The Cooper Review. (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. [13], No. [2], Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1904 Page: 2 of 10
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at Cooper a»
ay your poll tax.
its a year old will be the
•r a abort time, until we get
to writing 1904.
worse a fellow is the more
resolutions he makes the first ot
i year ami the quicker he breaks
mm.
Gbnbral Mh.es predicts that 1904
Will be the bloodiest year in the his-
tory of the world. The General re
tired just a year too early.
Wk feel very much gratified on
account ot the many renewals of sub
•criptions to the Review. They are
too numerous to mention separately
but we appreciate vour tbougMtui-
ness and your loyalty to the paper
just the same. There are still a
goodly number not seen U> but we
feel assured you will look after it
Boon.
LAND FOR
IF, as Mr. Wilson declares, the
farmers have relieved the nation of
foreign indebtedness, what has the
nation done for the tanner in return
for this great work? Much indeed,
Bay the lawmakers. Universities,
colleges, institutes, experiment sta-
tions, etc., have been established for
the education of farmers am’ their
Children, and research aad investi-
gation hav^been provided to solve
llexing farm problems. Ail these
|ted, but their effect is not so
aake the farmer independ.
able him to produce more
gr increase his exports,
blues are lett in the
^tors, who play shut
^m, without an}
pf the interest of
|d them And not
actually on Un
|h enable h> com
uers to pay more
with which they
’that pay our foreign
foreign farmers, who
*with us in the world's Mer-
its., are required to pay 1 <r the very
Qe implements made b}’‘.he same
krties How can American mnuu.
Loti rers ship farm’ implements -to
breign countries ami sell ttiein for
Bcs money than American farmers
compelled to pay for the same
iplemeuts?
reioiiTH judicial district]
Judge.............H. O. Connor.
Attorney.............R- D. Allen,
yieik..............R. D. Bennett,
Court meets 1st Monday in Janu-
ary aud June.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judge..............J. K. Holmes,
Attorney.............F. O- ^ong,
Olerk ..........J. T. Rountree,
Sheriff..’..........8. B. Turbeville
Tax Collector____J. M. B. Williams
Tax Assessor..........W. E. Moss
Surveyor............T. L. Stratton
Court meets 3rd Monday in Feb-
ruarv, May, August aud November.
COMMISSIONERS,
Precinct No. 1.......J- T. Morgan
Precinct No. 2........C. P. Hollon
Precinct No. 3 & 6- • -8- H. Edwards
Precinct No. 4 & 5. . . W. T. Walker
Commissioners’ Court meets 2nd
Monday in February, May, August
and November.
evt Y OFFICERS.
Mayor................D. H. Lane
Attorney............J.lt. Hatcher
Marshal.............H. F. Morris
Secretary.............A M. Steen
Aldermen:—!. F Henalee. H. E.
Cabeeu, J. P. Morrill, S. C. Ratliff,
J. R Albright.
CHURCHES
Baptist:—Rev. W. L. Crain,
pastor, preaches 1st and 3rd Sunday
at 11 and 8 o'clock. Suuuay school
every Sunday at 10 o’clock a. in., J.
L. Ratliff Sunday school superinten-
dent. Prayer meeting on Wednes-
nays at 7:30 p. m.
Christian:—Sunday Scool at 9:45
a m. S. C. Price, Supt. Prayer
moeting Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m.
Christian Endeavor service Sunday
4:00 o’clock p. m. Ladies’ Aid
Society meets every Tuesday at^ 3
o'clock p m. Choir Practice Fri-
day 7:30 p. M.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN:—
Services Every 3rd Sabbath at 11
o’clock a. m. and 7:30 o’clock p. m.
Rev. R. E. Joiner, Pastor.
Methodist Episcopal:—Services
every Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m. and
7:30 P- Sunday School at 9:45
a. m. Epworth League 3 o’clock p.
m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at
7:30 p w. Ladies Home Missionary
Society meets second Monday in each
mouth at 3 o’clock p. m. Choir
practice Friday at 7:30 p m.
J. A. Old, Pastor.
M etiiodist Protest vnt :—Servi
ces 2ud and 4th Sundays at 11
o’clock a. m. and 7:30 o’clock p. m
Sunday School at 10 o'clock a. m
Junior Christian Endeavor meets at
j o’clock and Senior Endeavor at 4
o’clock p. ra., Sunday. Choir prac-
tice on Friday at 7:30 P- hi,
T. L. Garrison, Pastor.
Presbyterian:—Preaching every
second and fourth Sundays at 10 a.
in. aud 8:30 p. m.
Rev W. C. Tenny, Pastor,
No. 1.—2G9 acres of^nd iu Hop-
kins county, 3 miles eas^>ul Birth-
right. 90 acres In cultivation, bal-
lance in prairie and timber. Fine
orchard and water. 2 sets houses,
112$ per aure.
No. 2.—208 acres prairie pasture,
all fenced, 12 miles northeast Mount
Vernon, price $12 per acre. Will
sell or exchange for other lands,
No. 3.—100 acres bottom land m
Franklin county at $8 per acre.
No. 3.—160 acres land east ol
Higgineport, Fannin county, 70 acres
in cultivation, ballance in pasture.
Two sets houses. Fine water. Easy
terms, $12 per acre.
No. 5.—57$ acres of prairie and
50 acres in Sulphur bottom 8 miles
southeast of Cooper. Well improv-
ed, price $2000.
No. 6.—147^ acres, part black
wax and part black sandy, 70 acres
iu cultivation, two sets of houses,
$1644 in loan. Will sell or ex-
change for small place.
No. 7.—101* acres laud half blcck
the other half gray, 78 acres in cul-
tivation, two sets houses, three miles
west of Cooper near school and
church $50 per sere, $1000 down,
Mfem on time at 8 *m cent.
No. 8.—One live room house and
lot in West Cooper, nice location,
good barn, good cistern and fine well
water. Will sell for $1200 and take
in part payment cattle or mules.
No. 9.—One four room frame
house in West CooDer near depot,
nicely located, cistern and everlast.
ing well water, small barn, stable
and buggy shed. One half acre all
lenced. Terms easy, price $650.
No. 10—One three room house in
East Cooper near college * acre, well
water—$300.
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South East Corner Square. COOPER, TEXAS.
S. C. RATLIFF,
Insurance Agent.
We represent the most reliable old line companies and would like to tell yon
ot their meiits before you insure your property. We can save you money
and give you the'safest insurance to be found in North Texas. Call on us.
When Your House Burns You Get Your Money Promptly.
West Side Square, Cooper, Texas.
No. 11.—1223 acres nice prairie
and timber stock ranch tor sale or
exchange. Situated at Flora, Hop-
kins county, Texas, 340 acres in cul-
tivation, 50 acres fine meadow, bal-
ance in four pastures all well fenced.
One 2-story 8 room house, 3 fine cis-
terns, fine barns also 3 other build-
ings with good barns and plenty of
water. Would trade for residence or
business property at Cooper, Com-
merce, Enloe or Klondike. The fin-
est ranch in North Texas.
No. 12. The Elite (Jess Oiiyer)
restaurant is for sale. First come,
first served. A bargain tor some
one. Gold drink and short order
house, finely furnished. The best
stand evnr in Cooper. Will take some
trade.
Cooper LiveruCo.
SALE and feed stable.
The very Best Roadsters are always furnished to the Commercial Traveler,
Our Special Sunday drivers are unequalled, and the buggies—well, they are
as good as you’ll find in the city—and after using one you may think it runa
as smoothly as any you ever used. If you get ours, you’re bound to think se.
Dont Forgot Us Wlion You Drive,
At the annual stockholder’s meet
Qg df the First National Bank Tues-
ay the same Board of Directors was
t elected. Later the directors met
ud re elected the same officers for
fcht year, a tact which thorough!}
Remonstrated their wisdom. Both
ocetingfs were harmonious in every
kespect which is the surest indl
cation of their satisfaction with tin-
york done and the efficient munage-
Int of Us affairs. The year just
ha* been one of the most trying
institution lias experienced
lit has come out with flying Col-
ls firm and substantial us eyer.
vf A.-OiAWas called to l)e-
foit Wednesday by the illness of tus
ttlo son. Mrs Old expected to re-
krn to Cooper the first of the week
lil was deLin< d in i
Lected development of pneumonia
}.tn a m'd/the little fellow had con-
secret societies,
L O 0. F:_Lodge No. 186 meets
svery Saturday night
S. C. Ratliff, N. G.
W. T. Kingston, Sec’y.
Knights of Pythias:—Lodge No.
130 meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday nights
in each month.
C. V. Rattan, O. C.
C. S. Lambeth, K. of R. and 8.
Masonic Lodge:_No. 707 meets
Monday night on or before the full
moon in each month.
W. L. Gibbs, W. M.
G. W. Lay, Sec’y.
Red Men:—Tulsa Tribe, No. 134,
meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays sleep in
each moon.
J. W. Albright, Sachem.
John E. Wall, C of R.
United Benevolent Association
meets 3rd Friday night in each
month. J. L. Ratliff, Pies
J. A Jeter, Jr. Sec’y.
Woodman:—Green Camp, N’o
294, mee ts 2nd and 4t'u Thursdaj
Rev. A. C. Parker, Pastor,
.lights. 0. C. Taylor, G G.
No. 13.—640 acres land near Sny-
der, Scurry county, Texas. 135 acres
in cultivation, balance in pasture,
well fenced. 2 sets houses, fine well
and wind mill, surface tank, etc.
Good young orchard- Will sell or
exchange for lirst-class black land in
Delta, Lamar or Hunt county.
Half acre, one five room house,
two hall, two poarches; just finished;
nicely located. W'ill sell in the next
few days. Terms easy.
S. C. UNSELL.
Cooper, Texas.
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Something That is Good.
We know of no greater service that
his newspaper can render Its many
readers than to let them know of a
really meritorious article and where
the same may be procured. For this
reason we wish to have every reauer
peruse the following letter trom Dex
ter Mahoney, Quigley, 111. He says:
i ‘Please send mu by express two doz-
en of Re-go I find it, an excellent
reMedy and have to keep it in slock.”
Re-Go"Tonic Laxative Syrup is an
unfailing cure for constipation, sick
headache, biliousness, sour stomach,
and dyspepsia. It is the ideal medi
cine for children, 50-cent bottles
sold by GiLy Drug Store—that’s the
place.
“The nicest and pleasantest medi-
■ ioe ' i ve used for ind ge it. >n and
constipation is Chamberlain's Storn
fieli and Liver Tablets,’’ says Meylaed
F. Graig, ot MiiHiegrove, N. V.
“They work like a charm and do not
gripe or have any unpleasant effect-”
For sale by all druggists,
for a bad taste in the mouth take a
few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver tablets. Price 25 cents.
Warranted to cure. For sale by all
druggets.
It is rumored in Cooper that good
apple vinegar has a strong resem-
blance to another fluid that circulate^
rather freely about Christmas timesi
Prominent people take warning.
up to dale men also want a good gen-
eral Newspaper pi order to keep in
close touch with the outside world.
Such a pa pi r is The DA , iL \ 8 HlfYil-
VVKFKLY NPAY'S A combination
of TUP CUOI’PR RPVIPW and the
DALLAS SEMI VVPPKLY NEWS
is just what the tanners of th:a sec
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|y tii n d upon Local N""s, Home j 3 Nothing I. as ever equalled'it. jj
Knif.' rises, Peisoual Items, State , p Nothing can ever surpass it. R
Cooper Light & Manufacturing
Company have fine quality of dry
pressed brick for s;We.
New Use for Waste Paper.
Waste paper Is used as the basis ot
a new composition which Is said to
be harder than many ktflda ofr ktona. ^
The secret Is that of a Yonkers (N.
Y.) man, who has given It the name
of pollardlte. As a thin veneer placed
on iron, wood, stone or brick, It Is
said to oftfer protection against firs,
water, acids or rust, resisting the ef-
fects of extremes of high and low
temperatures. It is composed chiefly
of waste paper pulped aud molded
into form, and presents the appear-
ance of a stone In color and consist-
ency.
Counsel.
Friend, when your heart Is heavy
And you know not wher- to turn.
W i■ the y« ere lie dark behind you
,u l their tills:i ring memories burn.
A sc, Mid fling them from you—
The thoughts that pols.m sleep;
Ami pruy the Lon*'., good angels
Around you ward to keep.
News, National Affairs, Foreign mat
Un a. In short, this combination I
keeps the farmer aud Ins family up j
to the times on information.
For $1.75 wo will send the two pa. j
pers one year—156 copies. The har- !
mers' Forum in The News is alone
worth the money to any intelligent |
Farmer or Stockman of tins locality,
to say nothing of the other Special
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The Cooper Review. (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. [13], No. [2], Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1904, newspaper, January 15, 1904; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth980950/m1/2/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.