The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1959 Page: 12 of 16
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THE CHEROKEEAN
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The Cherokeean
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ESTABLISHED ÍUÍ.Y 5. 1M7 AS TM PIONEER
Entered as second uui auliu at tbe poet office at
Act of March J. 187t.
Tom
E. H WHITEHEAD
MRi E. H. WHITEHEAD
GLENN BROWN
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Cherokeean
Editorials
Cherokee County, depending upon the outcome of Sen-
ate parsed bill, .stands in line for assistance from the Federal
Government. It ha* not asked for assistance, but it ban been
"prescribed" for redevelopment.
The Cherokeean has long been a do-it-yourself advocate,
especially concerning hand-outs and doles that looked sus-
piciously like they were made and are being made for no
other purpose than bureaucratic empire building.
But now it examinen a synopsis of this bill and sees in
this case that on its face it appears to be harmless concern-
ing harra*Mment to private enterprise and encouragement to
indolence.
Ami it sees this proposed $250 Million amendment to
the federal debt as a much better way to g.. in debt than an
administration building in Indo China.
This is not to say that it won't be perverted, especially
if it turns out to lie a good political riding horse.
But an impassionate consideration, not only of the pro-
visions and restrictions of the bill, but of the conditions in
one of the counties "prescribed", adds a new dimension to
the do-it-yourself technique.
Cherokee Countians can do for themselves but they
can't always do it in Cherokee County. For th<- pa * two
decades they have been finding out that if they i an't earn
a living from the soil they can always go to one of the metro-
politan areas and provide for themselves and their families.
In fact they've gotten out by the thousands.
The primary benefit to Cherokee County from the bill
is in its aim to supplement rural development programs in
existance which have as their aim to help rural dwellers
participate in the "better way of life" and adjust to the
change which is leaving fewer and fewer rural opportu-
nities. .
Alledgedly it is designed to provide employment for dis-
placed farmers by helping a political subdivision to attract
industry.
The bill:
Would provide funds not otherwise available on equal-
ly favorable terms.
'Would require adequate private fund- to be added to
a loan in order to insure completion.
•Requires, for private projects, not. less than five per
cent of project cost to he supplied by non governmental sour-
ces.
" Prohibits relocation of other plants that would result
in unemployment for the vacated area.
•Prohibits grants for establishing a public facility
which would compete with an existing privately owned pub-
lic utility unless the State regulatory body determines that
there is a need which the existing facilities are unable to
meet.
The ultra-conservative will say the bill is a paradox, in
that it is seeking to apply a government remedy to a govern-
ment inflicted wound, i. e., government regulation of farm-
ers.
But there's no denying it—if a fellow is wounded badly
enough, and if it appears the infection is spreading, he will
take any kind of medicine, whoever prescribes it.
Even if it turns out to be the wrong kind of medicine,
it appears now that the dones herein prescribed won't be big
enough to do lasting injury.
dent of Rotary International
•n the recent 50th annual
convention of thet organisa-
tion.
0
WASHINGTON ~ Sen Ralph
Yarborough doesn't look for a
return of dust bowl days in Tex-
as and bases his belief on the
dedicated folks who are working
to see that it doesn't happen.
0
NEW YORK — Exposition
Press reminds that Jack
Proctor has just written
'The Cas* of the J. I. Sex-
ten Will" which is now avail-
able at $3.00 per copy.
0
WASHINGTON —Sen. Lyndon
Johnson says he voted for the
Kennedy Ervin labor bill because
"I believe this Mil will mark a
major step in throwing out hood
luras and racketeers."
a
old
AUSTIN — The
ment of Health says that a seal
ed bag of insecticide left in
room may signal the end of
fashioned' «pray guns or bug
bombs, reporting that fumes
from an unopened bag left in
a room killed a large number of
NiW YOMC - MénU T.
LAYMAN'S MEANDERING
'The Low of the Land', But
For How Long, Your Honor?
First Citizen Committee Confronted
With Riot and Dissipation in Rusk
Older than the constitution
itself is the argument concerning
to what ends that treasured docu-
ment may or may not be pervert-
ed.
Reduced, the centuries-old tiff
is a result of the selfish interests
of man - a principle recognized
long before men began arguing
the merits of a federal repub
lie versus a loose confederation
James Madison in Federalist
No. 10. arguing for the republic
form of government says, "As
Jong as the reason of man con-
tinues fallible, and he is at lib-
erty to exercise it. different opin
ions will be formed As long as
fhe connection exists between his
reason and his self love, his opin
ions and his passions will have
■* reciprocal influence on each
other; . .
The constitution has not re-
formed man nor altered his in-
stincts. For, as Madison also
stated, "There are again two
methods of removing the causes
of faction: the one, by destroying
the liberty which is essential to
its existance; the other, by giv
ing to every citizen the same
opinions, the same passions, and
the same interests,"
Therefore, it would seem to
follow that if the constitution ad
rnits of perversion it would be
re applied to every new situation
that arises frnm generation to
generation, and it would seem
also to follow that the "law of
the land" would depend upon
who is making, upholding or
overruling the law at each re
appraisal
But that is a "grassroots" de
duct ion
run according to its own social
theories.
The "law of the land" went
back to letting every proprietor
run his own business But the
point is—to a layman—that this
reversal has been seemingly re-
versed and that the "law of tbe
land" could conceivably be
changed again in his lifetime
In 1875, in the twilight of "re-
construction." the Congress of
the United States passed the so
called Civil Rights Act. which
was forthwith signed into law by
President U. S Grant
It provided "That all persons
shall be entitled to the full
and equal enjoyment of the ac
commodations. advantages, faci-
lities arid privileges of inns, pub
lie conveyances on land or water,
theaters, and other places of pub-
lic amusement."
In 1883 the Supreme Court de
clared the act unconstitutional
on the ground that it dealt with
social rather than civil rights
(Civil Rights Case; 10ft U. S„ 3).
There was a law for some
seven years, overturned because
one governmental body saw that
another would have this country
REV. JOE DOLMAN
. // ¿ee//tá /t> /j/e ...
All men have in (heir lives a
Bfthel By a Bethel I mean some
conviction or vision of heavenly
things, perhaps a sacred vow that,
they have made with themselves
and with God. The religious in-
stinct inay be suppressed, but it
is ineradicable and indestructi-
ble The people who live on the
shores of Brittany have their
beautiful tradition of the fabled
city. The City of Is. According to
the story. Is. a large and popul
ous city, one day sank suddenly
beneath the waves of the sea;
but there are times when the
fisherman plying his trade will
see the tips of the spires of the
lost city appear for a little above
the surface of the sea when the
Call
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If the two may be compared,
the Bible and the Constitution
are both subject to the Inter
prietations of men. There are
several hundred interpretations
applied to the former and there
are an equal number that religi-
ously go their separate ways be-
cause of it
ft is evident that there are a
few hundred different interpreta-
tions of the Constitution, but only
one of them at a time is the "law
of the land", and anybody—un-
less he happens to be a Supreme
Interpreter—that takes the same
liberty with the Constitution that
he does with the Bible immedi
ately becomes an outlaw
Any other way. perhaps, would
result in anarchy. But maybe the
real lesson in this whole affair
for the layman is that "even this
shall pass "
About the best key to the basic
designs of the rule of law en
visioned in the Constitution and
its relationship to the whims
of man is contained in the Fed
eralist papers, quoted above, a
remarkable defense of that docu-
ment and an able job of politic
mg for its ratification.
Alexander Hamilton, in the
Federalist No 78 says. . .
though individual oppression
may now and then proceed from
the courts of justice, the general
liberty of the people can never
be endangered from that source
Madison, discerning more than
the judicature's fallibility, stat-
ed: " the public good is dis-
regarded in the conflicts of rival
parties: and that measures are
too often decided not according
to the rules of justice, and the
rights of the minor party, but
by the superior force of an inter-
ested and overbearing majority."
So perhaps what we have call-
ed judicial oligarchy is just one
of those inevitable interims in
which, as "Mr Dooley" said, the
Supreme Court follows the elec-
tion returns.
And maybe one day the rights
of man—every man— will be
insulated from political agitation
and be taken of equitably, and
that compatible with the rest of
the Constitution, its spirit and
letter.
Along about tbe time the na-
tion was choosing up tide* for
a civil war, Rusk was sorely
troubled with public improve-
ments and the "riot and dissipa-
tion" of some of iU citizens.
In the summer of 1897, a com-
mittee appointed to examine the
Town of Rusk, reported to the
town's Board of Officers in Town
Meeting its findings and recom-
mendations for remedying some
of the evils that plagued the
young community.
This is perhaps the precedent
for Rusk's citizens committees
that, since the first of the year,
have labored with some of the
Town's toughest problems.
The similarity of the problems
faced by the committees, al-
though separated by slightly
more than 100 years, are strik-
ing although more in type than
in detail.
First on the 1857 committee's
list was the means of getting its
streets and roads improved. "The
condition of our streets—in some
places almost impassable to foot
passengers, in others positively
dangerous . . ."
Condemning the town's exist-
ing "financing," the report
stated:
"An effort was also made to
repair the streets by a levy upon
the labor of our citizens. This
measure failed, as it always must
to a great extent in our country
from the difficulty of forcing a
freeman to labor at the command
of others."
The city's whole organization
was termed inefficient and an
entire failure. "Many wholesome
regulations were adopted; but
either from a lack of energy in
the proper officers, or for the
want of a healthy public senti-
ment to sustain them in the dis-
charge of their duties, every
effort toward the suppression of
violence failed.
". . . riot and dissipation which
infests our thoroughfares upon
public occasions demand tbe at-
tention of every one who feels an
interest either in tbe prosperity
of our town, or in the preserva-
tion of public morals."
Back to the labor tax:
Tbe committee figured that
the prevailing property tax rate
was roughly 18.7 cents per SI ,000
valuation (one-fourth of the coun-
ty tax of seven and one-half
cents per $100.) The laborer was
called on to give five days per
year road labor, or in place of
labor be could pay $5, a sum
that would pay the taxes on
$25,000 property — "a heavier
tribute," said the committee,
"than the charter would allow us
to claim from the wealth of the
richest citizen."
Therefore, the committee re-
commended abandonment of the
compulsory labor and in its stead
levy "a tax upon persons and
property, so far as they are tax-
able under the charter . . ."
Today's citizens committees in-
clude one on police and fire, but
they are not expected to run up
against anything comparable to
the 1857 committee as concerns
public morals.
Stating that the preservation
of "public decency" is necessary,
the group recommended that
.stringent measures be adopted
and that "none should be elected
to office but such as may be re-
lied on to carry into full effect
all the regulations their wisdom
may see fit to adopt."
Vacation Season
Safety Campaign
Began on May 30
"More than half oí all rural
fatal accidents, in 1958, were
caused by driving too fast for con-
ditions. This fact alone takes a
major problem of traffic accident
prevention from the realms of en-
gineering, licensing or laws and
marks excessive speed as basically
a human problem."
J. O. Mnsick, general manager
of the Texas Safety Association,
made the above statement today
as he sought community support
for the statewide Slow Down and
Live campaign which begins with
Memorial Day and will end with
Labor Day.
Musick said this period had been
selected for the campaign, because
it is during these months that
vacation travel reaches its peak.
"Human problema oí traffic con-
trol are the most difficult to solve,
because there are no technical
answers," the safety expert said.
"However, tbe Slow Down and
Live campaign is an attempt to
make motorists more conscious of
tbe inherent dangers of speed, es-
pecially excessive speed."
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Rusk, Texas
Friday Games
Are Postponed
Little League ball games regular-
ly scheduled for Friday night have
been postponed until Saturday
night, according to William Whit-
ten, Lions Little League commit-
teeman.
The games were postponed to
avoid a conflict with the night of
boxing Friday night, Whitten said.
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Other Hours by Appointment
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sun is shining brightly.
A man's religious life may bo.
often is, sadly submerged covered
with the flotsam and jetsam, the
debris and wreckage, of the
world; but the instinct of it is
still there, and now and then that
desire and that life will declare
itself How true for so many of
us are those words of Thomas
Hood:
"I remember, 1 remember
The fir trees dark and high;
1 used to think their slender tops
Were close against the sky;
It was a childish ignorancc,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm farther off from
heaven
Than when 1 was a boy."
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More and more medium-price car buyers
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Why? Because they figure up all the extra
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as standard equipment. They carefully con-
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the low-coat maintenance of an Olds... its
higher resale value. But most of all they
ask themselves,
"Is this the kind of car my family and
/ trill be proud to ou n . . . one that
wiU give us the full measure of fun
and comfort we want ... is this the
car whose style trill stay in style?**
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1959, newspaper, June 4, 1959; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150291/m1/12/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.