The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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CROSL SBY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY January 27, 1822
tfConftirSes
5 ■ c, , ision Tills Week.
regular January term 01
court convened in the
court house here Monday with
Pink L. Parrish on the
bench and the other court offi-
1 ' s t their placets.
The following were sworn in
as pettit jurors and seryed-up to
' ' noon Tuesday when they were
discharged for the term/ - .
W. M. Romane^JyOf Wooten,
E. Erl^thamr^rX Sanders, J.
Sftuthers, J.
! , •' in
- - Conference Monday
Outlines Half Dozen Most Im-
portant Questions esaeeriiig.
Farmers Welfare
Washington. Jan.J23^Attend-^
ed fey approximately 300 .dele-
gates ^presenting agriculture
in all its phases * and the indus-
tries related to farming; tW Na-
tional Agricultural Confefenee
was convened here today by Sec-
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T. Woodson, R. L. snaimey . v. | retarv WailaGa^d^mmediatehH-
iaer^ttjey-, B -W... Waj?Q>" •*-. ; • heard from President Harding a
declaration of interest and sym
"pathy by the administration, in
the present plight of the nation's
together with a series of sug-
gestionsfor remedying existing
conditions.
The President in an address
touching upon the agricultural
situation in 'detail, but without
attempting to dictate the course
of the conference discussions,
outlined a half dozen broadques;
lions" to the consideration , of
which he said the . conference
might well give its. attention.
These briefly included:
Development ,pf a . thorough
code of-law and business proce-
dure with the proper machinery
of finance, through some agency,
to assure 'that turnover capital
shall be as generously, supplied
to the farmer and on as reason-
able terms as to the other,in.--
Tdustries. .
Formation of co operative loan-
ing, buying and selling associa-
tions. .... ..
Creation of instrumentalities
for C/3lection and distTibutidn of
Useful information so as to pre-
Whited afid 0. G. McCall,-
The criminal docket was first
disposed of and resulted in a few
pleas of,guilty to smal offenses
•d two or three convictions by
i'ry, with fines ranging from $1
to $100 fine and from one hour
to thirty days in jail.
. A number of civil cases of no
general- interest to the public
were disposed of by settlement
and otherwise, and the case of
B. W. Ellison vs. F. Littlefield
for commission^ on the sale of
real estate was tried by jury and
jsulted in a verdict in favor of
plaintiff for,§90 and court costs.
Mrs. Jones For Treasurer
The Review is authorized to
announce Mrs. Zada Jon.es-;as .a
candidate for the office of Treas-
urer of Crosby county, subject
1o the July primary. Mrs. "Jones
^ h asj>een„a resMeB,tPtCxQ&hy ton,
for a number of years and has
always taken a deep interest in
the welfare of the town and com-
munity and we believe will dis-
charge the duties of the office-
Hw ith '--entire , satisfaction"
to the
public if entrusted with its care.
Mrs. -Tories desires the voters to
weigh well her claims for the
lace at the proper time.
milk
Osings Around
The Sunday school is progress
g nicely. * ~
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The singing at Mr. Phifer's
• Sunday Bight was enjoyed by all
. present. , ' .; . „ v '
: Rev. Jennings preached at the
Methodist church Sunday to a
good attendance.
Mr. and Mrs, R.
T. Wallce omSaturday night-was
- - - - numbsr- of - .the
" young people.
Most everybody is smiling be-
cause it is trying to snow or sleet.
Just anything to get moisture,
~ which would be greatly sppKP«„
- elated.
; Mr. Black-shear has moved to"
his new home near Muleshoe
do some improving. He left
hin family here to gel the benefit
school
Th was fine Friday
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Opening' speech by T. J. Brafit-
ly, and closing speech by Claris
wm
Harris. They were simply finer"-elass or a section Or a bloc."
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The miscellaneous shower at
r:ehool house Saturday eve in
honor of Dr. Peiddle and family
;; was .a, success.. "• V ! ■ 'Zeno/;-,
.The basket iball championship
6r Crosby arid
s played
Friday between
&nd the" Old
Dickens counties.
Cro3b#ton' last
the Dickens team
imma team. The
mm® was quit? exciting and ra-
ited in a "ditekens" of n vie
m? ' "'Crosby
uounty,
vent violent fluctuation;-of mar-
ket,Si.;
";.t^aetic^^veFopment.'; of thl
water resources of the- country,
including the Great Lakes, St.
Lawrence Deep" Sea waterway
bptk for, power and1! transporta-
tion, including plans-for electri-
fication of (the nations railroads..
Methods for bringing about;
further . reclamation, rehabilita-
tion and extension of-ilie agri-
cultural areas.
-—Pi uiuuiion oi. a ' new,-^ncep-
tion of the farmers place in the
national, social" and 'economic
scheme. - . ,
The President, who walked the
four blocks from the White
House to the New Willard Hotel
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where the conference is meeting,
received a hearty ovation when
he appeared in the Conference
Hall. - -
The delegates and others in
attendance,'including a number
of Senators and House members,
listened attentively and fre-
quently applauded the execu-
tive's- statements.. , Especially
strong applause geeeted 'his
declaration for more adequate
credit facilities and applause also
broke forth when the president
made a slight • digression to -as-
sort-that the present conditions
of the agricultural industry, ' 'is
truly..a national interest and not.
entitled to be regarded as pri-
jmarily the concern of either a
Tho President was.Tollowed b>
Secretary Wallace, who declared
the.conference had been called
to consider the present agricul-
tural ,depression and remedies
for it and also the laying down
of a perme cnt policy for the
upbuilding of a, sustaining ag-
riculture. At the close of ■> his
address he announced Represen-
tative Anderson of Minnesota,
chairman of the joint ' congres-
sional inquiry commission, would
act as permanent chairman of
the conference and Dr, H. C.
Taylor, chief of the Bureau of
Markets and crop estimates, as
executive secretary.
Secretary Wallace told the
delegates that constructive ef-
forts might properly be made in
three fields which he outlined as
fOllOWS J
1 'l^WharmaybedQnO proper-
ly through legislative action.
"2;-What may be done through
administrative and' educational
effort, national and state, by the
various agencies charged with
the duty of fostering-agr-iGultui^e.-
3--What may ahd should be
done by the farmers themselves
individually and through their
organizations." '• i
By K,
WHIWE
There's an old adage that the
"eyes of the world are turned
toward Texas"'and then some
time later was . added "and
West Texas is the Mecca of their
destiny." And reflecting back
a few years and looking on down
to time makes one
realy believe there is more truth
than prose to the saying. For
instance, the-reader wifi idndly'
go back just fourteen years with
the writer and note what won-
derful changes have taken .place
plains generally. To the- person
who climbs the cap-rock today
4and motors across the plains it
would seem almost like a fairy
tale to tell him of-_such change
lirs^shorFa time. About four-
teen years ago last November
the writer arrived in Crosby ton-,
and what would, you think we
found in the way of a town?
Well, true enough we were . a
little surprised to find a town con-
sisting of "fourteen" houses in-
cluding both" business houses and
those in the .resident section and
nft a farm' house to be .- seer}..
Only an immense amount of
beautiful plains land was spsead=
..out before the'"eyes, with
cattle browsing nappiiy
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occassional cow-boy riding with-
the grace of a General, and now,
andthen-a;buneh of antelope run-
ning away-like'something magic-
at the sight of man. Such- were
the conditions of so short a time
as-above mentioned. - But some-
thing seemed to tell one that the
days of the white face cow and
antelope were numbered and we
deci d ed-to-eastour- lofc-witlrTthe
few people of Crosbyton, then
called "Crosby County's New
Baby," so .on the 18th' day of
Dec. .1908, we landed in Crosby-
ton to make our home, and on
our return we found twenty-one
houses all-looming up, much to
our. surprise. And since that
tiriie on down to the present day
Crosby ton and Crosby county hav
enjoyed a steady growth. We
have had no boom of any nature,
neither ha&ft)ther portions: of
the plains country.
Our nearest railroad 'at that
time was Plain view ' and ' the
.freight was hauled from that
point. TJubboek was only a
small town white Slaton arid Post
City were bkrely known and
Spur was only being thought of,
in fact we believe ,a few tents
was all that Spur could bnast of.
People began to come in, both
business men and .farmer's and
of course carpenters and other
labor.'
south-plains generally,^ The
towns mentioned, ,are all. now
' ing with prosperity deriyed
from ' 1 '* '
classes or
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sources of the country. The long
trains of freight wagons have
given way to the locomotive and
the cattle range converted into
farms. Beautiful farm homes
have taken the place of the
cow-boys bunk. And now with
other new ; towns which have"
sjrung^upjvith _the building-up
of the country, tell us not that
the south plains country is about
to enter upon a more speedy and
more substantial age of develop-
ment than it has ever expert
ienced. More people are coming
tp.Jh^„pkiins^as^itS"---great--'Te-'' the" ^foIlowing
sources are hearlded to the
world and Crosbyton will get its
share along alj .lines industrially
and otherwise. Crosby " county
has wonderful opportunities and
with the aid of our sister towns,
Ralls and Lorenzo, with a com-
iaige tlisi
clai Sore Spots'
KIu KIux Itlasi. Serving '.a ' Good
i'mimo D-! A jsill i
Judge Walker Hall,. Associate
Justice of the Court of Civil Ap-
peals at Amarillo, was recently
asssgned a place on the program
of the Lion's club of that. city
and made his talk on the subject
"Social Sore Spots," and is re-
ported to have said in suhstanco.
"That ia assigning him his
subject the program- committeg
had correctly assumed -that bus-
iness and social conditions need-
ed readjustment and uplifting in
Amarillo and .that this was tru£,
not only in Amarillo^ but a great
bined energy, we can land any-^art of thVcivilized: wofjd- ^He
thing v/orth while. Lubbock is
now a young city and might well
be termed "the pride of the
pldins." The Lubbock Chamber
of Commerce is like, the owl it
"never sleeps," and they are at
all times ready to take hold of
any project calculated to benefit
the south plains, The Crosbyton
Chamber of Commerce is com-
posed of as live bunch of busi-
ness men as can be found and
they have. some - ^reat ideas
under consideration dow.
Among other improvements we
cannot refrain from mentioning
the ligl^t
would do cre'dit to any city "or
town: Mr. S. A. Guy, a wealthy j more and better enforcement
Shreveport. oil man owns this | officers. That many clubs and
and has.
briefly outlined some of the con-
ditions, referring to immodest
dress,, immoral; midnight joy rid-
ing, gambling, improper moving
pictures and the extreme morale
ity of the modern dance; He said
I ' 3 ' Wly ^ • nil ull
evils as the outward symptoms
of an evil condition; that they
like the pustules on the face of
the small pox patient or the red
splotches on tile skin of the
-measles: -pattentf" ' thevr "show ed
that the system vvas fullhf pois-
on and virus; that civic reformers:
were advocating many, remedies',
'ong-^f°"whf^^atl^p]Taws"and
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"The law is the fouhdatior
civilization. It is the cement tt
holds ^together the bricks
established government. Ob<
ence to the law is the first
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Loss of respect for the lawm
the beginning of the breakdown
of civilization. When jieoplesc
atthe law; ;or those attempting- .
to enforce it, they are aiding the ;
cause of aharchy. On; eyery. sicle
we-hear-fehenindei^Toun^^
lings of revolt against- law. and
order. The crime wave jaj.
the Ship of State and ; tearing it
from its mdorings. Life and prop-
erty are-unsafe. Every day call- ~
ers make, and ever^mail brings,
appeals from * every section of
Ifeas;as"kihg7fdr aid to suppi;es§.
lawlessness, claiming that local
authorities cannot or will not en-
force the law. We have an-unpre-
cedented growth of crime. The
law is the .great channel through
which flows the sovereign power
of the .people.. .."They are in the -
last analysis' the preservers of
peace and the conservators of
civilization. -
Therefore, as your Governor,
I call upon all patriotic, law-abid-
ing men and women to unite with" *
•me in a definite campaign for
the education and development
of public sentiment in favor of /
the malMenajica^fJiheAwh^A-4
the executive of the Stkte, I ask
mm
fine plant and has become
citizen of our town.;;. Such
Mr. Guy' will," and has"already,
interested other capital here and
we do not -hesitate to say that
within a few years Crosbyton
will have experienced- more wotr* Speaker, satdiie did riot know that
derful changes than it has in
the last fourteen years.' We are
not altogether dreaming when
we 3fly that at no far distan t day
we will see the smoke of the
packing plant, ice plant, mora
locomotives, and other things
too numerous to mention.- •
. '^■-lave-as gooct* .-schools;" and
churches as can
the citizenship the bes$. V-
Truly, the ■ eyes of v the world
many -pulpits rw"ere~TMhdering
men a gains trthe&eevll-s da-v-af-ter day-
and week after week, but did
not seem to be: getting very far
with it; that one of the. latest
remedies was the Ku Kliix. The
more courts, and the other was officially that every pastor wjlo
preaches, every editor who write
and speaker who talks uii Sunday
■ January twenty-second, nreach:.
a' s'erriion, write an editorial, and
make a speech on that day a^v-o--i
eating the supremacy of and
obedience to the law of the land;
I also call on every county and-
district jud-. j in Texas'who holds
court on M^snday -January twenty-
third to open court on that mornr
ing with an address on the en-
forcement of the law, I suggest
that each prosecuting attorney
and sheriff be called on for re-
marks. I hereby invito Ihe people
to. assemble at their respective
courts to encourage with their
are turned toward Texas and
let's make Crosby county the
"-Mecca of their, destiny.'7 "
r-r -Big Cresby -County Hogs. ; 7;
The last issue of the Lorenzo
Enterprise "contains the follow-
ing-hog-item-:';- ' ' Jr F. yNewtmr at
4he-Robinson comiiiuily was m
town Tuesday purchasing, the
he could name a single member
of that order in Amarillo; thai
he. h ad not be en asked to j oir,
and would not join if they asRec
him; stnat on -.account of sonn
criticisms from some quarters, i;
true, its methods could not |H'
approved; that he held ho ' oriel
|or the Klan, but had been" in
be found, nmrl formed f h'4't an ^nfeireement o-f-
ficer h'ad said that since the.rc-
eent parade bad men arid wors :
women had quit Amarillo like
biggest lard cans Le could find &
from all accounts needed 'some
big ones. Monday he and Jack
Kell,' one of our meat market
men, killed two hogs that dressed
1400 pounds. The back bone of
one hog weighed 75 pounds.
Without question these are-the
largest hogs ever killed for home
meat in this county and probably
the largest on the entire Plains- '"
v Rumor has it -that our good
friend Jake Mabe, a prominent
business man of Crosbyton, will
likely become a candidate for
Courtty" Judge ere,, the primaries
roll around next July, Mr. Mabe
is'in every way. qualified to fill
this position and has numerous
friends who woufddmsten to give
him their support in the event of
his candidacy. Judge Parrish is
in the race and "is probably the
frest known man in the county,
Growth Jhas]J3oth_ .are excellent gentleman
hi6 hat into the ring we predict
rats quitting a burning building,
and that enforcement officers hsd
very'little to do; that it,was j ur;
ther claimed that there -had been
a greater per cent., of ,convictions
during the last term of the dis-
trict "eoUrt'^hah at any time for
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presence; and to Hear>v'hat the'
officers have to-say. I fur
quest every school teacher in.the
State to open school on Monday,
JauirraT' ';r-7/a:;;y j.-L;vO,
talk to iho studenfci - .
s
mtmr
||clcant hut one of the ^armest „
races, ever fpalled off m old Mercantile Co,j, tran
-spv£Tal"years; that several noto-
liousdiveSihad been:deaned-upy
that if this was trye.:he was not
prepared to condemn it; that you
must judge every organization
from the Ku Klux Klan up to
the church by the fruit that it
bears and that he thought" its
right to , live depended upon
whether it was in the hands
of goodp men or bad ones; that
the] same could ■ be .said .of
all churches, clubs" and lodges
and that a church that reported
to political or commercial- injus-
tice was the worstof all. That.it
had its dangcrou-i features, HKo'
every other organiautihn that
was not founded upon^ thp. j-ock
which Christ referred to in hW<
peroration to tho sermon on the
mount; that as long as we build
upon any othef foundation,
whether religiously, socially,
commercially, nationally or indi-
vidually, we must expect when
the rains descend, winds blow
and storms beat dpon our
building,
Jap
por-taneo ol: obeying the law.
beseech the forces of righteous-
ness in nook and corner of Yexas.,
to^oiriblmndam^arTj Mted^efFdrt"^
to_'deiar-thU-State-of^very char-—
acter of lawlessness, _
Yours;for theiaw,,
(Signed)- , . Pat M. Nefr,
Governor. ...
W. W. CQOpstBuysRics Hoins
- A deal was consumated •this'
week whereby W. W, Cooper,
'assistant.cashier oFthe "Citizens
National Bank, becomes the.own- '
er of th'($i Jim Ricd home in - the...
west part of town. This home- :
is a beautiful five room cottage* j
with bath and all modern con-
veniences,- Mr. Cooper shows
faith in- Crosbyton by in -
in this property. . Mr.
Cooper will move to 'their lasew
home.the first of riex't week,
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liilding, to see it collapse.", . a e dw
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3. W. Ames of the Crosbyton
^ < B n « I illcAdoo \
gret to lose
from our townund he
mend: f,hem to the
Lubbock. - ' , ■
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Charlie QjKeal of nci
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Buck, James T. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1922, newspaper, January 27, 1922; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242614/m1/1/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.