicted for the theft of some dry
goods, has created "considerable
interest and as we go to press
the jury is still undecided, which
canvass o,ffIs, the second: jury to hear his
case, the first Jjot being able to
agree. ' ; :
The j^rand jury, under R., M.
Wheeler as foreman, adjourned
yesterday after turning in 25
true bills, which is the biggest
bunch of bills that has ever been
found by a. Crosby county grand
jury, so far at our "information
goes, and shows they must havle
been very diligent in the dis-
charge of their duty.
SVIoi® Than llillion Called.
"Washington, May 11.— More
than 1,300,000 men have been
called in-the drafI so far and are
either in France, in camp or un-
der call to go into service before
June 1st.
The total of 1,300,000 includes
all men summoned in the May
contingent. There is every indi-
cation that even a, larger incre-
ment will be sumthoned in June
than was summoned in May, and
a progressive monthly mobiliza-
tion will continue through the
summer and fall months as the
cantonments are expanded. It is
expected that at such a rate the
army will reach a full strength
of well over 3,000,000 within the
next twelve or thirteen months.
It is possible, some officers say,1
that the number will be closer to
5,000,000 than 3,000,000.
An appropriation of $33,000,-
p00 to provide -for -the - medical
necessities of the forces now
under arms and about to be as-
sembled under the new draft,
was asked of congress today.
Our old friend B. F. Hines,
founder of the village of McAdoo,
on the East Plains, iVho recently
sold his .-business at that place,
and spent/the past month in our
city, left with'his family last
week for Burkeburnett where
they will make their home. He
was one of the old land marks of
Crosby county and the best
wishes of a host of friends fol-
low, them Jo_iheir-4iew-hom
Red Cross Rally
and Auction Sale.
Big Drive Next Week and Speech
Making Here Saturday.
Able speakers will address the
people of t Crosbyton and' sur-
rounding country Saturday after-
noon. May 25th, on the 'Red
Cross and its marvelous work,
The speaking will be held at
the court house steps, beginning
promptly at 2:30 p. m. ~-~
Following the speaking there
will be an auction sale of any
animal or article that any one
may be willing to contribute to-
ward the- raising of the Crosby
^ojafity quota of the $1,000,000.00
war fund. Some have already
expressed their desire to con-
tribute a horse. Others will con-
tribute hogs and other animals.
Hams and midlines - of meat
might easily be contributed by
some, while others could con-
tribute different kinds of poultry.
The ladies might make and con-
triblte different kinds of wear-
ing apparel, and different kinds
of home-canned fruits and veg-
etables. Bring anything you
have that you are willing to con-
tribute to this worthv cause,
whether large or small, much or
little and lets see to it that Cros-
by county goes "over the top"
in raising her quota of this Red
Cross war iund just as she did
with the Third Liberty Loan.
SEP SMITH -
CnaifmahVfarFunCampaign.
■,< L. O. -Cox,
Chairman Speaker's Committee.
I have a large" supply of nice
Tomato plants for sale at 35 cents
per hundre
~ Tom Carter, Lorenzo; Texas,
- 1 •. —■—> to !
" Jans Peterson has rented
farm a couple of miles east of
town to his neighbor H. C. Rob-
inson and expects to leave soon
with Jus family
whore Aey will si sum-
mer. Mr. Peterson is a good cit-
izen "and a good farmer and w<
our candid
support hi
ther
bailments,
ton,., Texas.
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or monthly in>
Ma be, Crosby-
m
Y return con tented and Satis-
mam*
Resolutions by. Y. M, B..L. .
Whereas, the Northwest Texas
Gon ference of the M. E. Church
South has called from our city,
Rev. W. M^Pearce. to fiU-an- ira^
portant charge at -Camp Bowie;
Fort Werth, Texas, and
Whereas, our organizotion
loses one of its most valuable
members, the city loses one of
its most progressive citizens and
the Methodist church loses a
beloyed pastor, and
Whereas? Mr. Pearch has been
an active leader in all the work
for the upbuilding of Crosbyton
and has accomplished much in
the short time that he has been
with us, and). £
Whereas, he has been very
active in our organization, being
one of the promoters and a di-
rector, now be it therefore
, Resolyed, that > the Young-
Men's Business League of Cros-
byton, Texas, tender MiOPearce
our sincere thanks for the ser-
vfces rendered and also extend
tobiln ^wrbeft wishes for a con-
tinuation of success in the ;new
work for which he has been
called, dhd , may God's richest
blessings be bestowed upon him
A copy of these resolutions be
given Mr. Pearce and also a copy
furnished the local press for pub
lication.
Young Men's Business League.,
By W. M. Romane, Vice Pres.
By W. R. Lotspeich, Secty.
Committee:
W. R. Lotspeich, '
John W. Baker,
Sergeant Roger C. Carter, one
of the Crosbyton boys at Camp
Travis, Who has'been in the of-
ficers training camp,"has
..r,, 13,S::;'
n Subscribers at
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Mount Blanco sends t
the following additions
Loan subscribers from th<
Blanco school district,
names have m\
W, A. Latta :.~
M. C. Latta —■
W. H. Brent..........51
J. S. Casky.._^«.
W. M. Preece...:. 50
W. H. Woodson... .:J.. . 5(
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Red Gross RallieslText Week.
^ Rallies will be held at th
lowing piaces on das,
Able speakers will be present to . f
address ^ the people, and it is
urged that all attend and assist
in every possible way' to ;j£|l|
everybody in the community to
come and make these occasions
a success : • .
Ttwsday 'May 21. at 8:30"'p. m.
Fairview, Farmer and "Emma.
Wednesday May 22, at 8:30 p.-
m. — Mt. Blanco and League Fouj*H
Thursday May 23 at 8;30 p. m.t
Estacado and Wake. . $
Friday May 24, at 8:30 p. mM
—Big Four, Leather wood and-
Roberson. A/* |||
Saturday May 25 at 2:30 p. m.
Crosbyton, Ralls and Lorenzo.
, - - L. O.
Ch'man. Speakers Committee.?
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Leaves $50 to Red Cross.
Mrs. J. C. Wuody and^child- 'r'
v j
III
ren left Tuesday morning by:. -
auto for Wise county where they
will spend some time witj^^l^^
atives. ~ Bei'ore^eavitigf Mfsi" - -
Woody gave the Red Cross $50,
which proves hef patriotism to
be of the noblest kind. -
' New Preaclier Arrives.
Revv- L -A. Smith;'" themiftW"
Methodist pastor, arrived, with
his family Tuesday evening from^.1
Roaring Springs and they are
new domiciled in the parsonage,
and he will fill the Methodist
pulpit next Sunday at the usual
hours. Bro~ Pearce and family
left in the morning of -the^sam#
day for their new work at Camp
Bowk, and Crosbyton was not
without a Methodist minister as
long as a day, which shows what
a wonderful organization has
this denomination.
Si
!«
many friends at home are de
^Iffchted to know that hejs mak-
m'|ng good in the ^
HI
Attending Baptist Convention.
. Rev. F. G. Dick, our popular
Baptist pastor, left Monday
Little Rock, Ark.,- to attend the \
Southern Baptist Convention
which meets in that city, Bro
Dick.has not jbeen idle during
bis pastorate of a little over a
year here, but has , been _ve
energetic with his
and as a result the c
been greatly strengthened. For
home and foreign missions alone
he has raised $710.00, which
quite a nice little sum;
understand that ?■
good crops are. mat .
is going to push the buildinj' '
a new brick church 1k);-,SS;
-
New Disease
j. H. Gilmore, on, „.t the ,
prominent stock men re
m the Watson settler" ° ■Ml
nineteen miles soi
Crc ■ ~ '
interest.
f-fV
■E—Sud
iew offi
jWyTTere this week
: re mtly lost sev
cows from p jiew rwr
disease:. The WM
^B^^ihder«S.. Rj
down into the brisket 1
into the bowels,
four br five day, L,
row living fiVe mile
I M^CrjImore.iias-
the sante 'mmm
?OR SALE- 1..
Mabe..iearr'.
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