The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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. and Employ "200 Men
, Mich., Dec/ 16
1 Jiat the economic
' -problem attending the manufac-
ture of cotton goo'dCwilL be solv
ed only when the cotton mill shall
Kay ®en femglit't ' cotton
field, C. W. Post o U>ir, ciiy,
and the founder of Pdst'Cicy,
Texas, will enter the textile in-
dustry and establish a-large plant
at Post City,
The announcement was made
_ here today that_a mill of 10,000
—spir 1 3 commenced this
winter and the plant wiH be in
operation in time to handle 1912
,, cotton. The initial COst Of, the
factory will be "about $400,000
and it-will be built in such a
manner as to permit additions of
machinery- in case the project
,merits the extension.
This will be the pioneer mill in
Western Tex, the nearest, other
textile plant being 300. miles east
• at Itasca. It will be the- first"
mill in the world combiniagfiyery
process of- manufacture from
jfresh-picked unginned cotton to
the-finished sheeting under one
roof. - -
The mill will employ about 200
' men and( the annual production pay a.debt because
of cloth will be in the; neighbor-
hood of 2,000,000 yrrds of sheet-
-4ngs, finished, hemmed, launder-
ed and ready io be placed upon
the bed; x.^wxx ''
darkness and dispair.
It is an easy matter to deceive
our fellowman. We can com-
mit an "awful crime and then
look-as. in.- -/oil please,
elear our guilt, for we canno.tde-
ceive God. no? even ou'fselves.'
After a crop has been planted,
gather ( d Ibljtl, the business-
like fat mer, ;>oes back over his
.expense account, also the ac-
count of sales and by the use of
figures is soon1 able to tell wheth-
e ' r , cc ' So-:, o> gain
during the year; as we look back
oyer a year of'our pa&t lives it is'
not necessary #or us to resort to
the use of mathematics to find
out if we:-"haye reached higher
ground or have gone in a differ'
■ent diree' for our deeds are
lever befoi^ j, especially if we
think back a.little." . r
111 gotl®.ax^irisr' never, putto
as good a use, nor is it as apt to
cause" as much true happiness to-
sirik down into the human heart,
as that which'is made by honest
endeavor. Which of the two
ways has .yoUr bank account
been increased during the year
lkn ' :
One difficulty in- our way, is1
that a great many are apt "to
make the civil law the-, standard
by which they guage" their ac-
tions, rather than the iaw "of
^.ight and Truth; who _ do their
djity to state and people because
they are compelled to do so; who
the law of
the land made it collectable. . .No
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law absolves one from, d u t y;
and it may be. remarked that a
bill collector is never necessary
-.H^W,. Fairbanks of Dallas will
"general supervision Of the
(jons^uction a^d op^atBn^orfhe
plant. % ! '
r Our Way of Thiriking.
-How Ablout our Readers?
As this ^s the last issue of the
•Review this year, we shall
■•proceed: to give some of our
ideas of how we should feel
about things in genearal, as we
. look back down the stream ^of
life to the day when this year
-yvas wafted ifr." OR the shores
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M .v< v
time. :
" • EerKaps at: the ~ begmirihg1' of
: the'year,' ftiany readers of the
•Review, set good resolutions,
- made many new rules and start-
ed in with the determination of
setting good examples before
those with whom they come in
contact daily; bdf. have the res-
olutions been put^nto effect, the
. rules lived up to? That is a
question one cannot answer for
another, and have you,set^|he
• good examples? We .shall leave
this qestion for you to answer
out of honest hearts.
The Wh'ow-minded fellow 4s
o more apt to win in a race of
ny kind, than is an ox wagon
'n a race with a fast , train; ,be-
^/cause his m<|feof travel is too
iOw. < V?e do : iyot' believe" that
that kind Of a man will succeed
in anything kind of endeavor,,
for he likes the boldness, Which
characterizes the successful man.
"The bold and sufficient pursue their
.'VIM- ~
gairte with more passion,
fore often succeed
iiTcdlletcing^the; '
The spii it of revenge sliould
not be allowed to remain in our
hearts. We are not benefited in
the least by so doing, but are
put. t o 7a . disadvantage.
It is written in the Bible that
God will avenge us of our adver-
saries if we depend upon him.
All of the acts of men, wheth-
er good/Or bad, are being record-
by a hmH^that we cannot see7
If they committed in the
darknes^.of the night, or when:
Tie always showed courage when
it was .necessary for courage to
be - shown. That was not it.
Kruger was of a forgiving spir-
it. Yes, truly great men are of
that type , and their ' 'courage
will rise with danger."
The "'-High Schooj
Entertainment.
the sUn shines, they are Written
in the . book of records all, the
. -Tho , - u rorae ages; -at-7
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the greed of gpU" the'; accom-
iment of sOme selfish pur-
Thetongueisan tinrullymem'-
ber of the body and some of us
are so unthoughted as to roeak
^unkind words about-tiuf ,fronds,
and sometimes \^e are 'so rtiean
as to speak" evil of some one in
the presence of those who " will
believe the evil report Won-
dei how many-eat y th^ du
ing the: year 1911 they hgtye.;.;not
spoken evil of any one.
There are some sins we can
easily, forgive, but some- are of;
the ' kind that it requires some
courage for us' to walk up to Mr.
A, and say: VI can freely for--
give you," and sij^ak it frorh
our heart. ; j .
■ Before .lfrahce became a Re-
public t he !e " was a French
Count there, whv was a good
man," but had a • number of
enemies. When he • was . made
King of France . his enemies
were afraid that they would be
cruelly' treated,, but to- their
great-surprise he treated, them
have them
ambuscade near Krugers
.d o r„p. a ft d w e re captured
b y t li ^ JB o e r s . T h ^e y
were tried by the High Court of
the. South Africa 'Republic,-and
Dr. Jamison aud his \ fo1 loweru
condemned to be shot. Gen.
Jouttert, and other leadihg? Bo#s
demanded that the execution of
the sentence be carried out im-
mediately, but President Kj ti-
ger woun Id not sign . the death
warrant and ordered the prison-
ers turned over,,
authorities; Other leaders still
demanded that they be executed
according to t h e sentenced
He asked those present to be
seated and said: '"My friends,
T will ask you to listen jpatiently
to me fcr several minutes. I
will tgll yotf the story of tHi'
fafmer and the neighbor's dog.
Suppose that Aear your _ farm
lives a man whose valuable dogs
attacks your sheep^4- ^1^
many.' Willydu .shoot the dog
as soon as you see them,-and in
that way make y ourseIf liable
for damages greater than - the
:value Of thp sheep that were de-
"stroyed? Or will you catch the
dogs when you are able to do" so,
and, carrying them back to your
neighbor, say to him: 'I have
got your dog; now pay me for
the damage they have, dope me,
and they shalj .*!>&. r&tucned to
you." Gen Joubert. was con vie
ed of the fact that the President
was right,, replied by saying:
"We have our .neighbor's dogs
and will send them back to Eng-
land." -They were sent back.'
Some said; the President was a
coward, but according to history,
tha
•fees
results.;
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imprisoned, or put to any kind of
inconvenience would be sin un-
becoming thing - Cor the'Kirig of
. V': ; "
erhaps our readers remem-
ber" something about the filibust-
ering expidition in 1900 led by
Dr Jamison, "director of the
British ■ South African Comdany
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'remio >e Colony." Jam-
ison and hi3 party rode into aii
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At the High School Audi-
trium, Friday NigSit,
Decern ber^&2* -
Friday night t h,e. Public
School -gave an ■ eh tertai n then t
at the Public J5chool auditorium,-
which was of .the . higlrest order.
The entertainment was a" great
benefit to the Pupils, as it gave
them confidence in themselves
and an ambition for better
work. It- was given for the pur-
pose of securing funds with
which to purchase a piano for
the School. "
The program rendered was as
follows: "Piano Duett, Mattie
May' Randle and Mrs. O'Reilley;
Acrostic, Grammar School;
Christmas, nigh t, Primary
School; Christmas Morning, .Pri-
mary School; Piano Duett, Miss
Medora Cranford and M r s .
O'Reilley; Play — 'Santa and the
.Dragon;; ' Recitation, Lola Jones *
Piano Duett, Mary Lee Smyers
and Mrs. O'Reilly; Christmas
Tree . Drill, High School boys:
Recitation,' . Lucile Culberson;
Play—'The Greatest Day of the'
Ir. O'Reilly ; Shephard"s Drill,
Primary
sie May Smith; Play: .'Christinas
at the Cross Roads,' High School
girls; Piaiio Duett, Mr. and Mrs.
O'Reilley; 'Christmas- Candles,'
Primary School; Christmas Star
An admition fee of ' 25 cents
for adults and 15 cents for chil-
dren-' was charged.' Schoot chil-
dren were admitted, f e. The
school children were
as only children c:,
after; the.,e^erefees>-were begun,
they;were manly and lady-like,
and oathe,siage conducted them-
selves in such a ' i
bring forth. one.., ajjplai
another from the ■
was a most enjoyable affair a.i^d
i' n.,;A' yy
those who were there. "
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Notice .pf Stockholders Meet-
^ ■ ing y •;;;■■
Of the Crosby ton -Southplains
Raiiroad Company, to, be held
Wednesday,; February 7th, t1912,
for the .purpose of authorizing
the -directors thereof to issue
bonds, etc... , : . , - r
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To the Stockholders of the Crosby-
ton-$Oiithj}lains Railroad Com-
'..V :' • y ■ • "
pany: ' '
You and each of you are here-
by notified that on the 28th day
of October, 1911, at special meet-
ing of the^Board of Directors of
said Company a r|solutioh~ was
unanimously adopted calling a
meeting of: the^toekholders .
said company to be.held on Wed-,
nesday, February " 7th, 191'2, at
the . dfices of the Company in
Crosby ton. Texas,, at 10 p'clock,
ar m;, for the purpose or author-
izing the directors thereof to exe-
mortg.aj'e upon the proper-
ty of the Company "and to issue
bonds thereunder to an amount,
and for a period to be ...fixed by_'
the Stockholders atsaid meeting;*
and "to authorize the directors to
apply to the Railroad Commis-
sionof Texas for authority to ts^
sue sueh borid^;' and to. take sufch
further and Other steps as may
be necessary under the lavi'o' of
Texas for the final/approval by
said Commission of said bonds;
and to obtain the authority, of
said Commissioner to register
said bonds when issued in the
office of the' Secretary of. the
State of Texas. ... _"1.
Dated this 28th day of October,
1911, at Crosby ton, Texas.
R. M. Bassett,
Secretary;
that he knew
had not supported him, but
on account of "ability- Be' would
give him the appointment. This
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will li 1
.-r voters of the.Dis-.
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c,
contest and we hope he will roll
up a; solid vote. „His—annjounce-
rnent is.:subject to the action of
the Democratic • Primaries next
July, and. in .making uj3 your
ballot carefully .consider his.
Hon. W. R.Sjjenceri---'
In our announcement Columns
this week will be found t h e
name^pf W. R. -. Spencer. ,.lw h o
makes the announcement for-
District Judge of this Districfc:
Judge Spencer is the present
District Judge having been ap-
pointed when the District", Was
created last year. He has m&de
one of the best Judges West Tex-
as has ever'had; has at all times
been faif; "ahd jhe places' his
claim before the' ■ voters With a
distiridt undarstand,ing that he
he is fully quMlifed. Judge
Spencer, has been practicing law
in the Statt o| Texas for twen-
ty-five years.and has made good
as a "lawyer a|l along the line.
He has hafU experience, sitting
as Judge in many cases before
he became District Judge of our
District^ and faisimany opinions
havo at'air
!r many ^opinions
times been up-held
istrict was
6d, there
Great-
man .v aspirants
ware
to the Judgeship, r ove^nor
Colquitt had the claims of many
to look over, and setae of the
aspirants had bt st '.inch
Judge Spencer did not' support
Colqitt, and the fact that he told
him he seeumi from Colquitt
£&?, ■ ' J- E. Vicikers.
■"' You will find in the
announcement column of the Re-
view this week the iiahfi,e of Hon.
J. E. Yickers,.who offers * as a
candidate to succeed • himself.as
District Attorney of our District.
Judge pickers is " a prominent
young attorney with experience
and "ability. He. is a 'life long
Democrat,-'and when "our Dis-
trict was,created: last March he
was appointed to the- District
Attorney's office and has * filled
' ' >i|he satisfaction of the ' en-
tire District so far as we are
able to learn. Judge Vickers is
not only a prominent and dis-
tinguished Lawyer, -but Sffipally,
he is a stem-wlhder, and if the
young ladies of theDistrict had
a votop>ffiing-he"would be unaij*
'ii^oi^yelected. -
MY. Vickers received his ap-
pointment as our first District
Attorney, from Gov. Colquitt and
it being known that he vo'ted
against Colquitt in the- last elec-
tion for Governor* aiso a fact
that was well known to Colquitt.
We ask you to seriously - consid-
er Mr. Vickers'claim when the
time'ebmes for you to. niake up
your-ballot. '• •
j7~l" Garrett- Kearney, t '
Mr. Walter Garrett and Miss
Treecy Kearney, of the ?app
community, were married at the
Crosbytoh Inn Tuesday evening
at 3:30 o'clock. Rev. J. H. Rich-
ards officiating. W e_..' under-
stand -that the happy -couple are
■ ^Mrs. Lillie Smith Is ^ th«
list this week. - " .
Some of our farmers were hau'
law
BigTravisof Emma)- was
Cr'osbyton Tuesday.
„ G. M. Wi^ ofE^mahdn —
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business visitor
week.
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position * "■
the Xmas holidays. '■
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Troy i ' haa moved to
Crosby x;<Hed a posi^
regular tion Sn°]-i"
Judge Binson of Lubbock is
looking after -tv " ,ue
J^'jL i' C
■
^ Judge Cooper of Ama>-
busy in the -District Court this
week in Crosbytpn. : '
very prominent in their commni-
■ ty and the. ,Revi#v"
many friends in congratulations.
. ... - ViYiart--Humphie^"
John Vivian, of hear Emma,
procured marriage licence from
4he clerk's office in Crosby ton
several .days ago and left for
Round Rock, Texas, where he
was married to Miss Emma Hum-
phies of that place. ^ Since whick
time the couple has returned' to
Crosby County ' and.' will riialce
theifhome near- Emma. , Both
parties are highly"" esteemed by
those who know them. Mr. Viv-
ian is a brother to Mrs. - 0. F.
Crawley,,of. the Emma commun-
ity, The Review joins, their
-BMeny. frienda hj. congratulations/
.Crosbyton "merchants report
that.business in their different
lines'has been good during the
Christ a lays, so far,
are of ; iion that they will
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f '.4
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Judge Lloyd A. Wicks has be
busy in the _Districts. Court i
Crosby ton this week,. .
R. L! and R. ' vixx ins, of near
Emma, were seen on.oiir streets
Friday. -. . ' M
Uris Bounds and Bob English
of the * Cone community were
among' the sight-seers in CrosBy-
ton recently, - ' , t ;
Mr. Choat of south west of
Emma, attended to business 1
this city, the latter part of last
week, r-" ' r
" Judge Dalton of Pbinview has
been a busy man looking after
Court matters jn^ tlie District
Court thig, ,v?eek. '
GeonET-MayesV" candidate f'
Tax Assessor, has been in • Cfbi
byton most of the first of " th
week.
' John Bedingfield was in Cros- |
byton. Tuesday, and states to ua
that everything in his community
fft looking good.'
JVillis Lee who is employed by
the C. B. Live Stock Co., left
Saturday for Emma to visit his
parents during Christmas .week.
Collier Bryant, who; is attend-
ing' school .in C"'or/
the Review Sent,.to his brother,
A: CI ^ryant, .at EdwaMs,
W. M. (Fiddler) * Robertson
candidate for Tax assessor, " h;
been in Crosbyton this, wee
shaking hands with his many oi<
friends..
Mr, Punchard Jr. w os-
byton Saturday y.'t' nc' ■ si- " •
ness and stated" that he
ness and stated fhat he" "wo
ship, a feirload of hogs to For
Worth in the near
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Saturday mornsnp; k;",
where they go to^ ,yisit
and relatives.- ' jjj ^ .
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pasenger oh thS:
■
county was e r
i on Sat
Tnel ovi Cwcrh
Judge -Gougn an
mornii" • - !'or P
ml
on I
loliaays have passec
: m
lar young men are Vbp'
'iut.A1' i .- .. .4>A /' ,..''1
Sil
Crosbyton,.
that
We are
mMmiVMR
and fine cooks:
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White, Frank E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1911, newspaper, December 28, 1911; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242264/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.