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HART BROS.. Publishers.
EU IlNDLEY EXPIRES
SiniNG IN CHAIR
COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1916.
VOL. 36, NO. 5L
TO DETERMINE PUTTING IN
WILL LOWRY KILLED BY NE-
GRO TENANT NEAR GRANT
A meeting of the stockholders of
Delta Milling Co. was held in the
E11 Lindley suddenly expired while
sitting in n chair in Mose Walker’s
tymie in East Cooper Monday night! city hall Saturday afternoon. After
about 8:30 o’clock. Mr. Walker hearing a finascial report of Mr. John
and two ’ittle children were in the Wallace considerable discussion fol-
room at the time and the deceased: lowed, as to whether to dispose of the
was endeavoring to get Mr. Walker property, liquidate the indebtedness
to accompany him to Oklahoma the and abandon the effort to have a
next day when he dropped his head flouring mill, or attempt to sell an
on his breast and after drawing two additional amount of stock sufficient
Will Lowry, who has farmed near
Enloe for a number of years, was
FIFTY-SIX DELINQUENT
TAX SUITS FILFD
County Attorney Joel H. Berry filed
56 tax suits in Judge Dohoney’s dis-
HARRY LAMBETH PASSES
TO HIS REWARD
shot and killed Sunday night on his trict court this week. There are some
farm 3 miles northeast of Grant, twenty-odd suits yet to be filed on the
Okla., by a negro on the place, nam-j delinquent tax lists turned over to
ed Demry. j County Attorney Berry by Tax
The negro says that Lowry came lector Hope Haggard.
Harry A. Lambeth passed away at
his home in North Cooper Saturday,
Dec. 16th, at 2:45 a. m., after a brave
fight for months for his life.
The funeral was conducted at the
Col-, home Sunday at 10 o’clock by his
pastor, Rev. S. M. Black, and inter-
or three long breaths expired.
After shaking him and getting no
response Mr. Walker ran to J. F.
to equip and pay for the mill.
The company has a lot with house
built on it and machinery contracted.
Kerbow’s residence and had him for. The charter has been secured
phone to town for help telling him and the affairs seem to be in very
that the man had committed suicide, good shape.
Supposing that he had taken some-
thing before coming to his house.
Several of the city and county of-
ficials, some physicians and a num-
ber of others soon were at the scene.
The body was still sitting in the chair REV. BUTLER’S CAR
and Judge T. E. McMillan and County DAMAGED IN COLLISION
The meeting formally adjourned
until next Saturday when it will like-
ly be determined what, if any ac-
tion will be taken.
to his house about 10 o’clock Sun-| necessary that all tax suits be ment followed in Odd Fellows ceme-
day night and came into the kitchen filed in district court and District tery.
door. He then commanded him to Clerk John T. Taylor is busy issuing He is survived by a wife and little
get out of bed and light the lamp, citations. The other suits will be daughter, aged father, T. A. Lam-
which was complied with. . Lowry filed soon. Many #of these suits are beth, a brother, Scott Lambeth, of
then told the negro to blow out the “friendly” suits where the defendants Hope, Ark., and two sisters, Mrs. J.
light, that he was going to kill him, are permitting the suit to be brought T. Morgan and Miss Tom Lambeth,
whereupon the negro says he grab- in order to make other parties, who of Cooper.
bed one arm around Lowry’s neck previously owned the land, a party Harry was born in Cooper 39 years,
Attorney Joel H
hold an inquest.
Berry proceeded to
Mose Walker’s tes- Rev. J. E. Butler had his new auto-
timony ■was taken and was substan- mobile badly damaged Sunday after-
tially as given above. Dr. C. C. Tay- noon when it was run into by a large
lor, who had examined the body tes- Studebaker in Southwest Cooper. Rev.
tified that it was his opinion that Butler together with Mrs. Butler and
death resulted from heart failure. He Mrs. Hamrick had started to Klon-
stated that he found a small bottle in dike and just as they were turning
the dead man’s pocket and that it '»to the Klondike road from the road
appeared to be Jaimaca ginger and from the Terrell place he saw the
perhaps camphor. He stated that he other tar comin£ toward them at a
had made no test of its contents but S°od sPeed- was t0° late t0 stop
promised to test it for poison. Judge' before K°,nK into the Klondike road,
McMillan rendered a decision that 80 he drove across the road and turn‘
death resulted from natural causes. ed UP on the hand side> but the
Mr. Lindley was preparing to move man in the otl?er car> he says> evi’
to Oklahoma at the time of his death dently a new driver> seemed to
and had shipped his household goods excited and turned into his car in‘
that day. None of his family were s‘ead °* turnin* ta the other side °\
in Cooper at the time and the re-' t e roa
mains were taken to Smith Bros.’ un-
dertaking parlor. The remains left
here “
less.
and fired. As he fled he said he saw
three men on the outside and fired
at them. After the killing the negro
went to Hugo barefooted and gave
himself up to the officers, claiming
that he had killed the man in self
defense.
Officers and citizens went to the
house and found the body of Lowry
with $291.70 in currency and silver in
the pocket.
The body was taken in charge by
Hugo undertakers Monday and
brought to Hugo and was shipped to
to the suit.
'Below are the defendants in the
suits which have been brought:
S. J. Smith, Jno. Thomas, A. W.
Chesnut, Unknown, W. W. Ewing, J.
W. Cross, C. A. Hardy, W. H. Wat-
son, J. C. Brooks, S. C. Price, E. J.
3 months and 7 days before his death
and was reared here where he spent
all his life until two years ago when
he was forced to go to Abilene on
account of his failing health.
Despairing of any more aid from
that climate he returned to Cooper
Grice, T. J. Coffee, M. D. Abernathy, tbis fall. and was confined to his bed
B. Williams, J. W. Wall, C. S. Oats,
S. M. Harvilie, W. B. DeJernett, S. B.
Davis, C. W. Pickering, W. Boyd,
J. 0. and O. Anderson, O. Anderson,
W. A. Beal, J. M. Clower, Mrs. A. G.
Patillo, B. J. Hubbard, J. L. Jones,
most of the time until his death.
He was a man of sterling worth
and integrity and The Review joins
the friends of the family in sympa-
thy in their loss.
Enloe Tuesday yiorning and buried at Jackson & Maloney, R. B. and A. A.
Rattan in the afternoon. i Manley, Hubert Sharp, George Shank-
Mr. Lowry bought the Oklahoma G,3or£e & Lile, Tom Smith, W. L.
farm last year, and Demry was a Richards, Unknown, Unknown, Un-
tenant on the farm. He was in Coop- know'1’ Unknown, Unknown, C. J.
er last spring and Lowry purchased K>uns, Jackson & Thomas, Sallie
supplies for him of one of the Cooper Urirsom, Mrs. M. A. McMillan, J. C.
stores, and those who saw him said Ar|derson, B. Ivey, C. Noble, R. M.
he looked like a Choctaw half-breed.
Mrs. Butler was slightly injured
about the head and the radiator and
s Tuesday at' 11 a. m. for Peer-: {™dc\o{ the car was badly bent
, the old; home of the deceased,' Th? other car was not dama{?ed mucb*
where they were enterred during the
afternoon.
The deceased is survived by a
widow and four children, Mrs. Theo-
dore Arnold of Peerless, Albert and
Green Lindley who were at Antlers,
Okla., and Eli Lindley, Commerce,
Texas.
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PECAN GAP.
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FIRST COMPLAINT FOR
VIOLATION OF COMPUL-
SORY ATTENDANCE LAW.
Prof. George Atkins of Bonham was
here Sunday:•
H. T. Clem made a trip to Paris
Tuesday.
Mrs. E. L. Gist of Cleburne is vis-
iting relatives here this week.
L. E. Pickard made a business trip
to Paris Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rayburn of De-
The first suit to be filed in the state
under the compulsory school law, soj troit spent Sunday in Pecan Gap.
far as The Review is informed, was
filed by County Attorney Joel H.
Berry this week in Justice Patterson’s
office at Enloe. The defendant is J.
R, Partain of ML Joy district. The
case will come up for trial next court
day which is Saturday, Dec. 30th.
The penalty for violation of the
compulsory attendance law is $5 fine
for first day law is violated, $10 for
second and $25 for every succeeding
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Henry Humphreys of Sulphur
Springs was here Wednesday.
Herbert Ray Pickard, who is at-
tending Wesley College of Greenville,
has returned home for the holidays.
R. D. Humphreys is moving to
Lends county this week.
R. H. West made a business trip to
Paris Saturday.
Miss Anna Gamer gave a birthday
party at her home last Saturday
night. Music w*»s rendered by M;*s-
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liams, A. A. Ablowich, Martin & Hoi- \ tos^ ° rna*-®na as ta en t e • woui(j talk over wjth the business men
v profit out of a subscription at •>
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FREE MAIL DELIVERY
PROMISED FOR COOPER
Congressman Eugene Black has
designated Cooper as one of two
towns in his districts for free ■»«<»
delivery and an inspector will soon
visit Cooper for the purpoe of
a report
Mr. Blark’s letter to Postmaster
J. T. Rountree follows:
Mt. J. T. Rountree, Cooper, Texas.
Dear friend:—Our sommittee on
postoffices and post roads is now at
work on the general appropriation hill
for the postoffice department for the
next fiscal year and the bill will carry
an aopropriation of $350,000 for vil-
lage free delivery service in towna
and villages having postoffices of the
2nd and 3rd class and which are not
eligible to city delivery under the
present law. This is somewhat of an
experiment on the part of the post-
office department but has already
been in force in a number of 2nd and
3rd class offices of the United States
and the Postmaster General reports
very favorable results from the ex-
periment.
In talking with the fourth assistant
postmaster general one day last week
he told me that he would be glad to
install the service at two suitable
points in our district, and so I have
named Cooper as one of the places.
He said he would send an inpector
there at an early date to look over
the situation and report as to wheth-
er or not it was thought advisable to
install this free delivery service at
Vi
land. R. P. Jones, C. E. Bass, Mrs.
M. D„ Hendley, Mrs. C. Caudille, G.
D. Fowler.
Mr. Lowry had been preparing to
move to his Oklahoma farm and last
week shipper his household goods up
there. It is claimed that he and the
negro had been having trouble over ---—
possession. The negro claimed he SPECIAL XMAS ATTRACTION
had rented the place for another year, “THE CLOSED ROAD.”
and Lowry was demanding possession. Sargeant, one of the idle rich, is
Th4Te is no details of the killing told by Dr. Appledane, a heart spec-
known except as given by the negro, ialist, that he is suffering from heart
Bill Stewart of Cooper was in disease and has only six month more
Grant Sunday, leaving there for bve* Ue is about to shoot him-
Cooper at 4 p. m. and he says Win self when. bi? is seized, and he
Lowry and the Constable, Lon Key,| finds himself'face to face with Julia
had arrested a bootlegger and taken Annersley, a society girl. She tells
42 pints of whiskey before he left. him that her brother, Hugh, a young Harry Tipton and family left Sat
It is reported that the Constable has doctor, has been arrested for a crime urday for Camp County where they
a mule team which Lowry owned and ^hich he did not commit, and that he will spend Christmas,
says that he bought it of Lowry, could save Hugh’s life by taking the J. O. Williams and granddaughter,
paying him $300 for it. It is also crime on himself. As he has only six
reported that Mrs. Lowry claims that months to live, he would escape exe-
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Grandma Turner is on the sick list
Mrs. C. T. Bradford was shopping
in Cooper Tuesday.
he had $400 when he left here three
days before his death.
J. M. Medlin went to Hugo Mon-
day morning and went out and view-
ed the remains at 10 a. m. and he
says the body was lying in the house,
where it evidently fell, at that hour.
A 25 calibre bullet had penetrated the
cution, and yet by his death he can
save a life. Sargeant agrees. He
has very little trouble convincing the
detectives of his guilt and is put in
prison to await trial.
After a short while Sargeant is
Lizzie, were shopping in Cooper Wed-
nesday.
Grandpa Peebles is suffering a
great deal with his jaw.
Misses Ocie Miller and Wilma
Wynn visited in Cooper Saturday
and Sunday.
Rev. Bloodworth filled his regular
and patrons of the office as to what
they think of the matter and let me
hear frpm you. >
As stated above, this service has
given excellent results in smaller
towns where it has heretofore been
tried by the postoffice department and
has been continued in use right alone
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in those towns.
Would be glad to have you write
me as soon as convenient what yea
think of thermatter. I feel sure that
the citizens of Cooper would be high-
ly pleased with the service if they caa
get it installed.
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With Very best wishes, I am,
Your friend,
EUGENE BLACK.
SUNDAY AT M. E. CHURCH.
surprised to find that instead of dy-
ing, his health is improving, and'the Sunday nighL
head slightly to the right of the cen- Prison doctor tells him that his heart, Robert Russe11 of near Gou*h at*
ter <af the forehead. The bed show-' is « acund as a h®11- A y°un* laW-| tended church at this place Sunday
ed signs of having been occupied. I yer whom Sargeant employed to night
es Ruth James Pom Mends and Alte
>0 Ill’S SHOW MAN Lee James T> >•fre?h»»mts wee.
ALWAYS ON THE JOBj boiled custard and cake. Miss Gamer
- I received many nice presents and a
Manager Sparks of the Lyric is al-j good time was enjoyed by all.
ways on the lookout for the comfort The Woman’s Mission Society gave
The deceased is survived by
widow and several children. It
} ! -> "irried inurance
'■,. World.
CARD OF THANKS.
of his patrons as well as giving them
the best pictures money can procure.
He has bought and will install next
week a big air heater which will make
this popular play house the most com-
fortable place in town to spend these
cold afternoons and evenings. With
this heating apparatus it will be as
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a dinner and bazaar in the Clower
building Saturday. The proceeds
were about $35.
A box supperwas given Tuesday
night at the school building. The
boxes sold for a good price. Miss
Geneviu Long received a box of candy
for being the prettiest girl in the
ortable anywhere in the building beauty contest. The proceeds of the
is by your own fireside.
10(845,989 BALES GINNED
PRIOR TO DECEMBER 13th.
supper and contest were $102 which
will go as a payment for buying a
Victrola for our school.
The writer wishes a merry Christ-
mas and a happy new year to the
readers of The Review.
RIP VAN WINKLE.
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Washington, Dec. 20.—Cotton gin-
Wed prior to Dec. 18 amounted to
pMy04$,989 bales, including 183,403
literd bales «"<1 110,448 bales of Mr. John W. Tillman and family
oPsr. T"’a-'d, th ■ census bureau today Thursday for Athens, Ga., where
announced. , they will vHt for a month. M’
• —----- Buna Tillman went by Milford, T«v-
\ Cooper young man ."bile driving Florence, who is attending
about 7 o'clock last Sunday night ran school there. They will probably vis-
h'4 ca - against the brick curbing of i ^ jn Tennessee before returning.
the well northwest of the court house _____
and knocked the top of it off. The Willie Rattan spent Sunday in Dal-
frent axle of the car was bent but it ]a8 visiting his brother, Clarence and
family, returning home. Sunday night
We want to thank the people of
Cooper for their liberality in con-'
tributing aid for the construction of
our new church building.
CONGREGATION OF THE
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
C. L. Stevens and U. L. Moss re-
turned last week from a trip to the
Willis-Overland factories at Toledo,
Ohio, where they went with Texas
dealers and salesmen. There was a
special Texas train with 14 sleepers
and two diners with 114 in the party.
They were treated royally and were
impressed with the magnitude of the
great factories.
plead his case finds that Dr. Apple-! ‘' Mrs. Vaughn was shopping in Com-
dane has been placed in a lunatic merce Saturday.
asylum, his mania being that by men- Willie Wallace, who has been at-
tal suggestion he can make people tending school at Dallas, returned
lealiy believe that they are doomed, home Saturday night to spend Christ-
...... oa.gcant finds mmself face to mas.
face with execution for a crime he Misses Jewel Thomason and Myrtle
knows nothing about, but with a great Wallace went to Greenville Saturday
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.; W. M.
Wallace, superintendenL
191 present last (Sunday. Let's
have 200 next.
Preaching at 11 a. m. Subject, Th«
appointment at this place Sunday and Orphanage. This is Orphanage Sun-
day. An offering will be made for
its support. Let’s make it liberaL
Rev. W. T. Gray of Ft Worth will
deliver the sermon.
At the evening hour a Christmas
program and exercise
by the little folks of
will be given
the Sunday
school and the choir. 7 p. u.
hour for the evening serv'"«
Everybody invited to
these services.
desire to live; and here Fate plays
her hand!. Lyric Theatre Christmas
afternoon and nighL 5 and 10 cents.
afternoon.
Onida Hendrix went to Cooper
Saturday.
There will be a Chritmas tree at
the Methodist church
SUNDAY AT M. P. CHURCH.
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
At 11 a. m. Bible reading.
not otherwise injured.
Get your ear corn of C. P. Holkm
M Klondike.
Mrs. Benton McMillan received n
tv^rev ^1? ./ • •;S' ’‘<3
F • •* 'T,.- iViPti snd <'"■ c
letter contained a Chock for $'00.
The Senior class which put on its
play “At the End of the Rainbow” at Saturday nighL Everybody come and
the High School building Thursday 8° bome loaded
night of last week, went to Pecan Gap
Friday night and reproduced the play.
Unfortunately one of the young ladies
had a suit case taken which contained
about $50 worth of clothes. She left
it on the stage of the theatre early
in the evening and when she returned
Subject;
at this place ProPh3cy Concerning the Coming
Messiah. Everyone is especially ask-
ed co bring their Bible to church with
theih.
At 7 p. m. a special program will
be given by the Junior Endeavor So-
ciety. The parents are especially in-
vited to attend and all visitors will
STOCK LAW BEING VIOLATED.
Information comes to the county
attorney’s office that several citizens
of the county aro permitting their
.lock, cattle end eepeciell, their hog, recelve * „
to rue at l.ree, end la tu.uy ea.a. W' L' HANfmCK, Paator.
many
it was gone and no trace of it could' to the injury of land and other prop-
be found. Officers began a search
the next day and a negro woman {
brought the grip and turned it over
J. D. Jordan visited his brother in
Oklahoma Sunday.
Mrs. J. C. Wetter, who has been ill
for several months ’has been In a
critical condition for teyeral days.
Good ear corn for salt by C. P.
Hollon, Klondike.
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fii s W!,iv ’ - ’• •« ’O
succe sf 1 ‘ her v1 oi' it ’nloe tho
past, three years that ehe is re- og-
nized as one of the best teachers Del-
ta has and we feel sure she
is making good at Rogera-
property. This is clearly a violation SUNDAY AT BAPTIST CHURCH,
of the law and any one who permits ——*
his stock, cattle or hners to run at Don’t forget services at the Bap-
lar^e will be prosecuted to the full church Sunday morning 9:45 to
vt-nt ef iho ” i-iBptfnllv, Morning subject The Prince of
TOFL H. RFRRY, Peace. Isiah 6:9.
Cour!” N’ornev, Delta Co.. Texas. Fining service 6:45.
Everybody welcome.
W. H. HORTON, Pastor.
Monday was trades day and thara
waa a large crowd in town.
LOr/L prirER.
Turk'"'’1' p— 1b.
Heps, 10c per lh.
Spring Chickens under 2 1-2, 18c.
Eggs, 30c per dozen.
Packing house butter, 20c lb.
There will be no rehearsal for tha
Mozart Choral Club on Sunday.
Mrs. J. F. Heslee left Monday to
spend the holidays with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. Conrad Miller, in Long-
view.
Just received a car of saginaw
Michigan ealt.—L. A. Hamm.
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