Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1929.
VOLUME 50, NO. 20.
GAS EXPLOSION
KILLS HUNDRED
IN HOSPITAL
v -
MANY INJURED BY EXPLO-
* SION OF X-RAY FILMS
IN CLEVELAND.
SENIORS TO
PRESENT PLAY,
‘KEMPY,’ TONIGHT
CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 15.— Dead-
ly, suffocating bromine gas. given off
by two explosions of X-rav films, and
an accompanying fire, killed 100 per-
sons in Cleveland Clinic today The
Injured list may reach 100 A revis- j
?d list showed forty injured persons j
In hospitals at 10:15 tonight.
The dead were patients, doctors and
nurses who filled the four story struc-
ture at 11:30 o'clock, the busiest hour
of the morning.
The first explosion came when X-
■ay films stored in the basement caugnt ,
fire releasing deadly fumes. The fumes
penetrated to the waiting room on the
fioors above.
The hollow center of the building
.vas filled with gas as the intense heat
below sent the fumes swirling upward.
Before any one had opportunity to
escape a second blast biev. out the
skylight and filled every corner of the
building with the deadly bromine gas.
Occupants had no way of escape but
the windows, and few were able to
•each them. These were enveloped in
the fumes which hung about the btuld-
ng and they collapsed.
The two street entrances were chok-
;d, and the stairways leading to the
roof were heavy with the fumes. Ev
»ry piece of fire apparatus available
itas centered at the olinic and every >
rehihcle available was commandeered
to remove the bodies An hour and
» half later all had been taken to
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Wendell Darwin as Dad Bence"
furnishes plenty ot comedy in the
snappy play. "Kempy,” to be present-
ed by the Seniors of the Cooper High
School, in the High School audito-
rium. Friday. May 17, at 8 o'clock
The plot is centered around the ef-
forts of a wealthy Eastern family to
marry off a daughter who prefers a
career to marriage Lucile Hendricks
stars in her interpretation of this
daughter, and Lillian Clark shares the
honors in her role cf the little sis-
ter
Vernon Smart of Enloe. the plum-
ber. makes "rich old Dad Bence step
around" when he gets the deed to the
Bence’s $15,000 home Ray Lowe plays
a eleven part and wins the audience's
sympathy in his efforts to marry the
career-struck daughter. Ollier role.-,
are well played by Mavbelle Sansing.
Nellie Wallace of Klondike and R. H
Thurmond of Ben Franklin
Mrs. Galen M Taylor of West Point,
N Y has done an admirable piece
cf work m directing this play.
Not the least attraction of the eve-
ning's entertainment offered by the
Seniors are tlie clever musical spe-
cialties staged between acts. Three
especially costumed choruses offer
new popular songs and rythmic inter-
pretations. Joyce Bartley. M. J Mc-
Millan, Bobbie Foster and Coy Echols
sing sclo parts.
Mrs. T. P. Berry has in addition to
training the students for the musical
specialties, prepared the High School
Orchestra, with the assistance of Mrs.
George Phillips Aikin and George Rud-
dell. -for contributing several selections
to the evening's program
OIL GEOLOGIST
HERE; PLAN TO
MAKE TEST
CITIZENS ARRANGE FOR
REPORT AND WILL
BLOCK ACREAGE.
J. D. SAYERS,
FORMER GOV-
ERNOR, DEAD
DEATH CLAIMS 88-YEAR-
OLD STATE OFFICIAL
IN AUSTIN.
DEATH OF HEAD OF
COMPANY STOPS
STREET PAVING
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Cooper Won Over
Pecan Gap, 2 to
Another effort is to be made to se-
cure the drilling of a deep well oil test
near Cooper.
Public spirited men hhave been in-
terested in securing some tests in tins
territory, as they believe oil as well as \
gas could be located here. On several
occasions these men have attempted
to block acreage to secure drilling but |
for several years have failed on every
attempt.
On invitation Dr Q O Gaither,
petroleum geologist of Fort Worth vis-
ited Cooper Thursday morning He is
a successful geologist, having located
a number of oil fields in Texas, .me I
of which was the Powell field at Cor-
sicana A meeting of citizens wes held
at the Chamber of Commerce room
and after much discussion arrange-
ments were made to have Dr. Gaitlv r
make a structural study of the for-
mations around Cooper and logs of
wells that have been drilled here and
make recommendations if justified as
to where oil may be found here. Dr.
Gaither stated that from what he had
seen and knew of‘this territory that
it was very similar to the Corsicana
field. He agreed to come back in about
GO days and begin his work
Citizens are of the opinion that with
a favorable report by Dr Gaither they
can block 10.000 acres and induce some
oil company to drill one or more test
wells.
AUSTIN. Texas. May 15.—Former
Gov Joseph D Sayers died here to-
day
He had been too ill tor move than
a month to come to the Capitol, where
he had served as a member ot the
State Prison Board since Governor
Moody’s first administration. He was
the oldest State official, having been
born cn Sept. 28. 1841 He had served
as Lieutenant Governor. Congressman
and Governor of Texas.
Joseph Draper Sayers was born at
Grenada. Miss.. Sept 23. 1841. the son
cf Dr David and Mary T. Sayers. His
mother died and, with his father and
brother. William B. Sayers, he came
to Texas, settling in Bastrop in De-
cember. 1851
Will Accompany
Dairy Trippers
To Mississippi
Street paving m Cooi>er by the Janes
Construction Company will be sus-
pended until Monday on account ol
the sudden death of the head of the
company. L. M. Janes, which occur-
red in Dallas Wednesday night.
Funeral was postponed until Sun-
^ day pending arrival of a daughter
from California
It is thought work will be resumed
i in Cooper Monday The company also
j has contracts in Dallas. Clarksville.
! Shrevesport. and Houston.
Additional Bids
Will Boost Road
Cost to $25,000,000
SENATE PASSES
FARM BILL WITH
DEBENTURE
TWENTY-ONE VOTE MAR
GIN ON BILL RECORDED
BY PROPONENTS.
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Ensemble Musical
Program Next
Monday Night
An ensemble musical program will
be given at the M. E Church Monda
evening, May 20. by Misses BobbiJ
Foster. Amber Wallace. Maurine and
Laurelle Chancellor and Cooper Or-
chestra. assisted by M;~- Lucile Hen-
dricks, reader, and consists of du:
duets, trios, quartets and quintets.
Members cf orchestra are Mrs W
C. Walls, pianist; Miss Mildred Kin-
ard, D. H. Jenkins, violins: Ray Mc-
Clain, saxaphone; Glenmore Robb,
trumpet; Cruce Mora, drums.
The public is invited to attend.
There will be no admission charge
Cooper H: defeated Pecan Gap here
Wednesday evening in one of the best
baseball games of the season.
The batteries for Cooper were Jeter I
and Dos.- and Pecan Gap Roderick
and David. Cooper got 2 hits and 2
runs while the visitors got 4 hits and j
1 run.
Tins ties Pecan Gap. Klondike and
Cooper for first place in the county
league each team having los1 only
cue game each.
Roy Bailey Died
At Amarillo
Home Relief Associa-
tion Elects Officers
A meeting of the Delta County
Home Relief Association was held
Tuesday and officers elected for the
year Officers elected were as follows:
B F Clark, president.
Rube S. Wells, secretary of the.
Chamber of Commerce, has accepted
an invitation to accompany a delega-
tion of 25 from Paris on a tour of
Mississippi in the interest of dairy
business. The delegation has charter-
ed a large buss which thev will occupy
on the trip. It is planned to leave
Paris Sunday at 10 a. m. and return
home in about ten days.
Mrs. Jim Haddock, secretary.
Directors. Dr C C. Taylor. Ed Hen-
dricks. W. H. Smith. E F Smith. B.
F. Clark. L. M. Miller.
An aggressive policy was adopted and
President B F Clark states a solicitor
will be put into the field to build up
the membership to the lim". o'. one
thousand.
AUSTrN. Texas. May 15.—Addition-
al bids called for by the State High-
way Department will run lettings for
road work here on May 24 and 25 to
approximately $25,000,000
Distribution of this sum among the
various counties will come while high-
way financing is before the State
Legislature.
One .contract estimated to run to
$400,000 is for fourteen miles of con-
crete paving on Highway No. 3 in
Harris County. The Trinity River
bridges and approaches on the same
highway will take $280,000 more and a
$240,000 contract is included on high-
way No 12a from Oilton. Webb Coun-
tv. to the Duval County line.
Boy Is Killed When
Gun Is Discharged
CLARKSVILLE. Texas. May 15 -
The 7-year-old son of Murry John-
,|On, who lives four miles north of
Bagwell, was instantly killed Tues-
day afternoon when a shotgun l>eliev-
ed to have been unloaded for several
years fell while the Johnson bov and
ether children were playing in the
room. The gun was discharged as it
hit the floor, the charge entering the
boy’s head.
The little sen of .Jud Terry, who was
playing with the Johnson boy -uffer-
ed injuries on his nose from the shot
but his injurit are m t beli *ved t< be
serious.
Program at High
School Auditorium
Roy Bailey. 26. sen cf W E Bailey
of Duncan. Okla.. and grandson of
A G. Petitfils cf Prattville, died at
Amarillo Tuesday of threat trouble,
according to information received by
relatives here. Burial took place at
Amarillo Wednesday, it was learned.
Deceased was reared in the Lake
Creek community and left here about
two years ago for Amarillo where
he had since been working.
Junior Music Recital
Monday Evening
he music and violin pupils of Mrs
P. Berry and Mrs George Phillips
in gave a recital Tuesday night at
high school auditorium. The pro-
m can-sited of piano and violin
nbers for the first part, with or-
stra and violin selections,
or the second part the violin en-
ble numbers and choral selections
led much to the program. In the
artment of music credits will be
»n in the band and orchestra mu-
on the high school course.
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et Mrs. Fred Bennington do your
nstitching at Perkins Bros. Com-
ly store. rc23
A good sized audience enjoyed the
junoir recital given by students ot
Mrs W C Walls Monday evening.
They were assisted by several ex-
pression pupils
Those appearing; on the croc ram
were Lucile Ratliff BeocUe Wester-
mar. L.iutvile Chancellor, Samuel Rat-
liff, L.vndol Hart. Elizabeth Cummin;
Bobbie Ruth Stevenson, Gerald Reed
Yoakum. Virginia Knight. Glendell
Jenkins. Maxine Woodall. Nell Lowry
and Maurine Chancellor.
This junior recital closes the year’s
work with these pupils.
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Hickory Grove
Baptist Church
I" riday. May 17,1 929
8:15 O’CLOCK
High School Auditorium
MEMBERS OF SENIOR CLASS
PRESENT
A New Comedy
“KEMPY"
AND
Specials
Bv Lorene Miller and Mrs. T. P. Berry
CAST *
In the order in which they speak.
Ruth Bence ____________________________ Lillian Clark
“Dad” Bence ____________________Wendell Darwin
"Ma" Bence _________________________ Mavbelle Sansing
Jane Wade _____________________________ Nellie Wallace
Katherine Bence ____________________Lucile Hendricks
Ben Wade ______ _________________R. H. Thurmond
“Kempy" Janies________________________Vernon Smart
“Duke" Merrill _ _______________________ Ray Lowe
Lovely Spring Party
Wednesday Afternoon
A lovely spring party was given
Wednesday afternoon when Mrs. Hen-
ry Sparks and daughter. Mrs. Cecil
Van Scoy, entertained a large num-
ber of guests. Ten tables were ar-
ranged for the games of bridge and
forty-two. which resulted in high
score award going to Mrs. Ed Adair j
and Mrs. Bryan Sparks receiving low J
score. As a result of favors in forty- j
two, Mrs. A. R Byrns made high score j
while Mrs. C. C. Taylcr won consola- j
tion prize.
The entire lower floor of the Sparks
home was attractively decorated in a j
color scheme of pink and orchid, also |
the same color being carried out in j
the refreshment course and table ap-
pointments. Table favors, which were 1
dainty baskets of sweet peas, were cu. |
by Mesdames Ed McKinney. Rudolph.
S F Blair. Doney Fisher. Ben Clow-
er. W. E Fly. Herman Sparks and
D. T Chancellor
Out of town guests were Mesdames
E D Brodhead. Rudolph and Hallson
✓
of Dallas.
The hostesses were assisted in en-
tertaining and serving by Mesdames
Herman Spark.; and Bryan Sparks.
Mrs. Greaver Miller introduced the
out of town ladies to the large num-
ber cf guests upon their arrival.
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Frazier-Hurst
PROCRAM GRAND & GEM NEXT WEEK
GRAND
Monday and Tuesday
GLEN TRYON
IN
“The Kid’s Clever”
The picture with right title—it sure
is clever.
ALjsO news
Madge Bellamy never made a bad
picture.
ALSO COMEDY
Sunday School at 10 o'clock C D
McMillan, superintendent; Mrs. Mc-
Fadden, secretary
Preaching at 11 a. m and 8 p. m.
Morning subject. Robbing God. Night
subject. Breaking Up t lie Fallow
Ground.
Every member, as well as the entire
community is requested to attend these
services.
T. M MoCXLAIN. Supply Pastor.
Wednesday and Thursday
OLIVE BORDEN
IN
“Virgin Lips”
A beautiful girl In a beautiful pic-
-ture. Also
NEWS and COMEDY
Friday
MADGE BELLAMY
IN
‘The Play Girl’
Saturday Only
BUZZ BARTON
IN
‘Rough Ridin’ Red’
Also
FABLES AND COMEDT
Ewing Frazier and Miss Gladys
Hurst have announced to their friends
! their recent marriage which occurred
I on the 27th of January in Commerce.
| They have been visiting in Paris since
j Sunday with the groom’s parents. Mr.
i and Mrs John Frazier returning to
i Goeiaer Thursday where they will be
j at home to their friends.
Mrs Frazier is the daughter of Mr.
i and Mrs. R. S. Hurst and has been in
i the employ of Eli's Economy store for
j several months.
Ewing is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
j .J L. Frazier and was born and reared
I in Cooper.
They are both excellent young peo-
ple and have the good wishes of their
friends for their future happiness.
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WASHINGTON. May 14— A farm
relief bill unacceptable to President
Hoover because it contains the export
debenture plan, was passed today by
the Senate. 54 to 33. after a full
month's labor.
Both branches of Congress now have
acted upon agricultural relief legisla-
tion, but the greatest uncertainty sur-
rounds its final enactment because of
the sharp difference between the Sen-
ate and the House on the debenture
action. The President early in the
session strongly objected to that meth-
od of farm relief
The Senate measure will be mes-
saged tomorrow to the House where
administration leaders are inclined to
refuse the bill They base this on
contentions that the Senate had no
right to initiate the debenture pro-
posal on the theory that it is revenue
legislation and therefore constitution-
ally must originate in the House.
Strong opposition to this opinion was
expressed today in the Senate and ad -
ministration leaders have been work-
ing to prevent a deadlock
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Coalition Wins. *
The farm bill was passed in the
Senate largely by the same combina-
tion of Democrats and Republican in-
dependents who voted for the deben-
ture plan.
Thirty-one administration republi-
cans including Senator Watson of In-
diana. the party leader, voted against
the bill as a protest of the debenture
section Two Democrats. Wagner of
New York and Walsh of Massachu-
setts also voted against the bill. Nine
senators who voted against debenture.?,
however, voted for the measure, but
even if they had cast their ballot with
the administration group, the bill
would have passed. These senators
were Capper cf Kansas Couzens and
Vandenburg of Michigan, Cutting of
New Mexico. McNarv and Steiwer of
Oregon. Shortridgp cf California and
Thomas of Idaho. Republicans, and
Ransdell cf Lcusiana. Democrat.
Immediately after the measure had
been passed Senator McNary. as
chairman of the agriculture commit-
tee. obtained consent to have a con-
ference committee appointed for tiic\
purpose of meting with a similar com-
mittee from the House, should on be
authorized, to agree on disputed sec-
tions.
The Senate conference committee is
ccmi>osed of Chairman McNary, Sen-
ators Capper and Ransdell of Louis-
iana. who are opposed to the deben-
ture plan, and Norris of Nebraska
and Smith of South Carolnia, who
favor it.
Just prior to the final vote. Demo-
cratic spokesmen warned Republican
leaders that, refusal of the House to
receive the Senate bill because of the
debenture section would mean defeat
of all agricultural legislation. The
Democrats. Robinson of Arkansas, the
party leader, and Harrison of Miss-
issippi. declared that if no farm mea-
sure is finally approved, the respon-
sibility would rest upon the Republi-
can leadership.
Girl Fatally Burned
Near Mount Vernon
Entertained
GEM
Friday and Saturday
BEN WILSON
IN
“The Yellow Streak’
Also
COMEDY and SERIAL
On Friday evening. May 10th, the
Young People's Bible Class entertain-
ed the Young People's Class of Com-
merce at the home of E. C. Furger-
son. After many games were played
the guests were served to a delightful
ice cream course.
There were 56 present. 32 of them
being from Commerce. Mr. Hall, Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers and W. W. Freeman
MOUNT VERNON, Texas, May 15-
Sybil Horton, 10. daughter of Whtt
Horton, was fatally burned while
starting a fire in a cook stove Tuesday
with coal oil. She died early Wed-
nesday. She was at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Lex Orby. of Greenwood
community, ten miles southwest of
Mount Vernon.
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were also guests of the evening.
Upon leaving everyone reported aa
enjoyable time.
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