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11 ENT FACTS BROUGHT OUT.
The f air Price Committee held its
Ptiris weekly meeting at the Chamber of
Commerce room Wednesday afternoon
with all the members present except
— Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Glidewell and Chairman G. N. White, and J. W.
most .........-..... - . man, the fatal injury of another and children returned Tuesday from Paris White was chosen to preside in hia
noints to the best Mr. Awtry’s headquarters while in the the serious injury of four or five where they attended the funeral of place.
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With a known death list of 47 at
Corpus 'Christi and estimates that the
toll will amount to 75 or 100 in that
city alone, the situation in the storm
swept west Gulf coast region of Tex-
as continued uncertain Tuesday night.
While the death toll in the affected
territory outside of Corpus Christi
probably is considerable there was no
confirmation of reports placing the
total well into the hundred*. Prob-
ably the most definite news came from ance was expected
Corpus Christi Tuesday night
statmeent that 56 bodies, none
whom had been identified, had
discovered between
Taft. '
• C/.U,wr,lc Hnan John H. Awtry, Territorial Savings The first day of the Red 11
.ooper DCnooib v^p«~n Advisor, Treasury Department, came county fair, which opened at Cia
Up.t I_____ A to Cooper Tuesday from Paris. Mr. ulle Tuesday, was marred by
W1 til L.argC /AllCIliicllivo .^wtry jias supervision of the north- shocking tragedy that occured
_ jern part of Texas and the southern about 1:30 o’clock in the aftern
Coooer schools opened Monday part of Oklahoma that is in the Fed-, resulting in the instant death of
orning under the most auspicious eral Reserve Distrct. Paris will be
rcumstances which i--------- —
:ar in the history of the school. district. ,
\\ ith MO enrollment a large attend- i he federal Gvernment having ac-
^ 1 but the enrollment cepted the resignation of Rev. J. C. ...... . .
in a in the grades will be filled t their ca- McClain as county chairman ul Wur.iciun with the airplane, and the fa
of tions the attendance the first day ex- Ravings, Mr. Awtry came down to tally injured man was a Mr. Kelly
been Ceding the entire enrollment of last Cooper to appoint another chairman I who was said to have been a vwitoi
Portland and year. The manual training and home and secure a complete reorganization, to his brother-in-law, Mr. W ood, i
Taft. This i^Toimmtioi! was'brought economics departments were crowded of the War Sjmn^work. I £«« Jjm* a few miles out fron
across Nueces bay by a resident who the first day and it was necessary to i rile tp lowing County Committee uari,sv*lle., . ascertain th(
asserted that 26 of the dead were at to°rreiiev?hthe*eteacher*°of I W. 13 Wheder, Chairman. cause of the accident. According t<
Portland which lies across the bay 8 teacher th Jrw0rk I w- D- Hart, Director of Publicity, one report the aviator was curving
miles west of Corpus Christi, 1- - faculty this year is unusually' C. C. Armstrong, Director of Sales.1 around and caught the clutch t<
°nRerpoTts ^Haih-old cirJles at San strong and Superintendent Newton is R. M. Walker, Director of Limit straighten the machine out, but th«
Antn^ wore that tL death list in hopeful of reaching a higher mark of j Club. %_______ __________Jȣ?5
Robertson & Mangum
Preparing to Move
As the opening of school is now a Uouis
reality of course this heralds the op- be w
ening of the football season. C. H. Paris
S. will begin the season this year with a nit,
one veteran back field man and five Lieut
line men. This seems to indicate that ile v.t
we are not going to have much team doing
; this year but as about twenty men are ;•) hii
'out for the squad this year and with to eai
| Big Doc L^iiti will be at his best as a was «
I them all indications 'favor the (level- not I
frm stalled trans into the stricken cupancj.,
city. The scouting planes also were JV ..
under instructions to endeavor to getltrieir n€'
news from Poll Arthur and Rock-
port. A launch likewise left Corpus ’Xoicll
Christi Tuesday noon in an effort to
learn the fate of Rockport. , p
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Estimale Property I.oss at 810,000,000 The price of cotton has been better png with
Latest estimates place the proper-'Hus week. A great deal brought 35 upon. Si
ty loss in Corpus Christi at $10,000,- cents Tuesday but it declined Wed- Heut, An
000 and meager advices indicated the nesday, though some sold as high as will give
damage at Port Aran.-as would be t hursday >34.50 was the highest gjg. jjoc
.very heavy. Destruction in the low- P'ice paid though the average was fast back
er part and business section and along 3.3 1-2. i vVe hai
the North Beach at Corpus Christi . The total receipts Thursday even-' games es
were reported “indescribable/’ Res- in£’ were ->^00 bales. About 450 wj10 are
cue workers faced a tremendous task l,a es 'vt re. rr*ceivec^ V ednesday and us# Owii
in clearing the debris-blocked streets ":,b I hursday. I given us i
to locate in family .—Paris News. ‘ Meet Friday Night Fair Price Committee
XoA MS Will Consider
* "N "'absent THIS rill * S”>rf'Snfem,J1tore5'’VrehP.“^i Hardware Next
* 1- ‘ + ^rce- Refreshments will be served. The Fair Price Committee, appoint-
The Publishers regret to an- + _ . ed by the food administrator is doing
nounce that our circulato- Ur. 4- WOllld Resign as > what they can to stabilize prices. Es-
* I). W. Leigh, has resigned his *F r . . pecially on suNi articles as people
* l>os;‘ i 'ii solicitor for the Re- 4* Manager Or Dipnin? have to have, soldi as groceris, feed,
+ view,'as he has chosen another 4* 4 clothing, hardwarOsand implements,
* lino of work, and cannot be * . *Ir- Smith, district manager of the lumber, etc. N.
'*■ with us this year. We will 4* Hck dipping, was in Cooper Thurs- Our efforts will be a TaiRrrp unless
* therefore be unable to have a + <biy. C. H. Henson, manager of the the committee has the cooperation of
4’ solicitor in the field and we will 4* j11 Delta County, had asked to both the merchant and consumer.
+ thank our friends and patrons 4* be relieved from the work, but he was Our regular meeting is every Wed-
* to do us the kindness to come 4* persuaded to hold it until a suitable nesday nt 2:30 p. m., at the Board of
+ in and renew their subscrip- 4* successor could be secured. Trade office.
4* tions without waiting for us 4' . There are now seven dipping vats Hardware and implements will be
* to send a man after it. 4- the county situated as follows: the issue at our next meeting. All
4* Respectfully', 4* Enloe, Cooper, Kensing, Klondike, dealers in these commodities, in Del-
* HART BROS., pubs. 4- Brush Creek, Cros3 Roads, Ben Frank ta County, are urged to be present
+ * lm. One is being built at Shiloh and at that meeting. Everybody is in-
4,4>+4*4*4‘4*4.4'4<4'4*4<4~F4*4,’F4-4*4.4-4*4,4,4* ’• Henson suggests that others vited to attend these meetings.
should be located at the following And if you know of any profiteer-
V\ here Church points: Pecan Gap, Horton, between ing in any of the commodities above
Pecan Gap and Klondike, Rattan. mentioned, you are not only asked,
Mprr)hf»r« ------ but urged to file your complaint with
People Speak Well of Chamberlain's me or the committee and it will have
While it is true that there are a <1T , , Tablets. immediate attention,
total of 201 religious denominations.^ be,en selling Chamber!?/,’s It is not only your privlege but
in the United States, 153 of them ! Tablets for about two years and heard your duty to help locate the profiteers
have a total membership of onlv 1 - sucb Food reP°rts Worn my custo- if there are such in Delta County.
630,000. Many of these bodies are m?rs that 1 concluded to give them a L. M. MILLER,
not Christian bodies at all. Ninety tr'al nDTself, and can say that I do County Food Administrator for Del-
per cent of all religious membership' ”ot bt'lieve there is another prepara- ta County.
in America, and more than 90 per *loP 0 V* <?Qual to them,” —“ 1— -
cent of the membership of professed ?Jltes McBride, Headford, Ont. An adjourned meeting of Commis-
Christians is found in the following you are .H’oubled with indigstion sioners court was held Monday and
seven religious bodies: Baptists, constipation give them a trial, an election ordered in Levee district
Methodists, Presbyterians, Disciples, lhey will do you good. ?9 No. 1 for $1,200,000 to be held Oct.
2nd. The firrst election held was not
valid owing to a technicality.
Sunday at the Churches
At M. P. Church
Sunday School 0:45.
Preaching 11:00 and 8:30.
Junior Endeavor 4:00.
Intermediate Endeavor 5:00.
All members should be present as
we have some important things to
talk over.
W. L, HAMRICK, Pastor.
opportunity to send word of their
safety to outside relatives and friends.
AVire conditions, however, continued
virtually paralyzed.
Sale of Automo
bile Accessories
J. T. Boyd, manager of Lake Creek
Mercantile Co., was in Cooper Wed-
nesday. He says they have contin-
ued their grocery business in the
Hutchings building, the stock of
which they had purchased before
their business burned. They let a
contract this week to J. T. Firm of
Paris for the erection of a concrete
building to be erected right away. He
said the contractor had promised that
the building would be ready for them
by the middle of November.
Pigs! Pigs! Pigs!
I have a few more Registered Big
Bone Poland China pigs at only
$12,50. Better get yours. They arc
dandies.
EDMUND SINGLETON, i See Harold Lockwood’s last picture^
Cooper, Route 1. "Pal* First’’ at Grand today (Friday)
viivvuhci Him ryru rune A»I1 1
starts Tuesday, 23rd and closes Sat- At Lake Creek OUnday
urday, 27th. Come early and get
liberal discount on these goods. j I will fill my regular appointment
SERVICE GARAGE, at Lake Creek next Sunday, 11 a. m.
C. P. Hollon & Co., Klondike. «nd 8 p m Let us make next Sun-
—-- day a real day of service. Every-
See the last picture Harold Lock- body come,
wood made at Grand today(Friday). ’ C. G. WRIGHT, Pastor.
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Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 19, 1919, newspaper, September 19, 1919; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth981963/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.