The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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The Rusk Cherokeean
Successor to "The Pioneer" Established 1847
VOLUME 96
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY .30, 1942
NUMBER 26
Local Voters
Finish Job
First Primary
Hot Race Looms
For Commissioner
In Pre'inct No. 4
With only a United States senator
to elect, Rusk voters will have plen-
ty of time between primaries to plan
a second front and possibly devote
some time to the Libyan campaign.
They decided all local matters last
Saturday in the first primary, and
this was generally true over the
■county. An exception is the commis-
sioners race in Precinct No. 4 where
Tipton goes into the runoff with '231
votes, to iMcElroy, his opponent, 230
votes. The vote in this precinct was
equally close on the runners up with
Mayfield 165 to Brown 166. And Rob-
erts, the fifth man in the race poll-
ed 91 votes.
In the contested county races the
■winners are Whitesides for represen-
tative; Hassell for county attorney;
Walters for assessor-collector; Parm-
•ley for treasurer and Langston for
county superintendent.
Local precinct races resulted in the
election oc Boots Black for commis-
sioner and Roger Bevil as constable.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found the tabulated vote by precinct
on the contested state and county of-
ficials. Following are the totals for
•all candidates;
MEN OF WAR
13711
1078 '
3432
95
For U. S. Senator
ALLRED
MOODY
O'DANIEL
RYAN . —
For Congress
PATTON. .
For Governor.
WHEELER . -
COLLINS
SOMERVILLE
FERGUSON
PORTER
STEVENSON
For Lt. Governor:
.LEMENS
BECK
JOHN L. SMITH
MEAD
HARDIN
J. DIXIE SMITH
ARNOLD
MILLER
HOUSE
For Comptroller:
BUTLER
SHEPPAItD
For State Treasurer:
McKEE
HATCHER
MILLS
SMITH
JAMES
For l.and Commission:
DAY
GILES
For Attorney General:
MANN-
HAIR
For State Superintendent:
TERGERSON
WOODS
For Agriculture Commissioner:
iMcDONALD
KING
CORRY
RAGSDALE
For Railroad Commissioner:
SALISBURY
THOMPSON
BOONE
For RR Commissioner (unexpired)
PATTERSON 745
HUMPHERY 160
KILDAY 262
JESTER 1035
FAIN 344
LOVELADY 300
PACE 682
ARMSTRONG 61
BROOKS 1447
McCORMICK 62
MOORE 276
For Chief Justice Supreme Court:
ALEXANDER 5964
.For Judge Court Criminal Appeals: .
GRAVES 4401
STRENGTH 1025
For Associate Justice of
Court of Civil Appeals:
WILLIAMS 5998
For Representative:
WISEMAN 1772
WHITESIDES 3650
BOATNER 372
For District Attorney:
LEWIS 5970
.For County Judge:
BROWN 5986
6978
106
2255
12
33
7
3329
1292
1872
349
122
571 j
277 j
122 j
315
4G2 j
1274 '
4213 |
896 j
1076 j
455 |
472
2556
1335
4242
4964
828
1710
3840
2946
477
800
1230
499
3034
2078
BARRETT APPOINTED CAPTAIN
R. A. W. Barrett of Houston, has
ben appointed a captain in the corps
of military police of the army and
ordered to report to the provost mar-
shal general's school center at Chict-
agamauga, Ga.
Captain Barrett served in World
War I with the first trench mortar
battery of the First division and the
Fifth trench mortar battalion. He
spent more than a year in France and
is a survivor of the sinking of the
transport President Lincoln in May,
1918.
Captain Barrett, native of Rusk,
has been a resident of Houston for
the past 14 years, being engaged in
investment banking and trust work.
He is the son of Mrs. Lela Wilson
Barrett, of Rusk.
STAFFORD BROS. CALLED
HOME BECAUSE OF ILLNESS
Three of the four sons of Mrs. C.
M. Bounds of Ponta, now serving in
the U. S. Army were called home
last week because of the illness of
their stepfather, J. A. Bounds.
They are: Earl and Waymond
Stafford of Fort Sam Houston, Tex-
as, and Thelston Stafford of Midland,
Texas.
Louie Stafford was stationed at
Fort Mills on the Phillipine Islands.
!The War Department notifidd his
mother a few weeks ago that he was
among the missing when the Islands
fell.
Another one of Mrs. Bounds' sons,
Barto Stafford, died in the hospital
at Fort Sam Houston, Dec-ember 7,
1940.
CHAS. SANDERS PROMOTED
Chas. E. Sanders, who is with the
Marines "somewhere in the Pacific"
has been promoted from private to
private first class.
Young Sanders, who is only seven-
teen, enlisted with the Marines last
October.
CARL JOPLIN CALLED
Carl Joplin, who enlisted in the air
corps several months ago, and has
been subject to call, has received his
orders to report Saturday for duty
at Houston.
He expects to qualify as a flying
cadet in the near future.
I
HERE ON FURLOUGH
Burnel! Stovall and Julian Payne,!
with the Navy Construction Corps at j
Norfolk, Virginia, spent the week-;
end in Rusk.
3288 j
2437 |
6025
5995
5999!
2077
3796
For County Attorney:
HASSELL
GIBSON
For District Clerk:
BLACK
For County Clerk:
SESSIONS
For Sheriff:
BRUNT
For Assessor-Collector:
GUINN
WALTERS
For County Treasurer:
DICKEY 2338
PARMLEY 3561
For County Superintendent:
STOCKTON 2836
LANGSTON 3093
For County Chairman:
LEWIS 5959
COMMISSIONERS
Precinct No. 1:
BLACK 986
ACKER 834
Precinct No. 2:
BAILEY 586
DUBOSE 245
CUMMINGS 432
Precinct No. 3:
GRIMES 277
ROSS 343
SCOGGINS 1385
Precinct No. 4:
McELROY 230
ROBERTS 91
TIPTON 231
MAYFIELD 165
BROWN 166
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Precinct No. 1:
SPINKS 1827
Precinct No. 2:
RAY 800
Precinct No. 3:
ODOM 1836
Precinct No. 4:
MACK 207
Precinct No. 5:
McKAY 653
RUDD 146
BAILEY 322
(Continued on last page;
GOVERNOR COKE R. STEVENSON
JAMES V. ALLRED
MORRIS W. HASSELL
LEAH PARMLEY
W. LEE O'DANIEL
P
aSXamiUi
WASHINGTON WHITESIDE S
C. L. LANGSTON
An Old Jug Recalls
Moist Days Of Rusk
P. B. Musslewhite reports that in
rummaging about his home this week
he uncovered a gallon jug which ac-
cording t oprinting on. the side was
"Sold by Ben Woolenski, Rusk, Tex-
as."
For the information of those who
do not remember, Ben Woolenski op-
erated a saloon on the west side of
the square forty odd years ago. He
met his death by drowning in San
Augustine county.
The jug was empty, Musslewhite
says.
Local Ford Station
Services Army Plane
An army airplane flying low Sun-
day afternoon had attendants at the
Ford station thinking it was1 going
to pull up at the pumps to buy gas-
oline, but the occupants dropped a
note instead asking that eight gal-
lons of ga3 be brought to the pasture
north of the state hospital dairy.
A car was dispatched at once to the
designated spot where a grounded
army plane carrying a colonel and a
lieutenant was waiting. The plane
was serviced and took off at once for
Louis iana.
Reklaw Test To Go
To Georgetown Sand
Interest in the No. 1 Lottie Priest
test in the Reklaw area increased
early this week when a slight oil
showing was encountered slightly
above the 4,400 foot level. Several
cores were made ahead showing sand
but no salt water.
It was reported Thursday that dril-
ling would be resumed to the George-
town sand which was believed to be
aboun 150 feet below the present lev-
el.
National Farm Loan
Meet Here Aug. 6
Farmers and ranchmen in Chero-
kee county, who make up the Alto,
Jacksonville and Rusk National
Farm Loan Associations will hold
their annual stockholders' meeting in
Rusk August 6th, it has been an-
nounced by J. A. Eidson, Secretary-
Treasurer.
The year 1942 marks the "silver
anniversary" of the establishment of
j she Federal Land Bank system, which
! is made up of local farmers' coop-
j erative credit organizations through- j
i out the country. The three associa-
j lions, among the 300 in Texas which
I ow n the Federal Land Bank of llous-
j ton, have more than 450 stockholder- ;
I members and a large attendant t>
expectra at the meeting.
Directors for the Alto association
| are: J. E. Gates, president; E. W
I Thurmond, vice-president; J. L. Mc-
i Clure; Vf. S. Satterwhite and J. .J.
| Tullis.
Directors for the Jacksonville as- j
sociation are, C. D. Acker, president;
| Will A. Lewis, L. J. Leinback and C. j
i S. Ousley.
Directors for the Rusk association i
! are, M. M. Guinn, president; Dr. T. j
H. Cobble, vice-president; F M. Sto-
vall; W. C. Sutton and V. T. Echols. I
J. E. C'ates, C. D. Acker and M. M. j
Guinn have been chosen to complete j
arrangements for this meeting.
Kiwanians Told
Have 50-50 Chance
To Win The War
Bond Buying Must
Be Speeded Up Or
Chance Is Less
Gus Blankinship, Jacksonville
banker, speaking before the Kiwania
club at its regular Tuesday Luncheon
told members that at a recent meet-
ing of leading bankers of the nation
in Dallas, it was generally believed
the United States does not have bet-
ter than a 50-50 chance to win its
war against the Axis powers. Some
felt the chance is even less than that.
"I had never given serious thought to
the possibilities of us losing this
war," said the speaker. "I had pic-
tured a long, hard struggle,, but I had
not questioned but what we would
ciome out victorious in the end."
He added that the degree of sacri-
fice people are willing to make to
invest in war bonds is going to have
a definite influence on the final out-
come as well as how long the strug-
gle will last and how many lives it
is going to cost.
"We are inclined to point our fing-
ers, at the young man who does not
! want to give uc his job or liquidate
j his business to enter the military
service," he said. "We say he is not
patriotic and think of him as a slack-
j er. His government has defined his
j responsibilities and he must meet
| ihtiir..
"Our government has also defined
j the responsibilities of those of us
who are not being called into the mil-
itary service. One of those responsi-
| bilities is to invest at east ten per
| cent of our salaries or incomes in
war bonds. How many are doing it?
i tell you that any person who is not
meeting his war obligation by invest*
ing ten per cent of his income in
war bonds ha* no ir^ht to criticize a
man who would avoiu military ser-
vice. Which would you rather do it
given the choice bewteen the two: Li-
quidate your business, give up your
job and join the armed forces, or in-
vest ten per cent of your income in
war bonds ? And yet some of us say
\ we cannot spare the money. We ueed
j it to live on. We have made no sacri-
| fices. We still eat three square meal's
a day. \W still do not mi-- our bridge
parties. Wt have plenty of clothes to
I wear, xv'e have no right to criticise
the man who does not want to give
• up everything, possibly including his
u.j'e, if w. ««re not \\ ,.iiu to do our
part,"
MAURICE A. WALTERS
ROGER BEVIL
Phonograph Records
Are Coming In Slowly
A considerable number of phono-
graph records have been received by
the local post of the American Leg-
ion, it is reported by Melvin Ses-
sions, Adjutant, but so far most of
them have come from commercial us-
ers of records. Few have been receiv-
ed from owners of private phono-
graphs in the home.
It is pointed out that broken crack-
ed and worn out records are worth
just as much in the salvage drive as
a new record. The scrap material is
to be sold to the recording compan-
ies and the funds used to buy new
records for men in the service.
FOREST FIRE SEASON
M. V. Dunmire reports that he
has been having some trouble with
forest fires lately and reminds peo-
ple that it is again that season of
the year and extra care should be
taken to protect the forest during
the national emergency.
Many a man thinks he has an open
mind, when it's merely vacant.
Forty Navy Volunteers
Month Asked For Navy
Cherokee county has been assigned
a quota of forty enlistments per
month for the next two months in the
United .-states Navy through the Ty-
ler office, it has been announced in
connection with a special campaign
which included Anderson. Cherokee,
Henderson. Smith, Wood and Van
Zandt counties.
The recruiting slogan for this coun-
ty is 'Cherokee County Navy Enlist-
ments shall equal four Gun Crews.'
Navy enlistmet ages are from 17
to 50 years. Unskilled men have op-
portunity to attend Navy trade
schools. Qualified skilled men may be
enlisted as petty officers with month-
ly pay ranging from $7s to S126. It
is necessary that applieaton for en-
listment be made before induction in.
to the Army.
AT STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
Students registered in Stephen F.
Austin State Teachers College, from
Cherokee coynty include Mazzie Ack-
er, Mayme Lee Alexander, Mary
Ruth Caveness, Willie Ruth Cole,
Lois Croft, Marjorie Marshall, Joe
W. Wallace and Corbie W. Grimes of
Jacksonville; Doris Boozer of Rusk;
Edna Merle Black, Louise Conger,
Mrs. W. C. Maddix. Mrs. Helen Dud-
dleston Quarles or Alto; Margarette
Ellis of Ponta: Charlene Gower of
Mt. Selman; Lorene Medford. of Reli-
law; Veda Walters of Maydelle; Al-
ton Johnston of Troup; and Howard
D. Wallace of Mt. Selman.
NOTICE
There will be a public hearing on
the City Budget for the year 1942-
1043 at the next regular meeting of
the Town Council of Rusk, Texas,
which meeting wiH be August 11th
1942 at the City Hall at 8:30 P. M.
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Main, Frank L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1942, newspaper, July 30, 1942; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth325905/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.