The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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The Rusk Cherokeean
WITH WHICH IS CONSOLIDATED THE PRESS-JOURNAL
Originally Established February 27, 1850.
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS. TIIt'HSD \Y, 0<T 2
WORKING FOR A GREATER RUSK AND A MORE PROSPEROUS CHEROKTE CO" J NT Y
VOL. 0. So. 19
T. C. & It. CO. MEETING
The annual meeting of the of-
ficials and directors of the Tex-
as Crate & Basket Company was
h id a - the local offices, Tuesday,
October 18th.
The present board of directors
and other officials were re-elected.
The liiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30th., was very satisfactory,
and prospects for the continued
growth of this institution are en-
couraging.
Among those attending the
meeting were the following:
E. B. Hayes of Marshall, Pres-
^kident: W. C Tierce, of Marshall,
(^Treasurer; Hobart Key. of Mar-
shall, Secretary; A. M. Cleveland
Plymouth, Ind., Vice President;
A. C. Adams, of Jacksonville, Al-
bert Tierce, of Marshall, Walter
Verhalen. of Dallas
JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT
VOTES ROAD SONDS
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COTTONBELT PROPOSES
A RADICAL CHANGE
'RUSK INDIANS 13
BURLESON
COLLEGE REPOJtT W KONG
Our informant who gave us the
figures on the Rusk Colletre en-
rollment, last week got a little oil'
his calculations.
The records up to 4 p. m., Fri-
day showed a registration of six-
teen more than all last year, and
a total of 172, with no duplicat-i
ions.
At the special election held
in the Jacksonville Road Dis-
trict, last Thursday, to vote on
(he proposition of issuing $300,
000.00 in municipal bonds, for
thf> purpose of aiding in the
construction of paved roads on
the designated highways, the
bond carried by a vote of exact-
ly four to one.
This was a great victory for
the progressive people of that
section, who have strongly fav-
ored and voted for both the
county-wide propositions, and
they displayed their progres-
sive spirit when the question
came right down to home to
them.
We understand that the
bonds have already been sold,
or contracted and that work
will begin as soon as possible.
With this bond issue and the
aid from the State and Federal
governments, this will give
them a million and a half dol-
lars, which should give them
paved roads second to none in
East Texas, and while other
parts of the county will still be
swallowing the dust and miring
in the mud and bumping again-
st the tops of the cars, we are
all proud of the achievements
and enterprise of the people in
favored district.
™ ASTOR THEATRE
"Where Everybody Goes"
Oct. 24th :: Next Week :: Oct. 29th
MONDAY-TUESDAY
OCT. 24TH-25TK
THOMAS MEiGHAN
IN
&
We're All Gamblers
A ' Natural" If There Ever was One.
with
Paramount News and Cartoon
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WEDNESDAY
OCT. 26TH
—LEW CODY-
RENE ADOREE
IN
ON ZE BOULEVARD'
Containg all the Spicy Allure of "Gay Paree."
Also, Chapter 5, "Melting Millions."
THURSDAY FRIDAY
OCT 27TH 28TH
CLARA BOW—
Esther Ralston
Co-Starred in
"Children of Divorce"
A Startling Expose of Modern Divorce
Evils among the Rich, Smart set.
I.
SATURDAY OCT. 29TH
BUCK JONES
Sweeping into Town with another Western thriller
"HILLS Of PERIL"
Also, COMEDY and NEWS REEL
$500 CASHPRIZE $5.00
The NEW CITY BAKERY offers $5.00 to the
person suggesting the most appropriate name for
itsjnew Bread. It costs nothing to suggest a name.
Just hand it rn at the Astor Theatre. The manag-
ers of t':e Bakery and Theatre are to be the judges
The St. Louis & Southwest-
ern Railway Company has
made application to the State
Railroad Commission for per-
mission to discontinue its pas-
senger train service on what is
known as the Tyler-Lufkin di-
vision, the line til at runs
through Rusk.
The contention of the com-
pany, and its position is no
doubt well taken, In., the
passenger service on this piece
of road lias bee:;: operated at a
Ir s- for some time Miai mat the
deficiency is constantly in-
creasing, with n > prospect of a
change for the better.
It is a well established rule
r,f law in dealing with public
utilities, that they can not be
required to operate any indus-
try at a lo.-si, and this is only
just and equitable, but it does
not follow that because a
particular featre. or unit, of
the enterprise may be losing,
where other branches and de-
partments are prosperous and
profit producing, they be al-
lowed to abandon the unprof-
itable feature and confine
themselves to the revenue
branch. To illustrate, if it is
shown that the operation of the
road as a whole, that is the
combined freight and passen-
ger business taken together, is
making a profit, it might be
that the Commission would re-
fuse the request. Those ques-
tions will probably all b*.
threshed out when the question
is up for consideration.
In lieu of the proposed aban-
donment. which the company
claims is made necessary by the
infringement of the buslines on
their passenger business, they
propose to put on a first-class.
bus line service to serve the j
territory effected, which will
be equipped for handling pas-'
c-tigers, baggage, expre- and
mail, the same to make four
1 'ips each way, every day, to
stop at the depots, where tick-
ets will be sold and baggage
checked, at all principle points j
in the towns and cities effected.
If this proposition is carried
out and lived up to fully the |
ti;>veling public will suffer no,
inconvenience, in fact, it will
lie given a far better service!
than is rendered under the;
present plan and schedule.
The great objection seem- to
be that the people along the!
line regard it as a great reflec-i
tion upon the communities
served to have the public know
that a railroad of importance
running through their section
cannot afford to operate a pas-
senger-train. and this is true in
an abstract sense, but really,
1] " people have no ope lui'
themselves to blame, as 'they
insist upon patronizing the
busses in preference to the
trains. Furthermore, the kind
of service now rendered is far
from standard, being operated
by a gasoline engine and com-
bination car, with little or no
more facilities or dignity ot
service than is afforded by the
average bus line, and is almost
as much of a joke as that of no
service.
Above all. the railroads are
entitled to the business now
going to these foreign bus lines.
They pay a goodly per cent of
the taxes in every incorporated
town, school district and county
through which they run, and
without il we woul^l be sorely
pressed for money to operate
our public institutions. The
bus lines, on (he other hand,
pay no taxes except where they
have headquarters, and they do
more damage to the roads than
all the auto traffic that runs
over them, and want the light-
of-way whereever they are
operating. They are an injus-
tice to the people and the tax-
payers and any movement that
tends to curtail their usurpa-
tions should be heralded with
delight.
Rusk makes one move neari;
conference championship by
eliminating team regarded
as one of strongest
contenders.
Automobile Accidents
Mar fhe Sabbath Day
r.PENCER.CLEMMONS
TO BE ABANDONED
Mrs. 1. R. Aufrieht and son,
Dillie, went to Sweewater, yes-
terday having been called by the
serious illness of Mrs. Aufricht's
father.
The Burleson College Bruins
accompanied by about one hun-
dred fans: came to Rusk last
Friday, confident of victory
over the Rusk Indians, but
after the smoke of the battle
cleared up, a surprised and wis-
er crowd started on their long
two hundred mile journey to
carry the sad news home.
Practically every business
house in Rusk closed up for
this first game at home, and by
three o'clock a big crowd had
gathered at Rusk College
Field. The Rusk College stj-
dents filled up the west side
bleachers with their band and
when the refrees whistle blew
for the kickoff everything was
set.
Rusk kicked off, Burleson
returning the ball to their thir-
ty yard line. Rusk held for
three downs and Burleson kick-
ed, Tabb returning the ball ten
yards. On the third down Rusk
punted to Burlesons 15 yard
line, where Burleson's safety
fumbled, Rusk recovering.
Rusk made first down on Bur-
leson's 5 yard line. In two
plays Ralph Jones carried the
ball over for a touchdown.
Tabb kicked goal. Rusk had
scored in less than five minutes
and the game looked easy. The
balance of the first half was a
see-saw affair played in the
middle of the field. Frequent
punts were made and both
Rusk and Burleson made sub-
stantial gains until the thirty
yard was reached and then the
defense tightened up.
If the game looked easy in
the b< in .wig Burleson came
back in the second half to dis-
pel any idea of this kind. Byrd
playing halt for the Bruins and
Ramsey playing full, made
gains almost at will through
Rusk's line using a simple de-
layed buck. Byrd. who was
by far the outstanding offen-
sive man of the game, frequent-
ly took the ball for ten, fifteen
and twenty yards on this tackle
play. Early in the third quar-
ter Burleson carried the ball to
Rusk's five yard line but here
Rusk's line stiffened. Modesett
kicked out of danger. Burleson
attempted a long pass "and in
trying to knock the pass down
Spinks fell and a Burleson end
fell over Rim. Rusk was pen-
alized for interference and
'ure the officials pulled the
prize "bone" of the game by
penalizing fifteen yards from
the place of the foul. Rusk
held and the ball went over
but Rusk tumbled on the first
play and Burleson recovered.
Burleson carried the ball over
for a touchdown in six plays.
Goal was kicked and the score
was seven-seven. Burleson con-
tinued strong.
With two minutes to play
Burleson kicked to Bivins who
took the ball on his twenty-five
yard line, Side stepped two
Burleson ends, gut to the side
line and wove his way through
the entire Burleson team for
seventy-five yards and a touch-
down. A run like this is seen
about once in five seasons and
was one of the cleverest pieces
of broken field running ever
seen on Rusk field. Goal was
missed and the game ended 13
to 7. with Burleson trying fran-
tically to complete a pass.
Byrd for Burleson was the
most consistent ground gainer
on the field, with Ralph Jones
of Rusk, a close second. Spinks
playing end for Rusk, played a
great defensive game and was
on the receiving end of a pass
that carried the ball into Bur
leson territory just before Biv-
ins made his run. .Captain
Frio Davis, playing center for
Rusk, played one of the great-
est defensive games ever seen.
lb1 was in every play and time
after time smeared up Burleson
plays behind their line.
One traveling between here and
Oakland, 4 miles out on the Jack-
sonville road, last Sunday even-
ing, would have thought that they
were traversing the roads leading
from the battlefields, or been viv-
idly reminded of accounts of the
historic encounter at Lookout
Mountain, except that it seemed
that somebody had not been look-
ing out all the time No le<s than
three separate and distinct auto-
mobile accidents were staged on
that short strip of road between
late that evening and early Tues-
day morning,
The first reported was that in
which a Ford touring ear driven
by Austin Woodell of Oakland,
jammed into A. Ford's six cylin-
der Studebaker, occupied by Mrs.
Ford and the Misses Bevihe, of
| this city. The only injuries sus
tained were a severely laceratcd
I hand of the young man, by its be-
ing forced through the windshield.
| The Ford was badly damaged.but
Studebaker got off with a dent in
the side.
The second accident invo'lved
R. M. Sharp, of Dialville, who
was headed for Rusk, and while
coming down the hill near the O.
S. Beall place, the lights on his
Ford went eut and the driver not
being able to see let the car run
off the bridge at the foot of the
hill The auto struck on its top,
and was completely wrecked, but
fortunately the occupant escaped
with a broken arm.
The accfdent of Tuesday morn-
ing was perhaps the most excit-
ing if not thrilling, wherein an el
derly gentleman whose name was
not learned, was driving a Ford
touring car and as he approached
that dangerous curve at Oakland
undertook to and did pass a big
Crysler that was~oing some. The
I Rock salt was struck in Spen-
| cer-Clemmons well No'. 2 Sat-
I urday, and the Ilunible Com-
pany announces that the well
will be abandoned. Previous
to drilling this well Spencer-
Glemmons No. 1 was aban-
doned for the same reason. A
new location for the rig em-
ployed at No. 2 has not been
made, but probably will be
within a few days. Spencer-
Clemmons No. 2 was located
about two miles from the Carey
Lake operations.
Everything is quiet at Elliot'-
Clark No. 2. Casing has been
set and cemented preparatory
to further coring and drilling.
The company announced that
it is undecided as to when drill-
ing will be resumed in this well.
The dry sand encountered las'
week seems to be puzzling the
officials and employes.
Earle-Ragsdale No. 3 is drill-
ing below 2000 feet.—Jack-
sonville Progress.
Mr. and Mrs. I). M. Moselev
have been in Dallas all this week,
They have been selecting their
holiday goods, and Mr. Moseley
has been consulting a specialist,
relative his physical condition,
his health having beeu consider-
ably impaired the past two or
three months.
driver of the Ford lost control of
his car and it cut up something
awful and when it finally stopped
was headed for Jacksonville, but
showing no disposition to go any-
where. The driver sustained a
broken shoulder blade, two frac
tured ribs and no telling what all,
but accompanied by his lady com-
panion, who received no injury
except a scratch on the face, he
went on to Lufkin. The injured
man said that the Crysler seemed
to making about sixty five miles
per hour, but had it been seventy
five he would have passed it just
the same.
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CAR
WATCH!
For the announcement of the
New Model Ford
It Will Pay You
Coming Soon
PARRISH, FORREST & WILLIAMS
Authorized Ford Dealers
The Big Filling Station on the Corner
OPEN DAY ANf) NIGH I
District Clerk A. M. Yining
has been quite ill this week.
FISH and OYSTERS
Our Fish and Oyster Department is r,< w
open for the Reason and you can get
just what you want any day and every
day until next Spring.
Orange Crush Bottling Co.
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Ward, H. O. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1927, newspaper, October 20, 1927; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291330/m1/1/: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.