The Cooper Weekly Review. (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, June 12, 1903 Page: 1 of 6
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The Cooper Weekly Review.
COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 12,1903.
NUMBER 26.
Vow can’t afford to do without your Born Paper,ft's a Peacemaker in any famil
BUDS AND FLOWERS OF
HOME LIFE.
Jim Dumps’ young wife while yet
. a bride
Some biscuits made with greatest pride.
Jim looked with fear upon the food,
But to a bride one can’t be rude.
•‘Let’s eat ‘ Force ’ first, dear, ’tis my
whim,”
It saved the life of “ Sunny Jim.”*
Force
The Heady.to-Serve Cereal
when in doubt,
eat it.
All "Sunny Jims” Vow.
“In our household ‘Force’Is as fa-
miliar and welcome uh ‘Sunny Jim,’ and
that’s saying a good deal, for we are all
‘ Sunny J line ’ now.
“R. L. Btoss.”
CONSIDERABLE WORRY AT CAPITOL.
FELL FROM A MORSE.
Enloe News.
Editor Review:
Well, we have a newspaper publish-
ed in Enloe now called The Ensign.
Ensign means a flag of standard
bearer. Wre had the pleasure of read-
ing a sample copy of the Ensign and
can say it is an interesting newspa-
per, though it cannot, ot course, take
the place of the Reveiw.
were blessed with a tine rain
la9t Sunday evening and the farmers
are well of the blues and have estab-
lished their faith in the Lord that
said “ L will not forsake you” and
that ‘ ‘seed time and harvest time
should not cease to be.”
Rev. .Joiner preached an excellent
sermon at tne Methodist church Sun-
day and Brother Callie Patterson
made a splendid talk to the young
folks on the subject ot bow they
ought to behave themselves at church
and Sunday School, and how they
must do hereafter in order to keep
from paying a fine, to which 1 say
amen.
We are informed that Elmer Pat-
tsrson and Lee WTilkinson who have
been critically ill for the past three
weeks, are both Improving.
A crowd of boys and girls just
south of Enloe took in the singing
last Sunday at Bloody Hollow school
house, but when they started home
after the rain they fouml it to be a
pretty muddy hollow.
Mr. Rogers, the Enloe ice cream
and meat m-.iket man, took his fam-
ily to visit relatives near Cooper Sun-
day, returning after the rain.
Mr. Nobles who lives on Craig
Prairie tells us that he harvested a
nice lot of wheat on his tarm last
week. He also says he has wheat
left over from last year. This is one
farmer who buys no flour, but eats
wholesome bread made from home
material. Why do not more of the
farmers of Delta county raise
their entire living at home? It is
belter than selling cotton to buy flour
and meat.
With best wishes to the Review, its
correspondents and readers.
Esq. Hayks,
t
Too Qreat A Risk
In almost every neighborhood
someone has died from an attack ot
oolic or cholera morbus, otten before
medicine could be procured or a phy.
sioian summoned, A reliable rem*
edy for theso diseases should be kept
at hand. The risk is too great tor
one to take. Chamberlains Colic
•;,>K)lera and Diarrhoea Remedy has
undoubtedly saved the lives of more
people and relieved more pain and
•offering than any other medicine in
Items From Needmore.
We have Had some signs of rain
this evening, ahd everything is need
ing rain. Corn and grain are need-
ing it more than anything else.
Oats are going to be reasonably
good and the busy sound of the reap-
ers can be heard everywhere.
Most of the farmers are through
chopping cotton and we hear some
complaint ot the worms injuring the
cotton.
The Sunday Sctiooi is doing some
hard work preparing for Childrens
Day exercises which will take place
hero the second Sunday in June. A
large crowd is expected and a nice
program will lie rendered by the
young people and children of the
Sunday school.
Mr. W. F. Terry and Miss Velma
Berry were married here last Sunday,
Rev. Raymond officiating. The mhr.
riage passed off quietly at the bride’s
home, after which they went to their
new home.
We have been informed by the
trustees of our school that W. L.
Stevenson ol Gough has been em-
ployed to teach the next school at
this place.
J, O. Miller went to Honey Grove
this week on business.
W. D. Minor is having an addition
added to his residence which will add
much to the looks of his house.
Quite a number of our citizens will
have to attend court in Cooper this
week.
Several members of the W. 0, W.
lodge attended the decoration exer-
cises at Klondike Sunday evening.
Mrs. Myrtle Pratt of this place vis-
ited relatives in Commerce this week
W. L. Miller went to Klondike
Saturday after lumber.
Miss Lizzie Pratt visited here Sat-
urday.
Rev. A. P. Berry went to Rattan
Sunday to fill his regular appoint-
ment
J. R. Stooksbery and R. V. Pratt
of this place attended district court
at Cooper this week.
With best wishes to the Review
and its many readers. 1 will close.
W. B.
It Seems Impossible For Roosevelt lo
Handle the Present Strike Problem
As He Did in the One Before.
Washington, June 3.—The an-
nouncement that a convention of an-
thracite miners will be held on the
15th of June to consider the question
of a general strike is received with
dismay In Washington. Political
circles are wort led over the prospect
for it is believed that another such
strike as oocurred last year would
undoubtedly produce disquieting con-
ditions in politics. That the Presi-
dent could successfully deal with the
question as he did belore seems im
possible, in view of the charges made
by the miners, that the operators are
not complying with the awards of the
Coal Strike Commission.
There is no way to enforce the
awards of the commission and anoth-
er strike would doubtless create a
demand for such legislation as the
New York Democratic platform de
dared for last year, that is the Gov-
ernment ownership of the mines.
Just at this time, the leaders of the
great parties would face such an is
sue with horror.
There are members of both parties
who desire such a plank, but the
leaders are averse to anything which
might impair the confidence of the
business men.
It happens that just an the conser-
vative sentiment of the democratic
party is trying to regain the confi-
dence of the business element which
was lost in the free silver campaign,
lhe republicans are doing all in their
power to restore the business confi-
dence which they have been losing ever
since the murder of President McKin-
An honest exhibit, one truly rep
resentative of the varied resources
of this wonderful state, at the Louis-
iang Purchase Exposition to be held
next yeai at St. Louis will be worth
its weight in gold to Texas. In
truth we do not see how the people
off the state can suffer the failure of
making such an exhibit. It will be
ifi^al^ monumental failure ot the
For mI« by *11 druggists. Im -century,
ley. There is no mistaking the tem
per of the masses of consumers re-
garding the coal question. They
are not ready to stand for another
period of scarcity and high prices
such as prevailed last winter. The
average price of coal for the winter
was easily 100 per cent greater than
the normal prices and this entailed a
vast amount of suffering and hard-
ship on the people ot moderate means.
It the miners’ convention orders a
general strike thsre will be something
doing in the way ot politics, eitner
in the state of Pennsylvania, or at
Washington. The strike would in-
dicate the failure of arbitration and
bring the question up for heroic
treatment. The situation is not en-
couraging.
President Roosevelt’s return this
week will mean lively times in Wash-
ington for a while. It will be a
storm-center for a while. For more
than two months public business ex-
cept that of the mo9t urgent nature
lias been laid aside to await the Pres-
ident’s return. The most important
matter, of course, is the postoffice
investigation. While the investiga-
tion has so far developed much that
is sensational, it is quite certain that
much friction has occurred among
the investigators, and it is belDg
charged that Gen. Pnyne has not af-
forded full opportunity to enable the
investigators to bring to light much
that is pertinent to the inquest.
Those who are complaining against
Gen. Payne expect the president to
look into the matter and remove all
obstacles and give Bristow and his
co-workers a chauce to get at the
bottom of facts, no matter who may
,be affected. Bristow will not have
his reporta ready for several weeks,
but the president will, immediately
upon his return, have a statement
of all that has been accomplished so
far. Of course a general shaking up
ia expected,
Joe Wilson Seriously Hurt and Probably
Permanently Injured.
Sunday afternoon Joe Wilson, the
fifteen-year-old sou of J. P. Wilson
a prominent farmer living close to
Cooper, came near ending his life
rather strangely. He was going from
his brother, Oscar’s, to his father’s
uome and was riding one horse and
driving another that was Bomewhat
obstinate in being driven.
The loose horse made a dash to
escape and in an attempt to head
him, the horse young Wilson was rid-
ing in making a curve around a tree
brought the young man’s head in
contact with the trunk of the tree
rendering him unconscious.
The young man was seen to fall by
a neighbor who ran to his assistance.
He was carried into the nearest house
and a physician was sent for. A
little later they carried him to Mr.
Stotts where he remained until Tues
day.
He has not recovered full con
sciousness but the pUysicians think
the injury to the brain is not neces
sarily permanent. It 13 thought be
will recover.
Ed Williams Does to Pen on Double Life
Sentence From Qreenville.
Greenville, Texas, June 4.—This
has been a day ot great excitement
and extraordinary court proceedings.
The special grand jury impanelled for
the purpose returned two indictments
against the young negro, Ed Wil-
liams, the first one charging him witu
an attempt to commit rape, and the
second one, drawn under the statute,
charged him with burglary to com-
mit rape.
District court being in session at
3:40 this afternoon, the negro was
arraigned at the bar, a jury was im-
paneled and he pleaded guilty to the
first indictment. Then the jury was
charged by the couYt and retired. In
six minutes the jury filed into the
jury box, and the foreman announced
the verdict of guilty, fixing Uis pun-
ishment at ninety-nine years in the
penitentiary, the very limit of the
law.
Immediately another jury was im-
paneled, the negro pleaded guilty to
the second indictment, charging bur-
glary to commit rape, and tbe court
charged the jury. The jurymen re-
tired, and in less than ten minutes
returned to the jury box with a ver-
dict of guilty, fixing the punishment
at ninety-nine years in the penitenti-
ary. He was promptly sentenced by
the court.
The whole proceedings occupied
less than fifty minutes of the court’s
time. The sheriff and his deputies
then returned the negro to the jail,
and he will he taken at once to the
penitentiary.
There was a large crowd of excited
people on the streets today, and the
officers of the law were apprehensive
of trouble. The sheriff with six
deputies took the prisoner from the
jail to the court room. After the
prompt action of the court tbe people
seemed better satisfied and the ex
citement was somewhat subdued.—
Paris News.
Paine's Celery Compound Makes and Keeps
the Children Well and Strong.
Mothers Make It the nomo Medicine
For the Little Ones.
The children, God bless them, are the buds
and flowers of our homes. Without their
prattle and hearty laughter, our homes would
be desolate. They should ever be carefully
tended in childhood and youth, if we expect
them to ripen into perfect men and women.
In the home and at school, the children
have their times of ill health and suffering.
We often note the pallid and bloodless cheeks,
heavy eyes, nervous movements, and twitclv-
ings of limbs and muscles. They complain of
headache, drowsiness, weariness, dyspepsia,
and indigestion. All such symptoms and ail-
ments mean that the seeds of disease will have
a fast and firm hold, unless proper measures
are taken to restore a perfect condition of
health.
Thousands of wise and prudent parents have
made their children happy, healthy, and vigor-
ous by giving them nature’s medicine, Taine s
Celery Compound. In many severe and com-
plicated cases, I’aine’s Celery Compound has
restored health when the little ones were given
up by physicians.
If your dear ones are not as hearty, strong,
and rugged as they should be, try the health
giving virtues of Paine’s Celery Compound.
It makes and keeps the children well
Tbe house is made bright and cozy with
DIAMOND DYES
Pillow and table oovera, ourtalne,
portieres, afghana, tidies, and ohalr
coverings, may be dyed beautiful
and artietlo colors.
Direction book end 4S dyed eeroplee free.
DIAMOXD DYES, Burlington, Vt.
On the State Board.
Prof. S. H. Hunter has received
an appointment from the State Super-
intendent on the board of summer
normal examiners. This is quite a
compliment to Prof. Hunter’s ability
but one well deserved, and while the
appointment carries with it a recog-
nition of scholarship, it alao proves
the good judgment of the State Sup-
erintendent. There were * large
number of applicants which made
the choice of members rather difficult
and involves no little investigation.
Jurors Must Be Poll Tax Payers.
The Court ot Criminal Appeals, in
session at Austin la9t week, reversed
the case of Jim Carter, of Harris
county, who had been adjudged guil-
ty of criminal assault upon an Italian
girl in Houston and sentenced to
twenty-five years in the penitentiary,
on the ground that three of the jury
before which he was tried in the low-
er court had not paid their poll tax
for tne current year. The court says:
•‘This brings before us for con-
struction the recent constitutional
amendment, commonly called “the
poll tax amendment to the constitu-
tion,’’ which was adopted at the last
general election and by its terms
made self enacting, without the ne-
cessity of further legislation.
“Article 673 of the penal code
makes the fact that when one is not
a qualified voter in the State and
countv under the constitution and
laws of this state a cause for chal-
lenge, The amendment to the con-
stitution referred to above makes tne
payment of a poll tax before Feb-
ruary 1 of each year a necessary’ pre-
requisite to tne right to vote. Con-
sequently when the three jurors be-
fore mentioned were presented to ap-
pellant they were shown not to be
qualified voters and accordingly were
not qualified jurors, and this fact
constitutes a ground of challenge for
cause. The action of the court de-
prived appellant of this right. We
hold, under the circumstances that it
was Dot competent for the court to
deprive appellant of his peremptory
challenge.’’ (Keaton vs. State, 40
Texas.)
This same court also reversed and
remauued the death penalty in the
case of the negro Ernest Thompson,
from Bexar, convicted of criminal
assault upon a Polish senool girl, on
the ground that the laws of Texas
forbid the hanging of a person under
seventeen years of age, and Thomp-
son was not seventeen.
Thirty-five miles of roadway have
been constructed within the World’s
Fair grounds, A large portion of
this is asphalt. Most of the road,
ways are generously shaded, and all
are elaborately treated by the land-
scape architect.
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The Cooper Weekly Review. (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, June 12, 1903, newspaper, June 12, 1903; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth981764/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Delta County Public Library.