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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1934.
VOLUME 53, NO. 35.
Allred Named
Governor As
Hunter Trails
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Woodul, McCraw, Smith and Sharp Winners of
Other State Offices as Tabulation of Vote
Mounts Toward Million Mark.
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Assured of Election al-l the vote sftill out was not suffi-
cient to change the outcome of the race, Attorney General
James V. Allred waltched his lead over Tom F. Hunter stead-
ily 'increase as the total vote tabulated approached the mil-
lion mark
Monday the tabulation of the
Texas Election Bureau from 250
of 254 counties with 156 complete
gave Allred 487,266 and Hunter
441,788, a majority of 45,478 for
Allred.
Tabulations in the other state
races were:
Lieutenant Governor. — Moore
358,828, Woodul 498,150.
Attorney General. — McCraw
474,947, Woodward 396,486.
Railroad Commissioner.- Fundt
378,554, Smith 483,953.
Supreme Court.—Lattimore 419,-
789, Sharp 432,308.
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Hub Jeter Severely
Beaten By Drunks;
Pair Are Arrested
Hub Jeter was severely beaten
by two alleged drunk men on the
highway near his home about five
m'les east of town about 9 o’clock
Thursday night and was saved
from possibly being beaten to
death by Ed Turbeville who came
to his rescue with a gun.
Atwood Wakefield and Conway
Banks were arrested by officers
and placed in jail. Wakefield had
been released from jail during
the day. He was under a two year
suspended sentence. The suspen-
sion of sentence was rmoved by
the court and he will be carried
to the penitentiary as soon as
transportation officers come.
Two men came to Mr. Jeter’s
home, asking for a bucket of wa-
ter for their car which had been
stopped down the road. Mr. Jeter
let them have the bucket but as
they did not return he went to their
car and asked for the bucket.
They then began to abuse him,
Mr. Jeter stated, and seeing that
they were intoxicated he got in
his car and started to drive away
when one of the men is said to
have grabbed him and called for
the other. They beat and choked
him, finally pulling him out of the
car and were still beating him
when Mr. Turbeville and others
attracted by the cries arrived and
stopped the attack. Mr. Jeter's
injuries are painful but not ser-
ious.
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Coston Is Elected
Commissioner Pre.
4; Defeats Mullins
W. A. Coston with a majority
of 207 votes was elected as a
member of the Commissioner’s
Court from Precinct 4. Mr. Cos-
• ''ton defeated J. H. Mullins. The
vote by boxes:
Coston Mullins
144
Allred Is Elected
By Small Majority
JAMES V. ALLRED.
Attorney General Janes V
Allred was accorded the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor of
Texas when Texas voters march-
ed to the polls Sautrday and gave
him approximtely a 50,000 vote
majority over his opponent, Tom
F. Hunter. In a statement Sun-
day afternoon Hunter conceded
the election.
Funeral Rites For
Klondike Child Held
Sunday Afternoon
Enloe
130
Lake Creek
81
Charleston
................ 82
Vasco
...................130
TOTAL
433
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Funeral services were held Sun-
day afternoon at Shiloh for S. E.
Moore, Jr., eleven year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Moore of Klon.
dike. Rev. Willie Little conducted
the services. Interment was made
in Shiloh cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his
mother and father and several
brothers and sisters. They are as
follows: Mrs. Antua Essory,
Klondike; Mrs. Glen Bells, Earth,
Texes; Mrs. Lera Doolin, Klon-
dike; Mrs. Zula McCalister, Ant.,
Iers, Okla.; Miss Verna, and Mary
Moore, Klondike. The following
brothers also survive: Grady
Moore, Klondike; Odell Wynn,
San Antonio; Wilbur Wynn, Klon-
dike.
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Martin Wins For
Commissioner Pre.
1 In Close Contest
Sam Martin defeated Hiram
Clark for re-election to a second
term as Commissioner of Precinct
1 in the closest content recorded
in the county. Only seven votes
separated the two out of the 1,427
cast in the two boxes.
S)X CASES ARE
TRIED FRIDAY
IN DIST. COURT
Convictions Obtained And
Sentences Passed As
Session Ends.
In addition to the thirteen cases
disposed of in the 8th Judicial
District Court here last Thursday
the court was again in session
Friday and disposed of six cases
tried before juries.
Esther Anderson was given
hree yearn suspended sentence
jr transporting intoxicating li-
:uor.
Roy Taylor was given a five
ear suspended sentence for pass-
ig a forged instrument.
Charlie Welch . was given one
oar in the penitentiary for
ran^porting liquor in one case,
ind in another case was given
>ne year for driving a motor ve-
h'cle while intoxicated, and fur-
ther prohibited from driving motor
vehicle in the State of Texas for
two years.
Atwood Wakefield was given a
two year sentence in the peniten-
tiary for driving an automobile
while intoxicat'd and prohibited
from driving a motor vehicle for
two years.
Conway Bangs was given a
thirty days jail sentence for
driving an automobile • while in-
toxicated and prohibited from
'riving a motor vehicle for two
years.
The case of Henry Gibson, who
was indicted for statutory rape,
was transferred to Hopkins Coun-
ty where the offense was alleged
to have been committed.
The case of Will Pennybacker,
who was indicted for statutory
rape, was transferred to Rains
county where the offense was al-
legd to have been committed.
The case of Dooley White,
charged with theft by conversion,
was transferred to Hopkins coun-
ty for trial.
The minutes ef tlhc present
term of district court were signed
Saturday and District Judge
Charles Berry, District Attorney
Henry Pharr and Court Report-
er J. O. Nicholson left for their
homes in Greenville. The 8th
District Court opened at Sulphur
Springs Monday for a six weeks
session.
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Rome McKee Named
As Public Weigher
Of Precincts 1 and 5
Lon Smith Wins For
R. R. Commissioner
W elch, Hart, Y oung Are
Named to County Office
137 Bales of Cotton Burn HUNTER,MOORE,
As Flames Sweep Harrison jM’CRAW, PUNDI
Barn and Smith Warehouse jyy? GIVEN LEAD
Good Is Re-Elected
As Representative
LON A. SMITH.
Lon A. Smith was named to a
second elective term on the Rail-
oad Commission Saturday when
voters gave him more than 1C*»,-
000 lead over the other aspirant,
John Pundt.
WILL CONTEST
u?r
Rome McKee was the winner ir.
the race for Public Weigher of
Precincts 1 and 5 over Hardin
Noble. McKee had a majority of
301 in the four boxes. The vote
was:
McKee Noble
East Cooper 372 313
West Cooper 487 251
Charleston 61 63
Vasco ....................... 70 62
TOTAL 990 689
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E. G. Pharr Will
As Secretary
Serve
In Special Session
40 was:
32
9
225
Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Davis wish
to express their sincere thanks
to their physicians, neighbors and
friends for the kindness shown
them during the critical illness
pf Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Davis is
noiw improving and able to sit up
some.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Crocker and
son of San Antonio spent several
days the past week with her sis-
ter, Mrs. John Dixon, and family.
They left Thursday for Edmop'*
Okla., to visit relatives lieforc
returning home.
Clark
Martin
E. G. Pharr has been notified by
The vote Senator Tom DeBerry that he has
appointed him as his secretary
E. Box W. Box Tt.l i during the special session which
376 334 710 1 convened Monday and asked him
317 400 717 j *o report at Austin on Tuesday
—--28th.
Jap Simpson Named
Constable Precinct. 6
In the contest for Constable of j
Precinct 5, Jap Simpson obtained
a wide lead over his opponent :
D. A. Elmore. Mr. Simpson polled
TOT votes in Charleston and 122
in Vasco for a total of 226 while
Mr. Elmore had seventeen in
Charleston and fourteen in Vasco
for a total of thirty-one
L. L. James of Tyler was a
i business visitor in Cooper Friday.
Mrs. C. M. Reed has returned
home from Big Springs where,
while visiting her daughter, she
was taken seriously ill and under-
went a major operation. Mrs.
Reed i4 very much improved and
has moved to her home on West
Seventh street.
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Miss Sybil Garmon of Ben,
Franklin, who has been a patient
at the Reed Memorial Hospital
following a recent major opera-
'ion, is improving satisfactorily.
PRE. 1 RACE
t-.—
Brought On Grounds Ph«it
Liners Cast Illegal
Ballots.
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Announcement of his intention
to contest the results of the
election for Commissioner of Pre-
cinct 1 was made Monday hy
Hiram Clark, incumbent, who
ran behind in the Saturday un-
official tabulation. Mr. Clark
trailed Sam Martin by seven bal-
lots, aoeording to this tabulation.
As to the grounds for the con-
test, Mr. Clark stated that per.
sons residing on the boundary
lines of the precinct voted as
residents of Prceir.ct 1 in the
run-off election who, he alleges,
voted in other precincts in the
first primary.
The contest will be presented
to the Delta County Democratic
Executive Committee when they
meet Wednesday afternoon to can-
vass the vote and declare the
results of the election. Other
action will be withhold awaiting
their ruling.
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Robert Morris Wins
Over C. P. Pickens
For Justice Pre. 1
Robert Morris, leader of the
ticket in the first primary, won
the office of Justice of Peace of
Precinct 1 Saturday by a wide
margin over C. P. Pickens, the
incumbent. Mr. Morris had a ma-
jority of 244. The vote by boxes
was:
E. Box W. Box Ttl.
Morris 424 408 832
Pickens 262 326 588
Commerce Doctor
And Wife Injured
COMMERCE, Aug. 25. Dr. and
Mrs. W. E. McGlasson of Com-
merce are in a Greenville hospi-
tal following an automobile crash
near Monroe, La., Wednesday
morning. Dr. McGlasson suffered
a broken left wrist, a cut right
arm, and a gashed forehead. His
wife was less serious'y hurt,
though suffering an injury to the
right shoulder. Willie, their daugh-
ter, will return from Monroe as
soon as the damaged automobile
is repaired.
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Miss Sue Albright, who spent
reveral months in Denver, Colo.,
with her sister in law, Mrs. James
t'bright, and children of Okla-
homa City, has returned home.
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T#*o members in the Pilgrim
'amily, who live near Klondike,
’it> reported ill with typhoid
'ever.
Flames of undetermined origin
breaking out about 8:30 o’clock
Sunday night razed tihe mule bam
belonging to J. A. Harrison and a
warehouse owned by W. H. Smith
destroying 137 bales of cotton,
100 bales of hay and a quantity i
of harness and office supplies.
The blaze when first seen was in
the office of the fcarn, but its
spread through a thin partition
to the hay was so rapidly that
attempts to check the fire were
futile.
A boy first saw the flames but
when it was seen they could not
be controlled, six mules rre led
from the barn and the alarm
given.
The fire soon ate its way into
the warehouse where the cotton
was stored. It was stated that the
cotton was held by the government
and a ten cent a pound loan had
been advanced to the owners who j
still retained about a four cent I
eqv*;y. This loss was said to have
i- - irftftft WINNFR
his barn, hay, harness, office sup_ BUl/D if UlllLlil
It. II. GOOD.
plies and a truck at about $1,000
No insurance was carried.
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Wood Are
Held at New Hope
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After an illness of nearly two
years, Mrs. J. M. Wood, 54, died
at her home Friday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock. The funeral was
held at New Hope church at 2
o’clock Sunday with interment at
Clark cemetery, with Rev. Paul
Lamb conducting, assisted by Rev.
R. W. Sansing. Mrs. Wood was
born and reared at Prattville,
and was well known over the east
end of the county.
She is survived by her husband,
one daughter, one adopted son
and three grandchildren. She
was an aunt of J. C. Smith and
Opal Preas of this city. Mrs.
Wood was converted and joined
the Baptist Church when twelve
years of age and lived a conse-
crated Christian life.
Mr. and Mrs. Opal Preas, Mrs.
Preas. Mrs. R. W. Sansing, Mrs.
OVER M’OAIN
AS FLOATER
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Has Lead In All Three Coun-
ties To Obtain Nice
Majority,
R. H. Good, incumbent, was
returned to the Legislature for
a second term by the voters of
Hopkins, Franklin and Delta
counties as they gave him a size-
able majority over his opponent,
M. C. McClain.
Mr. Good carried all three(
counties having -nice majorities
in Delta and Franklin counties
and carrying Hopkins, the home
of his opponent, by a small mar-
gin. The vote was;
County— Good McClain
Hopkins 2492 2466
Franklin 1050 844
Delta 1812 1238
TOTAL 5349 4550
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tJ and J:Z‘ Co"ins at' 'Wallace Winner As
tended the funeral from Cooper. , ,
---I Commissioner Pre.
2 By Nine Votes
Smallwood Defeats
Irvin In Race For
Weigher Precinct 2
A. D. Smallwood won the con-
In one of the county’s closest
races, R. H. Wallace had a ma-
jority of nine votes over W. M.
Fielding for the office of Com
test for Public Weigher of Pre- j migsioner of precinct 2. Mr.
cinct 2 in a close race with L. L. | Wallace polled 229 ballots to Mr.
Fielding's 220. The vote by boxes
was:
Irvin, defeating him by the
small majority of seventeen votes.
The vote by boxes was:
Smallwood Irvin
Klondike ............................ 1ST
Yowell .................... 44
Klondike
lf52 i Yowell
| Horton
Horton
TOTAL
30
231
22
214
CAR IS WRECKED ON ,
NORTH SULPHUR BIDGE
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An automobile was badly dam.
aged and a woman bruised some
when a car occupied by a party
who said they were from Dallas
ran into an abutment of Nortl^
Sulphur bridge Saturday after,
noon. Smith’s Service Station
wrecker brought the damaged
ear to town and a man in the
party was put under arrest. A
company of Dallas sent after the
car Sunday morning.
Miss Pauline Jordan and moth-
er, Mrs. J. D. Jordan, of Com-
merce spent the week end with
♦heir s'ft ter and daughter, Mrs
lari Bowtnan.
TOTAL 229
Wallace Fielding
152 158
35 50
............. 42 12
220
Two Cases Are Tried
In Co. Court Monday
County Judge, Tom Rountree,
heard two cases in County Court
Monday. Jug Cumming plead
guilty to a charge of simple as-
sault and was fined $1 and costs
The charge was filed when his car
ran down a negro woman last
month.
W. S. Jones charged with carry.
ing a pistol was found guilty by
a jury and his fine was assessed
at $100.
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Miss Elaine Miller, who has
’veen a student in Northwestern
University at Evanston, 111., dur-
I ng the summer months, returned
home the past week.
3,117 Delta Voters Trek Tto
Polls Saturday to Regis-
ter Choice.
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With 3,147 Delta County vote*
marching to the polls Sautrday |
to vote their choice in state, coun-
ty and precinct races, Alvin
Welch, Miss Irene Hart and Maury
ice F. Young were named in the
three county races as County
Superintendent, District Clerk and
Tax Ase cssor.Collector respect-
ively.
Not one of the three races waa
particularly one-sided. Mr. Young
was winner by the largest margin
of the three having a majority
of 628 votes over Ruth Ware ac-
cording to semi-official returns.
Mr. Welch had a 266 majority
over Etha Stokes although as re_
| turns came in the race was much
| clocer. While Mr. Welch led from
the earliest returns, at one time
Miss Stokes approached to within
forty votes of his total.
Miss Irene Hart with a majori-
i ty of 129 was named District
Clerk over Sam Morgan. The race
was very close throughout never
more than 175 votes separated
the two.
Bearing out the judgeme’t of
political forecasters, Tom Hunter
carried Delta County in the gov-
ernor’s race, having a lead of 376
over Allred.
Joe Moore candidate for Lieu-
tenant Governor piled up a two_
to-one lead over Walter Woodul,
having an actual majority of 946.
William McCraw achieved the
honor of obtaining the largest
vote in the county when he piled
up 2,123 ballots to lead Walter
Woodward by 1,310 votes in the
Attorney General’s race. John,
Sharp had a vote of 1,630 to the
1,246 obtained by Hal Lattimore
in the contest for Associate Jus-
tice of Supreme Court. John Pundt
running for Railroad Commission,
er ran ahead of Lon A Smith in
this county the vote being 1,547
to 1.394.
In the only district race, R, H.
Good, candidate for Representa-
tive 126th District, led M. C. Me.
Olain 566 votes in this county.
:arge cansidering the poll tax pay-
The number of ballots cast was*
ments and the seeming lack of in_
terest in many of the races. 2,685
paid poll taxes this year but ac-
cording to tlie unofficial vote, 462
3V r<: and unders cast ballots.
The short ballot facilitated
counting and returns were report,
ed and posted rapidly. Th« com-
plete vote of tihe county was turn-
ed in and bulletined by 8:30
o’clock.
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G. N. Lpv Winner
Over Branch For
Weipher Precinct 3
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G. N. (Jack) Lay was elected
for Public Weigher of Precinct 3
wer J. E Branch Saturday. The
vote cast in the Ben Franklin box
was 169 for Lay to 129 for Branch.
Mrs. L. A. Stockton and family
have moved to the Ed Adair res-
idence, formerly the Garrard
property, on Dallas Avenue. Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Ixwerett, who have
been making their home with Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. Leverett on route
1 3. have moved to the residence
j formrely occupied by Mrs. Stock-
ton.
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Worth Allard and John D.
itockton
Friday.
were Dallas vtattura
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