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♦ COOPER NEEDS *
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♦ A Florist. *
+ Compress. *
♦ Saaikarium. *
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♦ COOPER NEEDS
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+ Candy Factory.
* Canning Factory.
+ Ice Cream and Bottling Plant.
MAX T. TBRBKV1LLE, Publisher
COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS,TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1928
VOLUME 47, NO. 1.
8TH DISTRICT
COURT CONVEN-
t ED MONDAY
GRAND JURY EMPANELED
_CIVIL DOCKET THIS
WEEK.
Sam H. Chancellor
Of San Angelo
Died in Dallas
Judge Grover Sellers convened the
January term of Eighth Judicial Dis-
trict Court Monday morning Owing
to the cold weather there were not
many In attendance early and some
^ members of the grand jury were
tardy.
The grand jury was impaneled and
Judge Sellers charged them at length,
concerning many crimes but caution-
ed them not to bring indictments
■where evidence was insufficient to
convict. Tom Cumming was appoint-
ed forman and Judge Sellers left it
to the grand jury to appoint its bail*
Iffs.
The docket was called and a few
cases set.
This is civil week and the petit jury
is summoned for Tuesday. The case
of D. W. Boyd vs. Levee Improvement
District No. 2 is on call.
The dockets, both civil and crim-
inal, are light.
Next week is criminal week. There
is about ten burglary and whiskey
cases on the docket.
Grand Jurv.
Tom Cumming, Cooper, foreman.
Jim Bond, Cooper.
W. R. Shepherd, Klondike.
J. A. Garner, Ben Franklin.
J. B. Farrier, Cooper.
N. W. Hale, Pecan Gap.
H. C. Click. Charleston.
R. P. Jones, Horton.
R, E. Patterson. Enloe.
A. C. Voyles. Enloe.
L. E. Foster. Cooper.
S. S. Dotson, Cooner.
Bob Wickersham was made do .r
bailiff . The ridine bailifTs are:
W. P. Duvall, precinct 1.
Porter Benson, precinct 2.
Hood Waller, precinct 3.
E. C. Coston, precinct 4.
J. N. Simpson, precinct 5.
George Walters, precinct 6.
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“‘Laughing Cure” at
High School Building
A telephone message was received
in Cooper Wednesday night that Sam
Chancellor had died at 6:30 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon. The body was
shipped to San Angelo Thursday
night and the funeral held Friday.
Mr. Chancellor, who lived in Big
Lake, had been ill for several weeks
in a hospital at San Angelo, with in-
testinal flu and typhoid fever, and
about a week ago he was removed to
a sanitarium at Dallas, but his con-
dition continued to grow worse until''
the end came. His father. R. J.
Cnnncellor, and brothers and sister.
Miss Lily, were at his bedside when
he passed away and his wife, father
and Miss Lily Chancellor accompani-
ed the remains to San Angelo.
He is survived by his wife and a
daughter, Mary Elizabeth, 4 years old;
his father, R. J. Chancellor, and five
brothers, Tom, of Waco; Jack, of San
Angelo; Clarence, of Corpus Christl,
W. E. of Paris and D. T. of this city.
Mr. Chancellor had been living in
the West for several years and was
getting along splendidly when strick-
en with this fatal malady. He visited
relatives here In the spring and was
in the best of health.
The friends here in Cooper deeply
sympathize with the wife and other
relatives in their hour of trial.
Acres of Wild Turkeys
Home of Rev. Norris Hospital Bonds De-
Burns at Ft. Worth1 feated 525 to 172
TOTALS
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 1—
The home of the Rev. J. Frank Nor-
ris, pastor of the First Baptist Church
was destroyed by fire with a loss of
$16,000 Sunday morning while the
pastor was conducting Sunday School
and Mrs. Norris, ill tor several month?,, East Cooper
and her mother, Mrs. J. M. Gaddy, West Cooper
84, were In bed because of illness. The Enloe
residence, a one and one-half story Lake Creek
frame building, was outside the city Charleston
limits at Siding 6, Fort Worth-Dallas Vasco
Interurban. Klondike
Only a few treasured articles were Ben Franklin
saved. The pastor’s library went ,ip Pecan Gap
in the flames, origin of which is un- Horton
known. Practically all the family’s Yowell
clothing was destroyed.
The loss is partly covered by insur-
ance.
Mrs. Norris was prostrated Sunday
afternoon. The fire occurred at a time
when the temperature was far below
freezing. Mrs. Gaddy is seriously ill
because of exposure. The pastor’s
youngest son, George, 10, was also at
home because of light illness. Find-
ing the telephone in the residence
out of order, Mrs. Norris sent the son .
to ttoe house of a neighbor, some dis- ■
tance away, and he telephoned nis
father, who called the fire depart-
ment. One company was sent to the
fire and chemicals were used as the
house was too far from a hydrant
for water to be put on. it. j
With Dr. Norris at the church were
his daughter, Mrs. Charles Weaver,!
I Chicago, and his two oldest sons, Jim j
to hunters ; Gaddy and J. Frank, Jr.
The Re1'. Mr. Norris and members
cf his family were given shelter in j
the homes of friends Sunday.
On account of the very cold weathei
Saturday the vote in the hospital bond
election was very light, only 697 votes
being cast in the county. Following
is the vote by precincts;
525
Strange as it may seem
in these days, there was a time when
wild turkeys were not wild! And this,
too. within the memory of men now
living.
In the early part of November, 1870.
a member of the Texas Rangers, wtio ing of a dog.
were camped near the Colorado River.
in thn southwestern portion of Tex... j Lew;s Darwin to Run
went turkey hunting and found the (
wild turkevs so tame that it was no FOF Eieut. GoVGFFIOF
sport to kill them. --
Delta Motor Company
Discontinuing Business
The company which has had the
Chevrolet agency at Cooper operating
under the firm name of Delta Motor
Company is discontinuing business in
Cooper. This course is being taken
on account of the death of Mr. Roach
which occurred this fall. Mrs. Roach
it is reported, will sell her interest in
the company and DeShong brothers
will each operate the Chevrolet agen-
cies at Paris and Greenville, but they
will withdraw' from this territory.
M. J. Thomas, district agent for the
Chevrolet, is in Cooper and said he
expected to have a strong agency re-
sume sale of the Chevrolet here soo.i
! Irl Crowder who has been opsrat-
: ing a Dcdgp agency at the old And°“-
son garage stand, has moved to the
The first indication of fire was when j Motor Company stand’ vvhich ' e
the young son investigated the bark-
At this early day turkeys had not
learned to fear white men, or to be-
come frightened at the report of a
gun. Indian hunters shot most of
their wild game with bows and ar-
rows.
This story of a hunt in pioneer davs
when game was plentiful, will be pub-
lished in the monthly Magazine Sec-
tion of The Delta Courier January 10.
• Now is the time to renew’ your sub-
scription so as to not miss this in-
teresting story.)
H. L. Darw’in. formerly of this place
but for several years a resident of
Paris, has announced his intention of
making the race for Lieutenant Gov-
ernor. M^ Darwin was reared in
owns.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 16.—
California’s new “gin marriage lay”
which requires three days’ notice be-
fore marriage licenses are issued, has
reduced marriages in the State more
A play entitle'? “Laneing Cure" will
be presented at the High School au-
ditorium Thursday evening, Jan. 6th.
by the Little Theatre, which was re-
cently organized.
This play ts short, snappy and full j
of fun and promises a good evening j
of entertainment bv local talent. The |
admission price will be 20 and 35
cents.
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Council Meeting
Thursday Night
475 Bushels Dooly
Yams On 1 Acre
Fou’- hundred and seventy-five
bushels cf sweet potatoes and $200
worth of cabbage all raised on one
acre of ground in one year is the
record of H. Smith, farmer living one-
half ^mile from Picaqune, Miss.
O. T. Deen, government entomolo-
gist, noticed Mr. Smith's good crops,
told about them in the Picayune Item
last week.—Gulf Coast Guide.
Delta County and was elected to the than 1.000 a month.
State Senate from the district com- j The law took effect Aug. 1.
posed of Delta, Hopkins, Franklin, * In the months of August, Septem-
Titus and Red River counties, serv-, ber and October, 1926, 15,306 mar-
in? from 1912 to 1916. He later mov- j riage licenses were issued. In the
Regular meeting of the direqtors
of Agricultural and Trade Council
will be held Thursday night. Ar-
rangements will be made for annual
election of directors Jan. 19th.
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Sunday School
Attendance Report
Following aro the attencfenco and
collections at the Sunday Schools in
j.( Cooper last Sunday:
A
M. E. Church
Att'd.
75
Col.
$2 48
Baptist
.............. 48
Christian
.....................43
5.25
Church of Christ
30
3.57
Presbyterian
....................27
2.55
M. P. Church
27
.87
TOTALS
250
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$14.72
Misses Julia and Eucenia Woodruff
left Sunday for
Denlton to
resume
their studies in C.
I. A., after
a week
Christmas Party
Last Tuesday night Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Smith entertained a number
cf friends with a forty-two party,
Christmas decorations were used in
profusion and the evening was spent
very pleasantly in the games of forty-
two. When the games were over Mrs.
Smith served delectable refreshments
to thirty-six guests.
Mrs. Mary Allen Caffey and hus-
band of Wichita Falls spent Christ-
mas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Stahmer. They returned home
Monday. Mrs. Caffey conducts a
beauty parlor and school in Wichita
Falls.
spent with their parents. Dr. and Mrs.
E. E. Woodruff.
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R. B. Boyd and wife of Iola, Kan.,
have taken room with Miss Sallie
Crowder. Mr. Dr yd hr? charge of
the Singer Sewing Machine office at
Cooper.
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Mrs. F. Engl-; is jeonfined to her
room suiTerltett • -Itli a cold.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Vance Akin and Miss Mildred
Kinard returned last Monday night
from Paducah where they snent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. W H
Jones and Mr and Mrs. Arch Hen-
drix and family.
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Miss Anna Woodruff, who is teach-
I’T music in De’.ins, left Sunday to
resume hnr work afte- •■oprding the
Vlldnys at home.
ed to Paris and was elected to the
Senate from Lamar and Fannin Coun-
ties. serving from 1920 to 1924.
Mr. Darwin is well known over the
state and is influential in state poli-
tics.
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Marvin Weir and wife. Franklin man Sparks of San Angelo, who spent
Weir and wife. Adla Johnson and Christmas here with relatives, left
family returned to their homes in Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs. Van
Childress after visiting their grand- Scoy, who had been here visting he:-e
mother, Mrs. Weir, who has been very several weeks. Mrs. Herman Sparks
same period this year, when amorous
swains and maids were required to
think it over for three days, there
were only i 1.943 licenses, a decrease
of 3.3S3.
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Cecil Van Scoy of Rankin and Her-
ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Fulmer.
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Misses Elizabeth Thompson of
Greenville and Martha Watson of
Dallas were guests of Mrs Kate Grimes
last Thursday.
also accompanied her husband ba'k
to San Angelo.
Mrs. John Hargiss of Oklahoma City
is the guest of Mrs. J. Will White.
Mrs. J. H. McKinney and Miss
Frankie McKinney and Mrs. Howard
Henderson, who is visiting here from
Pontatoc, Miss., left Sunday afternoon
to visit their brother and uncle, Dr.
J. H. Garrard, and family of La
Grange.
Miss Bonnie Blackwell, who teaches
at Durant, returned to her school
Monday.
HARDLY WORTH A DARN
I wouldn't be a skeeter, nor I wouldn't be a rat,
Nor I wouldn’t be a growler, nor an old fraid cat;
Because a skeeter’s got a sting, and a rat's got a tail,
And I never saw a fraid cat that didn’t have a rail.
I wouldn’t be a possum and I wouldn't be a coon.
But if I never glitteT like the sun I won't hate the moon;
For God made them both and I know He fixed their face,
But He never made a growler, nor gave him a place.
I wouldn’t kick and kick because I couldn't rule,
Tis the tactics of a donkey and I never liked a mule;
For when he stands the stillest and acts so good and nice,
'Tis the devil only dreaming, trying to cock the dice.
I wouldn’t be a peacock just to proudly strut.
And I’ll never be a rich man, because of, but—
I can be a good man and live beyond the grave
And help some battered ship ride the angry wave.
So best I be conten? with that I have in life,
For if I’m having trouble: v.hat about my wife;
She has to make the living, then cook, wash and irrn.
And a grow’er never helps h"r any. he's hardly worth a darn.
— Written by Elbert Gist.
Car Collides With
Truck; Mrs. R. L.
Horton Killed
Mrs. R, L. Horton, 25, was killed
Thursday night of last week and her
3 year old son injured when a car in
which they were riding with her hus-
band crashed into the rear end of a
truck at Electra.
A timber protruding from the truck
struck Mrs. Horton on the head. The
child was thrown from the car.
Mr. Horton and family, who have
been tenants on J. W. Hargrove's farm
had been visiting Mrs. Horton’s mother
in New Mexico and were returning
to Delta County when the accident
occurred. It is understood Mrs. Hor-
ton had been sick.
The Courier joins the friends in
extending sympathy to the bereaved
husband and other relatives in the
tragic death of their wife and moth-
er.
People Don’t Marry
When Have Time to
Think It All Over
Potash Supply For
250 Years Is Found
In Midland County
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 24.—The west-
ern part of Midland County contains
enough potash to supply the entire
United States for a period of 250
years, a report of a survey made by
Dr. J. A Udden, Dr. E. H. Sellards,
and Dr. E. P. Scovh of the University
of Texas faculty, revealed.
First definite findings of the tre-
mendous supply in this West Texas
region were reported in a paper by
Dr. Udden. An article relating to the
subject was prepared by Harry E.
Moore for the December issue of the
Alcalde, publication of the University
ex-students’ association.
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McBride-Anders
GOV. MOODY
OPPOSES BANK-
ERS OFFER
WOULD AMEND BANDIT RE-
WARD BY ASKING
FOR CAPTURE.
AUSTIN, Dec. 31.—The workings of
the Bankers’ Association’s $5,000 re-
ward for “dead bandits” in the case
at Stanton where three Mexicans were
confessedly "framed’ and shot down,
should demonstrate the advisability of
changing the bounty to read “for cap-
ture and conviction,” Governor Moody
believes.
He mdae it plain Saturday that he
was not attempting to censure any
one, nor trying to dictate their poli-
cies, but that it was a matter of per-
sonal opinion.
The Governor said he had several
offers from lawyers to help prosecute
those responsible in the Stanton
shooting and that he will soon “get a
good lawyer” for the case.
In addition, he will provide special
prosecuting counsel for the Cisco bank
robbery case, if aid “is asked.”
He described the Mexican shoot-
ing at Stanton as having the ap-
pearance of setting up ten pins and
shooting them dowm."
Discussing the bankers’ $5,000 re-
ward. the Governor said he could
understand their viewpoint in offering
it. He regarded it as a situation of
apparent desperation in which the
bankers sought to warn robbers that
they, as well as the bank employes,
might be shot down.
The marriage of Herman McBride
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McBride
of this city, and Miss Merle Lucile
Anders, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis L. Anders, was solemnized at
eight o'clock last Monday evening at
the home of the bride's parents in
Commerce. The Anders home was ar-
tistically decorated for the ceremony
which was read by Rev. Clyde A.
Long of the Methodist Fniscona’
Church of Commerce. The bride had
a number of bride's maids, maid of
honor and ring bearer.
After the ceremony a reception was
held, and immediately following r
reception Mr. and Mrs. McBride left
for Houston where the groom hold?
d responsible position with the Otis
Elevator Co.
The bride was born and reared at
Commerce and is dearlv beloved by
all who know her. She graduated
from Commerce High School and lat-
er attended East Texas State Teach-
ers College and State University, be-
ing an honor student of that insti-
tution.
Mr. McBride attended East Texas
State Teachers College and United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Maryland. He was connected with
Otis Elevator Co. in New York until
recently being transferred to Texas.
Many handsome wedding gifts of
silver, linen and Chtna, as well as
checks of large denominations wore
received.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McBride of thi3
city were present at the marriage
ceremony.
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Singer Machine Co.
Installs Mr. Boyd
| Turkey Profit
More Than That
Of Cotton Crop
PARIS. Texas, Dec. 28 —T. A. Car-
nes, farmer living near Detroit, Texas,
raised cotton this year and turned
| the handling of turkeys over to his
! wife and daughter . The two women
1 realized more than $1,000 this year
| from the sale of the turkeys and *
, have enough stock on hand for next
year’s crop.
The turkeys brought more than the
cotton sold from the farm, and were
■ practically all profit.
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Coldest Weather in /
Years Visits This Section' '‘Zf?'"
We are pleased to announce that
we have secured Mr. R. B. Boyd of
Iola, Kan., to handle our line of sew-
ing machines and supplies in Coop-
kinds of hemstitching and picotinr
nde-ing.
Mr. and Mrs Boyd come highlv
recommended and we are taking this
means to introduce them to you and
they will be glad to see you at their
new location the second door east of
The Cooner State Bank.
SINGER SEWTNG M (\CHTNE CO
Paris, Texas.
James Thomas Darwin, w’ > ' f
tending Baylor Medical Colic"''
Dellas, returned last Thurrdav to r«-
siime work after spending Chrlstmi«
with his mother, Mrs. T. M. Darwin.
I want your trade.—G. Fred Turner.
The coldest weather in a number
of years was experienced here Sat-
urday and Sunday. Some report the
thermometer going as low as 4 degrees
above zero and others 7 and 8 de-
grees.
Much damage has been done by
freezing water pipes and radiators,
which has occasioned much inconven-
ience.
The newly inaugurated gas service
in Cooper has held up to good pres-
sure, but many have found the'r
stoves too small to warm up their
rooms.
Mr. and Mrs. James Patteson re-
turned last Thursday from Browns-
ville where they spent two week.,
with their sons, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Patteson, and Drury Patteson, and
children. They returned just in time
to be greeted with one of the coldest
spells of the season.
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Alvin Hendricks, who is teaching
school in Hochatown. Okla., and who
has spent the Christmas holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hen-
dricks, left Sunday night and will
reach Hochatown Monday to resume
lus duties.
Flowers—for all occasions. Cut flow-
ers for parties, birthdays and the sick.
Funeral offerings. Satisfaction guar-
anteed Barlow Green House, Green-
ril’e. M-t. W. D. Hart, local agent,
ohonr 83.
Mrs. S C. Cirt-.’i ,r'l r*» ’••’ -on f
Decatuer are visiting Mrs. T. K. r?£.-
win. 4,
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Yen mu'' net miss the “Laughing
Cure” at Jligh Echccl Jan. 5th.
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Hart, W. D. The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1928, newspaper, January 3, 1928; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth978636/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Delta County Public Library.