The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 29, 1927 Page: 1 of 6
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CROSBVtoN, CrSbY COUNt if, TEXAS, FRIDA.Y, JULY 29, 1927
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t|,.. President Bay- r
lor-Belton Col-
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Dr. Will Hogg
% Hold Revi-
l at Lubbock
Dr. Hardv. Presidnnf of Bay. Dr, Will Hogg and his party of
lor-Belton College for girls, spoke: ( workers will begln^a co-operative tab-
here Sunday. morning aruf at night at erij^cle religious campaign in Lubbtfck
the First Baptist Church. 'At both Sunday evening, July 31. In as it has
services the house was comfortably been decided .ta call this meeting
"filled with ian eager and attentive au- "The-South"'ITiajiis Cb-operative Cam-
paign", Mr.~Hogg has associated with
him Rev. S. J. T. Williams, Campaign
'Director, Mr. Howard Goodpastor,
. dience.
Dr. Hai ti y is a great educator and
has been president of- Baylor-Bettoh
for sixteen years. Before taking up
the work as? president of Baylor-Bel-
ton, he wa.s president of the A. &. M.
T College of the State of Mississippiv
*i ; Di. Hardy's address was along edu-
cational lines. Christian education
was the burden of his address. His
subject was: "The first great com-
mission .to Humanity." On the sixth
■day God n#de the earth; and gave
them dominion owt alPtliTngs in the
eayth and told thdnr'to subdue it. This
' emplSes~e(tucation, said Dr. Hard-v^arid
-'this is the only®" way by' which this
can be accomplished.
He gave several " illustrations to
show that education has brought light
out of chaos. That it was the guiding
star of the individual otit of super-
stitutioiL into /tiseUigjjUpfdiberty{7'"it
has builded foundations upon which
. nations can stand against the on-
sloght of superstition and disbelief.
Dr. Hardy said our state was hot
what 'it shpuld he educationairy7:as
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closes.
■ reg rdar-thf^^mraLiUjanffitTirreKr~Mot3t' "j^ lo pmrifg hpifnrp the greigrvn
" rural communities ' have only six
months school term, he said, and o-
thers have less th'an that. Better edu-
cational* facilities' should be had* in the
rural districts. He emphasized the
importance of a year round school
term, and said that it- is growing/more
and mgre in favor. Baylor-Belton, he
said, never closed d o w n, "but'was open
the year 'round.
He is traveling through the coun-
try, in the interest of. the college of
•which he-is -President, and greatly In-
Director of Music, Miss Bessie Rice,
pianist and Mary Hogg, assistant pia-
nist.
The Carpenters Union of Lubbock
erected the large tabernacle Tuesday,
All of the churches of. Lubbock are
interested, in the 'campaign. It is
.planned to have large delegations at-
tend in bodies at different .times from
all over the South Plains Country.
"Sir. Hogg is a MeThodist and Mr. Wil
liams is al baptist, both having beet
pastors in El Paso^prior to. entering
the Evangelistic work. '«
File Girls
To Open Camp
faThe Canyon
Beginning August 3rd. the Campf;
Co-operative Spe-
cial Studying
Mark't In Calit
Fire Girls of Lubbock, Ropesville Ctos
byton and perhaps Lorenzo, Ralls and
ldalou wiSr'spend a* week camping
near Silver Falls Lake. The p.amp
site is located in the-Ballowe ranch
pasture and is one' iSf-tht^pretSiest
spots in the whole Canyon, trees,
springs and running water make it
an ideal location for camp. About
80 01 100 girls with, gardians. ^Bpr<?aented on the tour by outstancK
GONE TO HOLD
REVIVAL MEETING
Rev. D. Lee HukeU left the latter
part of, the week for the. east near
Glenrose where he will entei*"his evan-
gelistic work for the summer. He
will be gone about thirtv f|ayg Hiiviny
which time two revival meetings will
be hiet<& He Will then return, home and
QOING TO MARKET
terested in the work injffhreh/be .fe
engaged. He spent Sunday night in
Crosbyton the guest of Rev. C. E.
Dick; and left Monday morning for
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SELLS __ HIS INTEREST
IN STORE
Jyef^ias sold his intereslfin
the Piggly Wiggly store to Albert
Lieske.,.and will not be active in the
store hereafter. Mr. Dyer says he
has not decided in what business he
will engage. He Is oow looking about
and will-perhaps enter into something
deffinate in the next few days. 'How
ever, he is not expecting to remove
from Crosbyton.
Ed. L. Nixon will leave -Sunday for
Dallas, accompanied by-; Mrs. Nixon
Grace and Jack. Mr. Nixon "will buy
goods for his store before returning
hoffoe. They will be back home about
the latter part of the week.
Gas Company Offi-
cials Here Monday
H Looking Over Ground
. The West "Texas Gas Company of-
ficials were here Monday ami in com- _
Many a true word is spbken by
mistake.
E. H Hendricks
I
'-fjr-
purchased the Miami Telephone Ex-
change and is placing Mr.. J. B. Mil-
ler, his brother-in-law, as managferof
that exchange. Mr. Milled and .family
left thia week for that place.
LOOK OUT FOR tk
■ MAO PtMiS
City Marshall Reed killed a mad
, dog Tuesday and this -is a wraning
to watch out -for dogs that show any
gas- of being ^mad. Whether mad
n. not, all dogs should be closely
and" children should -not be
allowed to play with them.
BUIkDpJG ADP^g(W^_
pany with City Secretary Bass, they
spent the evening in locating Tiouse,s
in which the gas-mains would be con-
nected
Crosbyton ha$ paved streets, a sew-
er system is ndw being worked out,
gas will be in thfc city within less than
a year, a railroad outlet east is bound
to come, oil activities, is on, the
crease and no doubt that severa
wells will be going do^
next twelve montfis. Crosb
just stfiiting and you may loolT out
for it
™ Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hendricks will
live at Crosbyton. They* will perhaps
be out some, but this is their home
for they are getting their Review pro-
perly located at the Crosbyton post- ... , , . , . , .
office. Mr. Hendricks has recently^^M a-:
LLOYD CARSON, A^CIDENTLY
SHOT, IS SETTING WELL
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Lloyd Carson, the fourteen year old
boy from Crosbyton who was accident
ly shot by one of his playmates last
week, is now practically out "of dan-
ger. The bullet entered his abdomen
making four openings int6 his bowels.
He was immediately brought to the
sanitarium and operated on by Dr.
Krueger. Much uneasiiness was felt
as to his recovery for several days,
|bout well. The wonders of modern
sugery are many.—Lubbock Sanitar-
ium--New*.- • 4
Big Rains Full
2:25 inches of rain fell in Crosbyton
on Friday night and Saturday of last
week. This rain was apprfciated by
some, while others seemed to think
that we would have been better off
without any rain for'some time. It
is the opinion that no" mort rain is
Is huirawg an addition nWHljud fot MWie tiibe. ~H" faK crops
presented in this_jcaaip. and are ex
pected to attend. • v ,•
Mrs. Hubert Powell of Hereford,
formerly- Cassle Mathies of- Crosby-
ton, will have charge of the 7 hand-
craft works, under her direction the
girls will, learn basket making!.beact-
i.ng, dfrfocitting, art, pottery* and fcct.
Mrs. Dowell had this work on a camp
with the Wlgllita-JMla-gi ris .sevecai-.
years-ago and we. are lucky to have
her with us. Miss Gilkersori, director
of physical education at the Tech will
be with us part of the tnne~tmd-4«.
to give instructions in swimming.;/
Miss League, also from- the Tecfe, will
help the girls with their Nature study.
These teachers/will certainly add to
the success of, the camp.
Crosbyton doctors are asked to
LOS ANGELES, California, Ju!y22.
—The delegation of Farm Women of
Texas, comprising the Texas Farm
The jew Murphy building where
the! Brown Motor Company-is to b^
domociled is, just about completed aud-
it" is their intention to get into the
a study of handling, processing and
merchandising of farm products han-
dled cooperatively, will leave Califor-
nia today, enroute home. Practically
every section of the State-of Texas is
iijg farm women selected for this pur-
pose, in order that the various com-
munities may have the benefit of the
information and facts so obtained.
The party has made stops and studies
in Colorado and Utah." .Returning
they will stop at El Pasoj^nd at Col-
iege Station. ,i~ ; *
At--College Station the delegation
jtfill present a cooperative marlftting
with the party frorn Lublioek She
will perhaps.giye lessons,in first aid,
hygiene.—*-
An adtilt for every eight girls, most
-uf whom are regular guardians will
att.e.tHltb.e camp and each of these la-
dies will have her special department,
thus adding- to the betterment of camp
life. 'te
A--regular program wi
by the girls, hours for qwimminf
ihg, lecture work, hand craft, rest and
stunts will be the daily routine.
Sunday will be a. quiet day at:camp
and.__yisitors will be most welcome.
Perhaps
Council fire iWill be-held, the" plafis
for this however are not final, but
Sunday's program will*be in-keeping
with the day.
— A colorc<£ COuple are to do the cook-
ing for the 'entire camp. The cost of
this camp is $5.50 for each person!
Milk, butter, vegetables, eggs, ags'to;
be bought locally. Plenty of tentlf""
'and Brof
B.uie has promised that the Ci'osbyton
Boy Scouts will assist the girls in set
ting up camp. Trucks loaned by both
Lubboek and Crosbyton people will
bring camp equipment to the site.
Without their aid we cannot make
our camp a success. This is the 1st
big camp for girls that has been at-
tempted for girls in this part of the
ntry and owes its .beginning to the
Lubbock Camp Fire Board and Cros-
byton should be proud of the fact that
we are honored by having the camp
here.- | throi
pageant during the annual farmer's
•short course program being held-^here
at the A. & M. College. The, partly
ii'ft 'Dallas July 9th anil will disband
Ut Da 11 as^-Tuesdav night. July 27th.
Mucfl .v'luable information has been
obtained by the delegation, through-
out tliei trip. At the Various stops
made in Colorado and Utah and Cali-
fornia they have been received, wel-
'corncd nd enter tdined" by chambers- o£
''unrmerce -atKi-buAi ness men-who
■ooperating in these^tates--in-rth4-
mtherance .of agricultural prosperity
through the advancement of coopera-
ive marketing. Detained studies have
been- made of. the organization, opera-
tion, set-up andjfunctions of the var-
ious organizations, as well as the man
"Tw followed in receiving, arid proces-
np the different fcammotUtiefe-Plants
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Co To Move
T$y First August
jiew building by the first of August
Some little delay was encountered
this week, but it-is thought that they
will be able to get moved the first
of next week
The new home of the Brown.Motor
Company-wftl give them a targe dis-
play room,- togtithe^ with adequate
room for the mechanical department.
With large plate glass windows fac%.
ing_the street and a modern drive in
" ling station, it is one of the"mos(i
complete buildings-in the entire' coun
try. . - ■
BOY STQ.1TTS1
HAVE PARTY
iarnl houses and distributing. points
have been visited and a first-hand
knowledge obtained of these factors in
/he advancement of agriculture and.
•farm life: W is understood that the
various representatives . -will—return-
to their respective communities or.
counties in Texas arid through meet-
ings present the results of their find-
ings, investigation and study. ;. .
"Mprovemeht of quality and stand-
ardization of the Commodity , have
been the outstanding features of th?
success*" oT'" yp i-ifin<
visited, Mrs. F, F. Revier of Lubbock
said. She is representing her section
of the] -State on the Farm Women's
Special which is being sponsored-, by
the educational department of the Tex
as Farm Bureau Cotton Association.
Among cooperatives studied in the
three states visited are: beans, beets,
wlijeat, plums, raisens, oranges, lem-
ons, apricots, figs, and alfalfa.*
The toury the first of its kind, ever
conducted; is considered highly suc-
cessful, and, according to those who
have acted as hosts for the party,
Last Thursday night,- July 14, the
Boy Scouts had a party at Scoutmas-
ter Buie's home. Several girls were
present: Marine " McDonald, Ru"th
Heard, Hazel MePhefsorr, Patsene
Suggs,. The Scouts pi*esent were:
Buster McDaniel, Archie Karrr, Olin
Karr, -Weldon Deniy, Jullian Little-
field, Rnh White, Luccian White, Ar
lois Coward. Rnhe,rt Cur-rv. and
Campbell; * - ~
We had a ti?gn rart^ltfid -a basket-
ball race. We played "are^you reatlyr
brother'- and then we had a cracker
eating^ contest and Maynard taught
us how eat crackers.
~ A large bon fire was built and af-
ter it had died dowji' we had a marsh-
' mellow roast and then back to the
Mr. Johnson is president
Ardmore, Vernon & Lubbock Rai
and following letter will be oi '
ert to-lhe (Cawsbvton people to,
that a hearing will be held on
roa<l in the near future. There ?,
o^ier announcement, perhaps "j
next week or two. ">
Mr. N> lr. BicknelL
Crosbyton^ Texas..^
Dear
Repljdng to your letter-of July
19. in which you^are askipg--abtntt
the-hearing of the Ardniore, Vernon &
Lubbockliailway.. . J y :^|
I received a Iette.r from the Inter- j
state Commerce ComriRssion, Wash-
jngfeofltLjIuly 1°, -.The letter
reads as follows: i/,1
"This -will acknowledge receipt of
your letter of the 5st iristarit, in re-
gard to. a hearing in Finance Docket
No. 5796. - I note that yog desire that
the hearing be held in the- very near
future and that you have due and
timely notice of it. v
A Hearing in this matter will be
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arranged atT'the earliest opporthnity
tUidxan prffbabl.v bt> sel early m Sep-
tcmber, -or possibly -prlprAhereto, '%
will comm'u^icate'swith. ^.ou fartfiej^^l——
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the Scouts had r^Fl ea lT
and said Scout Oath.
Scribe
fc!Oi«i aa- I Wow definately when «#.■•
ean have an examiner in the terri-
tory. "
This is -the. last letter I have recei-
ved from the Interstate Commerce - -5
Commission. When I receive further—""-
information^ will gladly let you krpw
Yj.
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Sewer System Dis-
cussed At Wed-
Meet
Primitive Baptist To Hold
Three Days Meeting
" There will be a three, days meeting'
at the Primitive Baptist Church, be- -
ginning yesterday it will last ovei,-
Sunday. Three out of town preachers
will be present, at tliese services.
public is Invited to attend. ■ i r.
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"Sjti
One day at camp we are asking all
Camp Fire" Girls to visit us. A Camp
Fire Girl is one who has at least at-
tained the rank of wood-gatherer and
was a member "in good standing at.
the time of her with-drawal fr&m the
troup. This day has not been set but
we are hoping for a barbecue and in
case we get it that will be the day.
Mr. Parker will give ttie girls a
special rate for swimming. Mr. Webb
has offered us.shelter in case-of stflrm
everything's lovely and we are going
to have a good time.,
TKI& camp aims to~ rei£ch every
phase of the girls life—good whole-
some fun in the great out of doars,
amrTearning to do things by doing,
Each giri will nee$ a cot, 3 blankets
1 sheet, pillow and pillow case, a bag
for her personal-things such as cloth-
soap, 1st aid kit, note books, pencils,
-ing/'tSotr hrush, Taufldry and toilet ,
paintg for teneffinfe~pi6ce of ifrtiS-'fMrs Ko /Howe
loum for- hand craft work, soft ma-
terial, for dying and. batik material to
embroidery design, material to make- -Miss Gertrude Brent
pot ^covers with.—The ba«ket matW-
to "his cafe ' south Berkshire Strset will make without any more raiTr thts j very ihteresting and worthwhile books
just south of the Revf&wf office. ""
Moyer put in a hamberger stand and
cafe about a year ago and his business
has grown arid which has required the
budding of an addition to his place.
Which will be 18 by 24 when finished.
season. Crop conditions over the
county at this time are very promis-
ing and with the desired dry feather
from flow on, an abundance of all
of crops will be made InvCrpsby
ial will be ordered for useyot camp.
No girl will need more than S1.00
for spending money, and will not be
allowed to have over $2.50. Neither
is necessary.
The Crosbyton Camp Fire Girls
plan to take their ci«ulattagvlibrar^
for girls of their age.
Should anyone ttfont information in
regard to ©amp ask the guardian of
your local-troop here. Crosbyton has
the name of putting things over and
we hope she makes this a success. ,
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states, "should result in the advance^,
ment of agricultural prosperity in th^
•State of Texas and the' raising of the
standard of living upon the farm
homes there." The interest of farm
women in the problems of the farm
is considered paramount to the succes
of farming operations by agricultural
leaders here where prosperous farm-
ing is a reality and where cooperative
marketing has been in operation over
a period of years.
< Personnel
Texas Farm J^omen's Special
Miss Will Allen Wooten, Kafman, Tex
Dr. J3. A. Logan ^
Mrs. M. S. Hudson
Mrs. O. F. Hartman
Miss Margaret Moore
Mrs. C. Z. Fine
Mrs. F. F Revier
Miss Mae Murfee-
Tyler, Texas
Hvoli
Wato
Slaton
..• Lubbock
Lubbock
Mrs Charles Mathisen Fredericksburg
Mrs. M, !j. Robertson Seymour
Mrs. J. R. DunaWay*" "Waxahachie
Crfmaft
Miss. Letai^gTriim—~ Brady
Mra. J. L. Mooring • ChiUli-ess
rs. Richard Wischkampei. Shamrftck
Henderson
Iowa/Park
BaHrriger
Ballinger
Lott
TemBle
~.eallerf b\ tlie Cilr
Comissfon Wednesday night to the
Chamber of Commerce and citizen^
of Crosbyton for'the "purpose of dis-
cussing the sewer proposition now "be-
fore that body, in order that a view
of"~the citizens of the city couli*h be
had on the proposition.
Two or three propositions had come
before the Commission and to aseer--
tain a desire of the citizenship and
to form a decision as to the .course
and to find out the desire of the peo-
ple, this meeting was called.
Mr. Johnson, representing the J3n-
and discussed at length™thes' matter
presented the propositions that he had
to offer; It was verbaiy decided -to
let this company build the sewer sys-
tem and operate it for a p'eriod of ten
years and four ^months, and at the
expiration of this time it becomes the
property of the city. The company
is to get-4ril revenue ffirfrftfie sewer
during this time and the city , is to
grant the company a franchise, This
is the substance of the proposition
which will be worked out in the next
few days. _ ....
DE AN GORDON WILL
SPEAK SUNDAY WEEK
m
5 A woman's idea of a good-conver-
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Dean Gordon of the Texas Techno-
logical College at Lubbock will preach
at the Presbyterian Church Sunday
morning, August 7th. at the 11:00 o*
clock hour. .
The public is invited to attend*
HER MOTHER DI£Q
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Smith .were
called away last week to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Smith's mother, who
died at Richland, Texas on last Friday
ml
East Plains Country
Hale Center -nationalist is a man who can think
bf something to say when she pauses
for a second J;o regain heV breath.
"S Plains Richest
Lotye Thomas
Mrs. "W. C. Williams
Lura HpllIgaWOrth
Miss Lynnette Stokes
Miss Carrie TomHgen ~
Mrs. George R. Felter
Mrs. V, W. BondY
Mrs. Harry Peterson 1
G. V. McNallie
O. M. Lowry
M. fi. Hays
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Austin
Jackson
Dallas
, Tyler
Dallas
Pallaa
Agricultural
Section of Country
section o$ country near McAdoo, was
in town-Saturday,^^ t arag"ah3 0ft CHURCH
ther business. Mr. Stephenson is an
'Arkansas farmer,' having come to
i'Sp,;
t-
Dickens "County two years ago.-. He
has been making a success of farm-
ing here, thinkll the...PJairiS country
the richest agricultural section of A-
merica and is
moire land for
gage in farming
Spur . -
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E. K. Richardson who lives oi
East Plslifts, will soon begiiF
tion of a modern brick veneer
dence on his farm in that coi
according to reports this
3. B. Manly is buildm,
five room bungalow on his
the east plaina. - r
R. A. Craysby in building a
gin plant there. Material is
ground and carpenters at work. .
Crop conditions are very fine c
east plains this year, and
ng a snlendid v
no hindrances-
tered.
The East Plains is a fine
land is just on the eve of a
ftil development. Whe
cut is finished it will give
jlains people an easy and
way ih which to get to 1
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