The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1933 Page: 1 of 6
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THE ALTO HERALD
F. L. WEIMAR, EDITOR AND OWNER
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 PER YEAR
VOLUME XXXII
THE ALTO HERALD. ALTO, TEXAS, JANUARY 5. 1933.
No. 35.
Long Time
Resident of Alto
Died Monday
No news was received with
LITTLE GIRL '
DIES THURSDAY
A holiday tragedy that
brought sadness to many, was
the death of little Janie Sim-
mons, da&ghter of Mrs. Ola
Court Opened
at Rusk With
Light Docket
New Owners
Assumed Cl^rge
of Alto State Bank
more regret than that of the gimmbtrm of A!to, the sad event
death of Grandma Franklin,! occurring
who passed to her reward at 9 o'clock
the home of her daughter, M)rs. Jacksonville, after just a few
Lena Muckleroy, in south Alto d,ayg illness.
Monday afternoon. She had R geems that little Janie
contracted the influenze just a suffered from a fall during the
few days before, and to this is recent snow spell, and in some
attributed her death. [ manner injured her hip, and it
Funeral services were con- {g believed that her death was
ducted at the Alto Baptist indirectly caused from this fall.
Church Tuesday afternoon at Her remains were carried to
1:30 o'clock, being In charge the Mt. Vernon cemetery in
of Rev. S. E. Harry of Corrigan Houston county, Friday after-
arid Rev. Ri. J. Smith of Alto, noon where interment was
Interment was in the family made. Rev. Robert Smith, the
burial ground at Old Palestine family pastor, holding the fu-
cemetery under the direction of neral services, burial was in
R. R. Stribling. charge of R. R. Stribling. I
Mrs. Elizabeth Angelina
The formal announcement
wtfn made here Saturday of the
District Court got under way
at Rusk this morning. The first
. .. . act of the court was the instal- twhsfer of the Alto State Bank
tuts ay n)g tat lationi of the grand jury for the byjt.H.Berryman and others
m the sanitarium at term. The body is composed of to former Governor W. P.
the following citizens: I Hobby iof Houston and asso-
C.D. Shoemaker, Jackson- ciAtes from Cleburne, Texas.
J. D. SARTAIN TO
OPEN NEW GARAGE
Franklin, was bom on March
20. 1846, and had she lived un-
til March 20th, would have
passed her 87th milestone.
She was very active in spite of
her advanced age, and because
of her activity and bright dis-
position, she was known to
practically every resident of
Aito. She was popular with all
of the school children and all
of them loved her for her ra-
diant smile and cheerful greet-
ing when she met them. Living
across the street from the
school buiiding caused her to
be in contact with children of-
ten, and Hiey all learned to love
Janie will be greatly missed,
not only by her good mother
ville.
F. A. Fuqua, Alto.
J. S. Strickland, Reesg.
C. C. Williams, Jacksonville.
D. S. McMinn, Troup.
L. C. Christopher, Rieklaw.
M. B. Ellis, Rusk.
W. E. Shattuck, Rusk.
T. J. Burks, Forest.
Clyde Poore, Alto.
E. L. McLeod, Ponta.
John A. O'Byrne, Mtaydelle.
C.' D. Shoemaker was
pointed foreman.
*jf hile this deal has been
un/trway for some time by Mr.
Be tinan and Mr. Hobby, it
culminated until Satur-
dayinorning of last week.
New officers have been
elatted for the present as fol-!
lows: W. P. Hobby, President,
Houston; J. F. Smith, Active
Via^-Presldent and G. G.
Underwood, Cashier, Alto. ;
^tto people will be pleased
ap- tcknow that the active man-
agement of the bank will con-
After organizing the grand tlaVfto be under the manage-
jury appointed the following mohtof J.F. Smith, who has
and other relatives, but by her bailiffs to serve the body: I been tn the institution for the
many school mates. She was in My. Dyer, door bailiff; C. .E. past several years. He has
the fifth grade at school, and Jay, Rusk, D. E. Jay, Jackson- proved himself to be a good
one of the brightest and best yj]]e, Dock Black, Alto, and conservative banker and pop-
pupils in her class. In her j^g c oders, Troup, riding ular citizen'. ' )
death the broken hearted bailiffs. I Ir speaking of the bank,
mother and other relatives This -/eek Will be devoted to Governor Hobby stated that
have the deepest sympathy of non-jury civil cases.Next week wiMl" it was small, it was in
has been set apart to jury civil 'spi&idid shape financially, and
ceases. The weeks of Monday, astdmes yet back to normal,'
Jan. 16, Monday, January 23 theTiank should take on a good
andMonday, January 30, have steady growth. Speaking of
been designated tats criminal the,Alto country, the former
weeks. Monday, Feb. 6th, will garner stated that we were
situated in East
J. D. Sartain has leased the
Chas. Miller building across
the street from the Methodist
church formerly occupied by
the Gulf Filling Station and M.
H. Howard Grocery Store, and!
is installing a first class garage!
and filling station. He will be!
associate dealer for the Hum-;
ble gas and oils out of Jack-
sonville.
In addition to being a first
class mechanic himself, Mr.'
Sartain, stated that he obtained
the services of John Smith, well
known mechanic in Alto, who
will assist him in the car repair
work. He will continue to han-
dle Firestone Tires and acces-^
sories in connection with his
business. j
Mr. Sartain has had the Gulf j
Filling Station on west main
street for several years and
built up a nice gasoline and
tire business, and is extending^
a cordial invitation to his
friends to visit him in his new
location where he will be
better prepared to serve them^
than ^formerly.
New Officials
Assume Duties
at Court House
everyone.
GINNERS REPORT
ALTO BOY VICTIM
OF PNEUMONIA
Census report shows there
were 16,320 bales of cotton, .... n-i
counting round as half bales, be ,,ury ctvH week again, with f^nately
ginned in Cherokee scanty, . ^ 1.^ 1
Grandma Franklin as she was from the crop of^932^ri^r Mt Monday, fen. ldth. I
1952, as wlhpared
another criminal week begin- Tox!? we had agriculture
Dec. 13, lt)3X, as
with 23,415 bales ginned to
Dec. 13, 1931.
O. E. Duddlesten,
Special Agent
affectionately known to them.
She leaves to mourn her
passing five brothers, J. A.
Dowdy <and Ben Dowdy of Dal-,
las; Caleb and Carroll Dowdy
of Nashville, Ark., and Napo-
lian Dowdy of Texas City; one
sister, Mrs. Minnie Floyd of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Ray had
Dallas;twodaughters, Mrs. M.'the pleasure during the hoii-
A. Stovall of Beeville, and Mrs. days of having all of their chil-j
Lena Muckleroy of Alto. Six- dren at home at one time. This
teen grandchildren and thirty- is something unusual for a fam-1
one great-grandchildren also ily to be able to get together of
survive.
! to work from, and
13th.
Very few new civil casw^y^tfthat we were not de-
were filed for this term of pettdynt upon [industries at this
court, and it is stated the crim- timi was a blesaing.
inal docket will not be as fpwns and cities who had in
heavy as at former terms of thi jpast, been enjoying indus-
the court. [ tna!
The petit jury for next week
is composed of thg following tha)
Out of town relatives here
for the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. C. V. Dowdy and son,
Henderson; Mr. and Mrs.
Omah E. Muckleroy, Farmer-
ville, La.; John and Bunion
Diowdy, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs.
this size when they all live in
different localities. Those who
enjoyed the visit home includ-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Vardiman Ray
of Corpus Christi, Mr. and Mrs.
Troy Ray and Mack Ray of
Nacogdoches, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Ray of Palestine, Mr. land
Mrs. Pascai Ray and son of
Jacksonville, Mrs. Austin Ken-
Finis Stovall, Mr. and Mrs,
Bryan Stovall, T. J. Stovall, Sr. nedy, Sam Antonio, Miss Coleta
and Jeffie Stovall, Rusk; Mr. Ray, Orange, Joel Ray, Forest,
and MAs. John Dowdy, Center, and Lawrence Ray of Alto.
Home Remedies
At this time when there is a good deal of
sickness, the home is in need of various kinds
of home remedies and medicines that are re-
quired quickly, or until your Doctor can be
summoned.
This drug store is amply supplied to serve
you along this line. We have many tried
remedies for coughs and Colds. A supply
of Patent Medicines you can depend upon.
AHen's Drug Store
"Wh.r. You Are A'w.y. W*lt<nn*.'
icitizens:
Ernest Odom, Jacksonville.
J. L. Richie, Reklaw.
A. J. Gilchrist, Jacksonville.
Jimmie Cone, Jacksonville.
J. B. Gray, Rusk.
R. R. Childs, Jacksonville.
J. D. Cherry, Wells.
C. C. Ivie, Forest.
Floyd Wallace, Alto.
G. E. Thornton, Alto.
E. C. May, Reese.
J. L. Bagley, Rusk.
J. B. Boone, Forest.
Carl Martin, Jacksonville.
Archie Doyle, Wells.
C. W. Douglas, Jacksonville.
E. D. Melvin, Forest.
M. E. Holliday, Jacksonville.
Emit Hicks, Wells.
John W. Wtare, Jacksonville.
Andrew Hubbard, Rusk.
E. E. Phillips, Rusk. '
Walter Dover, Alto.
Jess W. Chastain, Jackson-
ville.
G. E. Blanklnship, Rusk.
Oscar Hogan, Jacksonville.
J. P. Dixon, Jacksonville.
Elmer Toney, Forest.
W. A- White, Troup.
John W. Smith, Alto.
Sam Overton, Jacksonville.
Carl Durrett, M)aydelle.
J. R. Bridges, Gallatin.
G. C. Latham, Forest.
Dr. A. F. Templeton, Jack-
sonville. <
J. C. Williams, Rusk.
{paj^ rolls, were now facing
iiiems of unemployment
i are foreign to towns like
"You have no large num-
f men walking the streets
looking for jobs," Mr. Hobby,
stated. "Towns wiho have been
blessed in the past with pay
rolls, now have a great deal of
unemployed citizenship. This
is a time that Alto can feel
lucky in not having non-pro-'
duting industries. I have great
faith in East Texas, and believe
that Alto is situated in the very
heart of future development.'*,
Speaking of plans for the
new bank, Mr. Hobby stated
that there were none at this
time. The bank is now ready
to meet any and all conditions
of the community. "We expect
the bank to be a part of the
community that it serves and
the citizenship can depend
upon it at any time."
R. R. (Raymond) Martin,
age 18, son of Mrs. Carma Mar-
tin, died Tuesday at the Nan
Travis sanitarium at Jackson-
ville of bronchial pneumonid,
which v
severe e
{Funera
at the M
afternoon?
ficiating. Intermit was in the
Shiloh cemetery with R. R.
Stribling in charge.
This good mother has the
deepest sympathy of everyone
in the loss of her son.
h of a
uesdhy
For Sale
Guinea Hogs.
J. T. Black,
Alto, Texas.
For Sale
Ford Truck, 1% ton, first
class shape. Price $140.00.
Will take mule in on trade.
John Bruno.
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NOTICE
In as much as Mr. E.C. Smith
" is no longer in our employ, any
! inquiries or information rela-
tive to Ferris Farm should be
taken up with
D. B. Lawson, Agent Geo. C.
Davis, Box 307, Rusk, Texas.
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Bring Us Your
Shoe
Repairing
All of our work is done
by hand and guaranteed
to please you.
Mens' Sotes 75c
Mens' Heels 36c
Ladies' Soles 95c
Ladies' Leather Taps ...15c
Ladies' Rubber Taps.. .26c
AND ALL OTHER WORK
IN PROPORTION
J.H). Sartain
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MSUREYOURPROPERTY
Ag*i"*t
FIRE. WINDSTORM, HAIL,
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
PUBLIC LIABILITY,
PROPERTY DAMAGE, BONDS.
Your P*trOn*t< Apprwciatod
). C. ERW1W
Phon* 90
A!to, Ttxn
Cherokee county is now
functioning under the newly-
elected officials who were the
people's choice in the last July
and August primaries. Many-
new faces will greet the cit-
izenship when they go to the
courthouse to transact county
business.
In the District court, the
county will have no change,
and District Judge Brazil, Dis-
trict Attorney Emerson Stone
and District Clerk A. M. Vining
are now on the job in court at
Rusk <in the usual manner.
The county court will have
a new Judge in the person of
Frank Devereux, Jr., who is a
very promising young attorney
and his friends of the county
are predicting a very success-
ful term for him In the office
of County Jpdge.
Young J. W. Chandler, Jr„
has assumed the office as
County Attorney and is now
pltanning out his schedule to
meet at the various Justice
courts over the county. Mr.
Chandler is a young man full
of promise, and as the years
roll on we are going to hear
more of this ambitious young
fellow.
J. A. Smith, successful can-
didate for Sheriff, took the
oath of office and is now get-
ting his "bearings" we believe
jwHS^lo his vtmrint to see that
Cherokee county gets the laws
enforced as they should be. He
says there ig plenty of work to
be done in Cherokee county,
and he expects to be on the
job twenty-four hours a day.
Locally, we hold our same
old reliable County Commis-
sioner *in B. M. Ray, Justice of
the Peace. H. V. Sitton and
Constable Dock Black, but we
get a new Public Weigher in
Bill Crosby, Wilmer Rqzelle re-
tiring back to the farm.
It is a significant fact that
every man elected to office in
the past primaries amd genera?
election in Cherokee county
were young fellows, most of
whom never held public office
before. This is a valuable thing
for* the office which they hold.
Being their first public en-
deavor, they are going to do
their best to make good, and
without a single exception, we
believe they, will make the
grade.
Charles Decker returned to
State University at Austin Sun-
day, after spending the holi-
days here with his parents, Mr.
and Mt*s. E. M. Decker. Mr.
and Mrs. Decker accompanied
him to Jacksonville.
Lights Tested
We have been appointed as an authorized Light
Testing Station in Aito. Bring your car here and !et
us test your !ights. Yon mMst have a tight receipt
be/ore yon can register yonr car.
TEXACO GAS AND OILS; NONE BETTER
Brooks & Pearman Garage
THONE 236
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1933, newspaper, January 5, 1933; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214655/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.