The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 20, 1935 Page: 3 of 4
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TUESDAY, AUG. 20, 1985
TUESDAY, AUG. 20, 1935
THE DELTA COURIER
OPINION
Price HD Members
Recommend Relish
Food Demonstrator
Cans New Vegetable
ivorogCou
American* are now-
only buyers of tho fan
Calais, France.
(Continued from Page One)
MJJRDER
fr V ^MILTON PDQPPED...
Mrs. Milton Thompson, farm
food supply demonstrator of the
Lake Creek Home Demonstration
Club has in her pantry 8 pints of
canned broccoli, which was tho
new vegetable planted in her gar-
den this spring. Of other green
and leafy vegetables, Mrs. Thomp-
son has canned 144 pints and plans
to can more from her fall garden
Thus far this year Mrs. Thomp-
son has canned 890 pints of vege-
tables, fruits and meats. She also
has 10 gallons of cucumbers in
brine.
adroitly and Ingeniously worded
conveying the impression on the
mind of the average reader that
areas which rsere dry before the
adoption of the state wide prohibi-
tion amendment in 1919 would re-
main dry and would be protected
by'the local option law in the event
the repeal amendment carries by
a majority vote.
In my opinion this is an entire-
ly erroneous impression purposely
Intended to deceive the voters.
There is now no local option law,
and no county could claim protec-
tion from liquor traffic in the event
the repeal amendment carries.
It is my further opinion as a
lawyer that if the repeal amend-
ment is adopted by the voters on
August 24 anyone after that date
can sell liquor in Cooper or any
where at any place (even near our
church doors) without fear of pro-
secution, 24 hours in the day, seven
days in the week, because the only
penal statute dealing with liquor
violations, is that which prohibits
the sale of beer not in excess of
3.2 per cent alcohol by weight.
1 recognize it is possible for the
legislature to be convened in extra-
ordinary session to enact legisla-
tion that would be necessary to pro-
tect dry territory, but I further
recognize same of the difficulties
that would be encountered in so do-
ing. As now constituted the prevail-
ing sentiment of the present legio
lature is admittedly wot, and if re-
peal amendment carries, most of
the legislators will take that ex-
pression of the people as a man-
date to throw the state wide open.
More over, most every special ses-
sion lasts for thirty days. Unless
a bill in the legislature passes each
house by a two thirds majority re-
cord vote the bill does not become
a law for 90 days after adjourn-
ment of the legislature. So it is
manifest that if the repeal amend-
ment does carry it would certainly
be at least 120 days thereafter that
there would be no law in Texas
with a penalty attached to it prohi-
biting the traffic in liquor. Dur-
ing tills period of time, one could
‘traffic in liquor at any time or
place in Delta county or in Texas
and never be punished.
Under our present laws one vlo
lating our liquor laws is punished
by not less than one nor more than
five years in the penitentiary. Ar-
gument has been made that the
minimum punishment is too severe
for the crime. If this be true, the
legislature has ample constitution-
al authority for changing this with-
out submitting a constitutional
amendment. The legislature itself
could reduce the minimum punish-
,ment as low as it desires, even to
a one dollar fine.
It has been suggested that
should repeal carry, it would be
the means of providing $8,000,000
to $10,000,000 badly needed rev-
enue. Let’s see the fallacy of that
suggestion, a careful study of She
senate joint resolution, page 1229
Acts of the Regular Session of the
44th Legislature is convincing
The making of corn relish was
recommended to the Price Home
Demonstration club by Mrs. Man-
cel Mosley, farm food supply dem-
onstrator. Several members have
made it ana like it very much.
Mrs. S. P. Sarising made 12
pints and says that it is excellent
to serve with meat. To make it
she said: “I used one dozen ears
of corn, one head of cabbage, 3
red sweet peppers, 3 green sweet
peppers, one quart vinegar, 1 cup
sugar, two tablespoons mustard,
one tablespoon salt and one table-
spoon celery seed. I cooked the
com in boiling wa'ter for three
minutes to act the milk. After it
had cooled I curt, the corn from the
cob and cooked all the ingredients
together for 20 minutes. Then I
packed the relish in clean, steril-
ized, hot jams and processed it for
15 minutes in a hot water bath.’’
The per capita fire loss in
land, Calif., for the fiscal
1934-35 was 96 cents, low
its history.
© HARPER* BROTHER*..
Tenth Instalment
time. “That won’t wash, Mr. Keith 1”
“Oh, but I certainly have. That’s
my private affair.”
Abruptly the detective shifted his
attack. “If I’m not mistaken you
reached Mr. Dawson's office yester-
day before Mrs. Keith arrived with
her escort."
“No, I wasn’t there then,” Camp-
bell corrected him. “I followed them
by a few minutes—it must have
been almost twenty to three; and
they had already gone into the
library to wait.”
“Mrs. Keith chose to stay in the
inner office, fifteen-o-five, where she
could be alone," Rankin stated, "and
you were aware of that; in fact,
Mrs. Rowland joined you from the
library to tell you that." His tone
became hostile. “Just before she
entered fifteen-o-five herself, to un-
s» hall rlAAf **
the detective answered curtly. “You
surely don’t hope to persuade me
your presence was only a coinci-
dence?”
Mr. Keith compressed his lips.
Yes, of course that's ridiculous.
The truth is, I have no explanation
to offer; I can’t tell you why I went
there.”
It was Rankin’s turn to be take*
aback, and he stared inctedulously,
as though he hsd not heard aright.
"You can’t tell me, Mr. Keith?"
he said harshly. “You mean you
won’t?"
“Have it any way you like, Ran-
kin, his opponent returned, firmly.
“It concerns me alone and can’t
possibly ba of interest to the author-
ities. It is a private matter I pre-
fer not to disclose.”
gmoMPa . . . Barbara Keith, wile ot a
prominent Philadelphia buslneea man. U
murdered aa (he watts alone In a tide room
to testify in tho divorce case ot Rowland
vs. Rawlasri ... As was to hove testified
ter the h neb sail, a friend, who wae de-
fendant In the action . . . Detective Tommy
Rankin Is uslsiwl to ths ease from police
headeserter* ... Bis preliminary Investi-
gation disclosed that both Mr. and Mrs.
Rowland had lathered evidence afaiast
the ether ot, lr fidelity . , . The will ot Mrs.
Rowland's first husband directed her law-
yer brother, Mr. Willard, to handle tho
aetata until she remarried when the now
husband was to come Into control. Detec-
tive Rankin finds metises and ths evident*
ot full I tor tho murder of Mrs. Keith,
leading to tho doors of virtually all of
tho prinelpols Involved. These principals
are, the two Rewlafitfs, Mr. Wmerd, Mr.
Keith, husband of tho murdered wosnan,
Hugh Campbell, paramour ot Mrs. Row-
land, and hie underworld confederates . . .
NOW OO ON WITH THS STORY.
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The detective could not decide
whether to believe the story or not.
"Do you know whether Mrs.
Keith ever visited Ailerton, Indi-
ana?" Abruptly Rankin shifted the
subject.
The other shook his head. “Ai-
lerton? Certainly not in the four
years since we met; before that,
shf may have been there. She
never mentioned it. . . Why do you
ask?”
I found an empty bottle with an
leLel £____ |____L.l •_ .«
♦ Dr. W. C. WALLS •
♦ DENTIST ♦
♦ Second Floor, First National
♦ Bank Building •
♦ Office Hours: 8 to 12 a. m. •
+ and 1 to 5 p. m. *
♦ COOPER, TEXAS •
Announcing Opening
Of My
DANCING STUDIO
September 3rd
FOR ENROLLMENT
Mrs. John Anderson’s residence, on West
First St. Call or Telephone before 4 p. m.
No. 234.
Classes in Ballet, Tap, Character and
Modern Jazz
Elisabeth Abernathy
Miss Abernathy is a pupil of Theodore Kosloff, Es-
gorges Balanchline, Pierre Vladiminoff, Ned Wayburn,
Ernest Carlos and Bernie Seager. She has danced as
Solo Dancer at many outstanding places on both the
east and west coasts, including the Hollywood Bowl
and Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, and at
Radio City music hall.
old label trom a hospital in that
town in her medicine cioset. It bad
contained
py rami don.
Rankin bent towar
ie_nt toward him to em-
phasize the importance of his next
question.
“Isn’t it a fact, Mr. Keith, that in
spite of your liberal allowance and
income, your wife was always
.pressed for funds?”
* Mortimer Keith looked startled.
yjHow could you guess that, Ran-
min?” he exclaimed. “It’s true she
worried about money, and often ap-
proached me for more, for charities
and clothes. Once I questioned her
about it, and she made some vague
excuse about losing k in stocks.”
"Perhaps this will explain her ex-
penditures,’’ Rankin said, “these
check-stubs and canceled checks.”
As he studied them, Mr. Keith’s
lips tightened ip to a formidable line,
and his eyes flashed in features
darkened by a swift anger.
“Steady payments like this for
two years,” he cried harshly, at last,
“as if she were being blackmailed to
prevent me trom learning some se-
cret about her!”
“They ®;ertainly suggest that,”
Rankin said, in disappointed tones.
“You had no knowledge of them or
to whom or for what reason she
drew them?”
“No, this is my first inkling of
them.”
"Were you aware, sir, that Mrs.
.Keith would be a witness in the
Rowland divorce suit in Mr. Daw-
son’s office, yesterday?”
Mr. Keith shook his head. “Not
until I read where she met her
death.” .
“Had you any idea," Rankin
asked, “how she happened to
accompany young Rowland, two
weeks ago, and be in a position to
give evidence for him?’’
“I still don’t understand how she
ever permitted herself to become in-
volved in such a vulgar public scan-
dal 1” the manufacturer rasped out.
“Did you know Mrs. Keith was
going out that Wednesday night at
all?” 0
“Yea, she was to visit her physi-
cian, who attends her when her
feeadaches become particularly vi-
cious. Dr. Anton Brantman on
Pine Street. I didn’t pay any atten-
tion to when she left or returned
tome.”
r‘ “Then, Mr. Keith, what was your
connection with the Rowland di-
vorce action?”
At the abruptness with which the
detective shot this question the
uther gazed at him in perplexity and
R. H. GOOD
Attorney-at-Law
Offices In Ratliff Bldg.
Refreshing Relief
Tho implied accusation brought Campbell forward in his chair, in
a swift burst of anger.
When You Need a Laxative
Because of the refreshing relief it
taa brought them, thousands of men
uid women, who could afford much
pore expensive laxatives, use Black-
praught when needed. It Is very
fconomical, purely vegetable, highly
(ffectlve. . . Mr. J. Lester Roberson,
yell known hardware dealer at Mar-
tinsville, Vfc., writes: “I certainly can
recommend Black-Draught as a splendid
pedlclne I have taken It tor eonstipatlon
jnd the dull feelings that toUow, ana have
|ound it very satlafactory.”
BLACK-DRAUGHT
“Mr. Keith,” Rankin cried sharp-
ly, “do you realize what your refusal
means? Nothing is private in a
murder case: and I am investigat-
inir the murder of some one near to
you—yuur wile."
The manufacturer winced. "If
it had any relation to the crime at
all, I promise you I wouldn’t hesi-
tate to speak out, Rankin.”
“I’m the best judge of what i3
The implied accusation brought
Campbell forward in his chair, in a
swift burst of anger.
"So that’s what you’re getting at,”
he said, through his teeth. “YonTjl
claim next i committed the murde*
myself! Damn it, Rankin, be care-
ful with your charges; you might
have the unpleasant job of trying to
prove them. I was in the main
office during the time she way
killed.” *
“So you know when that hap-
pened?” the detective observed drily.
“And why not?" his visitor de-
manded wrathfully. “It’s in all the
papers that she died between half-
past two and three o’clock.” ♦
“Well, what about the time before
you arrived — two-thirty-eight — 01
after you left. That was at two-
fifty-six; you still had four minutes
leeway. And the whole business
could be accomplished in hardly
more than a minute. Mrs. Rowland
had unlocked the door from the cor-
ridor and pulled the curtains; it was
only necessary to enter fifteen-o-
five, close the windows, chloroform
Mrs. Keith and then open them
again.”
Excited, Campbell appeared ready
to blurt out a refutation, but caught
himself, in a desperate attempt to
regain his equanimity.
“Well, what of that?” He spoke
more calmly. “It’s all words, Ran-
kin, nothing more; you’ve no foun-
dation or confirmation of_ any of
these suppositions. It’s ridiculous
for me to take them at all seriously.”
Disappointed at his control, Ran-
kin played his trump card, his un-
wavering gaze fixed on the other.
“Campbell,” he demanded slowly,
“where can I find Mitch Riley? I
think he could help me and I would
Idee to have a short conversation
with him.” >
At last he had penetrated Camp-
bell’s vigilant guard. Startled and
furious, a cold rage leapt to his eyes,
in which the detective recognized
amazement, shock and, what was
mast significant, fear.
He could not keep a strained tim-
bre from his voice. “Mitch Riley?
Oh, yes, he’s one of Nick’s friends
from New York, isn’t he, Rankin?”
“Yes, of Alberti's, Dutch Sykes
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Stephen has been the name of
nine popes.
pertinent to the case and what isn’t,
Mr. Keith.”
But Mortimer Keith shook his
head. "I’m sorry I can’t oblige,” he
said more gently.
The detective had to acknowledge
visiting
imily at
A flexible steel tape measure
that reels into a case has been
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ent kinds of measurements includ-
ing inside dimensions, with ex-
treme accuracy.
and son
Cooper
thur and
defeat in his effort to discover the
secret of Mr. Keith’s visit to Sunset
Inn. The man stood clearly within
his rights in not answering.
Leaving Cottinan on guard, the
detective returned to Headquarters.
“That fellow Campbell Gordon’s
been hunting has shown up, Tom-
my,” the captain announced. “He
came in and asked for you of his
own aci
Tou are entitled to
THESE FEATURES
?ou buy a low-priced car
rrent of
Irs. Will
:cord, twenty minutes ago.
Rankin began by ignoring the
hand Campbell proffered, and the
visitor flushed.
“Sit down, Campbell,” he invited
blandly. “I’ve often wanted to
meet you; considering our mutual
interests, it’s strange we haven’t
done so before.”
Campbell set aside his caue. “Yes,
it is," he agreed. “I might return
the compliment, Rankin; you’re to
be congratulated on your splendid
reputation. It’s a privilege to know
yon.”
“I had expected to hear from you
before this,” the detective continued.
“It’s been in all the papers that we
wanted to communicate with you.”
“That’s what really brought me
in,” Campbell returned easily. “I
happened to be called hastily to the
country, where there were no news-
papers. I spent the night on the
Perkiomen Creek, at the cottage of
my friend, Nick Alberti, who man-
ages the Organdy C'ub.”
Rankin spoke casually. “That
was where so much of the trouble
began, wasn’t it, Campbell? When
you and Mrs. Adele Rowland spent
a night there, two weeks ago?”
At the deliberate provocation, the
racketeer compressed his lips re-
sentfully and his eyes flashed; but
with an effort he held his peace.
“What about that phone call in
the lawyers’ offices?” Rankin chal-
lenged. “You were heard to cry
out, ‘Oh, my God!’ and 'You fool I’
That didn’t mean very pleasant
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libalistic,
f other
surprise.
“My connection?” he repeated
wonderingly. “I don’t follow you,
Rankin; I haven’t the slighest inter-
est in it.”
Rankin’s voice rang with the
rigor he put into his unexpected
eftensive.,
“In that case,” he demanded,
‘what were you doing at Sunset
inn, the evening of February first—
ghen Mrs. Rowland discovered her
kusband in compromising relations
vith her secretary there?”
If it was Tommy Rankin’s inten-
lon to startle the manufacturer by
iis sudden query, he succeeded ad-
nirably.
“How in the world did you find
hat out?” he finally asked in a dry
toice.
Rankin saw no harm irf answer-
ng. “It came out at the hearing
hat you reached the Inn just after
Krs. Rowland’s party and witnessed
|i4BF/itcrruption of her husband’s
ffiur.”
“Well, it . . . all happened quite
iccidentally. ... I had no warning
•f what was happening,” the other
loundered. “I was driving to New
fork alone that night, and when I
cached Quakertown, I decided to
lacp there because it was so late. I
lad left Philadelphia at about . . .”
Obviously he was stalling for
sure
icntal-
and you get them only
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considerately left his fingerprints on
the table beside her. And when I
learn why he was there, they are
going to hang somebody, Camp-
bell!”
Campbell regained his composure.
“No, I don’t understand his pres-
ence, if he was really there. You’ll
have to scout around to his friends
to account for it, Rankin. All I
know is that f haven’t laid eyes on
him.”
When the racketeer left Head-
quarters at the close of the inter-
view, Smith, a plain-clothes man
followed him.
Continued Next Week ,
mean very pleasant
news. You were alarmed enough to
rush out quickly to . . . well, be on
hand yourself and then leave the
citv.”
Again Campbell’s features hard-
ened. "You haven’t a single fact to
prove any connection with Mrs.
Keith. It’s no use, Rankin; you
can’t show I bad any knowledge of
her death before today, or expect
me to admit anything you can use.”
“At least you have no objection
to telling me who phoned you,”
Rankin suggested.
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Unsolicited letters like.
William Harvey and two sons of
Marshall spent the week end in
Cooper with relatives.
NOTICE
Mrs. Henry Sparks
Is Bridge Hostess
//J& this prove the amazing
quality of Probakji. Try
v '/Jf this uniformly keen «»«
I have had lots of complaints
about people filling up ditches
with cans and other rubbish. This
is a violation of law to fill up any
ditch along any road either high-
way or lateral road, and anyone
making complaint I will be forced
to prosecute them.
W. H. CRUNK
County Attorney, Della County,
Texas.
Mrs. Henry Sparks was hostess
to the Friday Night Contract club
at her home on north West First
street. -» Late garden flowers dec-
orated the rooms. Mrs. Harold
Gieb was a guest of the club.
Prizes were given to Mrs. Bryan
Sparks, who won high score, and
Mrs. Carl Swearingen, low. The
hostess served a refreshment plate
of salad and fruit drink.
imooth-shaving b!*de.
GctP.obakJr.fromvour
nearest dealer's—* ,e‘
markable value at ”
blades for only )9c or a
special trial package ot
4 for 10c.
Protrih )nnbrfih rill
Collett* *>* P™**1
Joanese Anderson, who has been
visiting In Winnsboro, has return-
ed home.
CHEVROLET
COOPER MOTOR COi
TELEPHONE IN COOPER, TEXAS
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Nevitt, of
Dallas are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson Riggs and Mrs. Nevitt’s
sister, Mrs. Roy Grant.
PROBAK
JUNIOR _
Mrs. J. A. Harrison left Sunday
for Tulsa, Okln., where she will
spend several weeks with her Non,
Mr. and Mr*. Carl Harrison.
Caldwell McKinney of Longview
npen't the week end with relatives.
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