Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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HART BROS., Publishers.
COOPER, DELTA COUNTY. TEX., FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1928.
VOLUME 49, NO. 1.
HICKMAN PLEA
IS NOT GUILTY.
ADMITS SLAYING
INSANITY PLEA CARRIES1
ADMISSION OF ACT
OF KILLING.
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EOS ANGELES, Jan. 3—William E.
■Hickman today pleaded not guilty to
charges of kidnapping and murdering
Marian Parker “by reason of insani-
He at first, pleaded insanity on
murder charge alone but c'united
later, to cover both accusations.
Asked by the court if he knew the
insanity plea was admission of kill-
ing, he replied “Yes.” Superior Judge
Hardy set the date of the trial as
January 25. At first, he named Janu-
ary 24 but when he found that he
was consulting a 1927 calendar, he
changed the date.
Hickman’s attorney, Jeorme Walsh,
Kansas City, Mo., filed an affidavit
of fact, asking for a delay in the plea,
but this was denied.
Following taking of the plea, Walsh
asked for a 35-day continuance be-
fore the trial, which Is five days over
the legal limit in this state. The
judge ended the argument by setting
January 25.
Hickman spoke only twice during
the short session. Throughout he
sat beside his lawyer at the counsel
table with his eyes fixed on the floor.
Behind him at the rear of the court-
room was the only representative of
the Parker family presents Perry
A Parker, brother of the slain girl
■ Younj Parker seemed to be under
^■WETehervous train, riveting his eyes
^^alternately on the judge and the
W prisoner.
V There was only one delay from the
Filling Station
And Store Are
Burglarized
Burglars entered Texas Filling Sta-
tion and Bowman's store Wednesday
night and took small amounts of cash
from each place.
They entered the f»ing station by
prizing up the east window. The knob
was knocked off the safe but it don't
appear to have opened, though it was
left unlocked. The cash register, con-
taining $10 and some pennies, was
carrte 1 to a garage across ihe street
and the $10 taken. A glove which was
Ivins' in the filling «f^lon was found
where it had been' tffuwn into Jim
Haddock’s yard. It was cut full of
holes and Is supposed to have been
used to deaden the sound when n°
knob was knocked from the safe.
The door was forced In Bowman’s
store and $6 or $7 in money was tak-
en from the cash drawer. Nothing
else was molested.
Sheriff McDaniel was called as soon
as the burglary was discovered Thurs-
day morning and took finger prints
of the burglars.
SEVEREST COLD
SPELL HERE IN
MANY YEARS
MUCH DAMAGE DONE TO
RADIATORS AND WATER
PIPES.
ARRESTTHREE
SUSPECTS FOR
BURGLARIES
RECOVER AUTOMOBILE AC-
CESSORIES THAT WERE
STOLEN.
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Z. M. Miller Died in
Greenville Hospital
Z. M. Miller passed away in a
Greenville hospital last Sunday aft-
ernoon at 6:30 o’clock after an ill-
ness of several months. Mr. Miller
had been in failing health for sev-
eral months and had been confined
to his bed for quite a long while.
The funeral was held Monday aft-
ernoon at 2 o’clock at the Kavanaugh
Methodist Church. The beir was
banked with lovely flowers sent by
loved ones and friends.
Z. M. Miller was born in Giles Coun-
ty. Tenn., near Countysville. 78 years
ago. He came to Texas when he was
about 25 years old and settled near
Greenville where he was married to
Miss Mary Rignev. To this union were
born eight children, five of whom aro
living. After the death of his first
wife he was married to Miss Eunice
Garrison some 23 years ago. Mr. Mfi-
ler was a devoted member of the
Methodist Church and was a good
man, a kind father and husband nad
a true neighbor. He had lived at Ben
Franklin for many years, but a few
vears ago he and his familv moved
to Guntc- and afterwards moved to
Greenville.
Fe has rr.anv relatives and frien Is
over fhe county who rear?*: to (hear
cf his passing.
The past week has been the most
protracted cold spell to visit this sec-
tion ii. many years. The thermomet r
becan falling last Friday and Satur-
day night reached 5 degrees above
zero. The temperature never got
above freezing in the shade until Wed-
nesday. and then only toward night.
Snow fell in Oklahoma and North
Texas Tuesday. An inch of snow was
reported at Paris and continued as
far south as Lake Creek, but none fell
in Cooper.
Much damage has been done In
freezing radiators and water pipes
Many citizens of Cooper have been
without water in their homes for sev-
eral days. The main water line which
supplies Cooper from the City Lake
froze Tuesday night and burst. The
water supply was shut off a good part
of Tuesday while the break was being
repaired and the town was without
fire protection except what the cisterns
in the business section afforded.
B. F. Clark says his water line froze
4 inches under the ground, and that
he is sure the freeze has penetrated
the ground deep enough to be of much
value to the soil, and that many in-
sects will be destroyed.
Oats were killed in the December
freeze, it is stated and there was no
harm this freeze could do to the com-
ing crop.
The cold weather was a severe test
for the recently installed gas service
In Cooper. The pressure proved suf-
ficient at all times, but in many in-
stances store buildings as well as resi-
dences were not supplied with suffi-
cient stove capacity to heat the
buildings with such severe weather.
After diligent work since Monday
Shenff Ira McDaniel and his force
landed three men in jail Wednesday,
to await action of the grand jury on
their implication in the burglary of
Carl ilooten’s garage at Klondike last
Sept. 21 and the burglary of D. O.
Anderson’s garage at Lake Creek a
month later.
Acting on a tip Monday and infor-
mation gained later the officers ar-
rested a man in Paris and two men
in Dallas and recovered some auto-
mobile accessories which were iden-
tified as having come from one of the
garages. The officers expect to go io
Oklahoma Friday to recover some
more of the accessories. At first thn
officers only suspected the men of the
Klondike job but later suspected them
of both burglaries.
The officers say only two men were
in on one job and three on the oth-
er. Two of the men arrested had been
defendants in District Court here be-
fore, states Mr. McDaniel.
If these men are found guilty it
will clear up all the burglaries in this
county except the recent burglary of
Hollon’s store at Klondike and two
jobs in Cooper Wednesday night.
A Laudable
Undertaking
.William Edward Hickman, self-
confessed kidnapper and slayer of
ilinear-old Marian Parker*of Los
[Angeles. Hickman was captured in
Orggon after what is said to l>c
the greatest man hunt the Pacific
Coast has ever known. *
time Hickman was led through heav-
ily guarded corridors to the court
■ewpsn, until he emerged to the coun-
-tv w‘til. This came during the con-
fernece in the judge’s chamber be-
tween Hardy and Walsh, after the
ldfejr had asked for continuance on
gr . i
the plea. I
While court recessed. Hickman was
taken to the prisoners’ room adjoin- j
lng, and was returned four minutes j
later when Judge Hardy resumed the
bench. The entire 8th floor of the
hall of justice was crowded solid with ;
persons seeking admittance to the
court rooi'ii. but lieavy squads of
guanls with tear bombs in their hands
|l^ ready for emergencies, maintained or-
der.
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B. Y, P. U. and Sunday
School Convention
To be held with Enloe Baptist
i Church Sunday, Jan. 8. 1928.
Song and Prayer Service—O. L.
; Bridges.
Echoes of the Stslte B. Y. P. U. Con-
vention.
Best Method for Securing Church'
| attendance. Round table discussion,
i Piano Solo—Miss Ruby Davis.
General Conference Period.
Reassemble—Song and Prayer.
Vocal Solo—Miss Carrington.
Election of Officers. Other business
Piano Solo—Miss Inez Newman.
Looking In On the Church of To-
morrow—Mrs. Joe D. Garland
Let every Sunday School and B.
Y. P. U. send large representations
to this meeting. All members of Sun-
day Schools and B Y. P. Us are
members of this convention.
Dale Case Reset
For March 12th
The case of F. A. Dale of Bonham,
legislator who was expelled from the
legislature on charges of conspiring to
receive a bribe, came up in district
court in Austin this week and was
reset for March 12th. Witnesses \n
the case from Cooper were notified
to that effect by wire here Wednes-
day.
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Drs. Ellington
Return to Cooper
Drs. George and Charlie Ellington
have returned from Texarkana and
will resume their dental practice In
Cooper. Their fixtures have arrived
and they will install them In the of-
fice rooms formerly occupied by Aub-
rey T. Stell on the second floor of
the First National Bank building.
Ray McClain is soliciting subscrip-
tions to raise funds for the purpose
of buying an artificial limb for a 14
year old boy who walks our streets
on crutches. The unfortunate little
fellow lives with his aged parents in
Cooper and they are poor and unable
to do much for him. This is a lau-
dable undertaking and one that should
appeal to anyone who desires to see
a boy have a chance. In addition
Mr. McClain hopes to have thet bw
suoplied "•,*h r’-.thing and have him
enter school.
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Clark Ridge Couple
Married Dec. 28th
Mr. Odis Woodard and Miss Vernon
Clark, both of the Clark Ridge com-
munity were married by Rev. J. W.
Hargrove at his home in East Cooper
Dec. 28th.
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Installation of Mission-
ary Society Officers
The Missionary Society of the M. E.
Church will hold its annual installa-
tion of officers at the church Sunday
night, beginning at 7 o'clock. Rev.
Shawver will officiate.
PROGRAM GRANDS GEM NEXT WEEK
GRAND
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The Review acknowledges receipt of
a subscription for tfiie paper from
Judge L. N. Cooper. He writes on
stationery of the Methodist orphans re
of Waco which he helped endow a few
years ago. In his letter he asks The
Revise? to convey to the people of
Delta County his wish for a happy
and prosperous New Year for them.
Monday and Tuesday
RICHARD DIX
IN
“The Gay Defender’
NEWS AND COMEDY
Wednesday and Thursday
NORMA TALMADGE
IN
“Camille”
Greatest thing Norma ever did.
ADMISSION 15 and 30c
GEM
Monday and Tuesday
ALL STAR CAST
IN
‘Bigger Than Barnums’
A Story of Circus life.
Wednesday and Thursday
“The Cruise of The
Hellion”
A picture that is different—one that
you’ll enjoy.
Friday and Saturday
TACK PERRIN
IN
“The Mail Riders”
COMEDY
Petit Jury LLt
F or Week Beginning
Monday, Jan. 9th
F. A. Hooks, Enloe.
F. E. Nemo, Lake Creek.
Jeff Story, Enloe. ....... ~
W J Rex. Klondike
W. J. B. Landers, Cooper.
E. M. Black, Cooper.
D. O. Anderson, Lake Creek.
D. E. Poe, Klondike. ,t
J. L. Arnold, Klondike.
H. H. Leeman, Cooper. „
J. F. Gray, Peoan Gap.
S. A. Cox, Commerce, route 2.
o! s. Early, Cooper.
W. H. Crouch. Pecan Gap.
E. O. Millard, Cooper.
Carl Tynes, Cooper.
J. A. Haddock, Cooper.
C. F. Burrow, Cooper.
Oscar Scott, Cooper.
J. F. Cummings. Pecan Gap.
J. D. Petiflls, Lake Creek.
R. W. Parish, Cooper.
W. E. Grady, Pecan Gap.
b. J. Cregg. Cooper.
G. D. Watson, Enloe.
H. S. Hindman, Pecan Gap.
J. E. Thompson, Lake Creek.
J. H. Brunson, Ben Franklin.
T. B. Good, Cooper.
W. H. Jackson. Enloe.
E. L. Adair, Cooper.
T. E. Moss, Pecan Gap.
O. O. Kesler, Cooper.
C. W. McBrayer, Cooper.
H. C. Wood, Enloe.
Paul Brown, Enloe.
ASSOCIATION
PLANNED TO
SUPPLY COWS
HAVE PROMISE OF MILK
LINE TO RUN FROM
DALLAS,
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Plans are being worked out, states
Secretary Rube S. Wells, to organize
an association to purchase uatry
cows and sell them to responsible
parties in DpIH ee.f.v tr*tv •
ihe association having the stock In-
sured and retaining a mortgage on
them. It Is planned to sell stock to
the company at $10 per share to citi-
zens who are able and willing to as-
sist farmers in securing good milch
cows.
Mr. Wells says he has promise of
a milk line from Dallas to run through
Delta County provided sufficient cream
can be secured to justify having a
regular truck haul it. Mr. Wells is
very anxious to have sufficient mi’k
cows In this county to justify run-
ning a regular delivery wagon.
A Few Who Have
Ordered New Fords
E. J. McKinney, manager Cooper
Motor Company, local Ford dealers,
advises that the popularity of the
new Ford car, which has just recently
been announced is evidenced in all
classes of automobile purchasers. A
few of the names of those who have
already placed orders with deposits
are as follows:
S. J. Simmons.
Carl E. Adams.
H. R. Buckman.
Kyle High.
J. O. Yeager.
O. L. Crook.
L. D. Brown.
James Swindell.
W. A. Shoffeit.
Ben A. Wilson.
J. A. Winfrey.
Estel Smith.
Cooper Cotton Oil Co.
Roy Reynolds.
Jack Ha good.
Marvin Holcomb.
M. E. Leeman.
Earl Bowman.
Louis B. Taylor.
E O. Wylie.
Louis M. Taylor.
C. W. McClain.
H. S Reeder.
Chester Wright.
P. C. Cantrell.
'r. J. McGuyer.
Mrs. E. J. McKinney.
C. C. McKinney.
W. C. Ratliff.
John D. Petiflls
J. E. Thompson.
J. F. Walker. '• '
Titus Hearne.
Cooper Hieh Splits
Double Header With
Paris Cagers
I Cooper Hi and Paris Cats took one
j game each of a double header played
: at Cooper athletic building Wednes-
■ day night.
Cooper cagers took the first, a fast
i and furious game. 25 to 19. It was
! evenly matched until the last wh n
; Cooper took the lead.
The Cats were too much for Coop-
I er in the second game in which each
used nearly all substitutes they had.
ng by a score of 22 to 3.
Cooper will play Paris a double
header at Paris Friday night.
Line-ups for first game:
Cooper—Hardy, Brackeen, forwards:
Wallace. Center; Pratt, Whitlock,
guards.
j Cats—C. McDowell, W. Phillips, for-
wards; Bassano. center; Cunningham,
Bruce, guards.
Second game-
| Cooper—Poteet, Morgan, forwards;
Hagood, center; MoGUyefi. Blais*
guards.
Cats—B. McDowell. Coleman, for-
wards; M. Price, center: W. Price, Ray
guards.
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To My Friends
L-winnir
t Coot
I want mv friends, one and all. in
Singer Machine Co.
Installs Mr. Boyd
We are pleased to announce that
we have secured Mr. R. B. Boyd of
lola, Kan., to handle our line of sew-
ing machines and supplies in Coop-
kinds of hemstitching and picoting
edging.
Mr. and Mrs .Boyd come highly
recommended and we are taking this
means to Introduce them to you and
they will be glad to see you at their
new location the second door east of
The Cooper State Bank.
SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO.
Paris. Texas.
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Taylor left
this < Friday) morning for Dallas
where they attended a convention ol
Harvester Life Insurance Company
representatives *»eyton L. Townsend
will Join the convention this after-
noon.
the church and out of the church to
know that I remembed them kindly
I and lovinglv during Christmas holi-
days and the New Year. I also want
to thank those in the church and
out of the church for the manner to
which myself and family were remem-
bered and showered with nice cards
and beautiful flowers. I would like
to speak to all of you and thank you
personally for the kind remembrances
but as I can nc ‘ I seek through The
Review to express my heart-felt appre-
ciation for these things. I send to
all my friends who chance to read
this my gift such as I have to give.
Hoping that you have had a merry
Christmas the gift at this time with
its deepest and highest meaning, "A
Happy New Year" with this benedic-
tion, “God Bless You.”
As we look back over the past
year and see the many blessings that
we have received from our Heavenly
Father may we endeavor to render to
Him some service for His benefit to
us. “Let us at least take the cup
of salvation, and call upon the name
of the Lord. Let’s pay our vows now
In the presence of all people.”
Wishing that 1928 will be a pros-
perous year to all. I am
Yours to serve.
G. W SANDERS.
Flowers—for all occasions. Cut flow-
ers for parties, birthdays and the sick.
Funeral offerings. Satisfaction guar-
anteed Bartow Green House, Green-
ville. Mrs. W. D. Hart, local agent,
phone 33.
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Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1928, newspaper, January 6, 1928; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth978739/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.