The Cooper Review. (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1905 Page: 4 of 8
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Ocopjcr.Tbx.. Friday. Jan 0, 1905
A New Year Resolution.
DIVERSIFICATION
IVERSIFIOATIO
VERSIFICATI
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.1 m. Curley, uow eerviii* »
SiTENOT STAGGERED
There Is No Reason For a Panicky
State of Affairs.
term in Boston jail under coiiv ic-
At last—Port Arthur has lulloa. f-nn in the federal court for de-
WherelTthe fellow that said frauding the United States gov-
the boll weevil had helped the Urnment by impersonating another
Cotton situation? “an in ft civil service examination,
•— —*? I was re-elected alderman recently,
There are many remedies and receiving the third highest nuni-
perhaps different reliefs, but only ber of votes ca8t in a list of thir-
one cure, and that is divorsifica-1 ^en a|^eriuen elected.
tion. I ' J-------
I, Japan ..d pension It i» .aid th.‘the ChiU»« P«p-
tlicir soldier* like the Uait.dM*t>°'> of tl,e, . “
State,', the woret part of
going on in .he E,«t .a jet to from 1:(,.TTg m,050. In the
■ _.......j.____■ I fiscal year ending June 30. 1903,
Many of the people who are m()re thftn 4^00 voluntarily left
howling about the needed manu- gan Francisco for the land of
facturing enterprises in Texas, Ujiejr birth. A generation ago
|jull back when an opportunity | there were 40,000 Chinaman in
presents itself to secure one. San Francisco; now there arc less
It is claimed that it will take than 1O»0M=====s=bm
from ten to twenty years to 00m- By an appropriation of con-
plete the Panama canal, depend- g the Jefferson Bible, called
ing upon whiclwrlan is adoPted LThe Morals of !,Jesus,” and con-
of the several thiu are being -dis- of the Hfe and 8ayings ot
<S**»*ed* __________ Jesus Christ separated from their
It is conceded by Senaior Platt original context, has been pub-
and others that there is no proba- fished. It is an interesting work,
bllity of southern representation worthy Jof preservation, lhrough
being reduced at this session of the courtesy of Congressman
congress. All that will be done Sheppard the Review has received
will be to appoint a joint commit- a copy of this interesting book,
tee to make a thorough investiga- | for which he lias our thanks.
ti«„ of the alleged violetioes of milt, o[ freigllt loadec
the law ,„d report at the witll the products of the mi|ls
.session. _ _______the lower Monongahela valley
Will the cotton acreage be cutthe yards of the Home-
down? Some think not, but that Ltead plant. The railroads are
many farmers will plan to profit Leriously handicapped in the way
by the reduction in acreage of 0f motive power, if relief is not
(others by raising all the cotton forthcoming soon some of the
they can and selling it at the an- m;fis will have to shut down,
ticipnted good prices. There ure This is a most remarkable state
many ways of looking at these 0f affairs, -and indicates what a
things, but it stands to reason vast amount of iron material is
that the man with a number of wanted by the country. And a
email crops is more independent great deal of this iron is being
end loss liable to be hurt bv over- shipped into Texns, while Texas
production than the fellow who has, perhaps, as much or more
ifisks everything on a single crop. ;ron ore than any state in the
Why is the prosperity of the J Union,
southern farmer and the whole
country—for everything depends
SECTION PROSPEltOUS
Uj Marketing Cotton on Principles
of Business an«l Not I'lunt’loo
Much Fleecy Staple IVHI
Command Fair Prices.
Thanks and Gratitude.
wuuv.j ----j----r, -r-----1 j begin the new year 1905 with
on the farmer—threatened every I cfa enoourageintBt for the future
year by either low prices or short lnd deepest gratUude my many
crops, it’s always one or the I U8tomerg for tbeir fibers! patronage
Other, while the farmers of the duri tjhe year Ju8t c|0ied. My
Korth go on year after year with-^ pftgt year ha8 far exceeded
out any noticeable complaint xpectatlonB.and while 1 have
along these lines? Simply be‘I ,one all 1 knew to do honorably to
cause they are not dependent on mwU the patronage of the people, I
any single crop up there as our L # ^ my CU8tomer8 to thank tor
farmers are on cotton. the success that has rewarded my
Of all the silly things that have efforts.
*beeu said and ridiculous advice! Wishing all my friends a happy
*ihat has been given the farmer, and prosperous new year, I beg to
the suggestion to burn cotton is I announce that 1 am still read} to
the worst. Instead of destroying I serve you and to please you.
the surplus, why not raise that O. W. Simmons,
flinch less next year? An ex-| The Jeweler,
change remarks that the fanner# ' ~ JT " . „
*rho burn«.l cotton in Georgia as „ ,h. pi.,
*" ^,de.,ce of good f.,th .n the pr..eQt.d lb. ope,, boos.
.uggest.0,, to other toner,tha » „ one ot thi.
thoj' agree to burn 2,000,000,b«le3 ,ar ^r.mM .Jooper foik.
Of cotton and thus restore former .... .1
.. .. will do well to go out and enjoy the
remunerative prices are bigger , ...
(00b, than Thompson’s co!t. ‘ ■°t*rt»1°Mllt
which, it is claimed, swam the Card of Thanks.
Tennessee river to get a drink. I desire to return thanks to my
Cotton will keep, when properly many friends for their kind Christ-
boused, for fifty years. It will ma8 remembrances. Words are un-
beep longer in a perfect state ab|0 express my appreciation,
than any other product of the j t. Sharp.
Soil, if kept in a dry room or -» ■ ^-
warehouse. Why not, then, act J. R. Morris, after spending
sensible and carryover the 2,000,- Christmas with his parents, City
000 bales and finally sell them for Marshall Frank Morris and wife, re-
ft fair price? This thing of burn- turned to Warren, Ark., last week
or proposing to burn cotton and resumed his duties as bookkeep-
Baltlmere. Jan. t.—A special dispatch
from New ork to the Manufacturers’
Record »ays: ”To Judge by the wild
dlstfcitches about the south's burning
cotton and the equally wild reports
that would create the impression that
the break in cotton Is going o cause
a wreck of matter and a crush of
worlds in the south, one would be led
to imagine that the whole south is
staggered by the cotton slump. 1 he de-
cline is deplorable, and. of. course,
means a heavy loss to many, but it
should mot be forgotten that about
6,000,000 boles were sold .at an average
of probably 9H cents and that if 7,000.-
000 bales were sold at an average of
only sevxen cents, the total value of
the crop, including seed, would be over
$500,000,000, which has never been ex-
ceeded but a few times In the south's
history. Moreover, the great increase
in the production of grain and other
diversified crops last year added a gain
of over $100,000,000 to the value of the
south’s diversified agricultural pro-
ducts as compared with 1902, .and this
year’s diversified crops will be .■ luully
as great, reaching In aggregate value
about $1,000,000,000, or double the value
of the cotton crop.
’’But there Is no reason for^the south
to become panicky over ihe cotton sit-
tion. It has many a time faced far
worse conditions and out of apparent
defeat won victory. Even 13.000,000
bales, should the crop prove that large,
and many good authorities still doubt
such a yield, are not as unduly lie i .
all things considered, as were l! " >
bales In 1898. Then the world > ,..r-
rying a great surplus stock a, a •inflat-
ed through several succcs-i >• > - irs >■'
large production, and the atth was
poorer, with comparatively U' ; >>in
in. Its banks and with many ul , farm-
ers burdened with debts. N . ,v the i
world has but little stock of cotton out-
side of this crop, the Increase in de-
mand has gone on for six years, and
the south Is rich, with ample capital to
finance a large part of Its eotlei while
the farmers are less In debt ta n, m ■
the war. The present price Is almost
as unduly low as 10 and 1 cents were
unduly high, and as the Manufacturers
Record warned the world against such
speculative prices, so It would warn the
south today against undue rright. Op
a declining market people are always
more disposed to sell than, on advanc-
ing prices, and In this is the danget
that, frightened by the decline, farmers
will crowd their cotton to market and
cause a further break.
"Cotton is Intrinsically worth more
than it Is selling for, and that there
will be a reaction In price is Just as In-
evltaule as It was that 17-cent cotton
would decline. A staple that does not
deteriorate In quality, that, like pig
iron, Is as good twenty years hence as
now when below the cost of production,
as It Is today, needs only to be held
long enough to make certain of higher
figures. Just how soon the tide will
turn no man can say, nor can, anyone
say that it will not go lower tempora-
rily. But the south’s policy today
should unquestionably be, not to burn
cotton, not to crowd It to market, but
to store It and hold for the Inevitable
swing of the pendulum, and In the
meantime to plant less acreage In cot-
ton and more In diversified crops. The
situation Is In this way absolutely In
control of the south Itself, and will
have no one but the south to blame
If it does not hold back permanently
a million or more bales and then re
duee its acreage about 10 per cent com
paired w ith last year. The south holds
the dominating position. If It will
only use Its opportunity and market
Its cotton on business principles, then
It will secure a fair price.
••Outside of a few spe ulators nobody
wants such low prices. The spinner is
no more pleased at this terrific break
than the farmer. Now let the south
pull Itself together, show that It can
and will protect Its own Interests, and
It will receive the world’s applause.”
((:ft
When Will thi Democratic Party Die T
The following lines first appeared In an Arkansas paper eight years
), and are again being published by the papers over the country.
When the lion eats grass like an ox,
And the fishworm swallows the whale,
When terrapins knit woolen socks,
And the hare is outrun by the snail.
When serpents walk upright like mon,
And doodlebugs travel like frogs,
When grasshoppers feed on the hen,
And feathers are found on the hogs.
When tom cats swing in the air,
And elephants roost on the trees,
When insects in summer are rare,
And snuff won’t make people sneeze.
When fish creep over dry land.
And mules velocipedes ride,
When foxes lay eggs in the sand,
And women in dress take no pride.
When dutchmen no longer drink beer,
And girls get to preaching on time,
Wrhen billy goats butt from the rear,
And treason no longer is crime.
When hnmming birds bray like an ass,
And old cheese smell like cologne,
When plow shares *re made out of grass.
And Southerners’ hearts are stone.
When ideas grow in all heads,
And wool on the hydraulic ram,
Then the Democratic party will be dead,
And the country won’t be worth a damn.
THE REVIEW’S PREMIUMS.
Krom Injuria*.
DalLas. Jan. 4.—Mrs. J- G. Bown.
who poirerf gasoline Into a kettle,
thinking It water, and an explosion fol-
lowing. In which she was burned, died
after several houra of suffering. Her
remains were shipped to Terrell for
Interment-
Is idiotic.
er for the Bradley Lumber company.
Sailor’s Fatal Fall.
Galveston, J n. 4.—Carl Zollman. a
German sailor on board the Thlstledhu,
now In port at Pier 27, died In the John
Healy hospital as the result of a fall
from the shlpslda.
Fires at Conduotor.
Texarkana, Dec. 31.—Negroes were
ejected from a Cotton Belt train for
Conductor Corson with a revolver, but
being disorderly. One of them fired
twice at Conductor Carson with A re-
volve.. but neither shot took effect.
The Twenty-six Presents Given Away
Sinurday, December 24th, As Ad*
vertised.
For the purpose of increasing the
circulation of the Review and indue-
i ijr old Bubscribere to pay up arrear-
ages, the publishers advertised to
give away absolutely free to paid
m advance subscribers twenty.six
presents, to be distributed Christ-
mas eve. The promise was carried
out to the letter.
For several days the premiums
were kept on exhibition and at 3
o’clock Saturday, the Appointed hour
for the drawing, a large crowd had
assembled at the southwest oorner
of the squars, where the distribution
was to take place.
A box wub provided containing a
ticket for evsry subscriber to the
Review who had paid lor the paper
in advance, upon which was his name
and address and the number ot his
receipt.
The subscribers present selected
Hon. W. E. Sharp, C. A. House,
J. L. Kinard, ss a committee to
conduct the drawing.
Jolly, the 13 year old son ot Rev.
8. F. Benbrook, pastor of the
Christian church of Cooper,
Texas, was chosen by the commit-
tee to take the tickets from tne box.
He was blindfolded, and alter the
committee had thoroughly mixed
and shaken up the tickets, put his
hand in and drew out one, which,
according to the rules, was entitled to
premium “A.’’ The tickets were
again mixed and another ticket
drawn out, the holder being entitled
to premium ‘‘B.” This was repeat-
ed until the twenty-six premiums
were given away.
Following is a list of the presents
and who got them:
A—Stove, J. J. McKelvy, Kerr-
ville, Texas, ticket No. 158,
B—Pair ot linen towels, J. W.
Cole, Cooper, R. F, D. No. 1, ticket
No. 526
C—Pair of shoes, H. C. Poteet,
Cooper, ticket 623.
V—Bowl and pitcher, P. J. Bar-
ker, Cooper, ticket 251,
E— Business collage scholarship,
Q. K. Miller, Cooper, ticket 523.
F—Pocket knife, J. E, Wallace,
Yowell, ticket 6Q9.
0— Set knives and forks, C. W.
Jordan, Cooper, ticket 376.
H_Gold watch, R. E. Patterson,
En’.oe, ticket 194.
1- .Photograph album. Judge J.
F. Holmes, Cooper, ticket 173.
J—Silk dress pattern, S. B. Rat.
tan. Cooper, R. F. D. No 2, ticket
409.
K— Set of dishes, J. T. Taylo
Cooper, ticket 380.
—Pocket knif6, J. B. Anders,
Cooper, ticket 198,
M—Plow, D. Y. Hartwell, Ben
Franklin, ticket 428.
N—Rug, J. H. Gilbert,J Cooper,
ticket 602.
O—Enlarged picture from photo,
graph, N. Dobbs, Cooper, R. F. D.
No. 3, ticket, 616.
P—Pair scissors, J. T. Barrett,
Cooper, ticket 192.
Q—Table cloth, J. T. Tally,
Cooper, R. F. D, No. 4, ticket 701.
R--Guitar, Mrs. R. M. Walker,
Cooper, ticket 510.
8— Suit of clothes, R. F. Parkhill,
Cooper, ticket 507.
T—Pocket knife, E. M. Shannon,
Cooper, ticket, 225.
U—Photograph album, P. U.
Johnson, Ladonia, ticket 381.
V—Eight day clock, L. O. Pratt,
Pecan Gap, ticket 352.
W—Pocket knife, J. W. Clark,
R. F. D. No 3, Cooper, ticket 817.
X—Gold brooch, 1). T. Rob.nson,
Cooper, ticket 615.
Y—Alarm clock, J. M. Fisher,
Cooper, ticket 419.
Z- Sewing machine, Mrs. J. E.
Reeves, Atlss, 1. T., ticket 627.
No More Stomach Troubles.
All stomach trouble la removed by
the use of Rodol Dyspepsia Cure. It
gives the Btomach perfect rest by di-
gesting what you eat without ths
stomach’s aid. The food builds up
the body and restores the stomach
to health. You don’t have to diet
yourselt when taking Kodal Dyspep-
sia Cure. J. D. Erskine of AUen-
ville, Mich., says, “l suffered heart-
burn and stomach trouble tor some
time. My sister-in-law has had the
same trouble and wus uot ahle to eat
for six weeks. Sht lived entirely on
warm water. After taking two hot*
ties of Kodsl Dyspepsia Cure she
was entirely cured. She now eats,
heartily and is ia good health, I
am glad to say Kodol gave me in-
stant relief.’’ Sold by Coopt Dtug
Company.
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The Cooper Review. (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1905, newspaper, January 6, 1905; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth981288/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.