Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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COOPER, DELTA COUNTV, TEXAS, r’RID AY, MAY 14, 1926.
VOLUME 47, NO. 29.
COOPER-SULPHUR SPRINGS
HIGHWAY TAKES FORM
Committee Has Secured Right-Of-Way—Contract
^tor Grading and Agreeing to Pay the Bill.
ROAD AID TO
TOTAL $838,358
IS REQUESTED
APPLICATIONS FOR STATE
AND FEDERAL ALLOT-
MENTS IS FILED
AUSTIN, Ma; 11.—At i/a? nueti g
of the State Highway C mmitsion
applications tv: Sta ■ and Fed >e.l aid
amounting to $383,353 were Tiud.
Tlie largest allotment was a .od by
Webb c ur.ty, beirc $550,808 to build
a forty-four-mile bituminous mac-
adam road from Laredo to the Duval
county li e. Robertson county aji-
plied for a . allotment of $117,089 t
liard-surface twelve miles of highway
from H.arne to the Br.zor county
line, be ng $73,.'312 f'i grading and
bridg a: d gra\ : » 1
H -arne to the B: z j? river, $15,000
to gravel ten milt-, Hou : n and
Madison countie- appli 1 for $20/383
additional aid in building a bridge
across the Tiir.it river, the State
having already granted $163,666 to-
ward this pr j t. R 1 River county
.asked for the designation of nine
miles from Detto.t to Rugby and
$72,306 for grading, bridging a d
graveling thi- stretch. Sabine county
bridging and greveli g even mile,
•U3ked $3,060 additional aid on grading,
from Sabine river to San Augustine
county line.
Designation from H uston to Choco-
late bayou i: Brazoria county was
asked by that county. Other requests
for designations included Bowie coun-
ty, from Lane Port ferry to DeKalb
via Shaw State farm; Coleman, Run-
nels, from Accident in N Ian to Cole-
man in Coleman via Glen Cove and
Winters; Falls and Limestone, from
Hilton in Falls to Groasbeck in Lime-
stone; Commanche, from Temple to
Rising Star in Eaitlar.d, via Gates-
ville, Hamilton and Cu.nmanche;
Waker, from New Waverly t) Cold
Springs in San Jacinto, via Old Wav-
crly in Walker; Haskell and Young
from New Castle in Young and New
Mexico line in Yoakum, via Haskell.
Throckmorton and Aspeimont to Bur.
net, from Briggs i:i Burnet to Bur-
net, via Joppa and Tomegw; Van
Zandi, from Grand Sa'.ine to Italy in
Ellis, via Carton.
Exclusive Paint and .
Wall Paper Store
Smith Bros. a:o putting in an ex-
clusive. stock of wall paper, paint,
brashes, varnish, window shades, etc.,
in the Tynos building n West First
Street.
J. W. Crawford, one of the most
experienced men in this line Ln this
part of the State, will close out his
stock an dtake charge of this store,
Avhich will open some time next week.
They state that they will do con-
tract work, but Mr. Crawford will re-
main in the house and give his undi-
vided attention to the sales depart-
ment.
jan exclusive st -re of this kind will
afford Cooper an added service for
the,surrounding communinty.
Improving Cooper
Golf Course
Another obstacle in the way |
of .<luring the highway from i
Honey Grove and Wolfe City ,
v;a Pecan Gap. Cooper, Sulphur j
Springs and Quitman probably
has been solved. The right-of-
vvry frcr.i H >ney Grove to Wolfe
City ha.- nearly all been secured
ai d Engineer Packard i- willing
to accept the road from Ladonia
to Cooper and siuth to Sulphur
with minor corrections, but
northern Hopkins County pre-
sents a barrier.
Tj meet the situation a road dis- j
!: i.t was recently f . med and $50,000 ■
b" d- \ t 1 to buil.l :i 1 .id f’.oin Slu-
d' • , C..using tj Canty Cheek, but due
t > a court ruling the bonds cannot
be approved 0. sold at present and 0 j
••ne k" >v ; when they may bs.
To inert .he urgent necesity of j
sj ini mg thi < territ ry with a road at 1
this time in order tn secure the high-
w >. through the other territory some
C > >p_ .• bu, n: - - me recently offered
t) pay half the cast f grading the
road f in Harp? C -.ng to Cinoy
Creek, a diTance of 8 milei, provided j
cit zens would furnUh the right-of-
-«
v 'u!d pay the other ha!f of the grad-
ing.
This offer was promptly accepted
by citizes living near the proposed
route, as was stated in the columns
of la~t week's Review. The com-
initlec 'n charge has not vested and
likely will not until they secure th;
road.
After consulting Cooper business
men in-t wrek tiiey went to Sulphur
Springs where business men and the
Commissi ners Court we,-e conulted.
The court offered to grant them the
road and they offered to lay it out
and furnish lumber for building two-
way bridges. The busir.es.s men,
however, through their Chamber of
Commerce, wanted a statement from
Commissioner Carrell f Pecinct 1,
Delta County, as to his charge for
grading the proposed road and a
statement from Cooper business men
as to their intention of paying half
the cost. While they were acting in
good faith, only wanting to be sure of
the proposition, it is said they were
skeptical as to Cooper’s interests
paying for half the grading and as to
the moderate sum for which Commis-
sioner Carrell would do the grading.
Mr. Brandenburg and Mr. Herman
came to C oper Tuesday and put their
proposition up to Cooper men. Com-
missioner Correll offered to put up
the grade on the proposed road which
would meet the requirements of the
State for $1600. A meeting of the
business men was called and they
agreed to place $800 in the bank to
guarantee payment of one-ha!f the
cost.
Tine committee returned to Sulphur
Springs and was given a guarantee
from the Chamber of Commerce that
the other $800 would be paid by them
on completion of the work.
The committee then began arrange,
ments for surveying the right-of-way
next Friday, whereupon they will set
to work opening it up ready for the
grading.
It r.ow looks very probable that
these farmers with little money but
a will to do, will secure a graded
road that may be taken over by the
Highway Department, and finally
hard-surfaced.
GOVERNOR WILL
OPEN IN SUL-
PHUR SPRINGS
SATURDAY, MAY 22, NAMED
A' OPENING DATE OF
FERGUSON ( AMPAIGN
DALLAS-CHICAGO
MAIL ROUTE
AREALITY
CROWD GREETS SHIP AS
IT DESCENDS INTO
LOVE FIELD.
will
Governor Miriam A. Fergu
formally open her campaign f »r re-
flection at Sulphur Sp.ings, Hopkins
County, o ' Saturday, May 22.
Ann. uncement to that effect was
made Thursday by tlie Governor,
•tatemsnfc being made that “the exer-
mail ser-
•eality
the first
a* Love
WIND AND HAIL DAMAGED
LARGE SECTION, 2 KILLED
Two Killed in Lamar—Hail Destroys Crops in La-
mar—Many Houses Damaged in Delta.
ROXTON BANKER
he opened
2 p. m
bons P t
DALLAS, May 13.—Ai
v cel into Dallas became :
Wednesday aft? loon when
plane from Chicago arrived
F .Id a; 5:30 o’clock,
j Cartyirg a cargo of several thous-
j and* letters and parcels of merehan-
I dise, estimated in value at conv/Jer-
j ably ' lore than $100,000, “Miss Cm- I j?a
| ago,’’ which left Chicago at 6:03 a. 1 ,aj,5;
' "i, Wednesday ■ ared over Dallas be- j --xiii 1
f re the setting of the sun on the ! -lock the
same day. wru.h, a
The ariival of the airplane, which charged,
piloted li R. L. D hie, nic ked | couth, 1
die end of a day duri g which f
ai. mail planes had flown over
TELLS
ALE OF
HAILSTORM
The (ievaslatiiiff storm which
vi tied tlie Northern part ot Del-
t it and Southern part of Lamar
bounties Monday morning did
more damage and reached a larg-
er area than was at first believ-
ed.
The storm seems to have first
track in L unar Coa ity and hail was
h ivy that it literally beat crops
Extent of the storm damage
wrought at Roxton is indicated in a
‘•'tic I » "<-* Da' a. .\ •>• ■* D '“h | jn^a ^.ie ea and fell in a strip about
cashier
,1 Bank
the
•f ♦•he
Mr. Poteet l
fou:
mile wide extending from Auds
Cr . ' .0 a little «outh of North Sul-
pha •. de-troying crops in the bot-
tom.- on the Delta Count;, side. Tho
!' ’iid Id. .v a hurricane and damaged
hoc .d other property for many
.1.oiing between 7 and 8 0-
rld storm god a.one in I1I3
d walked about—no, ran,
whirled, foamed at tlie j m;[e<
ired and slashed with ter- , »r,, . . , ... , . r
Iw negro ► Hilled ui La mar
! County. One was killed at Noble
The Roxton bank?
■ /
«P'::
s
yjGv'-
K 1
1 “ L A . was drowned in
|1 unless he know the manner of , creek a Roxton and her b3dy was
; 1 i fiii , '. j found a mile and a half down tho
' 1 • • i l. Her
! ' 1 ■ '>■ 11, > • 1 low > md 1 ion
content with the havoc of his winds, j , ,,,, d
! he called out the- batteries of his hail I
course
; pc
, tli-ir destination ot
| lines and railways.
5gmmrn
(;(>v. MIRIAM A. FERGUS<»N
SUPERVISOR’S
REPORT ON
HIGH SCHOOL
which time the G ve.no
an address dealing with the achieve-
ments of her administration,” aid
that “former Gov, .James E. Fe gu-
sn will assist in the openingor,'wav
son will assist the Governor in the
opening' cT?enldn e.s and in all prob-
abili.ty will make a speech.”
The Review is in receipt of a letter
from the Chamber of Commerce at
Sulphur Springs inviting representa-
tives to attend.
A large delegation irs exp.cted to
i.tend from Delta County.
department i«,l shelled the woods, the
fields, the houses and the bams.
Trees we.e denuded, many h uses
blown down, roofs torn off and all
vegetu.ion pelted into the earth.”
, . , I Th:? Roxtonian declares that farm-
. . v v H j High School had the best
trip April 23, has Sne gtdnds of
report to the school
wreckage, and it is
unni g she fell into the
Sta* Superiviso C rnelia II Ilut-
on an inspection
forwarded her
authorities, and below will be found
the eport, which shows ur school
v i.k acceptable to the State authori-
ties/
The work and administration is
commended and suggestions are made
for improvements.
The work of classifying and ac-
crediting the public 'Chools of Texas
is under the di.action of the State
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 8, COL 1.)
WORKING FOR COOPER-
BEN FRANKLIN HIGHWAY
NOTICE TO
CANDIDATES
All candidates must file their names
for a place on the ballot on or before
the 19 day of June, A. D. 1926.
A that is the last date for filing,
the executive committee will meet on
:he f Rowing Monday, which is the
21st day of June, and assess the ex-
pense of holding the election, and each ; or this
Work is in progress this week re-
moving fences and telephme poles
for the ,-ixcy-foot right-of-way from
the Cross corner to Cross Roads pre-
patory to grading the road in con-
formity with State requirements.
An effort will be made to have the
State take over the ad from Coop-
er by way of Cross Roads and Pecan
Gap and maintain it, and many fav-
ad designation as a high-
imaginable—
cotton and corn, while
oats we.e beautiful. Now throe's
not a sprig left. Hailstones were
f tlie i'.zs of a par:-idge egg, some
much large . and piled up two fe:t
deep on the level.
The storm was accompanied by a
terri/Rc rain; fruit trees were torn
to pieces and stripped of foliage,” h 1
resumes. “Gardens are gone, corn
gone, cotton gone, oats gone, while
even tlie weeds were beaten into a
frazzle. The west wall of Roxt n’s
two-story brick school building was
caved in and some partitions blown
out. This rain was a flood and th* hail
drifted up over branches unt l in
s >me places it froze together, making
ice bridges under which the water
flowed. Hailstones came with 3uch
force that they punctured the sides
f water tanks.”
In conclusion Mr. Poteet .says oak
trees two feet in diameter were torn
up by the roots. As one negro puts
it, according to Mr. Poteet:
“We’ve lost more thar we haven’t
lost.” .
in tho
supposed in
uv lieu stream and was drowned.
Ss .e.al famil: in Lamar County
were reported injur’d.
Lak> Creek community suffered
ii'ide’ b!y, t :® Pre-b ”iai church
’K'. g blown down and rftany other
buildings damaged.
Fee houses in Charleston escaped
damage an I many small buildings
wore wrecked. This condition ex-
: nd’.’d a mi1- or two south f No-th
, Su1pF>u'\ Wb'-’t' 15?yond Bm Franklin,
J dimag? being done to most every
farm premises. Considerable damage
was done at B?n F aaklin a d Rox-
ton, and the devastation extend?d be-
yond Honey Grove.
The farmers in Lamar County are
in a sad plight and steps are being
taken to render them assistance in re-
planting their crops. The season is
well advanced and too wet to plant
and many farmers have no seed and
some no funds with which to continue
th dr work.
Delta County is more fortunate aft-
few crops were ruined by hail in the
county, but crops are backward and
much of the bottom lard has never
beer, planted
candidate will receive notice of the 1 way instead of the road west from
amount and have two weeks in which | Cooper to Peea- Gap.
to pay tlie amount of the assess-
ment.
Blanks for filing will be found at
the County Clerk’s office and at C. C.
McKinney’3 office. r21
TOM ROUNTREE,
Secretaiy t> the Committee.
City Funding Bonds
Carry 235 to 8
COOPER 1.0.0. F.
CONFER DEGREES
AT PARIS
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Smith of Paris
The degree team :f Delta I. O. O.
F. Lodge went to Paris Tuesday night
where they conferred degrees on nine
$129,500 funding bonds were car- I candidates, and the work was said to
ried in a city election in Cooper ' have be<?n But cn without an error.
Thuisday by a vote of 295 to 8. They There were • thirty members of the
are serial 25 year, 5 per cent bonds,
and are to be used in taking up the
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. City’s $129,500 warrants bearing 5 1-2
Janes Sunday afternoon. j and 6 per cert interest.
The recent rains have retarded the
work of improving Cooper Gull course
5 miles east of town. A small house
for the keeper is being erected and
the grounds are being greately im-
proved.
C. H. S. Senior Play
Members of the Senior class of
Cooper High School will present tlie
comedy, “Peg O' my Heart” by J.
H. Manners, Friday night, May 21,
at 8:15 o’clock.
C. A. Warren
Buys Interest in
City Drug tSore
C. A. Warrep, who was in the drug
business in Cooper some 12 years ago,
has bought an interest in the City
Drug Store and became active as-
soaiated with the firm Wednesday.
| Mr. Warren has a host of friends in
, Delta County who will be glad to have
I him baok in Cooper. Mrs. Warran
j and children will arrive as soon as
the school ternis ends, and they will
! make Cooper their permanent home.
PROGRAM GRAND & GEM NEXT WEEK
GRAND
Mm^ij and T bow jay
Wm. FOX Presents
‘When the Door. Opened’
A wonderful picture with an all-
star cast.—Don’t rai.ss it.
Wednesday and Thursday
‘Drucilla With a Million’
Folks, here is the greatest picture
of the kind since the “Old Nest.”
GEM
Monday and Tuesday
harrif-Larey
In
“Silent Sanderson”
One of Carey’s best.
Friday and Saturday
HOOT GIBSON
IN
#
‘The Arizona Sweep-
stakes”
Nuff Sed!
Wednesday and Thursday
I
Our Regular Mixed Pro-
gram
Some Show!
Friday and Saturday
DICK TALMADGE
In '
“Jimmie’s Millions”
Also “Ace of Spades.’*
team, headed by W. W. Robinson.
The quar .c-t composed of J. D. Wheel-
er, C. M. Ioefan, Jewel Baker and Bud
Mayravd furrfshed music. 225 Odd
Fellows were :eported in attendance
from various 1 dges.
A good feed was served at the
close of the program.
Dirigible Norge Passed
Over North Pole From
King’s Bay to Alaska
The dirigible Norge which flew from
Hing’s Bay over the North Pole was
over Ala-kan territory Thursday
morning headed f.r Nome where it
expected to land. Radiograms pick-
ed up stated tha: it passed over the
top of the world 15 hours after leav-
ing King’s Bay and that American,
Swedish and Italian flags were drop-
ped when the pole was passed.
The 17 mer on the Norge make 25
men who have wintered the northern
point of the eai\h, but these 17 are
the only ones who ever passed ever
the top f-om one continent to the
other.
ANNUA
MAY
FETE TUESDAY
The Annual May Fete was put on
by Cooper schools Tuesday afternoon
at Cooper A’thlotic Park to a targe
crowd. It was first announced for
Friday afternoon, but on account of
rain was postponed until Monday
and then the date changed to Taos-
day.
Notwithstanding the disappoint-
ments the program was one of the
m ist spectacular ever 3taged by the
school and was thoroughly enjoyed.
Conway Jordan Will
Wed in Memphis
Mr. Conway Jordan of Cooper will
wed Miss Esther Pearl Dial Friday
evening at 8 o’clock at the home of
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
William Pitts Dial, in Memphis, Tex-
as, according to invitatioas received
by friends of Mr. Jordan in Cooper.
Hear Galli-Corci, th« lyric soprano,
i at High School building Friday, 14.
Optometrist at D. M.
Fisher’s May 26th
Dr. Lawrence, optometrist, will be
with B. M. Fisher, at Hooten Drug
Co., May 26th to test eye3 and fit
glasses. AI Twork guaranteed. retf
JUDGEMBNT FOR SMITH BROS.
A jury in Justice Maynara'g court
returned a verdict in favor of Smith
Bros. Thursday afternoon in a sait on
contract styled Everbrite Sales Co. vs.
Smith Bros. Defendant was awarded
some stores in controversy and $5.00.
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