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The Cooper Review.
VOL. 26.
COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 28 1905.
NUMBER 17.
Correspondence
Weekly budget of news
gathered b y He view
regain r Correspondents
throughout tin- < minty.
" S W R wT/rT i ,, |ou‘‘‘l‘not to tliink 1 t0 M.
S. If Bob V\ right gels bold of j give bun the worst of anything. | wagon. M T says he will he fixed
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io Correspondents,
Please be extraiareful in writinir
all pioper names, such as the nau.es
of people, places, etc. Make every
letter plain ami distinct, so that the
prin er will have no trouble m nmk
ing it out. Ther- is very little use
for us to put a person’s name m the
paper unless we get it right. We
can look up ordinary words it:
the dictionary when we don’t know
how to spell them, hut proper names
can’t. Many
we can't. Many persons have pc
'•"Mar names, audit is very unpor Irimuses for they are
tant that you learn how they s- ell | counting me and Frank . ..........
l^em' ! with them I believe that Cedar Creek
community will avrage far
. 'collar
give my experience m Killing gra
and I am truly thanklul that I have
the opportunity when I «<-.■ mv poor
deluded neighbors trying to kill grass
on the same identical plan that I
have always followed m growie;’,
successfully, just plowing and line
ing through it a little belwet n show
era.
Now, don’t understand from this
that my neighbors me a iot of igno
are not, and by
Simpson m
Jackson Chapel Items.
As a result of the heavy rains,
crops in this section are badly dam-
aged.
A. J. Tarter is not done planting
corn yet.
Babe Clifton and Les. Hunner
have gone to Franklin county. They
must be w&ter.bouud, as they have
not showed up yet.
A. J. Tarter is going to buy him a
new mowing machine to cut his 30
acres of clover. He will rake it with
his section harrow.
We expect a wedding in our com-
munity soon if the red rnuie troin
Hopkins county doesn’t play out.
We notice it p.iss quite often with its
handsome rider, it was out this
way last week. It is aaid that he
carried home with him a piece ot the
wedding dress.
l’leas Fletcher of Amy visited Mr.
Tarter, Sunday.
Emmet Larking visited over in
Hopkins county the latter part.of
the week and stayed a day or two
with vV. S. Scott. He reported hav-
ing a good time killing squirrels—
killed lb in one day.
Fatly Moore will have roasting
ears in about eight months.
We suppose Imm Larkin is going
to stay at home, he has sold his pony
and lied his buggy up on the back
gaiiery. Old Time a.
Al
How Texas Jack Kills Grass.
Ed Review.— 1 would have writ
ten lief ore now but the fact is, I
have two neighbors by the name of
Bull that have been rushiug to get
their crops planted, and another
neighbor by the name of Snow that
loves to sit on the fence and swap
lies as well as I do, so you see 1 am
either snowed uuder or lost among
the Bull rushes all the time.
There has been right smart sick-
ness in this neighborhood for the
last two or three weeks. Mi. Bowers
was sick last week but is about well.
Mr. Bull lias had a very sick child
which l am glad to say is improving.
Mrs. Martha Cannady is right sick at
this writing but was thought to be a
little better at last accounts.
We are having a right smart of
trouble at Cedar Creek in selecting
trustees for our school. There are
five diirereut churches represented
at Cedar Creek and each church
wants a trustee and three trustees
won’t quite go around. Now, I would
suggest that the county judge ap
point a trustee for each church and
then if they can find a teacher that
has joined and been kicked out of all
the other churches and has flnaley
joined the Holiness and become suuc-
' tided, employ him to teach Cedar
Creek school. I would advise him to
have his life insured In at least three
safe and reliable insurance companies
and if he has any money leftover,
invest it in a Winchester.
I will now, according to promise,
ahead of
any other community in the county,
or in the state as to that, for mteli-
genee and industry. But we don’t
all know how to kill grass. No man
is expected to know everything
1 don’t like to admit it, but there are
a few things in this world that I
don’t thoroughly understand myself.
Now, to be a successful grass kill
er there are three things that are
very essential. First, the right kind
of tools; second, plenty of good
strong muscle, and last butnotl ost.a
good free will to use both. I guess
that it was my being gifted with this
combination that led me into the
secret.
Now. 1 am not going to just give
a theory for killing grass but 1 am
going to give my actual experience.
To begin with, several years ago
there was a few little bunches of
Bermuda grass got started in my
field; so I commenced killing it out
witn the plow, and it didn’t take Imt
very few years under that treatment
to get about two acres pretty well
set; now about 20 yards from that
patch of grass stood an old hollow
black Jack slump about four feet
high, so one clear hot day about the
first of August, exactly at one
o’clock (I don't remember where the
signs were or whether it was light or
dark moon hut I do remember that it
was hot as h—1 in Augliustj 1 carried
two or three armsful of dry kindling
and put into that old hollow stump
and set fire to it, then I took an old
mattock and dug up the grass, then
beat all the dirt off the roots over the
end of my mattock, then put the
glass in my hat and took it and threw
it into the old burning stumn,taking
great care to not drop any on the
way. Now don’t understand from
this that I killed the whole two acre
patch in this way, though I am now
thoroughly convinced that I would
have killed the whole entire patch
that day if my hat would have held
it all, because I watched it very close
for several weeks and not a singe
sprig that 1 got into the slump ever
grew any more. 1 don't pretend to
say that the sign or the time of the
moon hadn’t anything at all to do
with it, but 1 will always be right
smartly inclined to the opinion that
it was the fire that killed it,
Of course every one that has grass
to kill hasn’t got stumps but 1 have
a neighbor, Bob Wright, who lives
four miles east of Cedar Creek school
house, who has the finest slump
orchard that 1 ever saw. The stump
stand as thick as poor folks at a
banker’s funeral and lots ot them as
big and liign as the monument over
a millionarie’s second wife’s grave, so
; this letter he may get hot under the
because I mtiinit.wl tLui I...
| wasn’t going to gather Ids stumps. J
! My reason for saying tlml, was lie j
cause nis wile t ild me just the othei j
j day that slm could hardly ever gt.i j
; Bob to gather stovewood even and !
’thatshe bad nearly all of that to do
herself and L have actually seen Bob,
myself, take his old shot gun and fish
hook and go hunting and fishing just
to keep from gathering cetton, and
then another thing 1 Judged from, l
passed by where lie was plowing the
oilier day aud from wliat l could see
and hear 1 decided tint he was aim
mg to cuss them out, which I know
by experience would be a failure.
I tried that myself several
years ago l had nearly as fine a
tump orchard as Bob lias now that
I tried for years and years to plow
and cuss out but the only way that
I ever got shut of them was by out
living them. 1 came out victorious
and I am still in the ring though
some what disfigured.
_ Texas Jack.
Amy Dots.
(Received last week)
There is a great deal of sickness
around here. Bob Gray came near
losing his little girl last Sunday.
She had a hard chill Wednesday. The
baby of 0. A. Parker is quite sick.
Dr. Barnett’s wife is reported some
better.
Mr. Earl Walker and Miss Bell
Taylor were united in the holy bond*-
of matrimony on the 10th. We wish
them a happy journey through this
life and their troublees few and their
burdens light.
Miss Minnie Gillespie of this place
is visiting a sick friend near Pecan
Gap.
J. W. Cross, a wide-awake farmer,
made a visit to Emmerson Prairie
Monday, lie is thinking of leaving
Delta s,nd going to some other place
on account of his wife’s health.
R. J. Acton hauled cotton to town
Friday and Saturday,
Elder Goodwin, a grand old Bible
I he Kougn Riders collected at j so that he can handle all sorts of eegs
il.I ifinn Hoads *i tew s,i,
the
stock
minister, preached at the Church of
Christ Saturday night, Sunday twice
and Monday night. On account of
had weather the meeting was post-
poned. Elder Carlton of Paris
preached Sunday the 23rd.
The Baptists Have organized a Sun-
day school to meet every Sunday at
11 o’clock.
Our literary society mot on the
14th and good order was observed.
The society will meet every-other
Friday night after the 21st.
Brown Eves.
Hog Wallow.
B. A. Robertson called to see T.
J. Morris Sunday.
Grandma Tarter is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Fletcher, near Amy
this week.
I fear there will he a great deal of
cotton to be planted over alter this
cold rain, in this section.
Tlieo Ilaliway and family have
moved to Pen Franklin.
Kickero made the statement in
last week’s Review, that it took us
three, Bill, Ike and School Boy, to
make one. I must deny helping
them. Bill and Ike are my two
_ _ „_______oldest brothers and 1 am not allowed
if any one wants stumps 1 am coufi- to know anything about what fhey
dent that he can get all he wants! are writing about. If Kickero
from Bob just for the gathering of i would think
them. 1 will also slule that I have
an old time stump extractor, “Arm
strong” patent, just as good as new,
for one moment he
would know better. He and 1 have
gone to school together, sat on the
same old slab bench, ate out of the
Nobody knows who they were.
Our wide awake blacksmith, T.
D. MoLemore, is at work from early
morn until twilight
Bib Ike and i have been guessing
as to who it is that is writing from
Simmons’ district, Ike thinks it is
William Pen and Bill thinks it is
Abe alulkey or Carrie Nation. I
know that it is my old playmate.
Now, old pal, if I were you 1 would
not take any exceptions to what
Bill and Ike say, for they are two of
the worst old guys you ever hitched
yourself up with,
Next Friday and Saturday there
will tie a meeting in Cooper of
County Union and of th
holders.
Well, 1 will ring off for this time,
as I have to go to re planting corn
tor Bill and Ike.
School Bot.
Jackson’s Chapel.
Cotton is coming up very slowly
aud we are atraid that we will have
to plant some over.
Corn looks like the }allow kind
had been planted.
A. J. Tarter, W.C. Larkins, and
Fatty Moore went to Ruxtou Friday.
Sickness has somewhat subsided in
this neighborhood.
Kickero has got the finest crop in
this neighborhood.
He has it all planted in his head;
if he has a tew more ovetlrows like
the one in last week’s Beview,
it will be ruined. K'ckero says it
takes three of us to make one. The
good hook sayB,• ‘Wbete two or three
are gathered together in My name 1
will be in their midst to owu aud to
bless. ’ We feel that we are on the
right side.
We are having an awful hard time
trying to get our large drove of
children educated.
If anyone wants to know who Bill
and Ike are, come down aud we will
tell them.
Kickero, we realize that we need
an education. We want to try to go
to school a month this summer if we
can find one where we can learn any-
thing,
Dave Owena’ wife is very low with
dropsy.
There will be speaking at the
Chapel Saturday night, the 29th, by
County Judge Ewing Boyd.
School is progressing nicely We
have six regular attendants.
Bill and Ike have compromised all
their troubles. They disagree on
some ot the most vital po.nts but
they just agree to disagree and go
ahead. They got to reasoning on
the subject of education the other
lay as follows: Says Ike, “Bill,
euppoxe we were school trustees,
and after the regular term of school
was out we had some money left in the
treasury, and that we wanted to
continue the school but nobody else
wanted to send; you and I being
trustees, what would it be equivalent
to if we went ahead?” “Oh”aays Bill,
“that would be equivalent to ap-
propriating tho school funds to our
own families’ use.’’ Well, says I,
‘‘Bill, suppose that the teacher took
the money, what would that be
equivalent to?’’ “Oh, ’ says Bill,
“that would lie equivalent to the
teacher having the children’s money
in his pocket and the dhildren not
having its equivalent, in their heads.’’
The Glade base ball team plays here
every Saturday. School Boy says he
is a camdate for school trustee, He
L. vV. Moore got seriously but not
fatally burned the other day we mean
sun burned, lie had gone out to
plow, and sat down to rest aud read
tne writings of Kickero, and fell
asleep. VVe understand that Walter
Korbow’s crop is to be sold next
Saturday for its protection. Now,
Mr. Editor, as Bill and Ike lnv„ got
to bo friends again, there wiil no
necessity for either of us ever
departing from the truth any more,
so when you see our name to anything
you can mark it down as the gospel
truin. We understand that P-of.
A. J. Cannon will teach at Long Taw
nexn season, We are sorry to give
him up, realizing that he will be in
the midst of Wnite Bear, Texas Jack
and Prometheus. Let a gun be ever
so large it is worhless when it is
empty. Bill and Ik«.
Lake Creek.
There were two funerals at this
place Tuesday. Oue was a vereran
Methodist preacher 7(1 years old by
the name of Hunter* He lias tw0
daughters living in this section with
whom he has been staying sinee last
December, Mrs. Dees and Mrs.
Maples. His home, we believe was in
Coleman County, tie was no doubt a
Mason in good standing, but we had
no lawful information of the fact or
•ve would have given him a Masonic
burial, which we regretted very much
net being able to do. The funeral
was held at the M. E. church Tuesday
afternoon by Ksv. Blackburn, the
pastor. Interment in Lake Creek
cemetery.
The other was Miss Lily Hale,
daughter of the widow Hale. Lily
was born in the state of Arkansas in
1893, and was 12 years ,5 months and
10 days old, and a bright little girl.
She took sick on April the 17th
with pneumonia and malaria. She
was bad trom the start, her ease baf-
fling the best medical skill that could
be obtained. She has throe married
brothers living near Ladonia and a
married sister living in Arkansas, all
ot whom arrived several days before
her death. The funeral services were
held at the residence by Rev. Black-
burn. The mother and her family
have the deepest syrnbathy of the
community in their affliction.
There Is a great deal of sickness in
this vicinity now. Owing to the
excessive rains cotton will have to he
planted over, though there are some
stands. Corn looks tine, so does
gardens, but unless we have some dry
weather soon they will he lost in the
weeds. No. 15—2 Rings
Cedar Creek.
The farmers who have land in
Sulphur bottom have put on such
long faces as a result of the recent
rains that they can’t get a shave for
less than 25c.
The Grant brothers and Mr. Con-
nell sold fifteen hales of cotton last
week for 7 18 cents per pound.
Jim Graut, Jim Gillian and White
Bear bagged 17 squirrels Friday
evening.
Tobe Wright and wife visited Mrs,
Cannedy last week.
Jim Grant visited Mrs. Gillian
Sunday.
Mrs. Cummings and family of
near Prattville visited Mrs. W. 0,
Anderson, Sunday
Mr. Studuard amt tamily, Mr
Parmer and wife and Mr. Bowers and
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(Continued on fifth uage.)
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