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VOLUME 26
CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY- TEXAS, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1934
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Attendance Record Set At School Hallowe'en Carnival
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Total of $110 Is Received by
School Fronir Affair; No*
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Queen of Carnival
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One, if not the largest crowds ever
to attend a program at the high
school, was present Wednesday night
for the Hallowe'en carnival, staged
by pupils and teachers of the Cros-
byton public schools. <
Officials stated that approximately
$110.00 was gross receipts, and an
estimated profit of $65.00 was real-
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RALOF W.
UR MONDAY
Close Watch Fails To Catch
Stalcup and Brownln
l Past Week
Sheriff—V. A.—Johnston, Deputy
Jim Williams, Jarrett Martin, M. H.
Thomas, B. F. Hicks, and J. M. Reed
attended the funeral services pf W.
B. (Bill) Arthur, slain sheriff of
ized. The proceeds will be divided Dickens county, held at Dickens Mon-
between the grammar school and the day morning.
dramatic club, co-sponsors of the oar-
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Sheriff Arthur wa killed Saturday
evening by Virgil Stalcup and Clar-
ence Brown with the sheriff's own
V when they escaped from the Dick
ens county jail. The pair escaped in
the Sheriffs Ford V-8 tudor aedan
carrying his weapons and ammuni-
tion.
About 5,000 persons from West
Texas, New Mexico; and Oklahoma
were in attendance at the funeral of
Sheriff Arthur, and it required 50
officers to control the traffic. .
Widow Is Appointed
Mrs. Athur was appointed by the
Commissioners' Court of Dickens Co.
to serve her husband's unexpired
term, ending January 1.
Charged with the .violation of the
National Motor Vehicle theft act,
the U. S. Department of Justice step-
ped into the search Tuesday for Stal-
jcup. who faces more than 250 years
| in the state penitentiary already. The
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nival. It will be used to purchase
library and other esuipment for the
grammar school and stage; scenery
for the dramatic club.
School officials wish to express
thanks to the merchants and public in
general for their co-operation.
Prizes Awarded
Those receiving prixes given by the
high school were: Jean Sherwood,
35.00; Mrs. R. S. Gibson received the
electric toaster and Eunice Emory, an
electric dronT Sammie Starrett won
the- electric iron given by the Home
Economics class.
Miss Novice Wren was crowned
Queen of he Carnival by R. J. Coffey,
Senior candidate for King.
A premilinary boxing match was
staged by Earl Perser and Kay Camp-
bell. Thei main boxing match was
between Coach. Ludlow and Mack Ed-
en.
The play, "Swamp Spirit," created I charges were filled at Amaril'.o
a tense moment with the audience i-complaint of E. J. Dowd. special a-
during the one act performance, Its gent of the division of . investigation,
wierd sitting in keeping with thei o
Name of Essay Writing :
Contest Is Changed To
"Ready Writers Cdntest"
"The name of the Essay Writing
Contest of the Interscnolastic Lea-
gue has been changed to 'Ready Wri-
ters Contest,' according to Mr. E. M.
Mills, who has been elected director
cf the contest for the county.
"The old name suggested a more
formal composition than the rules of
the.contest com/template, and hence
it has been deemed wise to change
the name to make it conform more
iloaely to the composition that is
Many Pupils Receive Honor
Fori Scholastic Standing
In Local Schools
-The—following students—of—the
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night when "ghoSts" and "Spirits" I. mMTDArTARC
walk, brought forth varied acclama- lAJL/iVLi 1KAL lUxvo
tion of sentiment from the audnnce.
in the gym attracted many carnival
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1933 CERTIFICATES
ARE RECEIVED AND
POOLED BY AGENT
COMPLETE TWO JOBS
IN SHORT ORDER
Lack Only One Job In Pafo
Pinto County Finishing
Present Contracts
1934 Cotton Tags Expected
Within Next Few Days
10fficials State
The 1933 cotton certificates have
been received at the county agent's
office and they are being pooled, just
as fast as they are received, Mr. E-
vans, assistant county agent, fold a
Review reporter the other day, and
1934 certificates within the next few
days.
Up H that time there had been
placed with the national pool some-
thing over 5,000.000 pounds of lint
cotton of certificates held by Crosby
county cotton producers, representing
about 10,460 bales of cotton.
The pool closes November 10, all
certificates will have been pooled by
that time, in the opinion of Mr. E-
vans. There is still a derttand for
certificates,' he added.
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V. H. Davis Grows Good
Grapes and Peaches At
required. t
"The topics that are issued for use
«re all within the range of the aver-
age pupil's study, observation and
experience, and hence no preparation
of subject-matter is necessary. The
preparation required is practice' in
writing and writing readily, that is,
organizing and presenting a suSJect
in the most effective way. Punctua-
tion, spelling, paragraphing, and oth-
er items on the formal side are, of
course, taken into consideration, in
grading the papers. Some of the to-
pics call for narrative, some for ar-
gument, others for exposition, and so
on. The pupil is given five topic*
from which he may choose one as the
subject of "his composition.
"Winners in tha County meet" are
qualified for participation in the dis-
trict meet, and winners in the dis-
trict go to he regional meet for fur-
ther competition and for qualification
to the State Meet."
HONOR ROLLS FOR
FIRST SIX WEEKS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Pupils of Mrs. Curry a
. Get First Place In Rook
Contest At School
Pupils of the high thatd and low
fourth grade rooms, taught by Mrs.
Hubert Curry, was the winner in the
book contest conducted last week by
tne Crosby ton grammar school. Miss
Cteo Nicholson's room was second and
Grammar school has been named to Mrs. Taylor Lowrie's room third in
the honor roll for the first six weak the contest.
period with an average of 9CT on all Books secured from the contest will
subjects: go into a grammar school library,
First Grade: Oretha Fay Cornelius, to be placed on the sceond floor of
Barbara Young, Billy DeeColIter. Bil- the building- ^
ly Joe Williams, Dean Hefner Faye Pupils of Mrs. Curry's room were
Barnes, Bobby Ray Parks, Mavis admitted free to the ball game Fri-
Rose Ballard, Marion Carol Edwards, day afternoon, and "will be given a
ButtarLee-Drake, Bobby Race Heficy half holiday later m the year lor the
and Kenneth Reed.
Second Grade: Norma June Crump,
Roberta Dickey, Loraine Sander.in,
Oliver Freeman, Billy Pilgrim,
Third Grade: Gynella Greer, June
Reed, Gene Ellison, Wendell Rhcdes,
Sallie Ann Taylor.
winning of the contest.
Wayne Smith, son of Mrs. Ban F.
Smith, was the largest donater to
the library. He brought in some-
thing more than 50 books.
Anyone else wishing to donate or
loan books to this library will find
I 1U011 Lfuuao UU UIIO UWtAljr
Fourth Grade: Jean Sherwood, them greatly appreciated.
Grayson Tennison, Joana Lowe, Her- — o
•W Dj«J Harvey McEMh.ni , WOMEN RECEIVE
Fifth Grade: Eleanor Williams,
Virginia Nell Crump, Jane Huddles- j
ton and Faye Haltom. .
Sixth Grade: Morris Watson, No- ———
ra Joe Milla Ray Huddleston, Leo- Ladies Plan To SeCUl'e Do*
nard Foust, David Bidwell, Tommie
Davis, and Grady Williams.
ENCOURAGEMENT
IN CEMETERY FUND
MORE CATTLE
i CHECKS RECEIVED
Huddleston & Work, local highway
contractors, have completed two high
way projects that were begun some-
time ago. The Olton job, in Lamb
county, of 13 and 1-2 miles, was fin-
ished Monday, C. M. Huddleston, a
member of the firm, stated Tuesday.
Another job in Kent county "of 4 and
1-2 miles was completed in 20 days
from the time work was begun.
The local contractors are working j likely
on a Palo Pinto project that is much ! said,
slower because of the rough country |
nteredr—It will likely take—un-
til next March to finish this job o.
9 and 1-2 miles. Mr. Huddleston said.
Bring Total Payments To
Around $70,000
An additional batch of check I came
in to the county agent's office the
first of the week in payment of cat-
tle bought bv the government. The
cattle buying program of the govern-
ment has been definitely closed.
The total,, number of cattle pur-
chased in the county runs to 8,370
head, Clay Henry, office officia1, said
Tuesday. A total of $86,352 will bti
distributed among producers of the
county by the sale of these cattle.
Approximately $70,000 of this a-
mount has already been paid, and
the larger part of the balance will
be received this week, Henry
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nations To Pipe Water
To Local Cemetery
High School honor roll for the first
sixe weeks of school is as follows:
Honor roll: Inez Ross, Bobbie Ha-
ney, Hazel Dell Hicks, Bessie Lou
Matthews, Helen Pieratt, Henry E.
Haltom, R."Hi Farris, Nell McCurdy,
Bill- Walker, Doris Huddleston, Mary
McKee, Robbie. Helen Waldron, Rob-
ert Bidwell, Emily Bond, Lucille Dri-"(Aer, Mr. W.
ver, Nell Farris, Anita Freeman, Ne 1 and
Freeman, Jean Houser, Kathleen The names and amount of joints
Mabe, Oscar Mangum, Christene. Mau given will be published next week,
pin, Mina E. Nation, Frances Old-,
The committee Soliciting funds for
"A Joint of Pipe" to pipe water to
the cemetery is meeting with an en-
couraging response from most every
one solicited.
If every citizen' will buy one or
more, joints the project can be put
M. Romane, chairman
100 MATTRESSES TO
BE GIVEN NEEDY
OF CROSBY COUNTY
In Crosbytan This
Week ,
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The Texas Highway Commission
will have another highway letting on
CROSBY MEN AT
COTTON GROWERS
MEET AT LUBBOCK
Aynes,
Mildred Thomas, Florence
Vera Jean Roberson.
. _ , , . , . __ ,. . _T Honorable mention: Dorothy Wood-
November 8, but the local company Meeting Was To Study New ward) J. v. Campbell, and Medford
is not placing any.b ds with the com-
missron-at thir time,
ham.
Honorable mention: Evelyn Barrow
John A. Odom, Meredith Steele, Sou-
vie Tussy, Pauline Collier, Marguer-
ite Coffey, Ruth Freeman, Frank B.
Johnston, Bonnie Anderson, Odie MattieSSeS To Be Delivered
Boyd, Madalene Edler, Gwenme Mc-
Pherson, Geneva Meadows, Juantta
Ross, Nita Roy, Clifton Tennison,
Betty Jo Coplin, Prances Chappe 1,
Alice Latham, Hazel McClure and Crosby county will get 100 mat-
Marguerite Mabe. i tresses to distribute among the des-
Sixth and Seventh Grade: Harvey titute of the county, Alebtr Crandall,
Lee Bass, June Fralin, Lilian Fay relief official, said Monday. "We have
Ferguson, Dovie Marsh, Helen Free- been noified that the mattresses wi 1
man, Laura Ola Reed, Elnorai Dyer, be delivered here this week," Mr.
Mildred Davis, Jack Bidwell, Velma CrandalL said.
koss. Thelma .Pilgrim, NitaTDavidson
Geraldine Pennington, Eveiyn Wall,
jHOme in South Crosby ton
' V. H. Davis of Crosbyton has rais-
ed some very fine grapes on hit}
place in South Crosbyton this year.
He also gathered some good peaches
from this year's crop.
Mr. Davis exhibited a bunch of his
GROCERY STORES
TO CLOSE HERE AT
W. H. Hames, a director for Cros
„ n.Tnnrr, by county, of the Northwest Texas
6:00 DURING-.WINTER | Cotton Growers association,-" Lloyd j
Fowler, Forest Edler, Charles Elam,
others fronv the county, atten
a meeting of the association at Lub-
bock Monday. About ten from this
rnnrtty attended. My. ?aid. A-
ShOrt Crop and
Expenses Cited As the
_ .Reason for.Action^
Plans of Operation
of Body
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McCoy.
JUDGE WALKER GETS
CASE REMANDED MON.
In Amarillo Court
Judge W. P. Walker was informed
Monday thaF" "th>i "case of wneeler
Lumber Bridge and Supply Co., vs.
C. M. Huddleston, in judgement for
51,000, was reversed and remanded
in Court of Civil Appeals at Amar-
illo, Monday, October 29.
The case was first tried, in dis-
trict court here, when judgement was
rendered for plainted and was appea'-
ed to Court of Civil Appeals at Amar-
illo. Judge Walker, was represent-
ing the defendant, C. M. Huddleston.
FILM TRIUMPH
"Distribution of mattresses to des-
titute Texans has passed the 5,000
mark as officials have stepped up
production in plants operated by the
Texas. Relief Commission.
The program has been carried out
in 65 counties and it is being extend-
ed to others as rapidly as*production
permits. C. Z. Crain, head of the
Commodity distribution department of
the conunission, said.
- 'To-tfsfter mattrei
been delivered to clients from p'ants
mission and emp!oying relief labor;
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-SEEKS FUNDS TO
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Rev. I. A. Smith of Floyda-
da Is Scheduled For Prin
cipal Address; Music and
Readings on Program
Preparations ate about compitfcs ''
for the Father-Son Banquet to be
h«Id at the First Methodist church
on November 7, at 7:80 o'clock. Ar-
rangements have been made for a ,
hundred guests, Rev. Crandall said,
and all indications are that many or
more will be in attendance.
Judge Edgir* Hutching will be the
toastmaster, and Rev. I. A. Smith, thtf
pastor of the Methodist church at
Floydada, will be he principal speak-
er of the evening. Rev. Smith Is a
former pastor of the local churcb,
and is an interesting speaker.
Mr. John H. Crabb, a musician of
note, will give two trumpet number*
and two violin ndMbers, Mr. Crabb is
a musician of talent, having spent
most of liia life teaching He has rti-
rected a number of bands and or-
chestras in other parts of the state.
Two male quartet numbers will be
rendered in the personnel of P. A.
Green, Olin Littlefield, Hubert Cur*
ry and Ellis Mills. The program will
be interpersed with readings and
piano riumbers.
Men are invited to attend and to
bring at least one son as guest.
Those not having a son or sons, ah)
asked to adopt some boy as their
guest.
The ladies of the Missionary so-
cieties are preparing and serving the
banquet. A fine menu will be pre-
pared and served in a fine way. The
banquet, hall' will be beautifully de-
corated in colors and in keeping with
the occasion.
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MAIL OUT CORN-HOG
PERFORMANCE SUPS
Expect Second Payment By
Middle of November
Certificates of performance on the
corn-Jiog contracts will probably bs
sent in to Washington the later part
of the week, officials at the county a-
gent's office .said Tuesday, and pro-
ducers will then be in line for the
second payment, which is one dollar
per head. The first payment of $2
has already been madk
The second payment is expected to
be made about the middle of Novem-
ber, and the third payment sometime
in January. 1935. The third payment
will be for $2, it was said.
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GET APPROVAL FOR
CROSBY COUNTY
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toads for the county, amounting
$14,000: -
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much-money, is available and. JHL
Crosby County to Receive
$14,000 If Funds Are
Available
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Judge Edgar Hutchins, county re-
SM administrator an\i 'A. -"Crtft-
dall, assistant, went to Austin last
week on business with the state re-
lief body.^
\pproval of tftyge projxfe"" "'weFa"
secured; one for Crosbyton, one for
he—other for lateral
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found
grocery
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In another column of this
issue of the Review will be
the closing notice of the
stores of the city.
Beginning on Monday, Nov. 5, _the
stores expect to close at six o'clock,
and are asking their customers . to
grapes, well clustered, and also a arrange their purchases in accordance
Fample of peaches
on his trees.
TURKEY DRESSING SCHOOL
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A turkey dressing school was held
Tuesday at the home of Joe'McDuff
in the Fairview community, Cline E<'
Morris, county agent . said. There
were 10 present at the school and
took part, Mr. Morris said.
Mr. Paul Cunyus, of the extension
department, had charge of the' de-
monstration. -
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MAKES GOOD COTTON
K. Swanholm who lives south of
town, said here Tuesday that he had
gathered 40 bales of cottop and ex-
pected to get five more. Mr. Swsn-
bolm has in about 150 acres and will
realise about a third of a bale frer
acre. This is a good crop for thia
year, and hi* cotton haw all graded
iddlin|K
that was grown with these hours. It is pointed out
that because of no crop this fall-and
but few people are on the streets af-
ter this hour, it -would, be useless to
RMjicmaftr at "fite "Wres later,' amr - the _
" dosing at thfs hour will be a saving are functionirjg in lSjeounties. They
in Utility Wlls" for the merchants.
Hiis, dosing hour does-not apply
to' Saturday eight.
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bout 23 counties are eimbraced in the
district.
The meeting was for a study of
plans of operation, Hames "said, and
was attended by around 150 market-
ing coundlmen over the district. M.
S. Hudson, president of Hale Center,
presided. H. L. Gantz, Lubbock is
Secretary. - 4~:
John T.* Orr, of Dallas, was prin-
cipal speaker. Mr. Orr-was the first
president of the Texas Farm Bureau
federation. " • p
Ig-have been- orgtmireil ami
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
good, middling and strict mi
Mr. tit* Mrs.'George Strange vis-
ited lire. Strange's father, J. B. Cof
M. M. Sundajr. They
also visited friends in Clovis and Por-
talis cver the week-end.
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Published every week right at
Washington, D. C., now the political
and industrial capital of the world—
the very nerve and newa center of i®
creation, the Pathfinder has a tre-'
Imendous advantage over all other
magazines. That is why, we are hap-
py to offer Pathfinder in- combination
with The Crosbyton Review at. the
big -bargain price of only $1.50.'You
will always be correctly and fully in-
formed if you read these two sterl-
ing publications every Keek. Leave
your order at our offioe( where sam-
ples of Pathfinder may be seen) or
send it by mail or phone. The im-
portant thing is, dont let this chjuice
slip! A word to the wise is sufficient.
O"
are Lamb, Dawson, Terry, Croaby.,
ifto, Floyd, Hockley, Lynn,
Cottle^fttotley, King and Garza coun-
ties.
We are transfering lots of cotton
from 10 cents to the 12 cent govern-
ment loan," Mr. Hames said.
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WOMEN BREAK THEIR NECKS
sometimes fighting for bargains in
stores. This is not necessary as we
have arranged for you the greatest
bargain of all. On\y $1.50 will bring
you the Croebyton Review and the
Pathfinder—both of these favorite pa
pars—52 weeks. Folks are rushing
to take alvantage of this great bar-
gain; you had better act today while
you think of it. Bring or mail your
order.
Hon. Loyd Wleli, «T ftins, waa In
Crosbyton Tuesday on legal bus'ness.
F. C. Cash and family of Bowie,
attended the funeral of W. D. (Bill)
Arthur, slain sheriff of Dickens Co.,
Monday. They came on to Cfosby-
ton for a few days viait with relatives
Setting a now standard for musical
production, Fox Film's latest release,
George White's "Scandals" will run
at the Queen Theatre Saturday night
preview. Sunday, Monday and Tues-
day, in all its gorgeous splendor. .
White himself enacts a part in the
film, and he has recruited a galaxy,
of radio, stage and screen stars. - A-
mohg the many notables in the Aim
are Rudy Vallee. Jimmy Durante, A-
lice Faye; Cliff Edwards, Gregory
Ratoff, Adrienne Ames, Dixie Dun-
bar and Gertrude Michael. Valle
and Raye make a fine romantic team.
The fun-makingof Durante, Edward.'
and Dunbar will have you rolling in
the aisles.
The film fairly brims over Vith
spectacular revues, dashing danoes,
hit songs and comedy blackouts. It
is m colorful eyeful, with 150 lovely
"Scan-Dolls" wearing stunning cos
tumes, dancing the intricate and fa«t-
moving steps created by Georgia Hale
ADVERTISE A NEW
NATIONAL ROUTE
Federal Designation Made
But Not Officially An-
J nounced Claimed
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Seeking to get a federal designated
highway from, Paris, Texas, west to
the New Mexico line, Mr. Deiyle was
in tM city Monday and met with a
thr"UtiBlnBBrTren- ronwrning
the matter.
spent on these projects," Judge Hut-
chins said, "but it means the project#
are approved to that amount if the
money is available."
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2789 BALES GINNED
IN CROSBY COUNTY
Government Figures
To October 18
Gi*at
The department or
reau of the census cotton -report, in-
He is asking .the towns along the]dicates that th re^were:27S8 bales of
route to assist financially in .adver-
tising the mmte^the; ■
lie, declaring that it is:tHe
cross continent route. „ Maps and il-
lustrated booklets will be published
by the thousands, said Mr. Deiyle and
each contributing will be entitled to
be represented with appropriate sto-
ries of any nature desired. „ __1_
According to Mayor C. M. Huddke-
ton, Mr. Deiyle made the statement
that the route had already been~&ffi-
cially designated as a federal high-
way but had not yet been announced.
About the only gap in this route
between Crosbyton and Paris, Texas,
is in Dickens and King counties, it
waa said, and contact' with the State
Highway Commission is HOW being
made with the promise that this gap
would soon be filled according
Mr. Deiyle.
Mr. and Mrs. C larUf Bin
and son, Don
in Matador Sunday J
cotton ginned in Croaby -eoanty from
JM+b^lthe crop of, 1934 prior to October 18,
pi934, as compared with 12,389 bales
ginned to October 18, 1933, of the
1988 crop, Edgar Hutchins,
cotton statistics reporter fo>f|
county, reports.
BILL NICKSON fO
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Bill Nickson has been
• pharmacist at the Hilton
Drag in Flainview. Mr;
Nickson and
week to their new
John Mayes.
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