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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1936
VOLUME 56, NO.
IAY0F
TEXAS ISSET
ON MARCH 2
Majority Of Contestants For
Senator Sheppard’s Prizes
Agree.
| $30,000 Bonus Urge |
I
Texas’ birthday was March 2nd
according to the majority of the
contestants for $500 cash prizes
offered Delta County school ch.l-
dren by Senator Morris Sheppard
through Uncle Bennie Clark. $2.00
was given for the best artcle jn
the subject, $1.00 for second, 75
cents for third and 25 cents for
the next five each. In a previous
contest the majority of the con-
testants held that Texas’ birth
was April 21st, the day of Sam
Houston's victory at San Jacinto,
while the majority of these con-
testants believe that March 2nd,
the day of the declaration of in-
dependence was declared at Wash-
ington on the Brazos, Is historical-
ly Texas’ birthday.
The essay winning first place,
written by Katherine Viser, is re-
produced below.
TEXAS’ BIRTHDAY
This year Texas is celebrating
■| one hundreth birthday. We
UP proud of the state we live in,
but we can give Moses and Steph-
en F. Austin praise for bringing
families to Texas. The principal
motive of those who went to Tex-
as was to get land. Most of the
emigrants that came to Texas
early came from Louisania, Miss-
ouri, Mississippi, Alabama, Tenn-
essee and Kentucky.
For several years after the
founding of the first colony the
Mexican government treated the
settlers fairly, and kindly and they
prospered. Hayden Edwards had
trouble with some settlers on his
grant around Nacogdoches and led
an ill fated rebellion against Mex-
ican authority.
The convention at Washington
on the Brazos declared Texas inde-
pendent, March 2, 1836. A repub-
lic was established and a constitu-
tion prepared, but if Santa Anna
had been successful, the new na-
tion so boldly created would not
have lived. The fall of the Alamo,
the massacre of Goliad, and the
'^runaway scrape” all seems to
mean failure.
But at sundown on the twenty-
first of April, 1836, the Battle of
San Jacinto was won. Texas was
free! The Republic was saved.
March 2, is the date that inde-
pendence was declared, but the
victory was not won until April
21, 1836. Now March 2, is one
ojtfexas’ greatest holidays, the
why it is, because that is
when she declared her indepen-
dence from Mexico.
The Texas Centennial is a pray-
er to the past and a challenge to
the future. The battles nave been
won and the day of rejoicing is
here. The world has its eye on
Texas—a land that is grande and
glorious. A state to be proud of
in many ways, not only in educa-
tion, but in all steps toward a
4*Tg« civilization.
NEW SECTION
HIGHWAY 24
IS COMPLETED
Is Mile and Half Shorter Than
Old Route; Will be Open
In Three Weeks
DETROIT .. . Mickey Cochrane’s
world champion Tigers are going
to split a $50,000 bonus if they
finish first or second in the
American baseball race this year.
Mr.' W. A. Pungs, 87 (above),
retired millionaire and baseball
fan. says he’ll raise that amount.
Tennis Players
Have Outing At
Sulphur Springs
On last Friday afternoon, Misses
Ethel Henson and Etha Stokes
accompanied the lnterscholaslic
League tennis players to Sulphur
Springs where they were entertain-
ed with a picture show party and
picnic lunch at the city park. In
the party were Thomas Inglis, Tru-
man Ratliff, Robert Magee, James
Wallace Poe, Billie June Robin-
son, Joy Harper, Lois Jones, E1U
Fay Allard and Mary Nell Moss.
Austin Road Company crew
completed building the five miles
of concrete slab from Cooper to
the Hurt comer west of Klondike
Saturday at 5 p.m. They were
only seven days laying about a
mile and a half from Cooper to the
end of the slab that has been built
from John Stahmers place earlier
in the year.
The road is a fine piece of work
and will be ready for travel in
three weeks. It is a short cut on
Highway 24, being a mile and a
half shorter than the old road.
The road company has consider-
able work bo do building shoulders
to the concrete. They will move
from Cooper to Henrietta.
“Stone Girl” Happy
ROCHESTER, Minn. . . .
Nona Cloyes (above), “stone
girl,” has been assured she will
completely recover within a year
from Bcleroderman, an illness of
rigidity and hardening of the
skin.
Mary Friseis Dies
In Maryland
Mrs. Mary Friseis died at the
heme of iter brother in Lanoel, Md.
March 19th, according to advise
received by Mr. and Mrs. O. W.
Simmons of this place. Miss Fris-
eis was 78 years old last August
and waj well known In Cooper hav-
ing made her home with her sis-
r'hEaXrs. Julia Garrard here sev-
K-
Brushy Mound School
Closed Last Friday
Brushy Mound school, at which
Miss Avon Janes is teaching, clos-
ed last week. Thursday night the
school program was given and Fri-
day dinner was served picnic style.
Miss Mary Virginia Allen of
[Arlington Is spending the week
1 with her parents In Cooper.
Informal Banquet For
Teachers Thursday
An informal banquet, for the
Delta County Teachers Association
closing the school year of 1935-36
will be given at Hotel Cooper on
Thursday evening at 7:45 o’clock,
with Goebel Templeton as toast-
master. A very interest ng pro-
gram has been arranged with Lon
Boynton, editor of Lamar County
Echo as the after dinner speaker.
A large majority of the teachers
have already made reservations.
Those who have nbt should do so
by Wednesday noon.
All prizes will be awarded to
schools for 100 per cent member-
ship and attendance in the asso-
ciation.
Second Poisoning
Charge Brings Only
Terse Denial
Harry Elliott Is
Transferred to Paris
Harry Elliott who has been with
Lamar Truck and Tractor Com-
pany since it opened business in
Cooper a year ago, has been trans-
ferred to the Paris house. He is
succeeded by John Anderson, who
with Harold Hunter, will be in
charge of the Cooper business.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott moved to
Paris Monday where they will
make their home. They have
made many friends while in Coop-
er who regret their going away.
Baby of Mr. and Mrs.
George Ruddle Dies
GREENVILLE. March 28. —A
terse denial of guilt was Mrs. Vel-
ma Patterson’s only reaction to-
day when authorities formally ac-
cused her of poinsoning her 12-
year old daughter, Dorothy.
The tight-lipped young brunet
received notice of the new murder
charge with the same stoical calm
which characterized her actions
when she was charged a week ago
with the alleged poison death of
her other daughter, Bille Fae, 11.
A chemist’s report that poison
had been found in the vicera of
Dorothy led to the prompt filing
| of the second murder charge
j against the 34-year-old widow, who
I has been in jail here since author-
| ities began their intensive inves-
I tigaton of the death,
j Except to maintain her inno-
cence, Mrs. Patterson has kept si-
lent in her jail cell.
It has been reported intestinal
influenza caused the little girl’s
death but Hunt County investi-
gators, strongly suspicous some-
thing was wrong, exhumed the
bodies from a rural cemetery near
Greenville and sent the vicera to
Dr. Landon C. Moore in Dallas
for chemical study. Dr. Moore re-
ported he found the same deadly
poison in each.
Billie Fae McCasland died in
January and her sister, Dorothy,
in February. They were Mrs. Pat-
terson’s children by her first hus-
band, Dester McCasland, whom
she divorced while he was in the
penitentiary serving a sentence for
liquor violation.
She married Bill Patterson, who
died at their Commerce home in
September 1935. Hunt County au-
thorities have talked of checking
into his death but have decided to
take no action immediately on this
phase of their general investiga-
tion.
Mrs. Patterson’s trial on the
out of
News was received In Cooper
Monday afternoon that the baby
of Mr. and Mrs. George Ruddle
died in Greenville Monday. The
parents had returned from Dallas J murder charge growing
where they had taken their baby Billie Fae’s death has been set for
for treatment. The body will j April 13 and she has been denied
brought to Cooper at 10 a.m. | bond, but her attorneys are seek-
where interment will be made at ing her liberty through a habeas
Oak Lawn cemetery Tuesday.
Trustees to be Elected
In Independent
School District
School trustees are to be elected
in independent and common school
districts Saturday, April 4. Two
members are to be elected on the
county board, one each from pre-
cincts 1 and 2.
The term of G. E. Cross on Pre-
cinct 1 expires and he is a candi-
date for reelection. H. C. Holcomb
is a candidate for reelection in
Precinct 2 without opposition.
Mesdames D. Todd, R. N. Sto-
vall, J. D. Jones, Miss Joyce Bart-
ley and Q. E. Millard of Perkins
Bros, attended the funeral of Mrs.
Knight, sister of F. P. Salmon, In
Commerce Monday.
corpus hearing next week.
Mrs. Patterson Former
Delta County Resident
Mrs. Velma Patterson was a
resident of Delta County in early
life and has relatives living in this
county who are highly respected
people.
Attorney C. C. McKinney has
been retained as counsel in the
case with G. C. Harrell of Green-
ville.
The Rebekah ladies are request-
ed to meet at the home of Mrs. J.
R. Johnson Thursday afternoon at
which time they will quilt.
The condition of Mrs. E. J. Mc-
Kinney, who has been critically 111
for several days, remains about Texarkana hospital,
the same.
F. C. Johnson Is
Speaker At Lions
Luncheon Friday
Frank C. Johnson, publicity man
I for Centennial Explanation Center
was the guest speaker at the
Lions Club luncheon Friday. In
his brief remarks he told of the-
greatness of this world show, so
gigantic and of world wide Inter-
est.
Pat Krauscopf who has been
named new manager of the T. P.
& L. Co. was elected a member
of the club.
Alvin Welch announced the pa-
geant which will be given in Coop-
er on the night of April 21. The
matter is in the hands of a com-
mittee representing the schools of
Delta County. The pageant will
represent the historical times and
events of Texas history. Rube S.
Wells announced n tree planting
program, honoring Uncle Bennie
Clark in connection with the pa-
geant. Ladies night will be ob-
served Friday night, April 10th.
Doney Fisher and Russell Tucker
were appointed on the program
committee.
Scoutmaster D. E.
Cox Reorganizes
Scout Troop 42
W. H. Jones, W. C. Ratliff and
Wade Bledsoe who compose the
troop committee are working with
scoutmaster Cox, who has re-or-
ganized troop 42. The following
have registered: Blaine Adair,
Warres Chancellor, Arland Hicks,
Milbum Landers, William Austin
Pollard, Everette Scrimahire, Rob-
ert William Waterman, and Wy-
man Sloan. This troop makes the
sceond troop at the present time.
W. I. Bartley is scoutmaster of
Troop 41 and much interest is be-
ing shown in scouting in this town,
and the standard which was set
several years ago having more
scouts of Cooper to attend Camp
Clark each summer than any oth-
er town In the Lone Star Area be-
sides Paris, will probably be main-
tained in the future.
LAST MINUTE
RUSHFORAITTO
LKXNSEPLATES
Penalty On Auto License Af-
ter Today; Drivers License
Will Cost 25 Cents
New Soil Conservation
Law Explained to Farmers
Farm Council Receives Instructions Monday;
Farmers Meetings Called for Instructions
and to Elect Officers for this Year.
Bruno “Forgives”
Prosecutor, Now
Turns to Prayer
Hollon Reunion at
Klondike Sunday
The annual Hollon reunion was
held March 29 at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Hollon of Klondike.
It is always held in honor of
Mother Hollon’s birthday, which is
March 26, she being 77 years old.
This year it was held on Eugene
Hollon’s seventh birthday. Al-
Mother Hollon can’t enjoy eating
as others, she enjoyed having her
six married children and 17 grand-
children together.
Each child brought well filled
baskets and a wonderful dinner
was spread. The afternoon was
spent in kodaking, music and a
ball game between father and son.
The six daughters wore dresses
alike that were given them by
Mother Hollon.
Those present were Mrs. W. B.
Hollon, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hol-
lon and daughters, Mr. and .Mrs.
Jim Arnold and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Hollon of Gough, Mr.
and Mrs. Larkin McBrayer and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hollon
of Lone Star, J. C. Bailey, Mrs.
E. M. White of Cooper, Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Hollon and family of
Klondike.
Today (Tuesday) is the last day
In which to register a car or truck
for the ensuing year and avoid a
penalty. Drivers’ license should be
procured today, but on account of
a shortage of blanks Some time
will be given.
This limit has brought a rush
of people to the County Collector’s
office for auto and drivers’ license.
Mr. Young has employed extra
clerks to wait on the public, but
they will be crowded all day Tues-
day if they issue license to all who
are still without the plates.
BRUNO HAUPTMANN
Work Started
On Red River
Bridge Site
Dr. Lowry Suffers
Heart Attack Mon.
Dr. D. O. Lowry suffered a se-
vere heart attack Monday morning
while fishing with Mrs. Lowry and
Mrs. Harry Patterson at the Pat-
terson pool at Enloe.
Mrs. Patterson, who Is a nurse,
administered treatment and he was
taken to the Patterson home where
he remained until able to be
brought home Monday afternoon.
Sen? tor Sheppard
Now Grandfathei
TEXARKANA, March 26.—Sen-
ator Morris Sheppard became a
grandfather Thursday when his
oldest daughter, Mrs. Richard L.
Arnold, gave birth to a son at a
He has been
BONHAM, March 25.—A corps
of engineers from Texas and
Oklahoma are at work making
soundings for the location of the
Sowell’s Bluff bridge across Red
River between Bonham and Du-
rant. This structure collapsed
more than two years ago and a
ferry has been established.
The new structure is to be of
steel and concrete and will cost
$350,000. It will be more than
800 feet in length and will be
built where the old bridge was lo-
cated.
The Federal Department of
Highway made an appropriation
for the cost of the structure two
years ago. The Oklahoma High-
way Commission is preparnig the
plans and it is stated that actual
construction will begin withn six-
ty days. It will take a year or
longer to complete the job.
Highway 78 from Bonham to the
river has been built except the top-
ping and the Texas Highway Com-
ml ssion announces this will be
put on just as soon as the bridge
is complete.
When the Sowell’s Bluff bridge
is built it will open up a new line
of travel from the Oklahoma oil
fields through Bonham, Greenville
and thence to the East Texas
fields. It will likewise provide a
new route from Southern Okla-
homa to Dallas.
TRENTON, N. J. March 80—
LATEST—The board of pardons
refused this afternoon to grant a
reprieve to Bruno Hauptmann.
•Governor Hoffman stated as he
left the meeting that he would
not grant a reprieve unless some-
thing sensational happened.
TRENTON. N. P., March 30.—,
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, with
death only hours away, has turned
toward religion and “forgiven" the
men who prosecuted him.
It was learned today that un-
der the guidance of his spiritual
adviser, the Rev. John Matthiesen,
the condemned slayer is now en-
grossed in prayer. His attitude is
in contrast to that at his Fleming-
ton trial in January, 1935, when
he spent his time reading wild
west and detective stories.
The change has been gradual.
Hauptmann still is not what might
be termed deeply religious, but
Matthiesen’s kindly teachings have
brought him back to the Lutheran
faith of his fathers.
TRENON, N. J., March 30.—
The New Jersey Court of Pardons
assembled in solemn session at the
Statehouse today to decide wheth-
er a swift series of fantastic de-
velopments in the Lindbergh kid-
naping will delay the scheduled
execution of Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann tomorrow night.
The court convened at 11:15 a.m.
in executive session. A bare an-‘
nouncement of its decision was
promised immediately after the
session, which may last several
hours.
The court convened bearing ex-
hibits and new exldence to aid
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman in his
battle to prevent the execution un-
til the Lindbergh mystery is solv-
ed.
The problem of acquainting the
farmers of Delta County with tha
provisions of the new soil conser-
vation law is engaging County
Agent W. H. Jones, his assistant.
Joe Williams, and the Farm Dem-
onstration Council.
Messrs. Jones and Williams at-
tended a district meeting in
Pleasant last Friday at which M*.
Jolly explained all details of the
new law which will govern tha.
1936 crop. Delta County Council
met in the rear of the Masonic
building Monday morning. swi»
were supplied with a 11-page bulle-
tin issued by the secretary of agri-
culture explaining in detail the en-
tire conservation program.
The county agents went over
every provision of the law in de-
tail and the Council members will
aid in Informing the farmers at
public meetings.
Committeemen present were J.
E. Smiley, O. L. Bridges, U. L.
Moss, Lewis Noland, D. T. Miller.
A. L. Carrington, Clay Toon, H.
D. Stephenson, F. H. Noble, Oscar
Scott, C. A. Cockrell, L. B. Taylor,
A. L. Anderson, Carl Cregg, D. C.
Moore, Oscar Tidwell, W. C. Jones,
and C. B. Anderson.
Meetings This Week
Meetings have been arranged
this week at the following places
and dates:
Vasco, Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Cooper, Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Shiloh, Wednesday, 7:30 pjn.
Giles, Thursday at 2 p.m.
Enloe, Thursday at 2 p.m.
New Officers to be Elected
Farmers of each community are
expected at these meetings when
the provisions of the new law wHl
be explained. New officers also
will be elected. Three committee-
men and two alternates are to be
elected. A chairman will be chos-
en from among them and he will
be a member of the County Coun-
cil.
Windsor Weills
Flowing 29 Barrels
Per Hour on Choke
Mrs. C. G. Wright
Celebrates Birthday
Mrs. C. G. Wright celebrated
her birthday at her home on East
7th street Sunday. Her brother,
Rev. John Fender, and wife of
Whitewright, and son Malvln, and
family of Paris were with her for
the day. A number of friends call-
ed during the afternoon.
Messrs W. I. Bartley, R. H. Fos-
ter and Maurice Young attended
the funeral of 'Its. Knight, sister
of F. P. Salmon, In Commerce
named Richard Sheppard Arnold. Monday.
MT. PLEASANT. March 29.—
Tests on W. C. Windsor No. 1 in
Franklin County were completed
Sunday with operators reporting
that it is capable of flowing 1,000
barrels dally. Flow was closed
down, however, to 29 barrels hour-
ly and the crude was run into the
tanks.
Leasing activity continued to
spurt in this vicinity, Md there is
considerable building and town lot
real estate trading in Mount Pleas-
ant.
The R. L. Peveto, et al No. 1
Carr in Titus county was placed on
the pump and Sunday tested 82
barrels per hour, the operators re-
ported.
Work has been started or is
about to start on a number of new
test wells in this area.
Mr. and Mrs. Doney Fisher were
An illustration of how the new
program will-work was given the
farm leaders as follows:
It is purely a theoretical case, suIh
;ect to minor adjustments and ad-
ministratlonal rulings.
If a farm’s total acreage is 240
20 per cent or more of the base
acreage of soil depleting crop*
must be put in soil conserving or
building crops in 1936. The fanner
makes the following adjustments:
Soil Depleting Crops
Crop or land use Base 1930
Cotton .................................... 100 70
Corn.......................................... 50 50
Grain Sorghums............ 50 20
Total of soil depleting crops will
therefore be 140 acres.
Soil Building Crops
Crop or land use Base 1936
Alfalfa.......................................... 20 40
Cowpeas .................................... 0 40
The total acres of soil building,
crops over the base acreage will
be 80 acres, which added to the
140 acres used for soil depleting
crops makes a total of 220 acres.
Permanent pasture, sites of build-
ing, lanes, etc. account for 20 acres
or the remainder of the 240 acre
farm.
If the base production of cotton
on the farm is 175 pounds per acre
the farmer will receive $262.50
conversion payment at 5 cents per
pound, 5,250 pounds, on the 30
acres diverted from the soil de-
pleting crop of cotton.
For the 30 acres diverted from
the soil depleting crop of grain
sorghum, the farmer would receive
$63. (Soil conservation payments
on land diverted from depleting
crops other than cotton or peanuts
will be based on a factor different
in each state, the factor $8.40 per
acre is here used Just for the pur-
pose of illustration. The maxi-
mum payment shall be for 15 per
cent of the base acreage, hence
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