The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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Grigina.'iy Established February 27. 1850.
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY TEX AS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 193?
VOLUME 13 No. 34
TOMORROW WILL BE THIS PAPERS 83 rd. BIRTHDAY
JMItS I. PERKINS GIVES IIHIIIT1
ON THE ROAD BOND ISSUE
Btlieving that a large number of
the people in Road District Number
1 wo and what is better known as
the Rusk Road District of Cherokee
icunty are not familiar with the high -
way Bond Issue and the plans that
the Road Committee is trying to ac-
complish I am writting this letter.
Havirg believed that the money is
:mo:-t all of the past Road Bond 1 -
rues in Cherokee county, as well as
numbers of other counties and dis-
tricts in
we will spend one dollar out of six
which is far less than wc- had hoped or
thought we would get when we voted
the bonds.
But unless the people of this Road
District help the public spirited citi-
zens in getting the right of way for
ti'.ese highways, and we are glad to
say, that approximately sixty five
per ccnt has been donated up to this
time, free of cost, except fencing,
where fenced, we will be unable to
JUDGE B.B. PERKINE
ADDRESSES KIWANI8
CLUB TODAY
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Tesxas, has been to a great complete this road project and Rusk!
(/<tent wasted and that the tux pay
"11, has rot received his money's worth
Ibid we tried in the beginning to
avoid as far as possible the mistakes
made in the past both in the.issu-
ance an sale of bonds and also ir.
the building of roads. Profiting by
the experience of Smith county and
also by the system used in the. Jack-
renvi .e Road District, it was agreed
by the Commissioners Court of
Cherokee county and the proponents
of the Road Bond Issue that imme-
diately upon the election being voted
favorably for the issuance of the road
' -nds that a Citizens Committee
should be named at a mass meeting
of the citizen> of said road district
h( Id at the Court House in Rusk
Texas. That this committee by a pro-
per order of the Commissioners
Court of Cherokee county be given
fill'; charge of the issuance and sale
of the Road Bonds, as well a? the lo-
cation, and designation of all high-
ways and roads upon which this
money was to be spent and the a-
mour.t on each and, in fact, full
W""charge of the same. This Committee
/\ to start with was composed of the
following citizens of the Road Dis-
trict; Frank B. Guinn, James I Per-
kins, Jas. L. Summers, M. L. Bolton,
R. Gregg, W. T. Norman, Dudley
Lawson, Thos. H. Cobble and E. B.
SneJiing, and this committee was
made self perpetuating; that is, in the
cver.ti of the death, or resignation of
ary of its members, the remaining
committeemen would have the right
select his successor, which was in
cordance with the mandate of the
voters at said election.
I do not believe that there has ever
been a Bond Issue of this size to-
geth
'.he m_
there has not been one dollar paid
*• any of its members for the months
of work performed by them, and this
.'so include? the drawing of all orders
in connection with the formation of
Road District, ordering bond elec-
tion, the preparation of the Borul
)Otdors', the sale of Bonds and every-
tion with the handling
Bond Issue by the corn-
tee which under ordinary condi-
tions would have cost, the taxpayers
of this District thousands of dollars.
The first one hundred and twenty five
housand dollars, beintg one half of
se bonds, were sold at par; when
same bonds are now being offer
E.
B.
to
■acec
will only get possibly four paved j
loads. We will probably not be able |
.o build the Troup and Grapeland I
roads which will certairily be a cala-!
mity to the furture of Rusk and will j
be a lost, to every citizen, of Rusk, it
matters not whether he is a business
ness man, a professional man or a
laborer. It is 'like the old story of
killing the goose and not hereafter
receiving the golden eggs to demand
the little money that can be gotten
for a right of way that willl double
and thrible the value of the property
through which it passes.
Harris county, one of the richest
counties in Texas., only has had to
pay for four per cent of the right of
way for its highways. I am informed
that when Rusk county was building
its highways and public roads a few
years ao hat it only paid out a total
of seventy five dollars for several
hundred miles of right of way, and
that it is customary now in Rusk
when land is condemned to allow ore
dollar to the land owner, the people
realizing that the increased value of
an improved highway more than off-
sets any possible damage to the land.
Some people do not know that the
local Road District has to pay for, en.
t'rely at its own cost, and deliver
Today at the Kiwanis Olub Judge
B. B. Perkins will deliver an address
on Texas Independance, which will be
the main feature of the program.
Judge Perkins is wcfll known as an
able and interesting speaker and a.-
ways in demand for occasions like
th's and the club is fortunate to have
in its membership such speakers as
he is.
Last Friday Miss Robert Leake was ,
the main speaker and gave a most |
interesting and instructive add res- j
•about the George Washington Bicen-
tennial. '
Miss Frances Cobble gave a read-
ing and Mr. Van Mogan a violin
solo. i
FARM M FOR 1932 CROP IS
SCHOOL TO SEE PICTURE
IN BODY
The entire High School of Iron
Hill will attend in a body to see the
picture "Way Back Home" Friday
evening at the Texas Theatre. To ac-
comodate the great crowds expected
there will be two shows at the Friday
matinee at 2 and 3;45 o'clock, also
there will be two shows Friday night,
the first; beginning at 7. 2000 is the
goal set and the number will probably
be reached, stated Rev. Jackson.
ALTO HIGH SCHOOL TO
GIVE PLAY
R. CHILDS UNDERGOES
OPERATION
Renfred Chiflds, manager of the;
Childs Food Store, submitted to an j
operation for appendicitis last week.1
Mr. Childs stood the operation so well
and is recovering so rapidly that ho :
is expected to be /able to return to his
home within the next few days.
Students of the Alto High School
will give a play "Getting Father Mar-
ried" at the Astor Theatre following
first show this evening. This will
be the first time the student- of our
neighboring city have put on a play
here and should be well attended by
the people of Rusk.
RUSK DEFEATS ATHENS 34—33
free to the/ state, every foot of right
of way. That neither the state nor the
Federal Government pay one dime of
the cost of the right of way. When j
you reatlize that, you can see howl
much a few thousand dollars taken!
from us, for right of way, will do-'
prive us of when it is multiplied by i
six.
We are taking a great deall of our
time with out pay and we want to
' I
i a Bond Issue of this size o a voa,| system that will forever!
er with the work performed iy ma|.0 jjus]{ |5y bolting it down by six j
members of this committee, whero 2 ibbons of pavement to the outside'
Kror nnc Hollar Dflid > n-i . 11 '
turners, tne sait?
« Vthivir in connecti
r *7 i this Road Bor
th<. .•
the
od by their holders at eighty two rents
on the dollar, the balance of these
bonds we hope to get the State high-
way commission to take at par or we
will hold them until we do.
What the committee hopes and is
triving to do is to build six oave'i
highways out of Rusk, as follows:
One to Maydelle and Palestine, one
to Reklaw and Mt. Enterprise, one to
Summer field and Troup, one to Alto,
one to Fastrill and Grapeland, and
the new highway to Jacksonville. This
will be one more than Jacksonville
ha.s and shq has four hundred thous-
and dollars to spend and her citizens
gave practically all of the right cf
way for their five highways and we
only have two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to hulid. if possible,
six out of Rusk and a total mileage
of approximately seventy miles of
paved highways. Judge Ely chairman
of the State Highway Commission,
estimated that it cost twenty thous-
and dollars per mile to build and com
plete with a three course treatment
of Asphalt pavement of the type of
High we are building. This will
make atotal cost of one million four
hundred thousand doltars for building
our paved highways out of Rusk and
world. Then we can all make some i
montj and have confidence in the
future of Rusk knowing that it will
never be passed up by the traveling
public. We have suffered in the past
by our high hills that surround us,
preventing the building of main lines!
of Railroads and now we can over-|
come this disadvantage by this fine J
system of highways that will pierce!
each sesctor of territory that sur- j
rounds Rusk like the spokes of aj
wheel. We cannot do this by our-
selves, and we hope that we will have j
the cooperation of every public citi-
zen of this road district after they un-
derstand these facts. We have tried
to hamfle this Bond Issue with less
waste than any one ever before had
in this county and every item of ex-
pense is open for inspection. We are
giving days and months of our time
absolutely free and all that we as!;
for is your help on a project that is
just as much yours as it is any one's
that is on this committee. When you j
give us this and when these road?
are finished, we can all be proud, not
only among ourselves, but when we j
bring in our visitors and our old time j
residents for we can proudly say to:
them:
"Here is a road system built by
men who in superintending it used
every available dollar in its building
without one dollars pay for them-
selves; it is built like the very best
and most improved highways, and
strictly in accordance with the best
engineering; without bias or favor to-
wards any man,"
Then we wild be proud.
Very truly yours,
James I. Perkins.
THE EIGHTH WEEK OF
DISTRICT COURT
This has been a busy week in the
court. Some of the cases disposed of
are as follows:
The State of Texas vs. Raymond
Haws, Arson, hung jury.
The State of Texas vs. G. R.
Young, Robbery, by putting in fear of
life or injury, plea of guilty, five
years.
The State of Texas vs. Lena John-
son, forgery, plea of guilty, three
years.
The State of Texas vs. Buster
Ward, Robbery with fire arms, plea
of guilty, five years.
The State of Texas vs. Erwin Til-
ley, plea of guilty of possessing liq-
uor for the purpose of sale, one year
suspended sentence.
Cases on trial Thursday are J. L.
Summers vs. Mrs. Reece Wallace,
land suit.
Exparte Docie Harris, removal of |
disabilities as minor.
Jury commissioners selected to
draw Grand Jury and Petit Juries for
next regular terms to convene June|
20, 1932 are: J. T. Bedsole, Forrest
Texas; R. R. Barnas, Alto; A. R.
Odom, Rusk; IToke Peacock, Jackson-
ville; Jim Brown, Ponta.
Rusk High basket ball team proved
themselves to be one of the out stand-
ing teams in East Texas, when they
defeated the Athens Hornets by a
score of 34 to 33.
The widely famed Hornets, three
time state champions and national
champions for two years, were elimi-
nated in the semi-finals of this dis-
trict in Nacogdoches last Friday
evening at the district tournament.
Rusk, by exceptionally fine play-
ing ami-team work defeated Hender-
son but owing to the number of
games they were called upon to plav
and the lack of substitutes they were
not able to down the Nacogdoches
team and win the district champion-
ship— this year.
Bruce Swan was high point man
for the games with his four team
mates Carroll Bickerstaff Cotton
Allen, Herndon Payne and Jack Kel-
vin were mentioned as ail district
players.
ASTOR THEATRE TO HOLD
MERCHANTS GIFT NIGHT
An act of congress was appoved
January 22, 1932, entitled, "An Act
to provide emergency financing facil-
ities for financial institutions, to aid
in financing agriculture, commerce,
and industry, and for other purpose1.'
Loans for crop production will be
made in the several States of the
United States where the Secretary of
Agriculture has determined that an
an emergency exists as a result of
which farmers are unable to obtain
loans for crop production during the
year 1932 from any other sources.
These loans may be made to such in-
dividuals- in such States as are found
by the Secretary of Agriculture to
have acreage fit for seeding and who
are without means to purchase the
supplies necessary for crop produc-
tion during the year 1932.
No loans for crop production in
1932 wifl be made to any applicant
in excess of $400. The total amount
of loans to the tenants of any one
land owner in a single county shall
rot exceed $1,600. Loans for crop
production in counties where fertili-
zer is not commonly used will be
made at rates per acre based on the
approximate cost of the supplies re-
quired, but in no case in excess of
$12.00 per acre. Loans for the pur-
chase of fertilizer will be made only
in those counties where its use is
deemed necessary by the representa-
tives of the Department of Agricul-
ture. Loans in such counties will be
based on the approximate' cost of all
the supplia# necessary for crop pro-
duction, including fertilizer, but in
no case in excess of a total amount of
$6.00 per acre, except for tobacco, on
which the maximum rate is $10.00
per acre, and truck crops, including
potatoes and sweet potatoes, on which
the maximum rate is $20.00 per acre.
E. S. ERWIN
COUNTY SIR
An unsolicited and unexpected
honor has come to our county Supt.
E. S. Erwin through the State De-
partment of Education at Austin.
G. T. Bludworth, Special Rural School
Agent.
The Department of Education had
been asked to select two outstanding-
Superintendents from the state who
would be given scholarships for a
short term of special work at Pea-
body College, Nashville Tenn. this
summer. Mr. Bludworth stated in his
letter to Mr. Erwin., in notifying him
that ho was chosen as follows: I hope
you will understand that these scho-
larships are offered me and they
themselves say that I may select in
exceptional superintendent from the
standpoint of: (1) training, (2) abili-
ty, (3) attitude toward the whoie
program of education in your county
Patrons of Cherokee cunty have a
right to be proud that our county
superintendent was one of the two
in the state chosen.
MRS. T. T. STEWART
CALLED IN DEATH
Mrs. T. T. Sewart who has m.u!c
her home with her daughter Mrs. E.
H. Hudnell, passed away Feb. 19th
after an illness of several weeks.
Mre. Stewart was a little more
than 84 years of age and very ac-
tive until about three years ago when
sl.e felll and broke her hip. Since that
time she has been confined to her
chair but was always cheerful and
well until a few weeks ago.
One of her friends, in speaking of
her, said she was one of the most
deeply spiritual women ever known
N'ot to exceed $1.00 per acre of loans anc' that this spirituality was evinced
for crop production made at anv of 'n ^er thoughtl ulness., kindliness and
friendliness at aM times to all people.
She had been a Christain sin.a
Arrangements have been made
With the management of the Astor
Theatre to hold a merchants gift nite
every Saturday at 8p. m. Many valu-
able gifts will be given away free by
the following merchants.
Moseley Drug Store, Fitts Electric
Misses Ellen Regan, Evelyn Grani-
mer were visitors in Palestine Thurs-
day.
To Grease and . .
Lubricate a Car .
... It is necessaroto use the following diff-
erent greases:
Wheel Bearing
Chassis
Universal Joint
Water Pump
Transmission
Penetrating Oil
Steering Gear
A Separate "Gun" for Each Grease is used.
All of these are used when your car is greased at
the Ford Station. If car is washed, we clean the
motor at no extra charge.
Batteries Recharged $1.00
Try Us For a
Wash and Grease Job
Ford Service Station
We also have the low price Gasoline
the foregoing rates on the acreage of
crops included in tne mortgage or
crop lion given to the Secretary f early in life and a member of the
Agriculture as hereinafter provided' Presbyterian Church.
may be used for repairs and misce!- 'eavea a son R. P. Stewart and
lareous expences of crop production two daughters, Mrs, D. E. Hudneil
other than seed, fertiliser, feed for and Mrs- John Johnson.
work stock, and fuel and oil for trac-1 The iuneial seivices were conduct-
tor '. used in production of erons. in j et' by Rev. Monroe, a life lona;
addition to the foregoing loans will 1>, | friend. interment at the Salem
made in amounts no to exceed $2,00 cemeterv under the direction of the
per acrq for the purchase of mater- " • "•
als for spraying and ust'rg to protect at - I'-
cotton and tobacco from insects und
Wallace Undertaking Co. at
m. Feb 19th.
plant diseases; $4.00 per acre for
spraying and dusting truck crops; and
$25.00 per acre for fertilizer and
spraying and dusting material for
bearing fruit trees and vegetables.
The right is reserved to make loans at
i ates lower trail the foregoing maxi-
mum allowances. Applicants must
"gree to use seed and methods ap-
nroved by tre Department of Agricul-
ture through its local representatives.
Applicants must also agree to plant a
parden for home use and a sufficient
acreage of feed crops to supply feed
for their livestock.
No loans will be made to any appli-
cant who has a means of livelihood
other than farming, nor to a minor,
nor to any applicant who did not oper-
ate a farm in 1931.
No loans will be made to any indivi-
dual or to te tenants or share crop-
pers of any landlord to finance or as-
sist in financing the planting of an
acreage of cotton or tobacco in ex-
cess of 65 per cent of the acreage f
such crops planted by individuals or
by the tenants or share croppers of
sucr landlord in the spring of 1931,
and urtless such individual or landlord
agrees that he will have no interest
whatsoever in any such crop in ex-
cess of 65 per cent of the acreage of
such crops to which he had an interest
in 1931.
Provided that the foregoing shall m>*
rpp'r t" the farmer, tenant or shaTC
cropper who, in 1931. planted no*
(continued on page 8)
P. T A. MEETING
Perhaps, not r;rce its organization
has the P. T. A. been so well attend-
ed, the programs so interesting and
well planned as this year.
The patrons of the school are show-
ing great interest in all of the plans
and meetings.
March 3rd will be the regular time
for another interesting meeting. The
children fom Mrs. Caywood's room
will give the progran^ except the
main feature will be an address by
Dr. George Frances on the care oi
the teeth.
THE CITY FEDERATION
Co.. Geo. White, Dry Goods Store,
Pander- Jewelry Store and the Ford
Service Station.
Thesd gift nights will continue for
a period of four wrecks.
The Study Club was hostess to the
City Federation at a most delightful
luncheon at the charming home of
Mr. and Mrs. Summers A. Norman
last Tuesday at one o'clock.
During the luncheon little Joan
Copeland gave several readings, after
whier a business, session was held.
The most important item, perhaps,
was the report of a committee that
the Commissioners Court had given
the club permission to use the old
clerks office in the north east corner
of the square which can be easily be
made into an ideal club room. The
clubs composing the membership of
the Federation Club will share in the
expenses of renovating and improving
the room. Prrtectng the shrubs that
the club recently bad placed on the
Court House lawn was dismissed and
a committee appointed to provide for
their protection.
The luncheon was served by the
young ladies of the Peshytorinn
church
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Ward, Pearl L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1932, newspaper, February 26, 1932; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291528/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.