The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 5, 1935 Page: 1 of 4
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HAKT BROS., Publishers.
COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS. TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1935
VOLUME 54, NO. 10
BOY NARROWLY
ESCAPES DEATH
BY DROWNING
{Ralph Hocutt, 12, Falls Into
Cistern While Flying j
Kite
I Court Awards Boys Pot of Gold They Found
Ralph, 12 year old son of Mrs.
Mattie Hocutt, narrowly escaped
drowning: when he fell into an op-
en cistern near his mother's home
in the southeast part of Cooper
Saturday morning: while flying a
ite.
I With a companion, Ralph was
walking backwards holding the
kite and backed into the cistern,
which haul about six feet of water
in it. A beam crossed the cis-
tern a short distance above the
water and the boy had presence
of mind to grasp it when he came
to the surface.
His companion told him to hold
on while he summoned help. Mrs.
Hocutt and two men nearby res-
ponded to his cries, Mrs. Hocutt [
bringing a rope with her. The j
lad was soon hauls; d to safety,
and aside from a bad cold, due to
the cold water, is suffering no ill
effects from his experience.
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MEETINGS ARE
SCHEDULED ON
TERRACE WORK
Morris Reedy and G. I). Burch To
Talk to Farmers At Knloe
and Pecan Gap
BALTIMORE . . . Thoodore Jones, left, and Henry Grob, right,
(above), both 16 and sons of families on relief rolls, unearthed a pot
of_ gold coins, valued at $27,800, in a cellar of the Jones home. The
coins dated before 1858. There were many claims filed but the court
rules “finders are keepers” and the boys are to get the gold.
LOCATION OF
SOIL EROSION
CAMP IS MADE
Will Be Necessary, To Rock
Road From End Of Pave-
ment to Site
Injunction Hearing
Postponed Again;
Set For Saturday
Another postponement of the j
hearing on th? petition filed by [
W. C. Hazlewood asking for an in-1 next month has been agreed upon
unction to block the building of j by army officers delegated to
he municipal light plant was j rrftike the selection and awaits on-
le last week. The hearing was | ly final arrangements with the
scheduled for Monday morning but
Judge George Blackburn, of Paris,
who had been invited by Judge
Newman Phillips to hear the case j of George Jeter’s home on the oi l
was unable to be present. J Sulphur Springs road.
The hearing was set for Satur-, it wiu be necessary for the
day morning at 10 o’clock and . road from the end of the pavement
Judge I. N. Williams, of Mt. Pleas- 0n East 7th street to be rocked
ant, will occupy the bench. j to the camp according to the regu-
- lations. Work on the buildings to
Walter Clark of Ben Franklin house the camp will likely begin
(transacted business in Coop r j in the near future.
Thursday. I --————
1 Good Demand Here
The location of the soil erosion
camp which is to be moved here
landowner. The officers, after re-
jecting two possible sites agreed
to a tract of eight acres just south
NOTICE
For “Baby” Bonds
To the delinquent tax payers of
Cooper Independent School Dis-
trict:
This is to notify you that the
time limit on delinquent taxes to
be paid without penalty or inter-
est will 'expire on March 15, 1935,
and I earnestly urge you to moke
a special effort to pay your delin-
quent taxes before that time in
jmader to save the penalty and jn-
I would like to call your atten-
tion to the saving that is yours
if you take advantage of the leg-
islature’s leniency by quoting you
an example on $100 taxes:
A number of sales of the new
Federal “baby” bonds have been
made since Friday morning when
the bonds were placed on saLe
at the postoffice. Only three de-
nominations have been received,
but a numb r of requests have
been made indicating that the
sales will continue.
Miss Nida Bobo was the first
purchaser of a bond and Mrs. C.
C. Taylor bought the second.
1933 taxes
Penalty
Interest
$100.00
10.00
JAIL JAMMED AS
OFFICERS CATCH
MANY DRUNKS
Twenty-one Arrests Made and As
Many More Arc Sent Home
Saturday and Sunday
An unusual number of arrests
for drunkenness filled the county
jail Saturday night and Sunday as
officers arrested 21 on various
charges with the majority charg-
ed with drunkeness. On arrest
was made on a felony charge.
Officers said that at least as
many more drunks were sent to
their homes. Fully half of the ar-
rested boys gave their home as
being in Hopkins county.
TEXAS QUOTA
FOR BANKHEAD
ACTANNOUNCED
County Quotas Near Comple-
tion; Will Be Announced
Soon
Meetings of landowners of the
Enloe and Pecan Gap communities
have been scheduled for Wednes
day for a discussion of soil eros
ion work in this county. The meet-
ing at Enloe will be held at 1:30
o’clock and the Pecan Gap meet-
ing will begin two hours later.
Morris Reedy, engineer who has
been associated with soil erosion
camps, and his assistant, G. D.
Burch, will explain the work to
the farmers. The methods of ter-
racing required by the govern-
ment, the camp’s part in the work
and the cooperation necessary on
the part of the landowner will be
d fee visaed
TEXAS SELLS
TWO MILLION
HEAD CATTLE
MYSTERY PLANE [
DESTROYED B Y
MONDAY STORM
Pilot Abandons Ship After
Forced Landing North of
Cooper Sunday
Victim of two aocidents, an
abandoned airplane lay in frag-
ments two miles north of town
while officers sought clues to the
identity of the owner who left it
Sunday making a forced landing.
Eyewitnesses reported that the
plane was flying south Sunday af-
t moon with the motor was miss-
ing badly. The pilot, fearing that
it would cut out all together, land-
ed without mishap in a field.
Getting a ride to town with A.
B. Carrington, he inquired at the
Hooten Drug Co. about southbound
bus schedules, saying that he was
going to Commerce to secure parts
to repair the motor.
Officers making an investigation
found that rods in the plane badly
broken along with the crankcase.
More serious damage came Mon-
day morning with the windstorm
- j when the ship was broken up al-
Average of $12.14 Paid Per ! rest completely, according to
Head For Drouth ' sheriff c- F Patterson.
55-Minute Birdman.
- * ' i):
JERSEY CITY* . . . Herbert
Sargent 22 (above), proved him-
self such an apt pupil that he
was permitted to make a solo
flight after 55 minutes of instruc-
tion, believed to^be^a new record.
landing.
Purchases
Enloe Missionary
Society Meeting
Total ................................................
Saving
$117.70
$17.70
’ 932 taxes
$ 100 00
Penalty ______________________________________
Interest .........................................
10.00
7.70
total
5124.85 j
Saving
$17.70
1931 taxee . .
l
$100.00
Penalty _______________.....................
Interest ...........................................
... 10.00
... 22.00 i
Total ................................................
Saving .............................................
1930 taxes ........................ .
Penalty _____________________________
Interest......... .
$132.00
$32.00
i
$100.00
... 10.00
. 29.15
^fctal - - . $139.15
^Kvlng . ... ... . $39.15
Trusting that you may take ad-
vantage of this saving by paying
your delinquent taxes prior to
March 15, I am,
Yours very truly,
Oarl E. Adams, Tax Collec-
tor, Cooper Independent School
District.
The missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal church of Un-
Toe met Thursday morning at the
^•^(■home of Mrs. J. A Whitlock. Each
(member brought a covered dish
and spent th? day in quoting.
Eighteen old members, three new
members and nine visitors were
present.
A short program in charge of
the president, Mrs. Ethel Dewitt.
read by Mrs. C. C. ChOdress. Mrs.
Childress then took charge of the
22.00 j ing taking part, Mrs. Ethel Dewitt,
Mrs. C. C. Childress, Mrs. J. H.
Mullins, Mrs. R. A. Mills, Mrs. J.
E. Thompson, Mrs. Hiram Clark,
Jr., and Misses Myrtle Mullins and
Martha Sue Whitlock.—Reporter.
J. R. Waller and son of Ben
Frankljn were in Cooper Saturday
and reported that some one stole
about 25 chickens from him Mon-
lay night a week ago. He said
ho thanked them for leaving him
five hens and a rooster. Alien
Kerbow lost T8 or 20 hens Wed-
nesday night, he said. It is too
dry to plow in Crosby county Mr.
Waller said his brother, J. P.,
writes from Crosbyton.
WASHINGTON, March 1.—The
Texas allotment for 1935 under
the Bankhead cotton control act
was fixed Friday by the AAA at
3,406,117 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight. The total for the country
under this apportionment is 10.-
983,246 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight
In the regulations issued Friday
provisions for a one-year contract
to be offered producers who did
not sign the original contract last
year were made public. A total
of about 1,012.000 producers sign-
ed contracts in 1934 covering that
year and the 1935 season. Con-
tracts covering th? 1935 season
only will be offered to those pro-
ducers who did not sign in 1934.
Persons operating farms on
which cotton was produced in 1933
or in 1933 and 1934 are elegible to
to sign th? 1935 one year contract.
Persons operating farms on which
cotton was produced in 1934 for,
the first time are elegible to sign |
the one-year contract under con-
ditions.
Th? county allotments under the
Bankhead act are now being com-
pleted and will be announced soon.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Good and
son of Tyler were week end guests
of Mr. and Mrs T. B. Good. They
returned to Tyler Monday morn-
ing.
COLLEGE .STATION, March 3.
—The government has purchased
2,013,972 cattl? from 150.205
drouth stricken cattlemen and live-
stock men from 233 counties in
exas in the last seven months,
spending an average of $12.14 per
head, according to the final re-
i port issued by George W. Barnes,
assistant drouth director at Col-
lege Station.
More than $24,000,000 was ap-
propriated and used in Texas buy-
ing these cattle. An average of
13 head was purchased from 150,-
000 livestock men needing immed-
iate relief.
The Texas Relief Commission,
) operating 22 canning plants, was
[ assigned sufficient number to can
| 50 million cans of meat for relief
! clients of Texas.
| “There is no doubt in my mind,”
I O. B. Martin, director of the Tex-
; as Extension Service, announced
I today, “but that the AAA program
I saved the cattlemen of Texas from
I a terrific disaster and at the same
| time was instrumental in bettering
j the herds of the State by cull-
I ing.”
Postoffice Receipts
Slightly Up Over
Same Month In ’34
RELIEF FUNDS
FOR 1 MONTH
ON HAND HERE
EARLY MORNING
WIND DAMAGES
FARM BUILDINGS
Areas North and West Of
Cooper Suffer Most
Destruction
A trail of damagvd homes and
wrecked barns and other farm
buildings was left in the wake of
h heavy wind that struck early
Monday between 5 and 6 o'clock.
Damage was heaviest in areas
north and west of Cooper
Damage was reported to two
homes, that of Mrs. J. R John-
son, three miles north of town, and
one in the Price community own-
ed by Sam Martin. Chimneys
were blown down and the roof
damaged on Mrs. Johnson’s home
and Mr. Martin’s was blown off
the blocks and porches and the
roof damaged.
In addition barns belonging to
Mrs. Johnson, Will Pratt, Jim
Bond, Clip Fisher and Clint Most-
ly were damaged and minor des-
truction was reported to other
property in the same sections.
Because of the short month
which included four Sundays and
one holiday, postoffice receipts
fell nearly $100 below the receipts
of the month before but still show-
ed a sLight gain over the receipts
of February 1934
Total receipts were $663.96 for
th? month just past while a year
ago the receipts were $643.15.
ASK FARMERS
TO CUT ACRES
35PER CENT
Tax Exemption CarGHrates
For Only 65 Per Cent
To Be Issued
j FORNEY, March 4.—The life
j °f an eighteen months old negro
|'child, minor injuries to about doz-
! en other persons and property
| damage that may reach $100,000
| was the toil taken by a wind of tor-
m ^ 4- Af w 1 A.. !nado Pr°P°rtions that roared
No Cessation Of Work; Alio-1 through thus Kaufman county
cation Of $5,450 Is | town about 5 o’clock Monday
Made j mornin£-
_ i Tearing a patch between a quar-
ter and one-half mile wide, the
storm leveled houses—mostly of
rather flimsy construction, tore
down a number of trees, and in the
business center demolished store
structures and ripped off their
roofs so that the accompanying
rain did heavy damage to stocks
and general furnishings
There will be no cessation of
general relief in Delta County
this month on account of lack fo
| funds. Administrator C L. Gate-
wbod notified all for:men of work
projects Friday to cease opera-
I tions until he could check up, but
! a check revealed sufficient un?n-
j cumbered funds to take care of
j present work.
An allocation of $5,450 dollars
was given Delta County for gen-
eral relief and administration ac-
GREENVTLLE, March 4.—One
person was injured, a number of
houses were wrecked or badly dam-
cording to a notice received from * a&e<f an<i bams and garages were
Austin by Mr. Gatewood Monday.
Fifty per cent of this will be re-
ceived in time for the payroll of
March 9, and the balance March
15. Mr. Gatewood estimates that
destroyed when a small cyclone
cut a path through Campbell,
Texas, nine miles east of here, to-
day.
Without warning, the twister
FERA Administrator
Says Recipients Of
Relief Have Habit
Mr. and Mrs. Ira McDaniel and
son of Huntsville spent the week
end with relatives and friends in
Cooper. Mr. McDaniel holds a
responsible position in the state
prison at Huntsville.
J. E. West moved last week
from the McKinney farm to the
Snell farm near Price H? was
in town Saturday and had his
Review and Courier changed from
Ben FrankLin to Cooper, route 3.
CHICAGO. March 1.—Harry L.
Hopkins, Federal Emerg ncy Re-
lief Administrator, Friday warned
business and industrial leaders to
support the administration’s $4,-
880,000,000 work relief bill or pre-
pare to pay twice four billibn in
the future. He told 500 members
of the Executive Club of Chicago:
“These people (relief recipients)
are getting the habit. Its going to
cost the taxpayers far more in the
future than any four billion or
'twice four billions unless we put
them to work.
“The President has proposed a
program to put 3,500,000 men to
work with cities and counties to
care for the rest That is what
the p ople on relief want. It will
pay them more than they receive
on relief rolls and less than pre-
vailing wage rates. Its their em-
ployment assurance.”
Miss Vivian Whited of Austin
is visiting friends in Cooper while
on a vacation
Mrs. G. Fred Turner left Sun-
day for Fort Worth to visit her
sister, Mrs. W L. Newsome. Mr.
Turner accompanied her and re-
turned home Monday morning.
Stringent efforts to keep 1935
cotton production w;ithin 11,500,-
000 bales for the yar will be made
by the AAA according to a recent
letter by Cully A. Cobb, chief of
(the cotton production section, to
county agents.
Mr. Cobb says as a result of in-
vestigation it seems that a crop of
11,500,000 should be determined
upon saying tha t a crop somewhat
smaller would bring a higher price
but that the total income would
be less. A crop materially larger
would depress the 1935 market
and make it difficult to reduce
the carryover to a desirable figure.
Mr. Cobb said it would be to the
advantage of individual cotton pro-
ducers to remove 35 per cent of
their base acreage from cotton
production and receive the maxi-
mum rental payments permitted
under their contracts in 1935.
Ha declared that it would be to
their further advantage to limit
production to 65 per cent of base
acreage since in no case would
tax exemption certificates be is-
sued for more than 65 per cent
of the producers’ base acreage.
The cotton section will make rec-
ommendations that will prevent
surplus exemption certificates be-
ing sold for much below the full
amount of the tax and will also
recommend that the tax be kept
adjusted to 50 per cent of the
price.
location will be sufficient to take
! care of exerything until the first
of April.
with thi? balance on hand this al-1 swooped down on the village, Injur-
ing Mrs. F. E. Hudson, 30. She sus-
tained an injured back and knee
and cuts and bruises.
A number of houses were blown
from their foundations and win-
dows shattered. Telephone and
light lines were also rported badly-
damaged.
State Prohibition
Election Aug. 24
i
AUSTIN, March 1.—Popular)
vote on repeal of Texas prohibi- [ FOrmCF Afl&yor Being
tion next August 24 was recom-1 Urged To Make Race
mend?d by a 10 to 0 vote of the _
senate committee on constitution- i _ .. ... . . ...
, . ) Quite a bit of pressure is being
al amendments. i, , , . ,,
I brought to bear on former Mayor
Senators agreed to make it a i Hazlewood to make the race for
single-shot election, with no j mayor, the Courier is informed,
other questions beclouding the pro- j but a committee who called on
hibiion issue.
Grady Foster, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Foster of near Ben
Franklin, who is attending A. &
M. College spent the week end at
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moss and
'son, John Thomas, of Pecan Gap,
and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Brown
and daughter. Jerald Jo, were din-
ner guests of Mrs. J. W. Wilhite
of Rattan Sunday
Local option is proposed as
substituted for blanket prohibi-
tion of hard liquors now provided
in the constitution. If repeal is
voted, each county which had vot-
ed dry prior to adoption of con-
stitutions! prohibition will remain
dry. Its status as a dry county
can be changed only by majority
vote in a special election.
If adopt d, the repeal amend-
ment offered by Senator Weaver
Moore of Houston will not affect
the status of the present law li-
censing and regulating sale of 3.2
beer, the committee was told.
| him Monday was unable to secure
a i a definite com-rlttimcnt but were
assured that he would give it
careful consideration and make an
announcement one way or the
other by the latter part of the
week.
Attendance At
Sunday Schools
Sunday School attendance for
March 3 was as follows:
Methodist Episcopal 168
Baptist ...... 163
Church of Christ .............. 151
Presbyterian ............... 57
Christian ............... 55
Methodist Protestant .....—...... 80
W. A. Tynes of Dallas was ln*|W P ' -
Cooper Saturday on business.
Total
Mrs. Toon Hostess
To Milam HD Club
The Milam Home Demonstration
Club met with Mrs. R. R. Toon on
February 21 with seven members
present and two visitors. The
demonstrator gave a good demon-
stration on beds and bed spreads,
and helped plan a closet in Mrs.
Toon’s bedroom and the club elec-
ted committees and some are talk-
ing of making eandlewick spreads
and others are making rugs. The
club is planning a larged program
this year. The club adjourned to
meet with Mrs D. B. Cantrell on
the first Thursday in March.—Re-
porter.
Mrs. Henry Sparks, who has
been ill for two weeks with influ-
enza is able to be up again.
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