The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 39, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 30, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1941
VOLUME 60, NO. 39
^Replacing He
Tenants From
Agency Moving Tenants From
Texarkana Area To Sluder
Land in Delta, Hopkins, Red
River and Bowie Counties.
The government agency having
the responsibility of resettling ten-
ants made homeless by the govern-
ment taking over large tracks of
land extending from Texarkana
20 miles west to New Boston, has
purchased or leased the 12,000
acre Alford track in East Delta
and Hopkins counties and 14,000
in Red River and Bowie counties.
The vastness of the area requir-
ed for the Lone Star shell loading
plant and Red River Depot will
be recognized when one visualizes
a triangle bounded on the north
by the T&P railroad 20 miles from
Texarkana to New Boston and on
the south by the Cotton Belt rail-
road from Carbondale to Texar-
kana.
Owners of land, some of whom
were born on the homestead, were
notified to vacate and were prom-
ised reasonable pay for their land
and tenants were promised pay
for their growing crops.
In a pasture just on the edge of
New Boston is a tent colony. Fifty
prefabricated houses have shot up.
New Federal Taxes
Oct. 1, All Liable
Should Report
Arch VanWey, Uncle
Of Local Woman,
Buried Wednesday
|You may be liable for one or
more of the miscellaneous taxes
added or increased by the Revenue
Act of 1941, effective October 1,
1941. Study this list carefully
and if liable for tax, report it to
W. A. Thomas, internal revenue
collector at Dallas.
Furs, jewelry, and toilet prep-
arations (including toilet prepara-
tions sold to beauty parlors and
barber shops): Tax of 10 per cent
of sales price is imposed on retail
dealers.
Coin operated amusement and
gaming devices: $10.00 and $50.00
special taxes per year respectively
on each location.
Bowling alleys, billard and
pool tables: $10.00 special tax per
year on each alley or table.
Use of motor vehicles and
boats: $5.00 special tax per year
effective Feburay 1, 1942.
Floor stocks taxes: matches,
tires, tubes, alchocolic beverages,
distilled spirits, brandy, wines (not
beer) held for sale. Take inven-
tories as of first moment of Oct.
1, 1941.
Capital stock tax: rate $1.25 for
each full $1,000.00 instead of
$1.10. Applicable to 1941 re-
turns. Blanket extension to Octob-
er 29, 1941, granted.
Estate and gift taxes: 20 per
cent of rental paid instead of 11
per cent.
Telephone or radio conversa-
A. E. (Arch) VanWey, 56,
veteran postal employee at the
Sulphur Springs post office and
one of Hopkins county’s most
highly respected and esteemed citi-
zens, died Monday night at 7:30
o’clock at Sanatorium, where he
had been carried for medical
attention ten days ago.
Mr. VanWey was the uncle of
Mrs. H. H. Lamb of Cooper. Mr.
VanWey, who began work in the
Sulphur Sprins postoffice in 1901,
had sreved efficiently as assistant
postmaster since 1905. He was con-
sidered one of the foremost au-
thorities of East Texas in postal
laws.
Born in Paris, Texas on Sept 1,
1885, the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. R. S. VanWey, he moved to
Sulphur Springs while a young
man, and on July 20, 1923, he
was married to Miss Golden Trapp.
To this union one son, Arch Van-
Wey, Jr., was born.
Mr. VanWey professed faith in
Christ early in life and joined the
Methodist Church. He was a de-
voted family man and a Christian
gentleman. He took pride in his
attendance at the Bishop Ward
Bible Class, seldom missing a
meeting.
Funeral services were conducted
at the First Methodist Church at
2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon,
with the pastor, the Rev. G. H.
Mood, in charge. Interment fol-
tion or message: 5 cents for each i lowed at the City cemetery.
.60 cents or fraction thereof where ! Mr. VanWey M survived by his
They are 16x16 feet and are par-,^ ^ ^ ^ 24 cpnt , wife, one son, Arch VanWey, Jr
S per message; tax 10 per cent of ! brother. Will VanWey, of
titioned to make two rooms,
to be sure, but an emergency
home for the folk who hurriedly
left four or five room farm houses
to get out of the way of giant
Cranes and dredges rooting into
the land to build a place to make
and store ammunition.
The agency was set up under a
Texas charter, explained Vernon
Slocomb, project director, to pro-
vide for temporary and permanent
relocation of the stranded fam-
ilies.
The ground at New' Boston was
leased and the shelters erected.
For only 12 cents a day they get
the house and water. If electric
lights are installed, it will cost the
man another 3 cents daily.
Better Land in Sight
Only a short walk away is a
pasture where livestock can graze.
Concrete \yatering troughs have
been built and that problem solv-
ed.
Land is comparable in price to
the land the farmers fled. In qual-
ity, it is better.
No definite arrangements have
been worked out, but it is likely
that this land will be leased for a
lifetime to responsible farmers
who were forced off Bowie county
lands.
Most of the farmers and their
families are taking their blow
with erthehr a feeling of resent-
ment and resignation or just fac-
charge on each telegraph or cable ' Sulphur Springs, four sisters, Mrs.
dispatch or message. (Tax added Tom °W°n’ Sulphur Spr'^S: S*'
to bills > | Waldo P. Johnson, Pans; Miss
New'admissions tax rate: The I Jenn'c VanWey, Sulphur Springs;
and Mrs J. A. Robinson, Los An-
of the service.
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new rate is 1 cents for each 10
cents or fraction thereof. All
payments taxable except where
children under 12 are admitted
for less than 10 cents. The prior
law exempted certain organiza-
tions. The new law terminates
these exemptions.
Cabret tax: 5 per cent of total ^ . «
amount paid for food, refresh- * 18 V_,linnin§nBm
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Bulldogs’ Future
OoDonents Fare
Badly Last Week
Commerce, Leonard Teams
Beaten, Wolfe City Ties Mt.
Vernon, Honey Grove Yet
To Play.
Cooper’s future district oppon-
ents fared badly in grid encount-
ers the past week tieing one and
losing two while one eleven was
inactive.
The Commerce High Tigers suf-
fered a severe blow to their hopes
for a successful! season at Royse
City Friday night. Clarence Gil-
bert, triple threat quarterback,
had his left ankle broken in the
early minutes of the game as he
was sparking the Tigers on a
touchdown drive. Gilbert bore
most of the offensive burden for
the Tigers, calling signals, passing
and kicking in addition to being
their best running back. The
Tigers were beaten by a 19-6
score by Royse City.
The heavy Leonard team, fea-
turing a 250 pound center in their
defense, bowed to a superior
Rockwall eleven by a 25 to 0
but only after exhibiting an ef-
fective offense of their own that
threatened to score several times.
Wolfe City, playing an ambit-
ious schedule, was held to a score-
less tie by the Mt. Vernon Tigers,
who are doped to he among the
leaders in their district. Wolfe
City boasts a veteran club, with
the greater part of the starters
being seniors. The Wolves prob-
ably have the heaviest starting
eleven in this district.
Registrants Should
Travel Light En Route
To Induction Center
Selective Service registrants en
route to army induction centers
should “travel light”, taking noth-
ing but essentials so as to avoid
inconvenience to themselves and
to the armed forces, General J.
Watt Page, State Selective Service
Director, cautioned today.
One small bag should be suffi-
cient to carry the things a selec-
tee needs until he is given his
equipment by the army, the direc-
tor said.
“If you wish, take a small bag
with a few clean clothes, a few
handkerchiefs, socks, soap, towel,
and other necessary toilet articles.
These are not essential, for you
will be issued necessary equipment
by the army, but they may come
in handy should there be any de-
lay in your induction.
“Leave jewelry, large sums of
money, and other valuables at
home, for they may be easily
lost. If possible, take a little
spending money for such needs as
you may have before your first
pay day. Take some postal cards
or stationery and stamps, a foun-
tain pen, and an inexpensive
watch if you have them.”
Selectees were warned by Gen-
eral Page to leave automobiles
and motorcycles at home. Com-
manding officers will tell the men
on their posts if they may have
these vehicles and the soldiers
then will have an opportunity to j
get them from their homes, he
pointed out.
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Bulldogs Defeat
Warriors In Fast
Running Attack
A dangerous running attack
that promises to be a powerful
factor in determining the district
race was exhibited by the Cooper
Bulldogs Thursday night in sound-
ly whipping a Bonham B team by a
32 to 0. Thus the Bulldogs in
their first two contests have
counted 62 points while opponents
have yet to threaten their goal
line.
Flwood Robertson, one of the
best running backs in Cooper’s
history, led the local attack with
four touchdowns while Red Wilson
added another with an exciting
gallup almost the length of the
field.
The Keahey eleven muffled two
scoring opportunities in the first
period but got down to work in
the second stanza after recovering
a Warrior fumble on the visitor’s
45. Donnie Landers and Robert-
son sparked the drive to the 3
yard line from where Robertson
C.E. Anderson
Dies Friday At
Daughter’s Home
Uncle Charlie, 91, Came To
Texas At Close of Civil War,
Settled In Delta County.
C. E. Anderson, 91 years and
21 days of age, passed away Fri-
day at 4 a. m. at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Cora Combs, where
he had made his home for two
years. Uncle Charlie, as he was
familiarly known, was taken ill
last November and had been con-
fined to his bed since that time.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the First Christian Church, con-
ducted by Rev. L. B. McDonald,
pastor, Rev. D. W. Nicholas, of
Plano, Rev. Hugh S. Porter,
pastor of the Methodist Church,
crashed over tackle. The kick to ■ and Rev. R. E. Streetman, pastor
convert was wide. A few minutes J of the First Baptist Church. In-
later after taking a short Bonham terment was made at Oak Lawn
Sewing Room To
Continue Through
Winter Months
Since recent notice that Delta
be
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Cl.«d dorms the hours|capped Cameron jin "«"» "hen materia. is pup-
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kick Robertson swept his left end
and simply outlegged the visitor’s
secondary for 28 yards. The
place kick for extra point was
again wide.
Cooper’s scrapping second
stringers provided one of the
night’s biggest thrills at the be-
j ginning of the second half. The
Bonham kick-off went to Wilson
on the 14 and he went all the way
for the counter. Wilson displayed
plenty of elusiveness but his
mates turned in an excellent
blocking job, wiping out Bonham
defenders all the way down to the
goal line. Ewing plunged through
the center for the extra point.
Robertson started fireworks
again in the last quarter first
traveling 16 yards off tackle for
a touchdown and then kicking the
extra point. Just before the fi-
Advocates Cooper-
Clarksville Road
’hack and the Warriors appear
doomed for their blackest season
in many years.
Missing Persons
Dramatizes Father
Club dues tax: 11 per cent of To the People of Delta County: ^
annual dues of more than $10.00. j Please give all the help you can ^r»iuauico „
Radios, phonographs, records, J to secure a hard surfaced road; K.1C1Y13TDS UWD V^tlllCiren
musical instruments, refrigerators, | and bridges from Cooper east to
been exercising all possible pres-
sure on officials at Washington
to have the project continued.
Of the thirty-five women em-
ployed in this project, thirty arc
cemetery by the grave of his wife,
who died five year^ ago.
Active pallbearers were his
grandsons and were: Blake Ander-
son and Wayne Anderson, Paris;
Gustavis Anderson, Roxton; Bud-
dy Anderson, Vasco; Willie Combs
of Fort Worth; Billy White, Dal-
las; and Hershal Anderson, Mid-
land. Honorary pallbearers were:
Dr. C. C. Taylor, Dr. George El-
lington, John M. Boyd, Ed Hen-
dricks, B. L. Hendricks J. E.
Thompson, Rev. Charlie Combs, A.
L. Carrington, A. B. Carrington,
L. B. Taylor, J. A. Harrison and
W. D. Hart.
Charles Edward Anderson was
born in Knox county, Mo., Sept.
5, 1850, and had lived in Delta
county since 1865. He\ was mar-
ried to Mary Martha Taylor,
daughter of the late Col. B. B.
families, and it is felt the project
should be continued, and if nec-
essary, do defense work, such as
refrigerating apparatus, air-con- ] Clarksville via. Charleston and J jyuncan Coffee Company of army clothing here, as this has
ditioners and matches: Increased j Cunningham. All the»e interned-, entg thig daily radio
manufacturers gales I iary towns have good schools and ( _________ o___0t1K ^ Q.9n onr,yi
the sole dependence for their j Bulldogs to the Warriors’ one,
which came in the third quarter
against the second stringers.
taxes on
price.
Passenger automobiles
motorcycles (Trailers and semi-
trailers therefor included): Rate
7 per cent of manufactures sales
price instead of 3 1-2 per cent.
Trucks (Truck trailers and
semi-trailers included): rate of
5 per cent of manufacturers sales
price instead of 2 1-2 per cent.
Sporting goods, luggage, elec-
™wns nave guuu —= . | program from 8:15 to 8:30 each
I are doing a big part in preparing program r
i * iv vi. ii, v 4.4.1 _„ • morning, Monday through rrioaj..
and ! the youth to fight the battles of,™0™ *___ofi,^
the future.
As I see it, there will
j These stories, dramatized from
_ 4 ...............be chan-j Hfe, constitute another of the
nels cut from the east end of Delta j ™a"Y Public services which have
county to Red River in Miller, been instituted by the Duncan
county, Ark., within five years, Coffee Company. Sisters search-
and I think! two channels, one cut, for lost brothers, children .
at the foot of the hills on either j Peking separated parents; these MOVUIR Sewing
side would do much more good. \ stones are as true, exciting aml ' Room To New
proven one of the most efficient
sewing rooms operating.
A letter Sunday from Mrs.
Evelin Nash McKinney, in charge
of women’s work in this district,
said that they hoped to keep this
work going temporarily through
the winter months.
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nal whistle he marked kup another am] Mary Arm Taylor, December
six-pointer with a 9-yard dash -jS> 1573, To this union were
born 13 children, two having died
in infancy. A son, Herbert An-
derson, died at the age of 21
years, and another son. C. B. An-
derson. passed away three years
ago. Nine children survive and
.are: Mrs. Cora| Combs of Coorxer,
Cooper’s line play that smother- j whom he made his home, Mrs.
ed the Warrior attack showed im-|j_ c McClain, also of Cooper,
around end.
The comparison between the
two clubs is best shown by the
first downs which were 14 for the
If channels are made up each
tributary and they are kept clean
heartrending as anything dream-1 T T
ed in the mind of a fiction writer , C^OUI*t I loUSO
provement over the opening game.
Billy Hocutt turned in an aggres-
sive performance at tackle, and
Blaine Adair looked good at the
same position on the other side
George Anderson, Audley Ander-
son. and Mrs. Asa Williams, Lake
Creek; Carter Anderson of Paris;
Mrs. Jess Spencer, Sulphur
Springs; Mrs. Otis White. Dallas;
of the line. The end play of Moss|an^ Leorl Anderson, Grapeland.
and McVay was good. King, sen-
ior center, and DeWitt, freshman
fullback, were standouts defen-
sively.
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trie signs and advertising devices, anu \ and this free service is open to
business and store machines, rub-' <™ the ral public in their ef-
ber articles, washing machines, | dependable *
------- ----„-------- -- - optical equipment, and electric Ia^ t>™e to come.
ing the facts. The general atti- Might bulbs: A tax of 10 per cent | ^ caso be p t cse \i age s o go
of the manufactures sales price. this hard surfaced "
Gladewater Child
Fatally Injured By
tude is good. They were paid
good market^ prices for their land
with timber and crop values
thrown in. The FSA is trying to
meet immediate problems and has
guaranteed to provide more liv-
ing space! and money if necessary.
If the family was too strained,
financially, to move off its land,
the agency provided a grant for
the expense or just used its
trucks and facilities to move them
to a new home. Too, grants for
temporary assistance in the read-
justment period have been provid-
ed.
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nior Afflatus Club
Met Wednesday With
Mrs. G. Fred Turner
The Senior Afflatus Club met
Wednesday, September 17, with
Mrs. G. Fred Turner as hostess.
Mrs. E. A. Ragan led the dis-
cussion on world events. She was
assisted by Mrs. Tom Boyd, Mrs.
Florence Fly, and Mrs. 1 Charles
Wright. Plans were made for the
year's work.
At the conclusion of the meet-
ing, the hostess served a salad
course. The next meeting will be
held with Mrs. R. P. Hamilton as
hostess.
East Delta Will
Ask For Road
Bond Election
Curtis Anderson of Huntsville,
who was here this week to attend
the funeral of his brother, John O.
Anderson, stated that he left his
son, Pat, ill with appendicitis.
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road as
early as we can and watch them
expand.
S. A. CUNNINGHAM
Cunningham, Texas.
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Former Cooper
Boy Receives Civil
Service Appointment
for the radio public in their ef-1 Preparations are being made to Car Thursday
forts to reestablish broken family j move the sewing room the first
ties. The father who kidnapped ! of the month to the basement of
hid own children; the mother-in-[the new court house,
law who fled with her deceased | The Social Security office has
son’s children; the two war bud-
dies separated by a hail of death
in no-man’s land and reunited 22
years later via radio. These and
I many other true life stories are
to be told in the hope that the
already been moved to the new
building and the officials hope to
utilize the new jail in a few days.
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who
the
Royse City Wins Over
Commerce Hi Eleven
ROYSE CITY, Sept. 26.—Royse
City High’s Bulldogs won over
the Commerce High eleven 19 toj,men lnfhls company.
6 here Friday night. Sparks!lcave after the flrst of 0ctober
Sgt. Win, S. Jones, Jr., who is
stationed at Mare Island, Marine
radio audience will adopt a good | Corps, left Sunday after visiting
neighbor policy toward fellow his^ parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
mankind and aid him with any
pertinent information. Missing
Persons was heard for the first
A. G. Lain of Greenville was in
Cooper Monday and stated that
his son, Wendall Lain, also of
Greenville, had received a civil
service appointment and would go
to Panama City where he will
have charge of a lumber depot.
Mr. Lain will "be In charge of 40
H( will There were 2,646 bales of cot-
- —_ -----j -ton ginned in Delta county this
scored one Royse City touchdown Browmmlle and take a cl.pper I to g eptemher 16, a(fainat
- « — ----------- Plane to Panama. Wendall form-1^ {n the county the
Jones, Sr., for several days. He
has signed for the Asiatic fleet,
but as yet has not been notified as
2.642 Bales Ginned
To September 16
on a seventy-yard run and tallied * , ... , .
., . , , erly lived ir< Cooper with his par-
another on a twenty-seven yard1 f . .
, , , , ,, .r | ents and his friends here rejoice
dash through tackle. Young1 ... , . . ... .. J
. . , . ,with him in this promotion,
threw a twenty yard pass to
Young for the other counter.
Gilbert plunged over the goal
line to climax a forty-five yard
drive for the visitors’ score.
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Miss Edwina Miller, Sam Mar-
tin and Lyndol Hart, who have
positions in Texarkana, visited and other plans made for road im-
EAST DELTA APPROVES HOT
LUNCH
A mass meeting of East Delta
community was held at the school
building last Friday night. The
hot lunch program was approved
time on September 29, 8:15 a. m. j to where he will be sent. Mr.
_v_ | Jones came by Dallasi and was ac-
Icompanied to Cooper by his son,
| David, who visited with hig fath-
er and grandparents during their
stay here.
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D. M. Fisher, who is a medical
patient at a hospital in Paris, is
improving and will be able to re-
turn home in several days.
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same time last year.
Heretofore total ginnings of all
the gins in the county have been
accepted as the production of the
county, but this year, in order to
obtain the exact production of
each county, the gins are required
to keep a record of the county
from which cotton comes and so
report it. It is said that Delta
county draws more cotton
TO THOSE DESIRING
SIDEWALKS
All who want side walks built,
and have not signed up, please let
me know at once.
TOM ROUNTREE, Mayor.
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Miss Lillian McKinney,
teaches at Gladewater, had
experience of seeing one of the
high school students, Beatrice
Pierce, 13, hit and fatally injur-
ed as she alighted from a school
bus on highway 80 last Thursday.
The bus had been to Marshall and
the little girl was a member of
the pep squad. The car that hit
her was driven by a woman and
the car bore a Potter county li-
cense. A man in the car changed
places with the woman after the
accident but they did not stop to
I render assistance.
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Junior Afflatus Club
Has First Meeting
Miss Dorothy Nell Horn was
hostess for the Junior Afflatus
Club at its first meeting last week
at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Silman. The club selected Read-
ers Digest for the year’s study. A
change in the time of the meeting
for the club will be held on Tues-
day evenings, and the next meet-
ing will be held October 6.
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Mrs. John S. Porter and Miss
from Aramita Richardson, teachers in
over the week end with their rel-1 provement and community better- j adjoining counties than leaves j East Delta school, were shopping
at*ves- ment. Delta county for other gins. I in Cooper Saturday.
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He L also survived by 39 grand-
children and 45 great grandchil-
dren.
Mr. Anderson united with the
[Christian Church in early life and
[was a charter member of Black-
well lodge at Charleston. He had
been a Mason since 1872 and was
the last charter member of the
Lake Creek lodge 603. He was
probably the oldest Mason who
was made a Mason in Texas.
Mr. Anderson had lived a long,
eventful and successful life. Liv-
ing in Dade county, Mo., when
the Civil War broke out, he car-
ried food at night to his father,
who was a Southern sympathizer
and had to hide out as a bush-
wacker. After their home,
and property wag destroyed or
stolen, the family moved to Arkan-
sas in wagons drawn by ciows
marauding soldiers left them to
get out of the country.
It was a coincident that the
family came to Texas. In 1864
Charlie Anderson, 14, followed a
stolen horse and recovered it in
Lamar county. He was so im-
pressed with: the country that the
family moved the following year
and settled in what is now known
as Mt. Joy neighborhood.
Mr. Anderson was an eneger-
tic and shrewd business man and
was very successful in farming
and mercantile business. He was
a leader in his community for
everything that was good, and it
is said of him that he never fail-
ed to help a neighbor in need. It
was a common thing for him to
take up delinquent notes for oth-
ers in hi8 community and carry
them until they oould be paid. He
Mrs. Finis Strickland and Mrs.
Kermit Carrington and son of
Shreveport, La.,, were guests of. _______ _________^ uc „a,u.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Flanders and j moved to Cooper in 1926 where he
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Chancellor over [-----
the week end. See Anderson on Page Four
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