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►AGE TWO
THE I/ELTA COURIER
DELTA COURIER
OOOPEB. TEXAS
; door south S. W. Cor. square
Telephone .—.......................86
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Sterling p. Hart Wren D. Hart
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VISIT TO OLD MISSOURI
HOME
The end of a pleasant ten
days’ visit to the communities
in Vernon County, Missouri,
where the iwiri|ter rwas reared,
near Kansas City where ihe
was born and as far north as
St. Joseph (where relatives
live came to an end Saturday
niglut when the car bearing
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Hart,
the writer and son, Lyndol,
reached Cooper alt 11:30, the
trip from Vernon county hav-
ing been made in 12 hours
With numerous stops in the
fruit belt of tfhe Ozarks.
Strange Iwhcn the automo-
bile and good roads have so
shortened the distance be-
tween our native land and
Cooper, our home for a third
of a century, that 17 years
have intervened since we vis-
ited the old home.
The same changed condition
which prevails in Texas Was
in evidence in Missouri. Good
roads and automobiles have
dicisirroyed or reduced the lit-
tle towns and agriculture is on
the wane. A crop failure last
year, due to the drouth, has
impoverished the farmers in
that section and lack of thrift
as in time past was noticeable.
There is abundance of unem-
ployed but improvement's are
not kept up on most farms.
Our greatest disappoint-
ment came in finding the
country largely in charge of
children of ouw associates of
years ago. Many of those
who once directed the affairs
now sleep in (the silent ctity
of the dead and those to whom
nature has bes'n more kind
and remain on time’s side of
the veil remind us with stoop-
ing bodies, frosting heads and
faltering steps that they too
must heed the 'immutable laws
of mature and give1 place to
others and linger only in
memory.
NEW WAR MOVES
A crafty move was made by
Emperor Haile Selassie last
Week when he hastily leased
oil, wajter and other rights of
moire than half this kingdom
to Standard Oil Co., and Eng-
lish interests, evidently ex-
pecting to dralw the defense
of Ameirica and England to
his side. The move ihlas met
with discouragement in both
nations.
It is not improbable that war
between Italy and England
will result, and it is believed
Germany will attack and (take
Austria should Italy get her
hands full in Africa. It is
eiasy, therefore, to visualize a
conflict that will involve sev-
era nations when war starts.
The League of Nations
Which was deserted by Amer-
ica, has become impotent and
this war, if it comes, will
mean its end.
Evc'rv indication points to
war and events arc coming
in rapid succession.
Italy has let it he known
that nothing Will dissuade her
from her announced purpose
of overrunning Ethiopia and
adding that vast country to
her African colonies. Italian
control of this territory would
menace England’s control of
the Suez canal and England’s
water supply from the Blue
Nile. Therefore! England is
assembling hen- fleet near the
canal at itlhie same time air-
plane and other war equip-
ment manufacture is being
pushed in England in prepar-
ation for possible eventuali-
ties (with Italy which has built
upa vast War machine.
A show down is expected at
a League of Nations council
meeting this week, but Italy
Will probably turn a deiaf ear,
it will to Pope Pius, who
has signified his intention of
offering his good officies to
avoid 'tihie impending conflict.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1935
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SAT-IS-FY. Something that pleases,
gives satisfaction; something that just
suits. For example, you are pleased with
a dress. As applied to cigarettes, it means
one that is MILD—that is not harsh or
bitter; one that TASTES just right.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1935
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Twelfth Instalment
OUTSTANDING AID
The annual Hunt Counity
Fair will be held at Greenville
September 9 to 14 inclusive.
The fair catalogue indicates a
good amusement program and
premiums that should assure
a fine display of agricultural
product’s, poultry and live-
stock.
CHARLESTON
One of the outstanding ac-
complishments for the farm-
ers by the present national
administration is the seduc-
tion of interest rates on farm
mortgages. The present in-
terest on farm loans is just
half What it (was in 1914 and
just one-fifth What it was
three years ago, considering
the price of farm products. In
1914 it required 10.2 bales of
cotton at the prevailing price
of 12.7 cents per pound to pay
annual interest on $10,000 at
6 1-2 per cent. In 1932 tit re-
quired 25.6 bales to pay the
annual interest at the average
of 6 1-2 per cent. In 1934 the
average interest rate on farm
mortgages was 4 1-2 per cent
and at prevailing phicea 5.9
bales of -cotton at 11.9 cents
per pound would (have paid
the annual interest ou a $10,-
006 loan.
Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
each third Sunday at M. P. Church.
Rev. Davis, pastor and B. F. Mc-
Guire, superintendent.
Mrs. Z. M. Robinson and Mr3.
A. J. Cellum visited Misses Ruby
and Ray Allndge Friday after-
noon.
Mrs. Charlie Helm and daughter-
Ruth, of Antlers, Okla., have been
visiting relatives here for the past
week.
Ben Echols and son, Ethord of
Oauglasville have been visiting his
nephew, S. D. Heinby, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Wes’.erman
and daughter, Mae Ruth, of Vasco
spent the week end with her moth-
er, Mrs. Jessie Oats.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Caldwell of
Weslaco have been visiting rela-
tives here.
Miss In ex Hamby was shopping
in Cooper Saturday.
The dance was well attended
Wednesday night. There will be
one every Wednesday and Satur-
day nights.
Broad trousers for women are
among Paris* new styles.
Millard-Wheeler
Married Sunday
Alt the close of the revival ser-
vice at Liberty Grove Saturday
night the marriage rites were said
for Olen C. Wheeler and Miss Alma
Millard, with the R*v. R. E. Street-
man officiating.
SYNOPSIS . . . Barbara Keith, vUa oi a
prominent PblladaliAla bualnem u
murdered aa aha wake alone In a aide room
to testify In the divorce caee of Rowland
re. Rowland . . . aha wae to hare testified
(or the huaband, a frland. who wae de-
fendant In the action . . . Detective Tommy
Rankin Is aaalausd to the caee from police
headquarters . . . Hie preliminary lnveatl-
f.-Uon dladoaed that both Mr. and Mre
Rowland had fathered evidence asalnat
of k
the other of Infidelity . . . The will of Mre.
Rowland'* first huaband directed her law-
yer brother, Mr. Willard, to handle the
estate until she remarried when the new
hu«bea(4 wae to come Into control. Detec-
tive Ranpln finds motives and the evidence
of suUt for the murder of Mrs. Keith
leadlnc to the doors of virtually all oi
the principals Involved. These principals
ere, the two Rowlands. Mr. Willard, Mr
Keith, husband of the murdered woman,
Hugh Campbell, paramour of Mre. Row-
land, and hie underworld confederates .
NOW OO ON WITH THX STORY.
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BUSINESS
By JULIAN CAPERS, JK.
AUSTIN, Aug. 28.—The first
called session of the 44th legisla-
ture will assemble In Austin, pro-
bably by or before September 15.
best informed opinion here believ-
ed in the wake of 'the special elec-
tion on constitutional amendments.
Certain to require attention of the
solons are:
1. Regulation of the sale of li-
quor and clarification of the con-
fused local option situation. Many
communities, dry by local option
before the adoption of the consti-
tutional amendment prohibiting
liquor, are in doubt, as to their
status under repeal. Dry authori-
ties hold that they are legally in
status quo as of the effective date
of statewide prohibition. Others
hold adoption of the dry amend-
ment wiped out existing local op-
tion regulations and all communi-
ties start from scratch again. At
any rate, the legislature must lay
down new local option regulations,
assess liquor taxes and license
fees, determine who is to sell it,
where, when and under what con-
ditions. Interesting to legislators
are rough estimates that taxes and
licenses ought to bring to the state
treasury three to five million dol-
lars a year.
years, the proposal to permit sub-
mission by special sessions appar-
ently having lost.
Much of Australia's gold belt,
which is 2,000 miles long and 300
miles wide, has never been touch-
ed, according to a recent govern-
ment report.
2. Enabling legislation to permit
the state to take advantage of the
federal old age pensions approprio,-
tion, allowing states $15 each for
indigent aged persons on a match-
ing basis. The enabling legislation
is expected to fix rigidly the qual-
ifications of those receiving such
aid, setting age limits and requir-
ing conclusive proof of need. Oth-
erwise, raids on the state treasury
running into the millions annually
will result. Corporations and oth-
ers interested in maintaining lower
state taxes can be depended upon
to bring pressure to bear upon the
legislators in drafting this enab-
ling legislation, to keep down costs
to the minimum. Sales tax advo-
cates will doubtless exploit the fu-
tile hopes of many persons misled
by Townsend plan talk, into be-
lieving that a state-financed mil-
leniutu is about to begin. They will
seek to capitalize the pressure of
these demands to foroe through a
sales tax.
Texas got the jump on most
other states when the highway de-
partment, at the instigation of
Chairman Harry Hines, began pre-
paration two weeks ago of plans
for a $4,000,000 farm-to-market
road program, to be paid for by
the federal government out of a
special allotment of WPA funds.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
promulgated the requirements last
week, listing as first consideration
the availability of suitable relief
labor and next the possibility of
creating lasting social and econom-
ic benefits from the roads selected.
A technical amendment to existing
state highway laws, permitting the
highway department to supervise
construction of roads not a part of
the state highway system, may
he required, and probably will be
another matter for the special ses-
sion to handle. All of this work,
will be done by contract, which
the highway department has
found to be the economical and ef-
fective way to build roads rather
than the outworn political foce-
account or day labor system. '
* * *
France’s new “Great Wall of
China" being constructed from
Strasbourg to Sarroguemines, a
distances of 60 mdles, will coat at
least $300,000,000.
Legislation to set up a system
of compensating certain county of-
ficials in lieu of the fee system,
which, as this is mailed, appears
to have been written out of the
constitution by the electorate. The
returns likewise indicate a respite
from further constitutional amend-
ments for at least another two
Oil circles of Texas have been
greatly excited for two weeks over
the probable implication of certain
language contained in a recent de-
cision of the state supreme court,
interpreted by major oil companies
who have long sought such an end
to mean that the railroad commis-
sion should take into consideration
acreage, as well as potential oil
production. With millions of dol-
lars of Texas school funds Invol-
ved, and small Independents assert-
ing the plan means economic death
to them, the commission postpon-
ed its August hearing for a week,
and was to resume testimony this
week. The commission obviously
is against the plan, advanced by
major oil company attorneys, to
base the next proration order up-
on the acreage factor unless posi-
tively ordered to do bo by a court
of competent jurisdiction. Here is
the exact language of Chairman
Ernest O. Thompson, which may
be taken as a pretty good indica
tion of what the commission la
going to do about it, when the
testimony is all in:
"The conupission has been con-
ferring about this question and
wishes /to make it absolutely plain
that we are certainly going to fol-
low the statute religiously, and
certainly we are going to follow
out tbe mandates of the court in
their decisions, when we can un-
derstand them . . . However, tne
extent to which this testimony has
gone leads us to announce that
this commission certainly is not
going to stand for any share-the-
wealth plan with reverse English,
tuking from those who do not
Wm *
V AND ALIA, O. . . . J. B. Roys]
(above), of Tallahassee, Fla., train
conductor, is the Grand American
Handicap champion of the trap-
shooters. Ho scored 47 out of 50
birds to win. Below io Mrs. John
“Bunny” Sanders of this city who
won in the women’s competition,
scoring 90 out of 100.
have and giving to those who have
This testimony so far in the minds
of the commiss on leads inescapab
ly to the conclusion that small ac-
reage will be of no value . . . The
commission does not believe that
the legislature by its laws or the
courts by their decisions, mean to
drive the little man out of the oil
business in Texes."
That paragraph may become his-
tone in Texas. It serves ito em-
phasize again that the railroad
commission, in all its dealings with
the highly technical and controver-
sial question, rmualt keep jn mind
that it is serving not only the
giant oil companies who have in-
vested millions in Texas, but also
the sins 11 independent oil men who
have pioneered much of the new
development, and most important
of all, 6,000,000 Texas citizens
whose gasoline bill goes up $8,000,-
000 a year every time gasoline
goes up a cent a gallon at the
pump.
A wood gas generator suitable
for much rancidity that develops
ed to have been designed In Ger-
many.
Lamar Co. Gets 1st
Bale a Month Late
PARIS, Aug, 28.—Nearly a
month later than last year, Lamar
County’s first bale of cotton from
the current crop year was brought
to Paris Tuesday morning. The
bale was grown by Will Williams
on the Amis, Pickering, Young
farm near Kensing and ginned by
Joel R. Young at Glory and weigh-
ed 570 pounds. The bale was gin-
ned Monday afternoon.
Edwin Wardell, agent for J,
Kahn and Company, bought the
bale for 12.50 cents, after class-
ing lit as middling, one and one-six.
teenth inch.
A twenty-four old Russian wo-
man is reported to have establish-
ed a world record in height alti-
tude parachute jumping without
an oxygen device, when she leaped
from an altitude of 20,833 feet.
Japan’s 1934 rice crop tota'cJ
259,000,000 bushels.
Of all the 6,000,000 fanmB In this
country only 800,000 are electrified
and less than 650,000 have "high
line” service.
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OrauKht as soon as you notto* that bowel
Activity has slowed up or you begin to feel
Rlugglsh. Thousands prefer Black-Draught
for the refreshing reUef It has brought
them . . Mrs. Ray Mullins, of Lafe, Ark.,
writes: "My husband and I both take
Thedford's Black-Draught and find It
splendid for constipation, biliousness, and
the disagreeable, aching, tired feeling that
comes from this condition." With refer-
ence to Syrup of Blaok-Draught, which
this mother give* her children, she says:
"They like the taste and It gave such
good results."
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Wisely, Miss Edmond made no
effort to deny the charge. "Where
did you learn that?”
"From Harvey Willard, of course
. . . ant*- Mrs. Rowland,” Rankin re-
turned £ provocatively. “They in-
formed me of your entire part in
the collusion — how, as secretary,
you agreed to pretend an affair with
the husband. And how you climaxed
the ‘intrigue* with the affair at the
Inn.” He smiled contemptuously.
As he intended, anger burned in
the girl’s eyes, as much directed
agpinst her erstwhile con’cderaies
as against his insulting comments,
“They told you that? But it was
theii plan; I had notl.ing to do with
it and had no interest in it, until I
innocently took the job as secre-
Just the same, you've conspired
defraud justice and commit per-
_ Under oath,” the detective put
coldly.
'ill Edmond’s resentment, increas-
ing with her alarm, loosened her
tongue.
"I won’t be a fool for them." She
clenched her fists. “They may have
told you a lot, but they left out even
more. You haven’t heard yet that
they tried to double-cross Mr. Row-
land. There was a woman he really
loved—for whom he wasn’t faking
an affection; and they attempted to
catch him with her—his real mis-
tress."
‘‘His real mistress? What do vou
mean—he was unfaithful, after all?”
"Yes, he had a mistress; and here
is more news to surprise you.”
Miss F-drnond spoke triumphantly.
“ThejK? didn't tell you her name,
either, Air. Rankin; it was Barbara
Keith—Mrs. Mortimer Keith 1 ‘It
was with her, not me, that he went
to the Sunset Inn February first, to
spend the night!”
‘‘Mrs. Keith 1” Rankin ejaculated
“Good heavens, how can that be
possible ?"
He could hardly credit his ears.
He had expected information from
the girl, but never, in his wildest
speculations, such a startling, over-
whelming revelation.
“To dear up this whole business
for you, Mr. Rankin,” she related,
“I had better begin at the begin-
ning. What they said about hiring
me and planting the impression
Allen and I had an affair is prob-
ably correct; they’d have no reason
to lie about that. Up to the day
we chose for the final discovery,
everything went according to plan.
It wao arranged to catch us to-
gether, Thursday, February second;
iu know, as secretary, I had every
Mrs. K<
the Inni
"It’s f
converts
day afte
girl retc
m the I
o’clock a
the phot
spoke tc
and yet
understa
joyful, a
exciteme
the cons
ten still
suspicior
Harvey;
is seeing
refused t
all this
’AS.
“Mn
possible?
1
ursday off and usually spent it
th Allen to increase suspicion.
was to write a note, making an
ointment to meet me that night
jeight o’clock in town. Mrs.
Rowland would supposedly dis-
cover it, turn it over to her brother
and Dorldn, and the three of them
would watch our meeting. Then,
(to produce proofs of our relations,
Allen and I were to drive to the
Roadside Hotel, thirty miles out
along the Lancaster Pike, and there
be trapped in a bedroom together."
The detective’s face screwed into
a baffled, uncomprehending frown.
‘‘This was set for Thursday, the
second? But according to Mr.
Willard and the testimony,” he ob-
jected, “the climax really was acted
the day before, Wednesday, Febru
try first. \nd it took place at the
Sunset Inn, instead.”
Till Edmond smiled vindictively.
“Yes, that’s so; that is where the
double-crossing comes in. The
whole program was advanced one
day by Mrs. Rowland’s treachery in
Irying to drag Mrs. Keith into the
scandal. She failed only because I
was too much for her. At the hear-
ing afterward, she couldn’t prove
anything against Mrs. Keith, so she,
Mr. Willard and Allen had to stick
to the story they originally planned
knd change only the necessary
minor details, such as the date and
the sqyge. After all, so far as Dor-
kin was concerned, he witnessed on
Wednesday substantially what we
Intended him to see on Thursday;
knd that was the evidence he of-
fered.”
Still Rankin wore a puzzled look.
?Tm afraid I don't follow at all,
“s Edmond. How can‘that be if
m
but now
She the
‘Never n
tell yon '
be here w
at tile «
streets.’
the auda
in front
won’t hi
meeting
he is tai
him red-
tress am
a divoru
up the r<
She pa
hemence
“So I
Allen ar
Only, I i
out and
eral time
was to b
if Allen i
try to stc
ing I mij
ing was
I parked
not to be
Rowland
tective c<
hide neai
Mrs. Ke
actly nin
up.”
«c
Since
I follows
later cha
Inn, I tr;
while sh<
I drove
other sid'
crowd de
Keith w
quarters,
the new
the locat
out stopf
entered a
as if I
When I !
was a dea
my name
tiously fo
“Mrs. 1
the secre
ally, “hall
terror; si
ruined bj
enough p
that he h
of the w
both of ui
change cl
about the
Mrs. Keit
and Allen
to the citj
‘‘Even i
ment to s
the hall, J
and Dork
the stairs,
to slip int
eral doors
she waite
into our i
out and r
irohably
Keith on
The gir
NEEDMORE
The protracted meeting closed
Sunday night with 11 baptized
Sunday afternoon, one more for
baptism, five more converted that
did not join the church, four re-
claimed and five joined by letter,
making a total of 26. The whole
community was greatly helped.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Campbell
and baby of Commerce attended
church here Sunday.
Marvin Buchanan was the victim,
of a very painful accident while
cutting wood la#t week when the
axe he was using bounced back
and cut
which ri
close.
Mr. ar
ited Mr.
Commer
Friend
made sa
lard of I
Miss <
has beei
with Mi
rles.
Mr. a
ed his i
In giv
ing we
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