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VOLUME 10
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1938
NUMBER 49
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ETEX GROWERS
TOMATOES TO
MEETJULY 5TH
TO CONSIDER MARKETING
AGREEMENTS FOR NEXT„
YEARS CROP %
A night meeting of all county
agents in the tomato growing area to-
gether with leading tomato growers
from their respective counties will be
held the night of July 5 at city hall
in Jacksonville, it was announced this
iweek to consider the matter of mar-
keting agreements on tomatoees for
1939. Shipper are also asked to at-
tend.
It is the opinion of officials of the
Federal Surplus Commodities Com-
mission that unless a marketing
agreement plan is worked out, the
price difficulties of this year will be
an annual affair and it will each year
be necessary for growers to sacrifice
their crop at surplus commodity prices
as was the case this year or take the
prica they will bring on the open mar-
ket with a surplus flooding the mar-
ket.
Another matter that will be discuss-
ed at the July 5 meeting is the pro-
posed law prohibiting the placing of
cuil tomatoes on the market.
Shareholders Get
Dividend Payments
The Shareholders of the First Fed-
eral Savings and Loan Association of
Rusk are today receiving their divi-
dend checks covering the period of
from January 1st through June 30th,
1938, which was declared on June
17th, by the Board of Directors of
the First Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Rusk payable on this
date.
This dividend amounts to $7,608.31
for said six months period and goes
to numerous local citizens of Rusk
and this section.
All investments in this Association
are fully insured by the Federal Sav-
in*,* and Loan Insurance Association
Corporation, of Washington, D. C.
which is an instrumentality of the
Federal Government to the extent of
$5,000.00 on each individual account
and anyone can invest any amount
from as low as fifty cents per month
in this Associaton and receive full
protection of Federal Insurance.
Pointing to the steady growth of
insured savings and l^an 'associa-
tions in Texas, Nugent Fallon, Gen-
eral Manager of the Federal Savings
and Loan Insurance Corporation, ur-
ges people to keep their savings at
home invested in their own commun-
ity thrift and home-financing insti-
tutions. t
"The development of Texas and
any other state can easily utilize the
savings of the people for hundreds
of years to come," he said. " Local
insured associations have ample fa-
cilities to assist people in saving
money safely and for the financing
of home ownership."
One hundred and nineteen associa-
tions in Texas having assets of $73.-
400,000 now protect savings invested
in them up to $5,000 per investor.
During the past 12 months these as-
sociations report savings have de-
creased $14,300,000. Direct reduction
home loans made by them were up
$6,GOO,OCO in the same period.
Insured associations in Texas are
located in Alice, Amarillo, Athens,
Atlanta, Austin, Bay City, Beaumont
Beeville, Bel ton, Big Spring, Breck-
enridge, Brownsville, Brownwood,
Childress, Colorado, Columbus, Com-
merce, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Cor-
sicana, Crockett, Cuero, Dalhart, Del
Rio, Dallas, Denison, Denton, El Paso
Electra, Fredericksburg, Garland,
Gladewater, Goose Creek, Graham,
Givsetxvi^le) Hemdor^on, Hillsboro*
Jasper, Kerrville, Kilgore, Lamesa,
Lampasas ( Laredo, Liberty, Long-
view, Lubbock, Lufkin, Luling, Mar-
shall, McAllen, McKinney, Mexia,
Midland, Mineola, Nacogdoches, Nav-
asota, New Braunfels, Olney, Orange
Pampa, Paris, Pecos, Quanah, Rang-
er, Rosenberg, Rusk, Houston, Gal-
veston, San Angelo, San Antonio,
San Marcos, Sherman, Smithville,«
Stamford, Sweetwater, Temple, Ter-
rell, Texarkana, Uvalde, Vernon, Vic-
toria, Waco. Waxahachie, Wichita
Falls, Yoakum, Bryan, Abilene, Fort
Worth, Georgetown, Jacksonville,
Mesquite, Mineral Wells, Plainview,
Seguin, Tyler, Weatherford and
Winnsboro.
TOSH-TEN EY
Miss Willie Tosh of Rusk and H.
L. Teney of Houston were quietly
married, June 16 at Sacred Heart
Church, in Houston.
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Mother's Quick Thinking And Courage
Saves The Life Of Her Baby Girl
BROWN
Brown To Speak
Here July 9
H. T. (Henry) Brown, Representa-
tive in this district in Cherokee
county, and candidate for re-election,
will speak in Rusk at 3:00 Saturday
afternoon, July 9.
Mr. Brown stated that he expected
to present his candidacy to the voters
of the county and discuss issues that
are important to the people of the
state and particularly those that con-
cern Cherokee County.
He stated that he had fulfilled his
duties as Representative to the very
best of his ability, and if returned to
the office, he would continue to do so.
He is asking that all who can to
attend the speaking in order that he
might report what he had done, as
the people gave him the office, and
he believes they should know how he
has fulfilled his obligations to them.
CHURCHES
BAPTIST CHURCH
John A. Williams, Pastor
Regular services at all hours Sun-
day.
. Last Sunday the deacons voted un-
animously to allow the normal
school of music which is to open Ju-
ly 11, to use the Bap.ist Church
building for its sessions.
Little three-year-old Lois Pool
plays happily about the humble farm
home of. her father and mother. Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Pool, a mile west of
Rusk today, the incident of her near-
tragic death of last Tuesday morn-
ing half-forgotten.
A different story with a less hap-
py ending about Lois would have
been printed on this page todav had
she not a quick thir.king and courag-
eous mother. For about ten-thirty
Tuesday morning hei older brother |
went to the well for a bucket cf wat- 1
er. Lois went along. The lid of the |
curb was raised wher. the brother's I
attention was diverted an instant j
The little girl quickly scampered up
the side of the curb with her bare
toes sticking through the cracks and j
plunged over thirty feet into tlhe
nine feet of clod water below.
Fortunately her mother saw the
accident and did the only thing that
there was to do to save the life of
the little girl. Heedless of the fact j
that the well rope was small and old
and the fact that the pully overhead;
was fastened with a single strand of
rusty wire, she grabbed the rope and
slid down to rescue her baby. In her
haste both hands were badly burned
GUS WHITEMAN
METHODIST CHURCH
E. L. Craig, Pastor
Sunday, July 3—Sudnay School at
9:45; Preaching at 11:00, Commun-
ion service; Young People's Meeting
at 7:30; Preaching at 8:00, "Spiritu-
al Neurosis Versus Healthy Exami-
nation".
Monday, July 4—Women's Mis-
sionary Society at 3:15.
Wednesday, July 6—Choir Prac-
tice at 8:00.
Thursday, July 7—Prayer Meeting
at 8:00.
The thoughts and activities of the J
Methodist Church center around the |
revival which begins Sunday, July j
10, and continues two weeks. Plans
are taking shaps for an intensive
campaign. A great evangelistic pas-
tor, Rev. C. A. Long, will bring stir-
ring Evangelistic messages and the
choir under the leadership of Ezell
Murdock will stir our souls with
Gospel Singing. The house will be
artificially cooled and comfortable.
Let us talk and plan for this revival
in earnest.
All who are interested in the suc-
cess of the revival are invited to
attend the prayer meeting next
Thursday night at 8:00. The special
object of the prayer meeting will be
the revival. Will you join us in these
prayers ?
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
M. M. Callaway, Pastor
There will be no worship service
at the Presbyterian Church Sunday
other than Sunday School at 9:45
a. m. The pastor wil be in Houston
where he is to deliver the sermon
for his family reunion.
Auxiliary will hold their meeting
on Monday at four o'clock.
The mid-week service of July six
will be held on the lawn of Mr. and
Mrs. McCluney. The regular month-
ly meeting of the Stewardship Com-
mittee will be held immediately fol-
lowing the prayer service. The pub-
lic is invited to the prayer service.
ELLIS-BANKS
Miss June Ellis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. K. Ellis of Summer-
field, and James Banks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Banks were quietly
married in Lufkin, Friday, June 24.
Atter a short trip to Beaumont and
Port Arthur they returned to Sum-
merfield, where they will make fiheir
home.
They have the best wishes of their
many friends.
Summerfield Plans
A Bisr Celebration
The largest crowd ever to gp.t^.'ei'
in this section of East Texas is ex-
pected in Summerfield on July 4,
when the local Parert-Teacher As-
sociation stages its picnic rodeo, bar-
becue and political rally.
James \. Ferguson, candidate for
G..\trnor, trl Ralph Yarborough,
candidate for Attorney General. have
definitely accepted 'i.vitations to
speak on this program. Nat Patton,
candidate for re-electio.i to the Na-
tional Congress, at least one candi-
date for the office of State Superin-
tendent together with other candi-
dates for state, district and county
offices are invited and expected to
be here.
Lunches, barbecued meats and re-
freshments will be served from the
stands operated by members of the
P. T. A.
Shows will furnish amusement
throughout the day, and the famov?
Smith's rodeo will give two perform-
ances, one in the afternoon and one
at night, featuring the big long horn
steer, Texas Wonder, which has nev-
er been successfully ridden during
the six years he has been with the
show. A premium is being offered to
any rider who will contest him.A
lady steer rider, and Brownie Ford
who has ridden in Madison Square
Garden, along with "Cockle-burr"
Cleaver and other stars will perform
in this event.
The committees in charge are:
Rodeo—Ray Heath, Chairman, Fi-
nis Dotson, S. (Stanley) Greenwood,
H. H. Smith, Dick Tipton, J. D. Dan-
ner, J. A. Dotson, Homer Greenwood,
Charles Gill:
Barbecue—D. T. Musick, E. Smith,
Tom Mack, Clyde Tennison, S. Green-
wood, L. E. Jowell, Joe Darby, W. R.
Murphy, R. Lacy, Weaver Heath,
Clavis Greenwood
Grounds—R. M. Long, Chairman,
Clarence Rector, Alva Tipton, I. M.
Tipton, R. A. Evans, Sid Danner, R.
A. Murphy, Dutch Heath,
Entertainment—Edwlird L. Blan^
sitt, Chairman, Zack W. Taylor, O.
K. Ellis, L. A. Gibson, A. Nortan
Walley, Grady Underwood, Lee
Heath.
Building & Stands—E. Chandler,
Dickson, C. E. Liles, E. L. Mcleod,
W. B. Cowan, Gilbert Brown, Fred
McCowan.
Advertising—Edward L.' Blansitl,
A. Nortan Walley, Bernice Under-
wood, E. Smith, O. K. Ellis, R. C.
Edwards, Foy Johnson, R. H. Casey
Singing School To
Start July 11th
by friction with the rope with great j
patches n her fingers and palms
torn into the flesh. But she was in
time to grab the child as she sank
for the third time. Then holding to
the rope with one bleeding hand she
held the baby above water and di-
rected those above to phone for help.
The Rusk volunteer fire depart-
ment made a quick run to the scene.
Tommy Burk, Ford Station employee
was let down on a stronger rope and
hauled to the surface with the little
girl, wet and shivering but not cry-
ing and with no injuries save a small
bump on the forehead. The rdpe was
lowered a second time and Mrs. Pool
hauled up uninjured save ^for her j
hands.
The father, Ben Pool, was in town Gus Whiteman To
at the time of the near tragedy., _ . _ _
Mrs. Pool thanked those who had I Speak Saturday
rescued her and expressed her ap- j
preciation for the quick response of! Gus Whiteman has announced that
the people of Rusk to the call for he wi„ gpeak hfire in Rusk on the
help. Nearly one hundred were pres- Courthouse g f Saturday after.
ent by the t.me the rescue was com- noon> Ju]y 2 at 3 o,dock Mr whj^
^e , . ' man is going to bring to the voters
Because of tne delay in getting to thc isgueg of the campaign for Re_
a phone, Mrs. Pool estimates that presentativ9. The subject of Mr
she and the little g,rl were in the Whiteman-S talk wi„ be ..who Lai(J
water between thirty and forty nun- the an(] why They Djdn,t
utes- Hatch".
1 Mr. Whiteman has spoken to large
FARMERS PLAN crowds in Alto and in Wells and has
. j j p. a V DirWlP earned the reputation of being a
ALL-L/A I rILINIL j forceful speaker, bringing his re-
DURING JULY marks to the point. Weather perroit-
- ting, it is beleived there will be a
MARKETING AGREEMENTS large crowd in attendance to hear
SUGGESTED TO SOLVE Mr- Whiteman talk here in Rusk.
PRICE PROBLEM _ . . ~ ~ ~
lo Ask Charter ror
The Cherokee County Agricultural | County RE A Ass'n
Association met in Rusk last Satur-j J
day afternoon and outlined plans for 1 j^0 furtl,er developments have been
a county-wide, all-day picnic to be held rnade on the rural electrification pro-
prior to the first primaries at some gj.aln during the past week according
date to be determined. to County Agent C. Metz Heald.
E. P. Palmer, Grady Dowels, C. S. j Plans were being made to make ap-
Owsley, C. DeBusk and Sam Thoma- J plication for a charter this week in
son were appointed as a committee in . yrder to be ready as an organization
charge of arrangements for the pro- when the loan for construction of the
THIRTEEN MORE
COUNTY SCHOOLS
STANDARDIZED
posed picnic.
M. A. Clevenger of Washington, re-
presenting the Department of Agri-
culture, spoke on growing and market-
line is approved.
MRS. FRANK HILL
Funeral services were fysld here
ing of East Texas tomatoes in the fu- , gunday afternoon fop F!ora E!len
ture. He suggested marketing agree- | ^ 6? who djed a[ a Jacksonvjlle
ment as the best possible solution of
the low price problem.
County Board To
Set Bus Routes
hospital at six o'clock Saturday
morning, following an extended ill-
ness. Rev. E. L. Craig preached the
funeral sermon assisted by Rev.
Marsh M. Callaway. Burial was made
in the Alto cemetery, beside her hus-
The county school beard will meet | band, the late Frank Hill, who pre-
July 6 to set bus routes of the county, • eeeded her in death a number of
it was announced by County Superin- j years ago.
tendent D. C. Stockton. All transfers | She is survived by two children,
must be in the office of the county j Mrs. J. E. Copeland, of Rusk and J.
superintendent by that time, Mr.: C. Hill, of Alto.
Stockton said. ] She was born in Checit County.
All student transferring to affiliat- j Arkansas, January 1, 1871 and had
ed schools must pay tuition after their ! been a member of the Methodist
free time is up, Mr! Stockton said. The j church for many years.
(free time will run from three to three | Pall bearers were B J. Albritton,
and a half months. Webb Finley, W. T. Norman. Tom
Transportation will be $1.00 for Williams, Grady Singletary and Gar-
grade students and $2.00 for high (rett Holcomb.
school students.
Farms Of County
Being Measured
LOCAL PASTOR TO
ATTEND FAMILY REUNION
Rev. Marsh M. Caliaway, pas.01 j Compliance work is getting well un-
of the local Presbyterian Church will | der way over j]le county, it is reported
attend a reunion of his family at j by County Agent C. Metz Heald.
Houston, Texas, on July 3rd. Mr. Cal-1 jg highly important that farmers
laway states that he has been re- ^ mee^ supervisors at their farms in or-
quested to preach ^the reunion ser-1 der ^et COp«mlete measurements,
Mr. Heald said.
mon and conduct the memorial ser-!
vice. His family hold their annual
reunion at Mills Farm about sixteen
miles west of Houston each year at
this time.
Injured In Collision
Near *~Mls Monday
DISTRICT COURT
District court was occupied most
of the early part of the week with
the J. O. Applewhite vs J. M. Ses-
sions civil case. Verdict for the de-
fendant was brought in by the Jury
Wednesday.
Next week the docket includes
Wilmer (Vlr ) Thompson is in mostly old criminal cases. Following
TOTAL IS NOW NINETEEN
AND AFFECTS 1620
STUDENTS
Co. Superintendent D. C. Stockton
made a trip to Austin recently in the
interest of the schools of this courty.
He received information that thir-
teen new schools of' the county had
been given certificates of standard-
ization. Seven schools standardized
last year (1936-37), thus making a
total of twenty schools that were
standardized. One school, Henry's
Chapel, was standardized last year
and consolidated with Carlisle this
year making ninteen rural schools
standardized with the State Depart-
ment of Education. In addition to the
above thirteen, the following schools
standardized last year: Turn.ey, Cove
Springs, FastriH, Bulah, Parks, Cold
Springs and Henry's Chapel. The
new schools receiving standardiza-
tion this year are as follows: Forest,
Salem, Redlawn, Grange Hall, Hol-
comb, Reynolds, Mt. Selman, Afton
Grove, Craft, Reese, Ironton, Con-
Concord and Mt. Hope.
A standardized school has the
same recognition in the Department
of Education as an affiliated school
for the grades that are being taught.
When a school has standardized it
means that school is allowed to bud-
get and contract with their teachers
for nine months allowing each teach-
er a $5.00 increase in salary.
This year for the first time in the
history of Cherokee County schools,
seven rural schools were allowed to
contract for nine months with their
teachers. The school must meet cer-
tain definite and exacting require-
ments which improve their physical
p^ant as well as providing more cap-
able teachers thus increasing effi-
ciency and giving the best possible
ed-ucf ':io\,s, advantages. It in a large
measure reduces the difference in
advantages which students in city
school? have that rural students fail
to obtain.
Out of the thirty-two white com-
mon schools in the county nineteen
have received certificates of stand-
ardization. This is indeed a splendid
record and equals if not exceeds that
of any adjoining county. This pro-
gressive improvement involves sixty
four teachers and approximately one
thousand six hundred twenty stu-
dents.
Every white school in the county
had eight months or more with the
exception cf two. This is also a re-
cord that has never been equaled in
this county.
Most Businesses
To Close July 4
A four weeks county wide singing
school to be held in Rusk startihg
July 11 (has been artnounceil Thc
exact place of meeting will be an-
nounced '\ater.
Three instructors will be in charge
of the work. They are J. 0. Bear-
den, Jacksonville; Allen Dodson,
Summerfield and Robert Vaughn,
Okmulgee, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Peacock and Mrs
Pearl Bearden attended the East i
Texas Singing Convention at Winns-
boro in Wood County last weekend.
a Jacksonvil'c < ital as a result of
serious injur' Vom a collision with
a log truck r.vat Wells about dusk
Monday ri i. Charlie Thompson
who was a so in the car was less
seriously injured and able to leave
the hospitfl after a day or two.
The two men were returning from
Rusk on lie slippery cut-off road
following shower and it is report-
ed that * • h drivers lost control of
their marines as they neared each
other.
Thompson suffered a severe blow
is the list of jurors for the coming
week:
J. C. Norwood, Elmer Wallace, S.
E. Jones, M. J. Russell, H. A. Lind-
sey, Irs. Simpson, J. T. Barron, Joe
T. Murphy, Russell Smith, Harvey
Treadwell, Herbert Smith, Puney
Wilson, Fred Ezell, H. S. Gaddy
Geo. Shamess, John W. Allen, Jimmy
Summers, Coleman Reynolds, R. R.
Chiles, Dick Tipton, Wesley Holcomb
Carl Williams, Herbert Ralson, Bill
McCluney, A. N. Ragsdale, Tom Fra-
zier, Sr., Hunert Brown, Roy Has-
on thc side of the head and sustained 1 sell, Victor Holmes, W. C. Albrittin,
four cracked ribs. While his condi-
tion is not regarded as critical he
will be confined for some time.
AFTERNOON SINGING
There will be an afternoon sing-
ing at Reese Sunday afternoon.
J. D. Cherry, R. L. Banks, Tom N.
Odom, Edgar Brittian, Jeff Burke,
Charley Martin, Joe Sam Jones, Ho-
sea Jones, Elbert Taylor, Millard
Garrett, S. E. Hinton, D. W. Baxter,
A. M. Burroughs, T. J. Sparkman.
Ira McMinn
Business in Rusk will be pTetty
generally suspended July 4. Follow-
ing is the closing agreement signed
by local firms the first of the week:
We, the undersigned merchants
and business men of the town of
Rusk, Texas, in commemoration of
the Declaration of Independance of
the United State of America, do, by
subscribing cur names hereto, agree
to keep our offices and places of
business closed during the day of
July 4, 1938, in observance of this
National Holiday.
Jewel Dress Shop, Wallace Barber,
Shop, Wallace Hardware Store, Wes-
tern Auto Associate Store, V. J. Long
Ed Singletary, Sam Manning, J. N.
Sanders, C. H. Fitts, Rusk Chero-
keean, Earley Fitts, Osborne Plumb-
ing Shop, Stewarts Elpctric Shoe
Shop, First Federal Savings & Loan
Association
Cherokee County Abstract Cd.r.
Chas. C. Goodson, Ford Station, M.
B. Ellis, Citizens State Bank, Man-
ess Barber Shop, F. M. Stovall, Per-
ry Bros., Browns Dry Goods Co., G.
H. White, Cherokee Motors, F. &
M. State Bank, Brookshire Bros. Jar-
eds Store, Rusk Dry Goods Co. Jones
Barber Shop, H. Altman, J. L. Jop-
lin, B. F. Sherman, Meredith and
Parks, Bohn Francis, Joe B. Cope-
land, Melvin Sessions, J. W. Pear-
son, D. C. Stcckton, Judge IJ^azel
District Judge District Court.
TREES PLANTED ON 12,287
ACRES IN TEXAS IN 1957
The United States Fons>r Service
last year planted new trees on 12,-
287 acres in Texas, but four other
States received more seedlings.
Michigan led v*|th 42,031 acres,
followed in order by Louisiana with
21,970, Wisconsin with 20,462, and
Mississippi with 19,220.
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