The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15,
Two Hour Sermon
n Ten Minutes
Dr.. J. W. Howell
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In Crosbyton
Grain Crop to
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The Department of Agriculture
Predicts Better than Ten
Years Average.'
-Washington, D. C., Aug. 9.—
That this year's- grain crop tfor
the United States will be far in
excess of last years was estimat-
hibition to a good crowd on the ; ed today by the Department of
street in Crosbyton and the talk !.Agriculture. It will tfe better
>rdsbyton Has Some Experi-
ence in What This Man .
f~-- *" Is" Fighting.
Last Friday afternoon Rev.
■Carries, the noted prohibitionist
and who is an ex-railroad man,
delivered a short address on pro-
was very entertaining and to the
point and was facts that cannot
be disputed by anyone.Rev.
Carnes told the evils of the
whisky traffic and the degrading
than the average crop for the
last ten years. • ,
The country's corn crop was
estimated at two billion eight
hundred eleven million bushels,
Concrete Bridge-
Across Creek
Much Nee&ecf-" Bri'dge to be
Erected at an Early Bate.
John Swon, Contractor
John Swor, the concrete con-
tractor, has the con tract with the
County to erSct a bridgfe across
t-he creek known "as the Hank
Smith crossing north of town.
Prominent in the Medical Pro-
fession — Says Crosbyton
Looks Good to Him
I)r. J. W. Howell, formerly of
Cisco, Texas, arrived in Crosby-
ton this Week and will make this
his future home. His family
has not arrived but" he expects
them to arrive as soon as ar-' Mr. Swoi; states that he will be-
rangements can be made for gin work on the bridge in about
house-keeping. Dr. Howell; ten days — says that he will erect
comes as a very fine physician ;one that the people will be proud
and we are sure he made a wise! of. The bridge will be built 6fj
move when he located here. He concrete and will be substantial.
influences it carries with it, told j being the largest in thp Nation's has a complete office equipment j The Commissioners of Crosby
how many a young manias been j history with the exception of the
dragged to a drunkards grave • years 1906 and 1910, the former
and made plain the bad effectsj being the banner year with two
caused by the whisky. | billion, nine hundred twenty-
He delivered an address at the seven million bushels.
Church Friday night and a good ! As for the wheat crop, it is es-
crowd greeted him. The addresses timated at 680,000,000 bushels
on the.street and at the Church and will rank fifth in the last
were illustrated by paintings j twenty years.
that he had with him and they j The oats crop will be the larg-
were very instructive and each
carried with it an untold amount
of truth..
Crosbyton is a sober town and
the whisky influence does not anew record With an estimated {content.'
and in conversation informed us! County seem to be taking a new
that when he had his entire' interest in the road improve-
equipment located it would take ment of late. It is something
three rooms for its accommoda- j that is badly needed as there arS
tion. | some Of the roads that can hard-
The Doctor says that crop con- be traveled during wet weather,
ditions are better herethan where
President of Haiti,
400 Others Killed
Explosion and Fire Wreck "the
Royal Palace—Burned in
Thirty Minutes
Port Au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 8.
— General Cincinnatus Leconte,
president of the " republic of
Haita, perished today in a fire
which destroyed the national
palace. It was caused by an ex-
plosion of the powder magazine
attached to the palace.
Later investigation showed
that the casualty list in dead and
wounded amounted to four hun-
dred persons.
The explosion occurred at 3:15
Contact Let fopi
For Pai
Paintifig of Several New
tages Let to Local Painter.
Will Be Good-Job.
est in the history^of the country,
surpassing by twenty-one million
bushels, the crop of 1910.
Barley this year will establish! at the good crops .to his "heart's
he is from—says that prosperity
is bound to prevail with such
conditions as we have.
He will soon have his Big I
Steamer here and then, he .says, !
he will look over the country and j
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.amount to much, however it has
not been long since a little dis-
play was made that did not set
well with the good people of our
little town. On election night
July 27th., we understand there
■was opened a couple of kegs of
Beer and we are informed that
any one who wanted a sip was
welcome to partake, regardless^
age.. This did not exactly please
a number of our citizens, some
of whom had boys'fr&t*yet twenty-
one that got on a "tip.-" This is
. the first thing of this kind that
has come up in Crosbyton and if 1
the Grand Jury does its duty this
will probably be the last for at
least another two years. To be
plain, what is the need of law
if it is not inforced?
' The public should known who
. does these these things whether
the law takes hold of it or not.
yield of two hundred and two | The Review welcomes this
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Cottage Moved
S. Culberson, the general over-
seer of carpenter work ^nd ^louse-
moving for the C B Live Stock
Company, had his house-moving
crew busy Monday * moving the
little cottage that has formerly
been situated in the yard of the
Crosbyton Inn to a location just
West of the Inn. This is a pretty
• little cottage and will help the
looks of the street which it was
placed upon. This same street is
adding to its already nice houses
■ several new ones which are un-
der course of construction now.
With the new homes completed
this will be one of the prettiest
streets ^in Crosbyton and the
beautiful bungalows that are al-
ready, there will be credit to the
appearance of the street. The
■ Company is pushing the building
movement at this time and while
^things are dull and no work to
" be had. at other places "Crosbyton
V i " comes out with new buildings
and other improvements that af-
' ford employment., The old cry
that "there is nothing to do" is
about to play out, for those
> wanting to work can always find'
it. Let Crosbyton grow.
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AT A BARGAIN-One refrig-
erator that is as good as new,
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standard make,.large Enough for
gpod size family and is something
i need and will appreciate,
ill seU at exactly half price that
million bushels which is greater
than the yield of 1906.
The yieldnf rice wiTT be thirty-
five million bushels, which is
equal to that of 1910.
Of potatoes with a yield of
three hundred seventy-one mil-
lion bushels only 1900 surpassed
it with a yielcTof three hundred
eightv-nine million bushels.
Cost Of Growing Crops
There was a time when the
cost of producing agricultural
products was much less than it is
now.
good family to Crosbyton.
Preparing for Jubilee.
San Antonio is preparing for a
Harvest Jubilee, to be held Oc-
tober 19 28, a total of ten days,
the celebration taking the place
of the International Fair hereto-
fore-He-Id there. It will be con-
ducted aiong new and original
lines and is expected to develop
a Fall entertainment which will
become the most popular in all
Texas. San Antonio has a way
of starting'new things and the
Harvester Jubilee will, it is ex-
pected, be an improvement on
Mr. H. C. Darwin has the cQ!ii _i_
tract for a large amount of paint-
ing of the new btrildkigs which
are under construction now* in
Crosbyton. We are not inform-
ed whether he has the contract"
for painting all. the houses or
not," but the ones that he haswitt
be painted right and the job will
be complete as soon as possible.-
Mr. Darwin is an experienced
painter and his ability and work-
manship on a job of this kind is
this morning, and the shock j second to none. He will prob-
Crosbyton Inn Addition.
Contractor Grimes who has un-
der construction the addition to
the-Crostsyton Inn; is pushing
the work as fast as possible and j the fair which has been localized
is making no small amount of so much in every part ot the
showing. The work is"gomo, on j State that it has lost the power
very fast and the addition will! to attract people from a distance,
soon be complete. It will take! The Harvest Jubilee will.have
some time to finish the inside farm exhibits from every county
work after the outside is finished j i° the State. Fruit exhibits will
but in less time than thirty days' arranged, exhibits from dry
a great showing will be -made, i farming districts and irrigated
With an open range, cheap 1 This will make the Inn show up | farms. The machinery and agri-
building materials; virgin lands
much of them free for homesteads
it was hardly necessary to' esti-
mate the cost of. production.
But this is nor true today. Lands
are high, building materials' are
getting scarce and everything a
farmer uses is expensive. .The
cost •of production ,must be taken
into consideration if the farm is
to pay# profit. _____
There are m^lny farmers who
are badly deceived as to the
profits they have made on their
farms. Some have grown rich
upon the increase in land values,
but if the farm had been charged
with the expense of producing
crops and credited only with the
returns from crops and animals
raised on; it, there would not be
sufficient compensation for,, the
labor and time required in pro-
duction. And yet others perhaps
who woud not acknowledge that
their farms are profitable have
made good profits upon their time
and labor.
Why should any one be deciev-
ed as to the profits, of their own
farm operations? The answer is
that they have kept no occounts
The business side of farming has
6een neglected and, as a result,
the • owner of the farm
does not know whether or not
his farm has been profitable.
Let this mistake, be „ made no
longer. The time required in
keeping account of the various
transactions on the farm is in7_
significant when compared to the
importance of knowing what
$<m farm pays. The farm is en-
titled to a fair deal; is should be
given a chance to 4prove its
worth. If it cannot show a pro-
fit with intelligent" management
then yop should know' it Try
farm bookeeping for a year and
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and
to a good advantage ;
add several more nice furnished ers
will,-cultural implement manufactur-
will have a, special exhibit
rooms with private bath.
"Moving Day."
which wi 11 be of great interest to
farmers, for improved methods
:a -e making headway everywhere
| and farmers are keen to learn
Last Tuesday afternoon theiabout new tools for cultivating
shattered, the .palace. ' Fire fol
"tewed.and the palajce, a^ wooden
structure, wa^consumed within
half an hour. '
During the fire there were a
great number of explosions „o,f
munitions of war in the cellars
below the palace.
All the nearby houses were
greatly damaged by the explo-
sion,. but, as the palace itself was
isolated, the firemen succeeded
in their effort to localize the fire.
The-members of the family of
the president, all of whom were
in the palace at, the time, were
saved, but President" Leconte
himself perished in the flames
Consternation reigns am >ng
the population, but the militar\
ably employ several other paint-
ers to assist on the work and as
fast as'the buildings are erected,
they will be painted. 7 !
-Work on Residences.
Mr. Schneider, the contractor
who is now working on the five
modern cottages in Crosbyton is
very busy these days and is mak-
ing a good showing on the build-
ings. Tnese buildings will b^
five or six room houses; wilLbe*
plastered inside and will be. con-
venient in every way. 'The
! bouses when complete will be
| five of the best in the city, con-
sidering the size, and will .be
: very attractive! Mr.-Schneider,
■ intends pushing the work on the
rapidly as possible.-
Texas Packers Need More Fat
Hogs.
authorities are maintaining order ; buildings as
•in town,--
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-Both the chamber and the
senate have been called together'1""
in national assembly, and prob-
able will nominate a successor • Fort Worth, Texas, Aug9th.—
to President 'Leconte today. ! That Texas sh^trH raige more
Gen. Tancrede Auguste, s4^-r*^s evidenced by the, heayy
ator, formerly minister of public | sh!P,nents toceived daily from
works, and Senator Luxemberg .'
Cauvin, formerly minister of the
following families from Rotan,
Texas, arrived in Crosbyton: Mr.
Elmo and familyr- Price Smith
and family, Mr. -Goodwich and
family. These people say they
had to leave Rotan on account of
the extreme dry year in that i
part of. the country. No crops j
to speak of where they are from
and everything is in bad shape,
so they say. Crosbyton bids fair
to people who want good land
and desire to be in a good country.
We welcome these good people
to our midst and hope- they will
like the Plains country.
Mr. Walter Guinn, of Rotan,
also -arrived in, Crosbyton last
Week and will make this his fu-
ture home. ■" - _<• '
and harvesting.
There will be exhibits of poul-
try, cattle, sheep,- hogs,-automo-
biles,' chariot , races, car
racing, athletic games, a,steeple
chase and many other interesting
events.
Has Good Crop.
Ernest Smith, of the - Cone
community, was a business visi-
tor in Crosbyton Monday and in
conversation informed us that-he
had an' excellent crop this year.
Mr. Smith saysTiecould not wish
for better feed crops than he has
and says his millet is extra fine;
Mr. Smith says his father is
visiting with him from Bell Coun-
ty, states chat Crosby County has
more crpps and better crops than
any county ..h'e. has visited this
season; says we have better crops
than any place east of us for at
least two hundred miles.- ► This
is not a hatj showing for Crosby.
Coiinty. It, only goes to. show
what cfan b<? accomplished farm-
ing on, Crosby County .poll. .This
good crop is only ohe among
many this year. -Crosby makes
Mr. W hctley Here
Mr. Porter A. Whaley, field
secretary of.the Texas Commer-
cial Secretaries and Business
Men's Association, was a busi-
ness visitor in Crosbyton Wed-
nesday. Mr. Whaley worked up
quite a lot of business in Cros-
byton and states that he is wejl
pleased with his visit. rMr. 14 H.
E. Smith showed MrT'Whaley
over the country while here and
a close inspection of the crop
condition was made." Mr. Whaley
states that Crpsby County farm-
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ers have the best crops that has
been his pleasure to see- Says
that theV are absolutely the best
that he has seen in his entire
rounds this year.
Broom Corn and Millet.
John D. McDerjrriett brought
in a sample 'of the broom corn
and millet tltat, is being grown
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and it is certainly fine.
Ewii^ I^wson is^kii^^he
McDeriiri^tt - farm" this i year
and he has as good crop as can
be found in the country.The
interior, are candidates.
The cause of tne explosion of
the powder magazine—has not
been ascertained.
Cincinnatus Leconte was elect-
ed unanimously. , . congress
president pf .Haiti on -August 14.1
last'year,
He first gained prominence in
Haitian affairs in 1908, j when, as
minister of the interior in the
cabinet of President Nbrd Alexis,
ne was credited with ordering
the summary shooting of ten
prominent revolutionists at Port
Au Prince.
Shortly before the regime of
Nord Alexis was brought to an
end the Leconte went into exile
in Jamaica. While there he in-
trigued against the new presi-
dent, Simon, and in January,
1911. started a revolution against
him, which was, however, short
lived. The insurgents were de-
feated and-Leconte took, refuge
in the German consulate at Cape
Haitian, later being sent from
the island under German pro-
tection. Leconte returned .to
Haiti in May last year and suc-
ceeded in overthrowing President
Simon. He was a mulatto, be-
tween 40 and 50 years of age,
"and,-belonged to the legal pro-
fession. ' ~ r , . ■ < ' > .: v .
Many new people are to . be
seen in town here; of late, some
prospectors, some settlers and
some visitors. Crosbyton is grow-
on iiis placed^okhwest^
Come to Crosby ton now and avoid
the rush.
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Try a Morning Glory Wa
Machinie, The .best mac
northern markets. The local
packers state that about 15,000
hogs per month are being pur-
chasedfrom out-of-state .IpcHEta-
and that no relief is in sight
The money going from the State
to pay for this vast volume of
meat will amount to approxi-
mately $115, OOO'rmbncn^8®^
At the same time a dispatch
from Washington quotes Texas
hogs at $6.30 per cwt., which is
$1.00 per c'wt. above the price
this time last year. The Texas
hog is much sought by the pack-
ers here and he always demands
tip top prices. V
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The special train that will ar-,
rive from Chicago npx-t Thursday ■
will mark the event of much Ian/
selling and1 many new settlers*
The Cros by ton-Sou thplains Rail-
road is prompting this project
and in connection with the Live
Stock Company much land will
be sold to actual settlers. Let
the good work goon. .Goo<J peo-
ple deserve good homes, and her
is tfie place to find them—lr
cheap, and absolutely - the
farming country to be fou
the plains country.- •
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Dr. Robt. S. Bailey,
of the Floy dad a Pres
Academy, was
Tuesday ancl placed an i
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the opening of the s
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White, Frank E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1912, newspaper, August 15, 1912; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242295/m1/1/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.