Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 28, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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COOPER. DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1927.
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DAD SHORT AND G.L. FOSTER
SPOKE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
> Annual Election of Directors of Agricultural and
Trade Council. Will Elect Officers Next Tues-
day Night.
TO THF. CITY
TAXPAYERS
RE-LOCATION OF SELLS IS POSSI-
PRISON SYSTEM BLE THIRD HIGH
MORE PROBABLE WAY MEMBER
NO OPPOSITION EXPECTED STERLING ANI) JOHNSON
More than one hundred fifty busi-
ness men and farmer* disregarded
the inclement weather Tuesday aft-
ernoon to tro to the district court
room and near some of the best
speakers in the State on farm pnb-
lems.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the Delta County Agri-
cultural and Trade Council and Sec-
retary Rub? S. Wells called the
meeting to order and presided. He
called on J. H. Newton, president of
the Council, who
TO ANY OF MOODY’S
APPOINTMENTS.
AUSTIN, Jan. 26.—Plans far re.
location of the Texas penitentiary
SUBMITTED TO SENATE
FOB CONFIRMATION.
VOLUME 48, NO. 4.
FRANK NORRIS BILL TO EXTEND
EXHONORATED TAX PAYING
OF KILLING TIME KILLED
THIRD ACQUITTAL IN PAS_ DELTA’S REQUEST FOR 90
TOR’S STORMY CAREER. DAYS EXTENSION
ORPHAN WEEPS. NOT GRANTED.
AUSTIN, Jan. 26.—Governor Dan
Moody Wednesday submitted to the
Supolementing th„ appeal of the
j '-chool hoarl for the payment of your
school tax I desire to advi*e that as a
further inducement to every tax pay
or to make a desperate effort to meet
the imperative needs of the school
I a 30 days extension will be granted
mad? a short talk j for t)le payment of th? City tax. You
and introduced George L. Foster. are urrreci meet your responsibility
Mr. Foster is a representative of ; the sebool by securing what money
the Chilean Nitrnt of Soda Fdyca. ; y0U can an(j applying, it on the pay.
tion Bureau. His address was en-
tertaining and instructive.
A. K. (Dad) Short was then in-
troduced. He was formerly with
the Extension Department of A. &
AT. College, but nnw with the Ag-
ricultural Service Bureau of Nichol-
son Seed Co. Tt can he said that
he lived no to his reputation as a
sneaker. His address was a master.
oieop. Beginning with Cain and Able
in the Garden of Eden he traced ag-
riculture down through the serioture
and drew manu lessons of admoni-
tion for his hearers.
The speaker exnres=ed regret that
the unfavorable weather kept so
m.anv away and promised to return
at a more favorable t'me and ad-
dress the farmer* of Delta County.
* * *
DioMors of Council Elected.
Following the addresses the Coun-
cil went in+o annual election of direc-
tors and the following were elected
for the pnsuine year:
J. H. Newton, .T, F. Green. E. J.
McKinney. W. H. Smith. Oscar Scott,
Tam Cummin". H. D. Cork. G. Fred
Turned. W. A. Types. W. D. Hart,
-T. Will White. S. S. Dotson. Dt. J.
H. McKinney, Henrv Snarks, Dr. W.
G. Ellington and R. N. Stovall.
The directors •will meet next Tues-
day night and elect officers for the
coming year.
ment of your school tax and let the
City’s tax ride for another 30 days.
This courtesy is granted for the
sole purpose of assisting you to meet
your responsibility to the school and
it is expected that you will do your
best and pay your school tax if pos-
sible to do so.
The welfare of 700 boys and girls
is involved besides that of the com-
munity. The closing of the banks and
shortage of crops will be nothing
compared to the closing of our school,
if such thing should become neccesary,
consequently it is imperative that
every taxpayer make a special effort
to meet their individual responsibility
by paying their school tax.
Let’s do our best and not depend on
our neighbors to carry our part of the
load. It can’t be done except bv,
united cooperation and assuring in-
dividual responsibility.
Respectfully.
W. C. HAZLEWOOD, Mayor.
Approved:
L. F. HOOTEN, Commissioner.
Accented Position in
Texarkana Schools
system were considered to have , State Senate for confirmation as
been advanced Wednesday by Dan highway commissioners R. S. Ster-
Moody’s appointment of R. H. Bak- ling. Houston capitalist and newspa-
er of Austin and Houston, business P°r publisher, and Cone Johnson,
man, to the prison commission. He j Tyler lawyer.
succeeds S. G. Granberr i 1 Sterling would be chairman of the
As chairman for past four years 1 commission, succeeding Eugene T.
of the Texas committee on prisons' Smith, and would serve six years.
Johnson would succeed George
Robertson and serve four years.
The names were referred to the
committee on Governor’s nominations
and likely will not be acted on until
the third commissioner is named.
All indications are they will be con-
firmed without a dissenting vote.
Cato Sells of Fort Worth, com-
missioner o>- Indian affairs the eight
years Woodrow Wilson was presi-
dent, was here and was mentioned
as the third highway commissioner.
Mr. Sterling conferred with Gov-
ernor Moody, but would make no
comment as to his idea of how the
highway department should operate.
“I have not been confirmed, and
I do not think it proper for me to
discuss such mattetrs,” he said.
A delegation of West Texas rep-
resentatives and Homer Wade,
manager of the West Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce, asked the third
! commissioner be from West Texas.
Moody is said to have asked" the
■delegation if a Fort Worth man
would b?1 acceptable, and to have re-
ceived anwer he would “if he had
the interest of West Texas at heart.”
and prison labor, Mr. Baker has ad-
vocated a central location for the
prison system. This committee is
supporting the Teer relocation bill
i now bofore the 40th Legislature as
j well as a bill creating an unsalaried
| prison board of nine members with
| authority to employ a general mana-
| ger.
Will C. Hogg. Houston business
man dnd R. L. Batts, Austin attor_
; ney were named regents of Texas
| University). Both are graduates of
i the State University while Batts is
I a former Texas University law
j school instructor. Baker, Hogg and
Batts, like R. S. Sterling of Hous-
ton, and Cone Johnson of Tyler, ap-
pointed Tuesday to the highway,
commission, are expected to encount-
er little or no oppositjpn in the Sen-
ate confirmation. %
COURTROOM, AUSTIN, Jan. 25.
—Dr. J. Frank Norris, fundamental-
i ist Baptist pastor of Fort Worth,
j tonight stopped for the third time
i from a court room a free man.
! ' He was acquitted byi a jury in
Travis County district court for
slaying D. E. Clapps, wholesale lum-
berman whom he slew in his church
J office cn the afternoon of last July
17.
j There were tears of joy and also
■ tears of another kind when the brief,
; simple verdict of not guilty was read
in ioud tones by the County Clerk.
The tears of joy were those of Nor-
ris and his wife. As soon as the
i verdict rang in the court room Nor.
j ris stood by a seat where he was
surrounded by his wife, their two
; sons and a circle of friends. There
| was a wan smile on his lips but he
■ showed no emotion until his attor-
ney, Marvin SimpsKm, shook his
hand. He embraced Simpson and
! wept.
In an effort to assist tax payers
,of Delta County who have been hin-
dered from paying their taxes by
the closing of the two Cooper banks
Judge Berry was instrumental in
having a bill introduced in the Leg-
islature by Senator Floyd extend-
ing taxpaying time 90 days. News
J was received here Wednesday night
| that the bill was killed in committee.
More than twenty counties in the
State have had their taxes remitted
! by special act of the Legislature
during the last few years on account
' of calamity, but in this case Delta
County only asked for an extension
of 90 days’ time.
AN URGENT
REQUEST
Dates of Examina-
tions For 1927
Miss Florene Hooten left Tuesday
to accept a position as primary
teacher in Texarkana schools.
Miss Hooten has been a very suc-
cessful teacher of primary work for
five years in Cooper schools but re-
signed this position for the position
in Texarkana at a much larger sal-
ary than she was getting here. She
The East Delta Singing Conven. is' very efficient in primary work
tion will meet at Pacio February and during, her five -years of teach-
ing in Cooper High School here she
Program Ea*t Delta
Singing Convention
6th at 2 o’clock with the following
program:
Song by President.
Prayer by Chaplin.
Thirty minutes general singing.
Duet by New Hope.
Quartet by Brushy Mound.
Duet by Charleston.
Special musiic by Vasco.
Quartet by Pacio.
All lovers of music are especially
invited to come and bring special
music. ’
COMMITTEE.
has taken a
mat work
months. We
much success
special course in pri_
during the summer
wish for Miss Hooten
in her new work.
Following is the schedule of ex.
; animations for teachers certificates
1 for th? year 1927. High School cer-
tificates and Elementary certificates
will be given for satisfactory work
dlone in any of these examinations. !
i Those interested will please- bear
| in mind that it is necessary for an
j applicant to register with the Coun-
tv Superintendent before the 20th
I of t.he month preceding the exani-
j inations to be taken.
I suggest that you make note of
the dates listed, as we shall not ask
j this paper to publish notices of ex.
| animation from time to t-me.
j February 4 and 5.
i April 1 and 2.
.Tune 3 and 4.
July 1 and 2.
j August 5 and 6.
September 2 and 3.
December 2 and 3.
Verv respectfully,
E. A. MILLSAP, Sounty Supt.
Penitentiary Agent
Gets 6 Lamar, 7
Delta Prisoners
Members of Mitchell
Grove, No. 1278,
Woodmen Circle
Those who have always paid their
nssesments from First National Bank
or Cooper State Bank, please notify
the clerk where the next assessment
must be collected, as the dues must
be paid on Jan. 31, 1927. rc
MABEL BIGLER. Clerk.
Phon No. 149.
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the penitentiary, came to Cooper
Monday evening with six prisoners
m took in charge at Paris. He add.
ed seven more to the lot here and
carried them to Greenville that
night where other prisoners were to
be gotten.
Russell told the prisoners he want-
ed to hurry them on down there be-
cause they didn’t have enough to
start the plows.
Coal Will Be
Sold for Cash
On account of prevailing condi-
tions we will sell coal for casji only.
Please bear this in mind in order-
ing. If cash is not sent with order
the coal will be delivered C. O. D.
ANDERSON & STEVENSON.
CLEM LUMRER CO.
FRANCE BROTHERS.
C. P. HARRISON. cr*
J. C. Cumming and family moved
into town Thursday from their
country home in order for the child-
ren to attend school. They are liv-
ing in the Ratliff addition.
Rainy, Gloomy Weather
January weather has been pretty
well balanced up. The first ten- days
waR bright and warm and about the
[ time we got U3ed to it it began rain.
| ing and has remained cloudy and
| bad weather for two weeks. The
! roads are said to be worse than in
j nears. Only the town cars and
, those on the highways are able to
' run.
Joel Berry Made Le-
gal Advisor of Bank-
ing Commission
Joel H. Berry has been appointed
by the State Banking Commissioner
as legal advisor of the banking de-
partment, in connection with the
closed Cooper State Bank. This will
prove a lucrative employment to Mr.
Berry should the bank be liquidated.
$23,270,138 FIRE
LOSS IN TEXAS
FOR YEAR 1925
NEW YORK.—'The total recorded
amount of property destroyed by
fire in 1925 in Texas was $23,27,-
138, according to figures released
today by the National Board of Fire
Underwriters. The leading origin-
ating cause of loss in the State was
“matehes-smokiing” its individual
toll being $1,383,273.
It requires about a year for the
Actuarial' Bureau of the board to
classify, segregate and tabulate the
million reports it receives annually
and until this task is completed it
is not possible to analyze in detail
the loseses of a given year, state by
state and cause by cause.
For the entire United States the
grand total in 1925 was $559,428,858,
the aggregate including the usual 25
per cent allowance fot unreported
and uninsured fires.
The total of $23,270,138 places
Texas third among the 48 states and
compares with destruction of $20,.
851,990 in 1924, or an increase for
the year of 2.8 per cent.
The sum of money sacrificed to
the fire demon in Texas during 1925
would have erected 232 modern, fire-
resistive school houses costing $100,-
000 on the average, and would have
built 2,327 miles of improved roads
at a per mile cost of $10,000.
While there are no accurate re-
cords covering loss of life and in-
jury due to Texas fires it is known
that there were numerous fatalities
and countless injuries by burning.
PROGRAM FOR GRAND NEXT WEEK
Monday and Tuesday
NORMA SHEARER
IN
“The Waning Sex?‘
A story of masculine women and
feminine men.
Wednesday and Thnrsdav
REGINALD DENNY
IN
“Rolling Home’’
Fast moving Comedy Drama.
Fridav and Saturday
BUCK JCNES
IN
A Western Not Named
“Sorry for Mother.”
The other tears were in the eyes
of a small brown.eyed boy w'-o has
sat throughout th? trial on the side
of the State. He is 14.year-old
Dexter Chipps, whose father Norris
killed. When asked about the ver-
dict tears came to his eyes and he
cnocked up. Later bp said: “I’m
so sorry for mother. It will hurt
her.”
The boy was alone of all his fam-
ily and as the great crowd rushed
around Norris to shake the freed
man’s hand, the lad walked out, vir-
tually unnoticed.
The verdict came after 14 days of
argument and testimony which was
ended with a heated appeal by Wil-
liam McGraw of Ft. Worth, one of
the sireoial prosecutors, who said, as
he pointed his finger at the jury:
“If you send him out to kill again
h?’s your criminal, not mine.
I “I call him the pistol-packing
j person,” shouted McLean and these
words were ringing in the defend-
ant’s ears as the jury filed out.
The great crowd refused to leave
the court room. The jury, went out
at 4:40 p. m. Just before 6 p. m.
thev announced they had reached a
verdict, but judge, defendants and
lawyers were absent. The judge
and lawyers were quicklv located,
but it was more than half an hour
before Norris could be found. He was
finally located in the lobby of his
hotel with his body-guard. Fred
Holland, former policeman.
• • •
Brief Verdict.
“I’ve been out for a walk.” said
Norris as he came into the room.
The jury which had been waiting
with th* veroict for if nbwto tf-*-
eame in.
“We the (urv find the defendant,
| ,T. Frank Norris, not guilty as
i charged.” said the verdict.
! Two women on the front row ap_
Handed lightly. The judge rapped
fo" order.
“Mr. Sheriff, arrest anyone who
does that again.” said Judge Hamil-
ton. By this time hands from ev.
cry direction reached in the direc-
tion of Norris, and he was the center
of a dense eddy of friends who mov-
ed slowly about him as he moved
slowly toward1 the door.
• • •
Norris Says “Vindicated.”
Dr. Norris tonight refused to make
any statement following his acquit-
tal, and ordered from his room a
newspaperman seeking one.
Mrs. Norri« apparently was nearly
prostrate. She lay on a bed in
Norris’ hotel room, while he answer-
ed numerous congratulatory tele-
phone calls and received many tele-
grams.
Norris was ruffled, he said, b#-
All the memlbers of Hopewell
Missionary Baptist Church are re_
| quested to meet at Bro. G. W. Ker-
boKv’s residence, 4 miles northwest
of Cooper Feb. 20th, the third
Lord’s day,. This call meeting of the
little church is for the purpose of
making some disposition of the lit-
tle pitt nee we got out of the wreck-
age of our house by a storm three
years ago and the lot.
Since we are not able to rebuild
: some of us have decided that under
: the strained condition of the people
not to make an effort to rebuilt but
to contribute this small fund to the
orphan home, state missions and
Baptist school work, foreign and
! interstate missions of the American
Baptist Association.
Now my dear brethren, we appeal
for you to meet us in this called
conference. If you do not come and
, advise with us few who hustled to
j save something out of the dilapidat-
ed property, please do not censure
us if we contribute said funds to
, the above named causes.
ELD. J. W. BREWER. Er.loe.
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Marriage Licenses
Iva Martin fcnd Mary Johnson, col.
Roswell Smart and Miss Annie
Mae Carroll.
Tommie Newman and Jewell Bos-
tick.
j Clinton Noble and Miss Blanche
Aicker.
William Burrow and Miss Edna
May Lanbfcun.
Marion Baker and Miss Sadie Mil-
lard.
Baptist Parsonage
Being Remodeled
Bap*'".* iw-nwp-sTHtion. is hav..
| /'-X «— Jr* .' r ** > --■Vi -Y
their pastor and wife, Rev. and Mrs.
J. C. Newman.
The building will bo recovered, re-
painted and repapered. Many other
minor repairs will be made and the
I property made more attractive.
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cause Mrs. Norris bad been disturb-
ed. Later J. J. Mickle, publicity
director of Norris’ church, said
Norris would speak at the regular
prayer meeting Wednesday night at
his ebuch.
Norris sent out to newspapermen
through Mickle the one word “Vin-
dication”
“It was vindication in everything.
That was the one word Norris had
I
to send out," Mickle said.
Attorney Isaac D. White of Austin
started the argument for the de-
fense this morning. He was fol-
lowed bv Li strict Attorney J. D.
Moore of Travis County for the
State. Attorney Dayton Moses took
un the final argument for Dr. Nor-
ris at 11:25 n. m., and spoke until
■ recess at 12:30 p. m.
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Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 28, 1927, newspaper, January 28, 1927; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth978911/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.