The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 29, 1935 Page: 3 of 4
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TUESDAY, OCT. 2^
visited receives in Honey
Thursday.
Mrs. T. C. Billingsley has renew-
ed her subscription to The Cooper
Review, and also J. E. MoPerrln
has become a new subscriber to
both of our county papers.
W. C. Jackson, manager of the
Dixie Seating Company of Green-
ville was a recent visitor here.
At the corn-hog reforendu
held here in connection with
AAA program of the administ
tion, there were 33 votes cast,
the votes were in favor of continu-
ation of the program. J. E. 8miley
was manager of the election and
C. A. Cockrell was clerk*
BARGAINS
—IN— ■ -
FIRM PROPER!!
Located in Delta and Adjoin-
ing counties. I can sell you
.any size farm you need at the
most liberal terms.
A. R. BYRNS
Field Representative
FEDERAL LAND BANK
P. O. Box. 275
Cooper_Texas
TUESDAY, OCT. 29, 1935
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SYNOPSIS: Hun Furlong, a
iractlcsl oil man nnd drill)
the PennMylvanlu Held, drifted Into the
young
ler from
l ut pi
the r(_____„ . __________
Texas oil country, broke and looking
for work. Finally he fetched up at the
1 /urham home where live an elderly
nunt, shortly widowed by the explo-
sion of a powder wagon, and her neice,
pretty Betty Durham. . . . Perhaps be-
cause of his smile. Be* ■ y cooks some
;uod for Ben and wluiu he cats he
learns the aunt, In town on business,
ims an oil man, Tiller Maddox, sinking
.in oil well for her. ... A short S Inch
unit worked loose from the rigging and
Is in the bottom of the well. Work has
neen suspended for days as the crew
• llsh" for the bolt and opcrutlng funds
dwindle away. . . Furlong offers to
give a hand but Maddox objects. . . .
petty Insists and overrules Maddox so
Furlong fashions a tool whieh he has
ist lowered Into the well, hoping to
llsh out the holt. . . . N(>VV GO ON
WITH TIIK STORY.
what he was doing he had bent for-
ward and kissed her.
The girl was startled, but she did
not recoil. Curiously she inquired:
"Why did you do that?"
"I duct know. I—I couldn’t help it,
I guess. 1 didn’t intend to, but—” Ben
floundered; he felt his face burn:ng
hotly.
"Tiller tried that and 1 slapped him.
I’ve known him a long time, too,— I"
Miss Durham shook her head, appar-
ently more perplexed at her own lack
of resentment than surprised at Fur-
long's boldness. “I must like you pret-
ty well.”
“I wish you would—did. I—think
you're wonderful.”
"Queer 1” Betty turned to go. A mo-
ment later she called back through the
his gaze at this moment was an evil
quality quite unexpected. His enmity
for the driller had nnalhr foamed over.
In proximity to this flaming passion
Maddox’s smoldering dislike gai- off
no heat; nor at short notice could he
fan its embers into a blaze. After a
brief survey, pregnant with possibili-
ties, he turned his head and winked at
the other men. In a feeble effort at joc-
ularity he said:
“I told you I’d come up then and
give it to you. I never ast you to come
down here an’ get it.” He guffawed
loudly at his own humor and walked
away. Furlong stood shaking in his
tracks.
That evening Maddox went over to
the farmhouse. Evenings in this thirsty
land, like evenings upon the desert,
^econri Instalment
Furlong himself handled the ri;
during this operation, and even Mad-
<|jx could find no fault with the way
he did it. When, after what seemed an
i (terminable time, the wire ca lc be-
gan to stream up out of the de. ...s and
v ind itself in smooth, black layers ujiop
the drum, the two women pressed in
upon the derrick floor.
Out of the well-mouth finally slid
the fishing tool; it stopped, hung mo-
tionless with the lower end at the level
i f their eyes. The teeth had been bent
inward, jammed together by the blows
from above; inside the basket thus
firmed and tightly bitten between two
of those prongs was a battered six-inch
piece of steel.
When Furlong had finished washing
up he found Betty Durham waiting for
him.
"Come over to the house,” she said.
"You must he tired.”
“I told you I was lucky,” the young
, man declared, with a grin.
"Lucky, nothing. You’ve got sense."
“Simple, wasn't it? I wonder Mad-
dox never thought of it.”
Betty stirred; impatiently she ex-
claimed : "Oh. he's too busy thinking
about something—! Say! We've got
an extra room, but Aunt Mary says it
wouldn’t look right for you to sleep
there. Don’t that make you sick ?”
‘ How about the barn?"
"That’s what she proposed. Come
on.
It la possible to make comfort-
able, light weight cover for the
home from home grown wool, if
the wool ia scoured perfectly and
carefully carded, aaya Mra. J. D.
Robertson, member of the Hager-
man Home Demonstration Club of
Grayson county.
This lady recommends that the
wool be spread on paper in the
sun to dry, and where the air can
circulate around it fully. The wool
loses about one-half Its weight in
washing. A three pound bat is
about the average for comforts.
• * *
The first terraces in Gillespie
county were constructed in 1916,
(above), newly elected first
dent of the Philippines Common*
wealth, prizes highest a cabled mes-
sage of congratulations on his elec-
tion, from President Roosevelt
At Poet Oak Friday
A pie supper will be bold at Post
Oak Friday night, Nov. 1, accord-
ing to an announcement made by,
Troy Kern, principal of the school.
The proceeds will be used for the
benefit of the school.
Rev. and Mrs. A. R. Com of
Magnolia, Ark., were dinner guests
of Miss Luna Henson Friday night.
Rev. and Mrs. Corn were attend-
ing conference in Paris and came
by way of Cooper to visit friends.
Mrs. Dan Jenkins visited.Mrs.
T. J. Erwin in Commerce Sunday.
Before he knew what he was doing he had bent forward and kissed her.
gloom, “I’ll call you when breakfast
is ready.”
Furlong was not altogether surprised
when, on the following morning, Tiller
i. Well fix it somehow." . was plain, was »ctmg upon orders, anu
It was dark; the trail through the he took no pains to conceal his dislike
castus and the mesquite was dim, but for the ngw hand; nevertheless, Ben
Betty, knew,it by heart, and where its accepted the proffer. Aside from the
tneanderings were indistinguishable she fact that he needed work, his interest
i« Betty, Durham waa nojv sufficient to
make almost any sacrifice worth ^hite.
In the days thereafter he tried to
fatboth the. ocfu|jjp; .relationship exist-
ing between Maddox, and the two wo-
men, but he did not succeed v«y well.
The driller, it yas evident, had his
heart set upon Betty, and in his attempt
she said. _
“F sure do,'” the man admitted. "This
thing will show yop the chances she’s
taking. Suppose that bolt had been
something else, something we couldn’t
wpre cool, refreshing, beautiful. The
brazen sky cooled, a blessed breeze
played through the scrubby bush and
brought faint fragrances unnoticed at
Maddox offered him a job. Maddox, it other hours; the harsh outlines of un-
lovely objects wert softened; birds’
twittered; Nature filled her lungs and
took on new vigor.
Mrs. Durham, was rocking upon the
little front porch, and of her the man
inquired:
get hold pf,?.There's a thousand things to win.ner Mrs. Durham,was Ju» ally;
can happen to a well.” nevertheless, for some unknown rea-
“I know. Put she’s—greedy. She al-
ways was. Tiller talked her into it
after Uncle Joe died, and she wouldn’t
listen to me.*.- ■ j
i lot safer to let the big com-
panies do the drilling, and be satisfied jpqn; that” somehow It.had .become
with a royalty." . „ ■ | Stake in,* tbr/xpcarnergd game,
“Some people can’t be satisfied, the
girl said, quietly. Then after a moment.
**T TmaIa Ia* mai - — — i
Uncle Joe never, intended to leave
the. whole farm to her. They didn’t
hitch very well. He said he was going
to leave part pf it to me, but—I guess
he never ^oit around to it. I’ll bet Aunt
Mary’s sorry by this time that she lis-
tened to Tiller; there’s so many things
a driller can do to a well."
"Pshaw! Is he that kind of a man?”
"What kind of a man? Men are all
alike, aren’t they—when they’ve got
reason to be?"'
"She better fire him.”
”i guess she can’t, or dassent. . . .
Funny my talking this way to you and
not knowing you only a few hours. I’d
better mind my own business. Here we
are. You wait while I get a light.”
They had arrived at the house, and
the girl left her companion outside.
She reappeared in a few minutes with
a lantern and a couple of patchwork
comforters. These latter she surren-
dered to Ben, then led the way to the
barn.
Like most farms in the oil country,
this one had been allowed to run down,
and with the exception of some chick-
ens and a few dispirited cattle there
was no live stock left upon it. There
still remained, however, some old fod-
der ; it was dusty and musty, but suit-
able enough for a bed, and Furlong an-
nounced that he was delighted with
these sleeping arrangements. He set
the lantern down and walked to the
door with Betty. There he said:
“You’ve been mighty nice to me. I
wish that fishing job had been harder.”
“Why?”
"It would have taken longer.”
The girl's face was dimly illuminated
A* 'she smiled up at Furlong. She was
the prettiest girl he had ever known
land he felt a great liking, a great sym-
pathy for her. The clasp of her warm
[hand as she had guided him along the
idark trail had affected him in an un-
accountable manner, and
pitted r
_______1 him again in the
(ohe laid it in his. A sudi
overwhelmed him and be
now it af-
ay when
lessness
he knew
son the aunt disliked and distrusted the
man. About xV itfigt. P.fn could make
sure pf was the fact that in some man-
ner not readily apparent -the oil well
was being uttid hy Maddox as a wea-
‘ the
iaxe in, p inrjcepcorncrvo game,
burlong andi Betty meanwhile man-
aged to see a good deal of each other,
but they met clandestinely. Neither oi
them openly referred to this fact, and,
was
very
ras Maddox. No
longer, by the way, did he apologize
when he kissed her, and their stolen
moments together had become very
sweet.
Work on the well progressed as
rapidly as could be expected. Inch by
inch, foot by foot, the heavy steel bits
cut through the rock; length. after
length was added to the casing, and as
it neared the level of the oil-bearing
structure “indications” became evident;
occasional sighs and gurgles issued
from the well mouth as gas gathered
and released itself. Its odor was at
times quite strong.
It was at this time that Maddox and
Furlong clashed.
Some new tackle was being slung
and Ben had been sent up aloft while
the foreman issued directions from
below. It was heavy work. Ben was
forced to cling to the derrick timbers
or to balance himself upon a narrow
plank, and his progress at times did
not suit the elder man. Maddox was in
a surly mood, anyho.w, and he became
profane. Furlong was hot and irritable.
He answered back, whereupon the man
below flared out angrily:
“You do like I tell you an’ don’t
argue, or I’ll come up there an’ give
you a dam’ good beating!”
The rigging , was finally secured in
place and Maddox was occupying him-
self with something else when he felt
a hand upon his shoulder. He turned
to find Furlong at his side. The latter’s
eyes were blazing. In a voice ominous-
ly harsh and vibrant was fury he said:
“I came down to get that beating. I
want it now.”
The other members of the crew froze
in various attitudes of startled sus-
pense. The two men stared at each
other. , v ,
Furlong was a burly, thick-necked
youth: he was as hard as iron and in
'jwe’s
ve gone to town.”
“I allowed they
km . " ■ Fi' - si
gone in to buy himself some
“What’s happened, Tillei*?”
"WgjM* row-I was a fool to put
him on, in the first place, but his week s
^ilrs. Durham ceased rocking; her
sallow face became more yellow. With
ruther you didn’t jfire hip)/’
i .“Die bell you’d father t” Maddox
exchumed angrily. “What yott got to
' It it?”
well—”
it's my prop'ty, my we
it?”
“ Y—You know what I mean. He’s
smart, i tell you. Pidn’t he fish that
bolt?” «.( . .. ; i, • - V r,v {• :
“Sure 1 An’ didn't you hire him
straight off,- so’s to spy on me,?”
. ” fitter l It’s no such thing. Why
should I spy on you? What you been
doin’ that .you need spyin’—
“Shut up an' listen to me. He’s fired
Friday night an’ he gets off this place
the next monjin’. So that’s that! Sat-
urday, sometime, the powder wagon’ll
be b?re an early Monday the men are
cornin’ to shoot the well. We got a big
one; I’ll bet my life on that. I can tell!
Why, she’s makin’ gas an’ trying her
liest to let go, but”— the speaker
paused, then finished slowly, distinctly
—“there ain't agoin' to be no well what-
ever until I'm took care of.”
The widow’s colorless eyes fixed
themselves hypnotically upon the
swarthy face of the man before her.
He continued:
“I wasn’t gettin’ along any too good
with Betty before this feller showed up,
but since he came she won’t have noth-
in’ to do with me.”
“I did the best I could,” Mrs. Dur-
ham declared, nervously, “but she says
she won’t marry you. She goes hog
wild every time I talk about it.”
“There s ways to make a girl marry.
You got to make her marry me before
that well comes in, or it's just like I
said—■it ain't comm' in!”
“Tiileri” gasped the woman. "You
dassent do—anything to it Not now!"
“Oh, dassent I? Who’ll stop me?
Yon won’t. That little old bolt made
a lot of trouble, didn’t it ? Well, that's
nothin’. It just shows how easy it is
Continued Next Week
Miss Irene Hart left Sunday af-
ternoon for Lubbock in responce
and since that time terraces have ito a message stating that her bro-
been built on farms in every com- Ither, Woodrow Johnson, had devel-
munity, but not mare than half j eped pneumonia. Woodrow, who
of the farm land that needs ter- ylives with his mother, Mrs. J. tt.
racing has been terraced. | Johnson on route 2 had been vi3-
Heavy rains this year have con-1 itln« ln Lubbock for three weeks,
vinced many farmers that they ^ _
must terrace if they are to con- work and breedin* Wter cattle
tinue growing crops. At a recent recently made a tour of several
meeting, they decided that they ranches in Kingsville,
would build their terraces them- The group made a tour of the
selves with such equipment as they P-hodes grass pastures and feed
had, and would also use available lots on the House and Holliman
county equipment. ranch, the Worth Wright ranch and
* • s the famous King ranch. There are
Under the auspices of the Re- 17,000 acres of Rhodes grass on the
fugio County Farm Demonstration King ranch and more is being put
Council, 35 farmers and ranchers out. It is said to compare in food
interested in pasture improvement value with timothy grass.
DR. C. E. MOORE
Chiropractor
Office Hours 9-12 and 2-5
Lady Attendant
COOPER, TEXAS Phone 18
Mother* read
nlMirM
Laxative combination
folks know is trustworthy
Tbs confidence thousands of per eat* have
In food, old reliable, powdered Tbodford'o
Black-Draught has prompted them to get
the now Syrup of Blsek-Drsught for their
children. The grown folks stick to the
powdered Black-Draught; the youngsters
probably will prefer It when they outgrow
their childish Iovo of sweat*. . . Mr*. 0. W.
Adams, of Murray, K/., writes: ”1 have
used Thedford's Black-Draught (powder)
about thirteen yaare, taking It tor bilious-
ness. Black-Draught acts well and I am
always pleased with the result*. X wanted
a good, reliable laxative for my children.
X have found Syrup of Black-Draught to
bo Just that.”
BLACK-DRAUGHT
A cleansing dose luduy;
quality tomorrow; less t
until bowels need no help
Why do people come home
hospital with bowels working
well-regulated watch? Jp
The answer is simple, and it’s
answer to all your bowel
you will only realize it: many
and hospitals use a liquid laxativa.
If you knew what a doctor
you would use only the iiq
A liquid can always be
gradually reduced doses.
dosage is Ihe secret of any real
from constipation. * f . ,
Ask a doctor about this. Ask your
druggist how very popular »
laxatives have become. They giy
right kind of helu, und right
of help. The liquid laxative t .
used is Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
It contains senna and cascara
natural laxatives that can foi
habit, even in children. So. try
Pepsin* You just take
doses till Nature restores
SATURDAY/NOV. 2
A'NEW
| a*„„ n 9‘
CHEVROLET
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The eafy complete low-priced caS
G. Fred Turner spent Sunday In
JWaco with Mrs. Turner and his
as, Fred and Harry. He reports
ira. Turner’s condition still im-
' proving.
George Lain of Greenville was In
Cooper Monday. 1
R. H. G O O D
Attomey-at-Law
J .mi
Offices a RatHff ftMf.
Mrs. J. E. Adair left last Friday Mrs. H. C. Avery
for Washington, D. C., where she airings visited frienas
will make her home with
daughters, Mrs. Apha Rattan and
Mias Cleon Adair. She was ac-
companied as far as Greenville by
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Adair.
of Sulphur
in Cooper
Wayne Grizzle and Sam Bartley
visited. In Dallas Sunday.
►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦J
♦ Dr. W. C. WALLS ♦
♦ DENTIST •
« Second Floor, Flfst National ’
* Bank Building •
+ Office House : < A to 12 a. m.
* and 1 to 5 p. m.
COOPER, TEXAS
•#•*«••»***••♦4
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♦ M. A. Estep. M. D. *
* glasses fitted ♦
♦ Special attention to Eye, Ear, •
<4 Nose and Throat *
♦ HOURS: 2 TO 5 P. M. ♦
+ —PHONE— •
* Office: 2. Residence: ISO •
V Office: Second Floor Millar •
* v Phartnacy Building • •
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