The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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rive you satisfaction. 1 have a. new line of goods to go into my shelves this
- t markets and now I ask you to call .and examine the goods,and get, prices
in my store is new, clean and up-to-date and you
Ourdesire isgjye satisfaction and courteous
ffell.^^SNELJ., Crosbyton,TTexas
ouri
Decides Question
na Fide Clubs can Dispense
d : to Members and
Not, Violate the. Law
- Austin, May 18.
The Supreme
urt yesterday upheld the bona
■fide social clubs of Texas in that
.4 "I* fllifliV
this case to the provisions of
our statute that possessionrof an
internal revenue license is prima
facia proof that such person ""
chose to have this question de-
termined before filing wholesale
"proceedings against 500 or 600
i such, clubs, involving endless
engaged in the retail liquor busi-j labor and enormous expense to
riess; that is but a rule of evi- the state. Every possible qijies-
dence and has only the effect to tion was raised by the state and
make a prima facia case which the supreme court has answered
may be rebutted and in this case /them in a clear -and lucid mari-
is conclusively overborne by thejner, which settles theHaw of the
agreed facts." i case.as it nowstaAds. L
The court holds: "That the "I feel that the decision of
can dispense'li'quor to thier statute under which the injunc- ' the court clearly vindicates- the
members without violating the
' :j
liquor laws of the state, This
- was in answering certified ques-
tions in the. case of the State of
Texas against J. "0. Duke et al.,
-directors of the Dallas Golf and
Country club. The court adopt-
ed 4s part of its opinion the- fol-
lowing in a case from Montana.
The court says:
IflJpon- the-.-.whole' we think
the iiifejt must govern, on the
. one hand; if the organisation is
merely to provide the members
with a convenient method of ob-
taining a drink whenever they
, desire it, or if the form of mem-
bership is no more than a pre-
tense, so that any person with-
out discrimination can procure
' liquor by signing his na,me in - a
' .book or buying a ticket or slip,
thus enabling the proprietor to
conduct a little illicit traffic, then
lit falls within the terms of the
law- • But on the other . hand, if
the club is organized and con-
ducted m good faith, with a
limited and select membership,
really owning its property in
common and formed for the enr
tion should be asked, should be [policy of the department in hav-
strictly construed.
ing these questions determined
: ' 'That-4ihlesi the appellees are; before filing a multitude" of use-
to be prosecuted for keeping a less and vexatious suitg^-but on
disordely house, , the injunction-the other hand. the department
ought to be denied.
"That the possession of a re-
tail liquor dealer's license can-
not place the appellees under the
liabilities of a retail liquor' deal-
er. The aet-of applying for an
will continue ,£o prosecute all
illegitimate and unlawful clubs
which are evading the laws of
the state.
"I cannot make it too plain
that if the legislature will give
internal revenue license does_j rnethe means to do so, it will be
not stop them from submitting j the policy of this department to
proof they are not retail liquor | continue to sue for the forfeiture
dealers. j °f the charters of every social
"That a bona fide-^lub is not' a j club, which uses its corporate
person unde^the law engaged in | charter for purposes not author-
the sale of intoxicating liquors, j ized by^law, but merely as shift-
"Qlubs are organized in good er fields or subterfuges to
faith, but merely shifts, are dis- j
ordely houses'and can be prose-;
cuted." • . J
•Atttorney General Lightfoot, !
when asked for an expression
relative to the country club case, !
said:
evade the
state."
liquor ...laws
of this
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Iff
Gun Club Shoot^
S" Last Thursday evening -the
j Crosbyton Gun Club held a vgry
"The opinion of .the supreme j interesting shoot and there were
court in the Dallas County club ; about ten shooters entered for
draws a clear distinction be- | the evening,. The score-, while
tween clubs organized in good n°t good enough to put in print
faith, which in addition to car- were not so bad as some We
joyment of golf or other inno- j rying out the purposes of .their have seen. -The Gun Club has
t< ent sports, or for social, liter- j organization and as an incident, some valuable traps and Jias
Tpry, artistic or other purposes, j of their corporate purposes, dis-, plenty Blue Rocks coming for
iSkri *< '' which the furnishing of : pense liquors to their members a big shoot for the 8-9th, of J une.
liquor to its members' would be I and'invited guestsas distinguish- Some of the Club boys are rub-
iri the' same ; edfrom"those clubs which are Or- i bing up their old guns and say
they will make some "one shoot
for the prizes at the picnic.
Every shooter in Texas islnvited
and no body barred. Everybody
shoots from TG yards and wiil be
V merely incidental,
^Mr-attd~t¥ thesame^t®TtRat'ganized osiensibly for charitable,
the supplying of dinners., -and scientific, athletic or benevolent
!f|any papers might be,' then purposes and do nothing more
1 it cafonot be considered as with-1 than to open a barroom and
tai'the purpose, or letter: of the'gambling resort.
mw
law."
^urther'the cffurt saysr
j "The suits heretofore filed by
The the department~""ftave been
m
cotpe and be on
hand-we will have some yaluable
prizes to offer.
jjjpjjl not designed -to entrap our,
B5||ns in -veiled language of un-1 lawful clubs. "Under General
mekning. To do sa Davidson's administration.it was
fcia^be hateful as the conduct; held that b^na fide clubs were
the tyrant of the ancient' noLprohibite'd from selling liquor
World who bulletined his decrees to their members and invited
•'beyond his subjects' sight and guests.
their infrac- "It remained to be determined
whether the Robertson-Fitzhugh
■ yet punished for
. tion.""
' 1 Continuing, itdeclares:
ich but little
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importance; in
law changed the status of bona
fide clubs. The department
shown a good time. Experts
"shoot for rocks only, If you
The New Methodist Parsonage
is nearing completion and is
certainly a credit to the city.
This building shows the proper
spirit of our people in doing
what they do as good as . the
best,
SOT#?fc&view headquarters for everything in the line of legal, blanks.
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Now open for business in the
Lewis: store north of public
Hgjiare. We ask all our old friends andvpust mers,.. as well, as the
business with us.- We solicit every ac-
count'and will be just as liberal as conservative banking will allow;
z They Do Say.
That the Butter Milk Club is
getting new members at a rapid
rate of late. •
That Isham Collier knows
what to feed a horse on to make
him pull, it is a great Blessing
to the ball team.,. ]
That Edgar Allen hung .a big i
fish recently in white River that j
broke his poll and then broke
the line. - j
That Rev. J. H. Richards is;
is the king Snake hunter of the ;
South Plains for he killed a nine
foot., rattler recently' in the
Canon. ^
That Crosbyton Pharmacy's
trade is doubling each day of
late -since ^ they went into the
Butter milk^business..."
That8A. K. Lakey can hit
more Biue rocks than "any one
in the Gun club;
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That WiH Dun can drive fast-
er in the night and without
lights than any automobile owner
in the Plains Country.
That Harrison Ellison is a very
buisy man of late.
That Will Dun has not got so
much business up at Estacado of
late as he .use to .have.
That Judge Parrish makes the
best President of the Butter
Milk Club in its history.
That Will'-F^'-Ezell has been
elected Secretary and Treasurer
of the Butter Milk. Club. Is all
satisfied?
That Will Dunwody can drive
twenty mile in the night trying
to find his'way half mile.
That I. L. Cone has learned
why the water tower in Cros-
byton will have to be moved.
That Dr., Frank Johnson has
been taking a course in the I. C.
S. School from the - way, he
sings of late. - \
That Shad Green is a man of
Leisure of late.
That Jim Hamilton has more
visitors than any one in Cros-
byton.
That Hamp Boggs, is taking
orders for Hump Back Suits of
late. _ ,, ,
That J. C. Woody has made
arrangements for another Rail-
road for Crosbyton.
When .you are in need of dry.goods, boots, shoes,
hats, etc...-When you 'm weed off fancy or
staple groceries,, give u's.'a trial, we strive to please ,
' WE GIVE MORE
WE CHAMSlisS
AhcTreta0fen.ber our goods, are .fresh and-ttp~to=
date and sold.uhcler a ^positive guarantee. Give
the|Q^rte johiftston Store a trial and you will
lhave no loom to'complain.
I. L
Cone, Mgr.
CROSBYTON, TEXAS
J. E. ohnston,
* Order of Sale
The,State of -Texas, To the Sheriff or
any Constable of Crosby County,
Greeting;
Whereas, on the 13th day of Decem-
ber, A. D. 1910. ,
J. (J. Woody" recovered a judgment
in the District court of Crosby county,
against J.. S. Bedingfield and Hugh
Metca 1 f.jjfor the ^um -of - one' hundred
three anJ"no one hundr^Ss dollars, with
interest thereon from the 13th day of
December A, D. 1910, at 10 per cent,
per annum and all costs of suit, with a
foreclosure of a Vendors- lien on the
following described real property, situ-
ated in the County of Crosby and State
of Texas, to wit": And being Lot No. 8
in Block No. 112, in the towu of Emma
Crosby County, .Texas.as it.existed on
the 15th day of January ,A.. D., 1910,
and that said property be sold as un-
der execution in satisfaction of said
judgment.
Therefore, You are hereby command-
ed that you seize the above described
property, and sell the same as under
execution. And should the'proceeds'of
said sale be insufficient to satisfy said
'judgment, interest. and costs of suit
and the'ftfrther costs of executing this
writ, then of the goods and chatties,
lands and "tenements of the said J. S.
Bedingfield and Hugh. MetCalf you will
cause •ta'be made said sum of money
then remaining, unpaid.
Herein fail not, and haye you the
said moneys, together with this writ,
showing how ^ou;. have exected the
same, before said court, at the court
house thereof, in Crosbyton, Texas
within 60 days from this date.
Witness WiTf F. Ezell clerk of the
Disctict court of Crosby county.
"Given under my hand and the seal of
sXid court at office in Crosbyton, Tex.,
this the 15th day of May, A. D. 1911,
' Will F. Ezell clerk District co.urt Cros-
by county, Texas.
J. C. Woody tells us that he
expeets-to begin the erection of
a magnificent home in Crosbyton
at an early date.
Gill Will Take up Evkugelis-
_ 4 tic Work
Rev. Ijeonard Gill has resigned
his place ^. superintendent of
missions for the 'Presbyterian
Church (U. S.) in the Panhan-
dle and will receive .authority
from the General assembly upon
which Jhe 'is in attendance at
present, in Louisville, to take up
the work of an evangelist. in
the state at large. 1 '
The great success attendant
upon the work of Rev. Gill in the
Panhandle, as a ..missionary will
cause an expression of regret
from his many friends, tb
has determined to abandon the
missionary field, as such. Dur-
ing his two years' work in "this
portion of the state, Rev.. Gill
has planted more churches than
any other man who ever occupi-
ed the teraitory.
During the past few weeks;
the work of Rev. Gill has been
almost entirely evangelistic, and
he is branching into the evan-
gelists' field in the interest, of
broader work. This is not "pure-
ly out of considefatioh for him-
self, as Rev. Gill has explained*
for he was pleasantly,situated in
connection with - the" Missionary
movement, but more on account
of the good which he believes
can b'e accomplished for the
cause in which he has been 'Sou...
long engaged.
While" no definite statement
can be made as'to the place of
residence to be maintained by
Rev. Gill, it is deemed probable
that he will not likely' remain in
Arharillo. "The point is not set-
tled, and it might be possible
that he will continue to reside
here. —^Amarillo News.
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J. M. BASSETT. President
R. M. BASSETT Vice-President
W. D. PETZEL, Cashier
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White, Frank E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1911, newspaper, May 25, 1911; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242236/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.