Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1927 Page: 1 of 6
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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1M7.
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VOLUME 48, NO. &
tPRESENTATlVES MOORE AND
DALE EXPELLED FROM HOUSE
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V9 to 14 Against Moore, 133 to 4 Against Dale-
Governor Calls Election For March 5th to Fill j
Va cant Places.
COOPER MOTOR
CO. FORD MILE-
PECAN GAP
WON RURAL
H. H. MOORE
WILL SPEAK
SATURDAY
YOUTH HANGS
UP RECORD IN
FORD CONTEST
AGE CONTEST CHAMPIONSHIP
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j ELIMINATION CONTEST TO | DEFEATED YOWELL.- WILL COURT HOUSE MEETING ATj DRIVES A ROADSTER 57.4
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t[From Dallas News, Austin Bureau)
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 8. T He
House of Representatives Tuesday
afternoon expelled F- A. Dale of Bon-
ham and U. II. Moore of Cooper on
Chartres ct havintr accepted a bribe
a{ $1,000 from W. W. Chamber.am
to influence -pending legislation and
declared their seats vacant.
The resolution expelling Dale was
adopted by a vote ot 133 to 1. with
two present and not voting. Moore
was expelled by a vote of 119 to 1L
with four present and not voting.
It required a two-thirds vote to ex-
pel. and the vote for expulsion was
overwhelmingly above the necessary
Tatio.
Immediately after the announcing
■of the results of the ballots on the
two members, a resolution was of-
fered for an investigation into the
activities of Chamberlain, the lobby-
ist who gave $1,000 to Dale. This
resolution was offered by Represen-
tative Corry Sheats of I ranklir.,
Robertson County. It was referied
to the State Affairs Committee by a
vote of 94 to 26.
Moore was not in the hall when
the vote was taken nor was he pres-
ent during the day’s debate, but Dale
was in the gallery. Shortly after
the adoption of the expulsion reso-
lutions, Speaker Bobbitt called Ser-
vant at Arms Joe White to the
front and instructed him to inform
Dale and Moore that they had been
expelled and to inform the Governor
ef the action of the House, and that
the two seats were vacant.
* * *
Vote Received in Silence.
“I hope you vote in fear of no man
but in fear of Almighty God, Speak-
er Bcbbitt announced from the chair
as the vote was taken on the expul-
sion of Dale.
The four members who voted
against expelling Dale were Loftin,
Pavlica, Sanders and Shirley. Bird
and Reagan recorded present and not
voting.
The vote on Moore was 119 to 14
for expulsion. The fourteen voting
against expulsion were Farrar, Fin-
lay, Gibson, Hornaday, Johnson
Land, Loftin, Pavlica, pearce. San-
ders, Shirley, R. R. Smith, Ware and
Woodall. Those present and not
voting were Bird, Eickenroht, Reagan
and H. H. Wallace.
The announcement of the vote on
both Dale and Moore was received by
the House in dead silence. The gal-
leries were filled almost to overflow-
ing all afternoon as the question of
removing the accused members was
debated.
Judge Ed R. Sinks of Giddings,
chairman of the investigating com-
mittee, closed the debate on the ex-
c.' Iff?* ri* thf evl‘
denee tr- iti
had acted together,
v I’m getting along in years, but if
a man cam., to bribe me, 1 believe
I.d hi* him,” th» veteran jurist de-
clared. “I’ve sentenced fifteen men
to dealt while on the bench and al.
but qne was hanged I shall cast my
vote that Ihest two men retire from
^ among us.”
* The House precluded any possibi-
lity of reconsidering its action in ex-
pelling Dale and Moore by tabling a
motion to reconsider the vote.
Representative Sheats is offering
the resolution for an investigation
of the conduct of Chamberlain, said
he believed “there’s a nigger in the
woodipile somewhere.” He said Cham-
berlain had been quoted in a Waco
lewspaper as having said: ‘T have
! v,e dope on a number of other mem- |
oers of the Legislature that I will
give if a committee will ask for it."
* * *
His “$100 a Day.”
“Another question I want to ask
Chamberlain, is what does he do with
$100 a day in Austin," Sheats said.
“I have no other motive than to find
what is behind all of this.”
Representative Lee Satterwhite of i
Amarillo said there was some merit |
in Sheats’ resolution. He said the |
letter Chamberlain had written was |
a reflection on the House and that
the testimony intimated he had used
liquor. He moved to refer the reso-
lution to the Committee on State
^ Affairs and this was done.
* * *
Offers Motion to Expel Dale.
I Reading of the testimony was con-
| eluded at noon and adjournment was
j taken immediately until afternoon,
' when argument started. A total of
, five hours and forty minutes was re-
I quired to read the testimony, two
hours and forty minutes Monday
night and three hours more Tuesday
morning.
The House went under call in the
afternoon and absentees within the
city were ordred brought in.
A privileged resolution was offer-
ed by Representative Ed R. Sinks of
Giddings, chairman of the probing
committee, for the expulsion of Dale
on the ground that the investigation
committee had recommended such ac-
tion.
Sinks explained that while he be-
lieved the committee’s report was
sufficient, in order that no question
hight arise he had prepared separate
resolutions for the expulsion of Dale
and Moore. After the Dale expul-
sion was dispos'd of, he said he
would offer one for the expulsion of
Moore.
BE HELD HERE FEB_
RUARY 19TH.
REPRESENT DELTA IN
DISTRICT MEET.
“Prejudict Against Chamberlain.”
Representative Holder, also a mem-
ber of the committee, wa3 the first
speaker. He said he was the only
“lay” member of the committee, the
only one not trained in the verbiage
of the law. He said he went into
the investigation with the viewpoint
of the man on the street, untramrnel-
ed bv any rules of evidence.
“The committee was not trying
criminals, because we should have no
criminals among us, but was trying
two members for conduct unbecom-
ing a member of the House. When
I was named on the committee, I
told the speaker I was going into
the work with a prejudice against
Chamberlain.
“I think Chamberlain did wrong.
He is no lily. But he rose to that
high point of citizenship that men
sometimes reach and Chamberlain
did the square thing. He told the
truth when he said Dale said “busi-
ness is good.’
But wipe out Chamberlain’s testi-
mony entirely. When Dale said ‘yes,
I took $1,000 and put it in my pock-
et,’ he told the truth. And I be-
lieve he took the money delibira'ely,
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doin,,., and I don’t bclieie he Had any
intention of splitting with Moore.
‘‘I believe Dale was as guilty as
i he well could be, leaving aside all
! legal technicalities.
“Wha^ you vote on this yon are
j nol going t answer to any criminal
j lawyers, but to the people in the by-
i ways and at the forks of the creek.
! The testimony i3 that Dale deliber-
| ately stole, lied end accepted bribes
! and f believe he did all this. Let
us say we will not tolerate dishonesty
in our midst any more.”
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Corruption Shows, He Says.
Representative Sanders 0£ Palo
Pinto County said he could not find
it in his heart to vote the extreme
penalty in the ease of either Dale or
Moore. He said he was going to
be goverened solely from the iegal
aspects.
“A man has said over his signa-
ture that he came to Austin with
corruption in his heart and that cor-
ruption was his business, the evi-
dence shows,” Sanders said.
(Continued on page four)
Cooper Motor Co., local Ford deal-
crs; are going to find out just how
far a Delta County Ford (new model)
will >'Un on one gallon of gasoline.
$300.00 in gold and other valuable
prizes will be given to the fortunate
ones who drive their ears the great-
est distance under the rules of the
contest.
Two contests will bp held for the
purpose of determining who the win-
ners are. The local preliminary will
be held in Cooper Saturday, Feb. 19
at 10 o’clock. Prizes for this event
will be $12.50 in merchandise or re-
pair work given by Cooper Motor
Co. for the Ford open ear covering
the most ground on one gallon of
gasoline, and $12.50 in merchandise
or repair work for the winning Ford
closed car. Other valuable prizes
will be given by the local agents
for the oil companies, who are co-
operating with the Ford dealers ful-
ly in staging these contests.
The district or final contest will
be held in Paris the following Wed-
nesday, February 23, where the win-
ning contestants will meet the win-
ners of similiarly conducted contests
in seven neighboring towns, namely:
Bonham, Honey Grove, Ladonia, De-
port, Paris, Detroit and Clarksville.
At this final contest $300.00 in cash
will be given away:
$100.00 in gold to winner in Ford
closed car.
$100 in gold to winners in Ford
open car.
$50.00 in gold to winner of the
second .prize in Ford closed car.
$50.00 in gold to the winner of the
second prize in Ford open car.
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Rules For Contest.
L No entanree fee and no expense.
2. All cars entered in contest must
be of the late improved type, stan-
dard equipment with Holley vapor-
izer, balloon tires and starter.
3. No special or stripped down
jobs or chasses allowed, but must
be standard equipment as furnished
by Ford Motor Company.
2 p. M—WILL ASK FOR
VINDICATION.
MILES ON GALLON
OF GASOLINE.
r can Gap quintet defeated Yowell i I have returned from Austin where
for the rural championship of Delta ! I have been a victim of a “farme-
County at Cooper gymnasium Wed- ! up” and ask the privilege
nesday night by a score of 38 to 8. ! ing an account of my conduct and
They were awarded the silver lov- ] service rendered in the Legislature,
ing cup furnished by the Delta Na- , I will speak at the court house
tional Bank, and will represent Del- ' Saturday, Feb. 12th at 2 p. m. when
ta C unty at the district meet in j f will explain the charges that have
Greenville next Saturday. I been brought against me, the legis-
Pecan Gap also defeated Lake ' lation pending and my stand on
Ending of the automotive test re-
el rd of the Ford Motor Company*
of giv- i p'ant in Dallas with th“ achievement
Creek Wednesday r.ight
of 22 to "15.
by a score ; same.
I will thank you to come and hear
------ I rne and if vou think me worthy, give
Election Notice ; nie y°ur support in my candidacy
Pursuant to the election procla- ' *n AH ou* *he remaining part of n.y
mation issued by Dan Moody, Gover- | regular term,
nor of the State of Texas, notice j
is hereby given that an election will j
be held on Saturday, the 5th day
of March, A. D. 1927, in all the elec-
tion precincts of Delta County, State
of Texas, for the purpose of electing
a member of the House of Represen-
tatives of the State of Texas from
the 126th Representative District to
fill the vacancy caused by the expul-
sion of H. H. Moore from the House
of Representatives by a resolution
adopted by the House on February
8, 1927, expelling the said H. H.
Moore from the House of Representa-
tives and declaring his seat vacanf.
I* testimony whereof, I have here-
H. H. MOORE.
of 57.4 miles on gallon of gasoline
was celebrated with the presenta-
tion Friday of the awards to the win-
ners in the various classes.
Modrel Williams, the 15-year-old
boy, who won first prize in the Ford
open car group, driving a roadster,
was awarded $100, and S. M. Evans,
also driving a roadster, for 53.8 miles,
was awarded second prize of $50.
The first prize in the closed car class
went to R. C. Jewett, driving a coupe
37.7 miles, and the second prize went
to Kyle Maddox, also driving a coupe
who made a record of 37.1. In the
elimination Contests a week ago Mad-
dox made a record of 50.1 miles on
one gallon of gasoline, driving to
Greenville from Dallas.
The contest was entered by the cars
with three types of gasoline bei»g
The Texas Almanac and State In- used in the different automobiles,
dustrial Guide for 1927, published by i The Magnolia Company, the Oriental
The Dallas Morning News, has just Company ar.d the Texas Compauy
come from the press. It contains Rave gasoline to be used in the
many new features in addition to j lest. The winning car was using
i complete revision and bringing up to | Magnolia gasoline,
date of all statistics on such gen-J * • * • _ •
oral subjects as crops, live stock and i ftaanline VIpmshtpH
TEXAS ALMANAC
REVIEW
Gasoline Measured.
. . minerals. A large folded general I The gasoline was measured in tfie
ties, cities and towns and railroads, | into the special gasoline tanks. The
including new and tentative lines, gasoline was drained from the ear-
and the reverse side a revised high- buretors before the ne'w tank was
way map of the State. attached so that there could be no
In addition to keeping up to date j possibility of a few extra drops be-
figures on matters of general com- j in£ *n the car’ The measures
t mercial and political interest, it is were made in the presence of judge*
the First National Bank the Purpose of The Texas Almanac who watched all measures and all
A meeting of the depositors of the annually to devote a considerable ; attachments, seeing that the hoods
First National Bank of Cooper, Tex., j portion of each volume to original i were securely sealed before the e«r*
is called to be held in the court house i matter. Among the ne'w features in
at Cooper, Monday, Feb. 14, at 1 the volume this year are list of Tex-
o’clock p. m. Each and every depos- as native trees by common and tech-
itor in the First National Bank is j nical names with location and growth
urgently requested to he present at i indicated; location and length of all
this meeting- as matters of impor- , Texas rivers, bayous and creeks of |
tance effecting your welfare will be j 25 miles or more length; latitude
her,eon impressed at the City of
Cooper, Texas, this the 10 day of
February, A, D. 1927. r8
CHAS. D. BERRY,
Couny Judge. Delta County, Texas.
Notice to Depositors of
were started on their runs.
, The cars followed a route through
Garland, Rockwall, Royee City and
Greenville, the leading car being
stopped after the gasoline supply
was exhausted four miles beyond
Greenville on the Lone Oak road.
discussed. This will be the last and and longitude of all Texas towns for I Th« jud*es followed the cars in a
final meeting held in connection with which observations have been made; i Lincoln seven-passenger sedan, marfc-
4. Gasoline tank to be drained 1 *be reor£an'zation work and the Na- summary of all bills and amendments | ’n8' *be mileage of each car as it
and one gallon put in tank, which
will be sealed by a judge before
starting.
5. No special or higs-test gasoline
will be allowed. Only ordinary gaso-
line will be used in this test.
No one connected with any Ford
dealer organization or member of
their families permitted to compete.
7. Cars will proceed from start-
ing point and continue over desig-
nated roue until car stops from lack
of gasoline. Cars shall not move
from spot where it slop® until the
flH'F rr/ttn m.'iu )M id h,
exa«t w.ileage obtained frL/n a sp^ed-1
ometer previously tested by the po-
lice department or 0the* official
sources.
Ladies and men’s suits cleaned and
pressed the right way ai Torn E
Robertson Col
tional Bank Examiner in charge will recommended by the Educational j dr°PPed out °f I'"*- Thp judges were
be present to answer any question j Survey Commission; complete review 1Jed Adams> Commissioner John C.
and explain matters effecting your of tax remission to counties and | Harris- Chief of Claude Tra»'
mterests‘ ! cities by the State Legislature, show- I mel1 and Care^ Snyder> business
A. W. WINSETT. v | inpr the am0unts of property valua- i tor of The Times Hera,d-
J B‘ GOOD- ! tion involved; names and addresses) The r0Ute to Greenv’lle
c. M. McKINNEY, Committee, j of ,principal poets, novelists, play-1 ?teep hills’ ^“IP6"311? the hill ap-
--- j wrights, short story writers, histo- I Proachin* Rockwall, which is nearly
Stated Meeting ! rians. musical composers, sculptors j °"e m,le lon?’ and has several tur*s-
Masonic Lodge1 and painters of Texas; Texa,, ,ibra* r** *• • u j w -a
Stated meeting of Delta Lodge, . with number of land I Distinguished Visitors
No. 1240, at Masonic hall Monday bo,d,n*s- P°'wer developments and at Christian Church
night, Feb. 14. other subject*. | _
Complete and up *o date informa- i ' *\
»-’r fi |i'«3 Air m mjtlstl.'g ; f‘« K F Btr.g »H M’**
| Stale, ilistrici ana /oui.iy officials, ; E.'ely.. lotier, tocher of vote,.-, oif
j nuhlic schools, universities and col- i Carr-Burdette College, Sherman, Tex.
j leges, manufacturing, agriculture, | wd’ visit the First Christian Church
[ live stock minerals, railroads, high | this city Sunday morning, Feb
| ways and motor veh-e'.e* utilities ! *3 ar the morning worship hour, 11
T L. ALLARD Se^rr^ary.
$ .«•••» • it«r
i~c.) cji more work than yitw mui
Then do it;
Bite off more than you can chew
And ehew it!
Hitch you: wagon to a star,
You can do it!”
—Fred A Bevy
PROGRAM FOR GRAND NEXT WEEK
M*aday and Tnesday
REX BEACH’S
“The Goose Woman”
With Louise Dresser and an all
star supporting cast. This is Rex
Beach’s greatest story, and one of
the best motion pictures ever made.
Also Comedy and Fox News.
Wednesday and Thursday
LEW CODY
IN
“The Gay Deceiver”
He told them all be loved ’em.
They knew he was telling them a lie,
Keep your seat, and—there you are. j hanking, ’nsurance. election result- | o,tdoc,c- All lovers of music are cor-
ky cehnties in 1926, reclamation and ' diafy uiviled U be present »nd hewr
! irrigation, vital statistics. State Gov- j as onP of the most talented singers
| ernment finances and hundreds of ' tbis country and Goopar
| other subjects. It is a complete en- i should show its appreciation of that
| cyclopedia of Texas, carrying *ate«t j ta,ent by giving her a splendid hear-
available facts and figures on prac- j in*- Many will remember having
tically every field of information. )heard her over station WFAA at
Dallas some weeks ago and of sours*
they will want to see her as well as
hear her.
Dr. King will give a short address
yet they liked to hear him lie, and
you won’t blame them after seeing
how he told them.
Also Comedy aad Pathe News.
The M. E. Church, South
Friday and Sntnrday
PATSY RUTH MILLER
IN
“Hell Bent for Heaven”
A story of love that reaches as high
ts the topmost pinacles of Heaven,
and of hate that reached the bottom-
less pits of Hell. A picture nol onl>
from point of plot and story, but one
tha tis crammed full of action and
thrills.
Also Comedy and Aesops ,;,ables.
The servics at both hours Sunday
were well attended. Rev. .1. F. Holmes
preached at the morning hour
and Rev. C. L. Bounds at the eve- j
nine hour.
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on the “Aims of the College and the
Personnel of the Faculty and Stu-
dent Body.” These visitors will be
I in Cooper for the morning hour only
and a cordial welcome is extended to
hear and meet them.
The Teacher Training Class
~ning fine. Get in at once. 1 to
i..c will preach at both | _
',nnrs next Sunday. •
The League.; me»t. at the usual Mrs. T. E. McDonald suffered se-
hours. vere bruises to her hips Thursday
Be on hand at both services. morning when she slipped on a walk
L. D. SIIAWVER, Pastor. and felK
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