The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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iko sheriff's office, tiie Review
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stc .l' the number of poll
Crosby
ty up to February 1, and in
issue we are giving, it
ast follows
1915 1914
1—132 108
2- 23 26
3-101 96
4— 20 ' ' 6
5— a5 25
6— 38 30
7- 17 16
8-268 185
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Crosby County
Cotton Record
Government Report Fails
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Plains Cotton.
precinct
Ralls; ; No.
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, Mt. Blanco
Wake
Rogers
Robertson
Crosbyton
Lorenzo
Attemf&vBanquet at Pfainview
to Launch Fair Company.
Messrs Julian M. Rassett>:''Ar
B. Spencer and A. J. McKinnon,
prominent and substantial Cros-
by t>n citizens, ail ended a ban*
quet at Plain view one night last
week, the object of the meeting
being co launch a plan for a per- j Director Sam L. Rogers of .the
naanent Sooth Plains Fair tobe;Bureau of the Census> Depart-
held at Plamview annually, .and . ment of Commerce, has slighted
to he capitalized at $25,000. 'the plains country entirely in
In giving a report of the meet- j his report on thfi am;>u.mi ol;
ing one of the Piainvie.v papers • cotton of last year's crop ginned
mentions Mr. Basse tt thus: 'in Texas prior to January lt th,
Julian M. Bassett of Crosby-. w(iich was made public on Jan-
9 - 97
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Total 731
exemptions 26
• Grand total............ ..... ... .757
It will be seen that the county
made-.substantial gains during
the year, 188 "more polls being
issued than in 1914. This is a
pretty good showing for a new
and sparcely settled country and
shows that Crosby county is
adually settling up. Only-one
precinct in the county- shows, a
falling off—Mt. Blanco. Crosby*
^ .ton has made a.big jump, as has
several'other precincts in the
county. A great number of new
settlers have moved in from
other states who were not fe-
ired Wpa$r a poll taK, but they
are full-fledged citizens. Just
w many of this class there are
no one is able to make anything
like an accurate guess.
Our neighboring county, Dick-
s, has always beeo ahead of
Crosby in the number of poll tax
- . receips issued until now.; On the
. | first offFebruary 711 poll, tax re-
- ceipts fyad been issued in .that
wuniy exemptions, while
■ill-Crosby , county a total of 731
receipts had been issued with 26
exemptions, making a total of
757, giving Crosby couinty 11
more voters than Dickens.
Spur is the largest town in
* of Crosbyton by 49 polls,
r, Hurrah for Crosby coun ty!
Livery Barn Burns.
Atout three o'clock yesterday
afternoon the livery barn of J.
F. Sims located two blocks north
' of the Review office was. discov-
ered to be on fire, A large crowd
soon -gathered but the flames
- had made suih headway that
nothing could be done, except to
confine the fire to the burning
building and to get the stock to
places of safety. Just what
caused ^e^eji? a mystery.
d $9t)0 insurance
was carried. •=, We have not seen"
Mr. Sims toiearn hid intentions,
but understand' he will rebuild
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The Review office has been
honored today by a visit from a
trio of former pencil pushers—
Biggers of Lubbock, F.
ii>. White e^editor of the Review
ai N. Mdrris, late editor
of the Ralls Banner. The latch
string always hangs on the out-
side for yo(C bcifs. .
•1; Frank Smith is moving with
ily to Littlefield where be,
tract of land arid will
~irm it. He was manager of the
sett dairy for a long time and
liends here who re-
him'.and his family
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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNT*, TEXAS, FRIDAY, IT. • «liY, 11, WIS
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ton, one of the most prominent
cattlemen of the grate/ spoke on
what such, a permanent - fair
would be to the stock interests
of this section, and in the course
of his most interesting -talk he
uary 24th. He gave the report of
the number of bales ginned by
counties, or is supposed to give
it oy counties, but for some rea-
son .Crosby, as; we 11 as the other
South Plains cotton producing
said it would bring the stock counties, were left out
raisers closer together, and that
they should organize everywhere
for the purpose of arranging a
better marketing system, to eut
out the packers and Other middle-
men-who are absolutely dominat-
ing the live stock industry and
These reports are supposed to
be correct and impartial, and it is
strange he should thus ignore
Crosby and her:' sister counties
when it is a well kown fact that
this part of Texas produces, acre
any
j for acre, as much cotton as
control the price Daid the raiser j portion of the state,
and the price paid by the con-
sumer.
Ernest Smith For Assessor,
R E. (Ernest) Smith comes
before the readers of the Review
this week as ia candidate for the
office of Tax Assessor of Crosby
county, suoject to the July pri-
mary,, Mr. Smith came to. the
county nine years ago from Bell
county. He has gone through the
hardships of pioneer life bete, is
perfectly familiar with every
nobk and corner of the county,
is well qualified for theOffice and
his many friends are anxious to
honor him bjr election to fthis
important place.
Hew Cotton 6ie Fsr Wake.
J. G. Norris, one of the lead-
ing citizens of the . Wake. com-
'a business" vistor to
Crosby ton Tuesday and had the
Review" started to bis. address.
He informed us that a cotton gin
will be built at Wake this sum-,
mer totake care of the coming
To give Mr. Rogers, as well as
the readers of the Revievv™ara
distance, an idea of Crosby as a
of the latest improved style. The
^ v. ^ *. ■ ,, following substantial citizens are
4.(he- enterprise,
which insures it to be a success:
J. .G. Norris, J. O. Wooten, Andy
Woolen, E. L. Raines and R. A.
Stalcupr. ,
■- M. A. Reynolds, one of our
raost thrifty farmers was in town
Monday with a couple ot wagons,
iiiauling out posts to fence a tract
of land he has recently bought
from the C B Live Stock Co-
which he is improving He has
already r&ated; this place.' to Joe
Bloek^ who will make a crop on
it this year. Mrl Reynolds has
lived in Crosby county ak little
over six years and has made six
good crops, he say s, and of course
he thinks there is no other coun-
try hke this. —
J. W. Jackson,! who recently
moved in from Chillicothe, took
the tram here;Monday morning
for Lubbock where lie went to
have one of his eyes treated,,
Some time ago a horse hair
lodged in his eye while he was
shearing a horse. His wife (suc-
ceeded in locating and getting
the hair out a) ter some trouble,
but his eye continued to give him
-much trouble,;. - ■ '
A. J/ McKinnon, the popular
fishier of the First National
:Bank, left Monday for Houston
n response to a jhpiessage an-
np4nip§ serious illness of , a
sister .it-that place. The Review
hopes be may find her much im-
proved in health.' ; ' '
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cotton producing country we will
state that there are at present
seven gins in the county and
another to go up this summer.
Two of these gins atfe located at
Crosbyton, two at Ralls, two at
Lorenzo and one at Cone, There
has been a total of 2,115 bales of
the present crop shipped out of
Crosby county—885 from Cros-
byton, 1,500 from Ralls and 700
from Lorenzo. And to give the
reader an idea of the productive-
ness of our soil we reter to the
record-breaking crop made on
one of the C B Live Stock Co.
farms a mile anda half from Cros-
by ton made by Cannon Parrish in
1914. He had in 272 acres and
from it. gathered 282 bales-t#,
cotton. <• What other portion of
Texas, can beat this record? *
Director Rogers is doing the
South Plains counties a great in-
justice in not giving them credit
for raising cotton, to say the
crop. It will be a four-stand gin+teast of it. and we hope he will
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see that this section is given due
credit in his future reports for
her various products; and espec-
ially 4o we wish him to learn
that Crosby county, is on the]-'
map
Come to Crosbyton, -Crosby
county, Texas.
To Our ^iibscribers:
The new management of the
Review will commence next week
to revise the subscription list,
and will cut off those in arrears
that we do not heard from by
that time. It is our ambition to
make the Review as gbpd a
country paper as is published,
but to do this we must have the
hearty co-operation and support
of our subscribers. Look at the
address on your paper and see
how you .stand, ^and if behind,
please let us* Rear from you at
once. We do not wish to have to
cut off any one who may want
the paper, but past experience
tells.us we eam}Qfe>send the paper
out indefinitely bn time. We \yill
appreciate any good, word yoii
may say of the paper, and assure
you, that we want all the readers,
we can get, so- help us to add at
least one more subscriber to our
growing list, ■ :
It D. Gammill, M. S. Corcoran
and C. M. Press ley. substantial
farmers from the Cone commun-
ity. were here on business Tues-
day.. They are interested in get-
ting a public road opened up
through their community. They
say chat part of the county is
Settling up very rapidly and
hence they, ate entitled to a road.
"Angell's Comedians'* a 11
next Week,
safasmasi®-. ^ ^
Odd Fellows Royally
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Quite a little crowd of Odd
Fellows - and Rebekahs from
a.; . ;.u
banquet at tLubbock last night
given under the auspicesof the
Lubbock lodge, and all are loud
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come . hem. A lengthy
program was carried out and the
entertain is said to have
.been splendid in every .particulate
Those from here were: Judge
Parrish and wile. J. W. Baker
and wife, Ed Terrell 'and' wife,
J. C. Smith and wife. Dr.^.-:E:
Smith and wife, Miss Eva Little-
field, Stanley Carter, John B.
.. . . .'«v:iw^ ^ man. and>«y now recognized as
Martin, B. F. Smith,, B.Jh. pow- a part 0f the greatest—portion
dy. J. O, Pascal, J. R. Williams,
G. N. i, O. C. Bundy and
J. O. McBriie.
W. H. Fanchard For Assessor.
Deputy. Tax Collector W. H.
Pucnbard announces this week
liii^Advice
, to the Fartpers
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Diversification With Plenty Stock
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the new year of 1916. The
old year was full of peace, pros-
perity and happiness for the
most of us. 1 am glad we, are
the inhabitants of this great
South Plains country,' ;"opee
know as the great American
desert, but which has yielded
wonderfully;to _the; en ergies of
of the United States. Not many
years since this entire plains was
inhabited exclusively by the buf-
falo, antelope, prairie dog [and
rabbit, with not a vestage of de-
velopment in sight. Now the
for the office of Tax Assessor of m?P of these ?ld J,lain9 i9 d.ottea
Crosby county, sobjeet t0 lte-progress,ve towns and
■Juiy '■ '/i ;
young man, Mr. Punchard is an
' old timer"' and holds the dis-
tinction of havitighten "brought
up" in Crosby county, coming to
the plains with his father years
ago. He is well qualified for the
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position, and with the experience
he has acquired in the sheriff's
Office I lie could and
wottltFrrfakea :go0cl:ofiieer.: ■
Mr. Allen Seek$..Re*election.
Edgar Allen |jiakes formal an-
nouncement in this issue of the
Heview of, his ;y for re-
electibrj'^iil®! ^ce....bf ^District
vil>
lages, which are surrounded by
fertile farms, the producing ca-
pacity of wdiich have never.been
tested. Our farming operations
still traveling through the
"experimental stage but it is'"the
current belief that within a very
short time, most of the experi-
ments necessary to a steady and
profitable production of our farms
will have been made when we
will realize that it there is an
Eden on this earth we are now
in its midst, enjoying some of
the promises made by the Crea-
tor to Adam but which were
never fulfilled because of the
yielding to*in." On ac
count: of our' inexperience and r
and Ckjufotjr Clerk of Crosby
county. He is now Irving ;^)Sevml dry Wrs the^ndS a
great many of us became fixed
first term, has made a good of-
ficer and feels that he is entitled
to a second term. He has been a
citizen of the county for several
years, is thoroughly familiar with
the duties of the office and prom-,
iiiel^eontini^ .^^ul service if
agaih honored with election.
H. L. Smith, who moved in
from Runnells county a month
ago, was in town trading Tues-
day and proved his good citizen-
ship by subscribing for the Re-
view. He likes the country so
well that he sent for his two
brothers. W. F. and D. R. Smith
jr., who arrived Saturday. They,
too, are liking the country splen-
didly, and we are predicting that
their father will also, land here
in the course of time. A hearty
welcome is extended them.
The ,, County
Track Mee^Wwl
byton, Texas,, April 8, 191
gining at 9 o'clock a. m.;v
The program fdr that day
ijHillows:
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Senior Declamation -Boys.
Junior Dt iris.
J unior .Declamatfon—Boys.
Spelling— Boys or Girls. •
Debating Contest,
Tennis Doubles,
afternoon 1:30 o^clock_: - .
Track and Field Bvei Mr"
Girls.- ^ '. /
(a) Potato Race — Jiini
Senior.
(b) 30-Yards Dash - Junior
and Senior.
(c) 140-Yards Relay ~ Junior
and Senior.
Track, and Field Events for
Junior Boys
/ (a) Potato Race. .BMpBWMB
50-Yards dash. "
220-Yards dash,
100 Yards dash.
440-Yards dash.
Running High Jump.
Running Broad Jump.
Pole Vault.
Hop, Step, Jump.
Shot nut. 8 pounds.
Base ball throw for dis-
(b)
(c)
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We regret to chronicle the
death of the 11-year' old son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Davis at
their home six miles south of
Crosby tpn last Saturday of ty-
phoid fever and lagrippe. The
remains were interred in the
Crosbyton cemetery Sunday! .af-
ternoon .fuiiemlP8teMc«i
by Rev. Isbell of the Baptist
church. Sympathy is extended
the sorrowing parents in their
.^ad loss.
R. M. Porter who has recently
moved to a place east of -town
near the cap rock, was here Sat-
urday with his daughters Misses
Graeie and. Msy trading. Mfc.
Porter is hignl.v elated over the
country; says he has lived in
Alabama, Tennessee and Illinois,
but he thinks this country will
beat them all when it is fully
developed.
The Odd Fellows from
came over in a body Tues
night to meet with the lot
here, bringing along a couple
candidates fotf initiation.
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per wa9 served and all report a
royal good time. '
tipon a Paradise lost.-but in our
view of the bright future which
stands now before us let's.imag-
ine a Paradise regained and fix
our minds and business opera-,
tions upon it. ..
;Should we not all be happy? I
answer the question - in,. the af-
rmatiye. We are still enjoying,
that same old Peace and Liberty-
George Washington procured for
us. While our European brothers
are heeding the command of the
Archangel of War, whose sole
purpose is: Murder. To bring
sadness into the hearts of the
mothers who entered into the
valley of the shadow of death to
bring his loyal soldiers into being:
to take care of the wives and
children, their ^husbands and
fathers, whqrn the good Lord
was so kind to give them for the
purpose of providing for them,
furnishing them comfort and
happiness; and test but not least,
for their protection, and give
these bereaved wives and chil-
dren in exchange for their hus-
bands the horrible experience
knovsm only to a mother, wi fe or
child, whose child, husband or
father is snatched from them
and placed upon the bloody altar
of war there to he. sacrificed to
saisty the jealousy and hatred
of the blood-thirsty Archatiel of
war; and' to veild the hand ol'
destruction, and sweep before it,
all that;;which man, through his
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" ptness, comfort ,-an?l >' « ^ ,.nd -- ' ,
A#him«rfFa.nd hiR faid^n «jrVa^. - J®
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION
120 Yards low hurdles.
2JW-Yards low hurdles.
100 Yards dash,
1 mile run.
440 Yards dash.
50-Yards dash, _ .
220 % ah.
■ 880 Yards run. •
Pole vault. * _ ■ ■ . •
Broad Jump. '
High Jump.
12 pound shot put.
, There is no sehbol in the coun-
ty classed (A), so all may com-
pete on the same basis as class
(B) schools. We are veiry anx-
ious to have every school In the
county represented,, so if yo-.t
a iot joined send in your
membership fee of one dollar t
Mr. E. D. Shuter, Austin, Texas
and became member of the
State Interscholastie Leag
Even though your school mar
small you may send in at leas^.
one representative in one
more of the departments.
In the above program Vuiuu;
means those stude
years-or under.All above fii
teen are considered ins et 1
vision/" Juniors may. e^mpet-
-:.r
compete in junior cool ;.,
■ Let overs ttv/1
ty get a GREAT BIG M< '
him or herself and help
county to be represented in
Great. State Interscholastic A
to be held at Austin
Saturday i May.
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We .regret
of himself and his iVIlow; coun-; ' -f'
trvmen who inhabit the country
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The industry of farming is the '
backbone and the sinew of the
nation, notwithstanding the fact
that in the past the farmer's
choice has been the rear pew.
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Buck, James T. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1916, newspaper, February 11, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242328/m1/1/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.