Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1927 Page: 1 of 6
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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1927.
VOLUME 48, NO. 3.
THE FIRST NA- MOORE WRITES
T10NAL BANK ! OF DOINGS IN
CLOSES DOORS i LEGISLATURE
AGRICULTURAL
MEETING NEXT
TUESDAY
NEW GOVERNOR
LEADING BUSINESS INSTI
TUTION FOR THIRTY
EIGHT YEARS.
DAD SHORT AND GEORGE
FOSTER WILL SPEAK.
ANNUAL ELECTION.
Austin, January 19, 1927.
Cooper Review, Cooper, Texas:
To the Citizens of Delta County:
As the House of Representatives
has completed its organization and j -
Thursday morning Th First Na- ! the Governor has taken the oatn of | A mats meeting of farmers and
tional Bank of Cooper failed io open [office we will proceed to consider | business men will be neld in the d"s-
its doors, and a notice was posted some constructive legislation. I am i trict Court room Tuesday, Jan. 25
on the door saying the bank was ! sure you have learned through ti c I at 2 p. m.
closed by order of the Board of Di- columns of the papers that Hon. R. Matters of acreage reductions and
rectors. Since that time the institu- ! L. Bobbitt was elected speaker cl i farming program of Delta County
DISTRICT COURT
WILL ADJOURN
SATURDAY
COOPER STATE
BANK QUITS
BUSINESS
CRIMINAL DOCKET FINISH PERFECTLY SOLVENT, BUT
ED.—GRAND JURY CORRESPONDENT BANK
DISMISSED. REFUSED EXTENSION.
Judge Gr-ver Sellers and the State > The Cooper State B.-nk failed to
attorneys have made a fine record in l(,pen its doors for business Wednes-
District Court clearing up the crim- |day moaning and the directors posted
tion has been in charge of Mr. Ernest the House without opposition.
will be discussed.
^Un’TaTement has 1 raise the grosT p.odm-Uon tax'n'n all of 'ihelest“ported'men"^ the"State 1 'vas inau*urf*d Tue*da>; at noon be
up to tnis time no statement nas . * . . - I . . . „„ fore a crowd of people that thronged
been made by the bank officials. On mineral, from two per cent to four on farming, will speak on matters | ^ * Austin.
account of conditions existing in the Ppp cent. That will give us about
oountry, the bank collections have 1 two and a half million dollars for
been slow. This, together with the School purposes. I have also intro-
faet that some depositors became [ *>ced a bill placing the buss lines
panicky and made heavy withdrawals ! under the Railroad Commission. I
of their money, accounts for the elos- [would be pleased at any time to fur-
ing of the bank. ' n>sk y°u w'^ th? proposed bills.
The First National Bank was or- I 1 had the ^od fortune of securing j
ganized some 28 years ago, and for I the designation of a road leading
33 years has been one of Cooper’s [ north of Cooper through Amy, Cross j
most popular business institutions. 1 ^oads’ Ben Franklin, Pecan Gap to i
It’s management has been progress- Ladonia. It was impossible to get {
ive, laboring at all times for the best jthem to take over the road west as
interests of town and countryi. If it ; they claimed it was not up to state s
made a mistake it was in meeting requirements. Concrete culverts and
too largely the heavy demands for ■ s*ed bridges are demanded, but
loans the last few years, and being 1 should «e pass at this session of
too lenient with its'debtors. Bank- j Legislature the registration bill, if
ing. like all other forms of business, i P«ssed- wil1 havc "lf1Tlies tak<*
is one of risks, and no man or set I c®rP of roa<K Thp *a? tax wil1 A. K. “DAD” SHORT,
of men can always successfully fore- I amply take care of our highways and o£ interest to farmers.
I have introduced a bill seeking to W. K. “Dad” Short, said to be one
GOVERNOR DAN MOODY.
Youngest Governor of Texas who
I
LONZO WHITAKER
DIED AT ENLOE
cast conditions or choose the best
policies. In our country business
is*, transacted largely op borrowed
eaoi+al. Many must he fir>aneed and
it i« no easy task to deny m^ey
to those who are in sore need of fin-
ancial assistance, neither is it easy
j Lonzo Jackson Whitaker died at his
I home in Enloe Wednesday morning
Jan. 19, after an illness of 12 days
| with pneumonia.
Funeral services were held at the
j Baptist Church of Enloe Thursday
j ait 1 p. m., conducted by Revs. R.
j W. Sansing and J. C. McClain. In-
! terment took place in Oak Lawn
I Cemetery.
Decesaed was born in Detroit. A!a.,
I in 1874 the son of .T. G. Whitaker,
and was 52 years, 8 months and 23
crude oil bill will take care of our George Foster, representative of days of age. H? was married to
schools. Many bills are coming up , tbe cbj]ean Nitrate Agencies, will Miiss Lula Young, daughter of J. S.
inal court. Only a few cases re-
mained on the docket Thursday aft-
ernoon when the court took up a few
minor civil cases to hear. Friday and
Saturday will be consumned in hear-
ing motions and passing sentences, j statement:
The minutes will be signed up Sat-
urday afternoon when court will ad-
journ for the term.
Judge Sellers received the Grand
Jury’s report rqport Thursday after
a notice on the door saying the in-
stitution was in the hands of the
Bank Commissioner.
When seen, R. M. Walker, president
of the bank, gave out the following
Bank Solvent.
“The Cooper State Bank was anrt
is perfectly solvent, but on account
of the short cotton crop and low
price, causing poor collections and
of all des motions
Miss Ophelia Johns'ton,
daughter
be present and take part on the
to press debtors strenuously to take IU- T" Moss' Miss Carrie T<Pe Cole-
f'-cm them that which thev and their
"f Cnnocr is in the House of
families need. In the choice' of Shv- ! Representatives. I have been very
lock there i« greater safety. hut in I *UCCessful in placing these young 1a-
c^oiee of leniency there is merev. |die? in responsible positions. Yes,
Young of Enloe, in 1898. Four child-
program. | ren were horn to this union, Veva.
of B. B. Johnston of Enloe, is in the jt ;s p]anned to make this an in- 'Neva. Bernice and Harold, the youngf
Banking Commission; also Miss Le- i teresting and profitable program and 1 er being nearly grown. His wife and
Jia Mo«s. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j every farmer in Delta County is in- four children survive him. Five
vited to come and take part. All brothers also survive him as follows:
members of the Delta County Agri- W. L. Whitaker, Hugo; W. R. Whit-
cultural and Trade Council are ex- , aker, Klomoth Falls, Oregon; J.
pected to be present, and at the close G. Whitaker, Enloe and two sisters,
of the general program the annual i Mrs. Shayers and Mrs. W. R. Ivey
Wo don't, know iu hat the fate of The i bv 'vaV* Mr. G. J. Cox is First .election of officers and directors will 'of Enloe, Texas.
First National Rank will be, but we ' Assistant Sergeant at Arms in the ; take p]ace.
do know that it has been a good bank Bouse. -
Let us all pull together and in a «« .
few years have good roc Is leading I IvlUrdCr charge
and has served its town and country
wpJ'. This writer deposited a few
dollars in The First National at the out of Co°Per in four directions,
time he came to Coooer nearly a i 1 arfl in Austin to serve dis-
quarter of a centurv age. he deposit. |trict When >^u see an.vtlainff that ,
ed a few dollars the afternoon be- j1 can do berefit our dtizens do 1
fore it closed and for the 23 years , not hesitate calling on me. More |
that intervened he had an account.
Against Joe Edgar,
Here
next week.
either in the red or the black, with
that institution, nd at no time did
he lose confidence in the bank or
those who guided it. That confidence
is not shaken in the least today—even
though misfortune has overtaken the
hank. No institution was ever ser-
ved by a more faithful or courteous
working force, and many now are
able to behold the light of prosperi-
ty because they were given aid and
counsel at crucial times bv the man-
agement of The First National.
The president, Dv .T. H. McKinney
and other officers and its board of
directors have labored faithfully and
conscientiously, and for them no de-
positor has the slightest censure, but
all sincerely sympathize with them,
the heaviest sufferers in this mis-
fortune, and they all know they did
their best.
Your friend.
H. H. MOORE.
Aged Citizen Dies Sud-
denly at Pecan Gap
Jim Moody of Pecan Gaip was
stricken with heart trouble Wednes-
day morning as he was' walking from
his heme to town. He was carried
to the home of his son, Mun Moody,
where he received medical attention
but he expired in less' than an hour.
Funeral services were held in the
M. E. Church at Pecan Gap Thurs-
day at 2 p. m. and burial took place
in Pecan Gap Cemetery.
Deceased was 72 years old and is
survived bv a wife and six living
children. Seven children had passed
on before.
He had lived in the western part
Joe Edgar, step-son of John Talley,
is under $10,000 bond to ap*pear in
(court this month on a murder charge,
j it was learned when Edgar was jiere
I during the holidays. It is said he
| killed one man and seriously wound-
I ed another with a pump gun loaded
with birdshot when they came on him
with knives. Trouble arose over a
cow getting into Edgar’s field and
his having tied the cow on the out
side.
Mr. Talley says he reared Edgar
and he was always peaceful. He went
We.st at the age of 15 and later mar-
ried and has a family^
o
... ... County manv years and was
Many believe that it will soon over- , „ , .
,, , , la fine citizen and liked by all who
come the present embarrassment and |j<n(nv
open for business, stronger than be- I
fore. This would be delightful. Many
tell us that whatever course may be
pursued depositors will suffer but
slight, if any, loss. We do not know
the condition and we make no pre-
diction, but we do say that it is the
duty of all to give the aid and en-
couragement possible in this time of
trial, to the institution that has ser-
ved us faithfully and well for 38
years.
Work Will Begin
on Foust Building
Work will begin recovering and
repairing the S. W. Foust brick build-
ing as soon as the weather improves
sufficiently for the work.
This building was nearly destroy-
A Message From
Cooper Optimist
I still believe in Cooper and Delta
County and feel that all citizens
should use their influence to sup-
press rumors and assist in any way
they can to stabalize confidence and
buiness. We nrp confronted with se-
rious problems it is true, hut remem-
ber 1907 and 1921. We come through
and will do it again with your in-
fluence.
G. FRED TURNER.
For Sale
i Lonzo Whitaker was one of Delta
1 County’s valued citizens and his
! o-assing is a distinct loss to the com-
j munit., in which he lived. A large
' circle of friends mourn with the be-
ChristmaS rpavpd relatives in the sorrow that
has befallen them in his death.
Those who attended the funeral
were L. J. Whitaker were: Bob
Whitaker, Dallas; Mrs. I. L. Brack-
een, sister-in-law, Dallas; Mrs. Tom
Shaver, sister, Eden; Mrs. Tom
Whitlock. Okla.; Mrs. Claude Whit-
aker. Mrs. J. I. Small an(I Dr. Mel
vin Coker, Paris. Two brothers, one
in Houston and one in Arizona, and
a sister, Mrs. Richard Ivy, of Eden,
Texas, could1 not be present.
' ’ ‘----- - price, UMUMU& puui UJUCVWUHO
noon and dismissed them for the term- , ^ refusai 0f our Dallas correspon-
He commended them for their work dent bainlcs to ien(j additional help
and naid Sheriff McDaniel and force \or exten(j further time the directors
a high complement for their untiring jwere forcecj to the bank and
efforts and assistance. jturn it iinto hands of the State
The Eber L*ng rape case consumed j Barkinfr Commissioner.”
the time this week until Wednesday ^ Walker stated that he did Bot
rt noon when it w«t to the jury ^ gj| oM the State
Thursday morning the jury returned k would make after aa
a verdict of not guilty. [examination of the banks affairs h
An Ivey charged with selling
liquor, plead guilty in two cases and |ma<e-
was given a year in each case. 1 The officers and directors of the
Dennis Lyons, charged with fail- Hank have been in Dallas and of-
irg to stop and render assistance af- !<ered gilt-edge collateral and per-
an automobile accident, was tried isonal security to secure extension of
Wednesday. The jury returned a ver- |time but to no avail,
diet of guilty and a = sesed a fine of ! The c do sing 'of this bank was a
$100 and costs. (great surprise to the public, as the
Claud Brewer charged with selling ibank was organized a little more
linuor was tried Thursday afternoon, [than a year ago and had been con-
His father Elder J. W. Brewer con- [ducted conservatively,
ducted the defense. The jury had >pbe depositors are protected under
not returned a verdict at an early tbe state Guaranty Fund provision,
hour Thursday night. [ state Bank Examiner Hugh Wal-
GRAND JURY REPORT | lace arrived Tuesday night and took
Following is the Grand Jury report [charge of the bank Wednesday morn
To Hon. Grover Sellers. Judge of «p left Wednesday evening and
the 8th Judicial district of Texas:.. |will be succeeded by another examin-
We your Grand Jury for the Jan- |e^•
uary term 1927 beg leave to submit ; Mr. Wallace is quoted as saying
the following report: (that of a number of banks that have
We have been in session 10 days, l^een closed few of them should have
have examined a large number of >pn closed as they were nearly all
witnesses as to violations of our crim- .solvent.
inal statutes, and as a result of our
investigations have returned into your
court 24 bills of indictment for felonies
and 45 bills for misdemeanors.
We find that our officers have
generally been diligent in the en-
forcement of the criminal laws. The
older crimes of murder, theft, arson
and burglary have been reduced to a
minimum in Delta County, there be-
ing not a single case of murder on
The lack of faith and loyalty of
the people of a community to their
banks and their folly in withdraw,
ing their fundsi are the prirJPpal
cause of the failure of most of the
banks, but there was no lack of loy-
alty to this bank by local people.
We would suggest that if merchants
and others who are thus defrauded
I would turn these violators over to
Next Week Laundry
Special
Beginning next week, Monday, Jan.
24, we will give you $2.00 worth of
cleaning and pressing for $1.50,
With every dollar’s worth of fami.
ly washing we will clean a quilt or
blanket free of charge.
This is for one week only.
COOPER LAUNDRY AND DRY
CLEANING CO.
Telephone 232.
Moved Delta Co. News
Printing Plant
Mrs. W. L. Martin was hsre from
Hugo first of the week and super-
intended the shipment of the print-
ing machinery of the Delta County
News plant to West Texas. The
printing plant has been stored in the
erowder building since the suspen-
sion of the paper last fall, and Mrs.
Martin recently sold it to Mr. Riser,
who publishes a paper at McCamejr,
West Texas.
The plant was crated and carried
through on two large trucks.
the docket. The suppression of the i ^ sheriff gnd have them punished
illict liquor traffic occupies much of | ^ WQu]d leflrn a valuable lesson,
and a stop would be put to this nui-
sance. Teach them that they must
eat bread by the sweat of their own
faces.
We have had a committee to visit
the time of the Sheriff and other
prosecuting officers. The bootlegger
with modern auto transportation is
hard to catch and even harder to
convict. Th's !■
able fact that the buyer of nioon. (^ County farm and alg0 thc jftfl.
shine liquor tries to shield the booze . inmates
I want your trade.—G. Fred Turner.
PROGRAM FOR GRANDNEXTWEEK
Monday and Tuesday
MILTON SILLS
IN
“Men of Steel”
Scenes around the largest steel
mills in the world is aone worth price
of admission to see this wonderful
picture.
A corking good evening’s tnter
tainment.
peddler and keep him out of the
clutches of the law. We look upon
the bootlegger as a great enemy to
society. But his customers who buy
the vile stuff and perjure themselves
to keep him out of jail should be
equally condemned byi all good citi-
zens. Prohibition will surely pro-
hibit if everybody tried to enforce
the law.
The failure of many auto drivers
to observe traffic regulations is the
cause of many accidents. This is
sometimes due to the common road
hog who don’t care if he pushes the
other fellow into the ditch. But the
greatest danger occurs when drunk-
en or reckless men and boys, often
accompanied by wild women, driving
We find that there are four inmates
on the farm who are comfortably
cared for. The farm appears to be
in good condition.
We find the jail and premises in
only fair condition. We would sug-
gest that the lights and switches
be re arranged in accordance with
suggestions of Jailer Simmons and
that an old cistern be filled both for
safety and sanitation. The premises
:.nd building appeared to be kept in
a sanitary condition.
In conclusion, we wish to thank
the District and County Attorneys-,
the Sheriff and grand jury bailiffs
j for their active assistance and co-
operation. Wo desire also to thank
your Honor for yiour courteous and
timely assistance in bringing out
ed by fire last spring and it was , Thp fact that these seed are two
only recently that Mr. Foust secured , ypars old on'y makes them bet-
a settlement with the insurance com- ter. rctf i
pany. R. W. KNIGHT.
1925 crop Russell Pedigreed Big j Wednesday and Thursday
Boll cotton seed at $2.35. This is a ; FLORENCE VIDOR
cut price on the regular $3.00 seed. I bes£ looking girl on the screen.
IN
“You Never Know
Women”
Friday and Saturday
KEN MAYNARD
LN
‘The Unknown Cavalier’
Ken has gone and done it again.
You saw him in “Senor Daredevil.”
Now see “Unknown Cavalier.”
Also News, Weeklies and Comedies
with each program during the week.
their cars beyond the speed limit i PVidonce before our body.
and make our highways unsafe for
other travelers. Our officers should
see to it that the lives and limbs of
our citizens are not jeopardized by
such characters.
There is a new form of swindling
known as the “Hot Check” passing.
This is practiced mostly by an ir-
responsible class of young men ami
boys who have no money in the bank.
In some sections of the county this
nwonlloo lina KoPPPIO V CTPV O f> TYI TYI Ci T\ .
Resnectfullv submitted,
T. W. CARLOCK, Foreman.
V. B. MATKiN.
.T. C. GUMMING.
J. J. WATSON.
A. L. DAWSON
W. A. WILSON.
.T. H. KITCHENS
JOHN STAHMER.
A. A. MOXLEY.
C. M. BAKER
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Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1927, newspaper, January 21, 1927; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth978602/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.