The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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The Alto Herald
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F. L. WEIMAR. EDITOR AND OWNER
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR,
VOLUME XXVIII.
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEJXAS, NOVEMBER 15, 1928.
FRANK HILL ENTERTAINS
WITH BARBECUE
JOHN W. SEARLS
DIED AT ATHENS
WRECK VICTIMS
AiLL GETTING BETTER
most pleasant occasion' The sad n§ws was received ( Reports from the sanitariuiri
me Mffillftl barbecus give":here Sunday of the "death of Mr. at Jacksonville state that all of
at the large farm of Mr, Frank
Hill on last Tuesday.
This meeting of Mr. Hill and
his co-laborers and their friends
creates an inspiration, that any
one who attends this gathering
will not soon forget.
The purpose of these meet-
John W. Searls, he ha 'ing pas- the Lon Morris students who
NO. 19.
RED CROSS DRIVE
STARTED MONDAY
sed away at his home irt Athens were victims of the wreck north
Sunday afternoon at '2 p. ft*, of town Sunday morning are
Funeral services were conduct- doing fine, artd that none were
ed in that city Monday after- fatally hurt.
noon at 3 p. m., Mr. and Mrs. It was a fttost remarkable ^ _
Thomas Durbin going from fact that there Were not some'an^ the a'lloted number is"abotit
.... „ here' They left ear'y Monday of them killed in the accident. nveive hundred, and 300 of
ings is to give thanks to an Allj morning to visit him not know- The wreck occurred JUst this these are in the Southern end of
Wise Providence for the ma- inS that he had died, they hav- side of the New Hope ChUrcn he county.
terial blessings of the year, to W left here about thirty min- on the Jim Hogg Highway not At a meeting of the County
The annual drive for the
^American Red Cross member-
ship opened up Monday, and
will continue until Thanksgiv-
ing Day, which falls on Novem-
ber 29th this year.
Cherokee county has a mem-
bership in this organization
create a closer community and . u'es, before a telegram came
social fellowship, and to com- ac*Y'8in£ them of the death,
memmorate Armistice day. 1 Mr. Searls had been in the
Besides plenty of well bar-Dry Goods business here for the
becued beef, chevron anl pork, Past years, having at dif-
with the jellies, pies and cakes i?16® st°res ft A'thens,
brought by the good house-! Malakoff, Jasper and Alto, but
wives of this large farm family, a few months ago reduced the
inspirational talks were made number to two, having the Alto
by Rev. Rider, Messrs. Thomas, anc\ Jasper stores,
Payne, Hill, Mrs. Tullis and tinuing the Athens
others. i interests.
We saw nothing of the land- Mr. Searls was considered
lord-tenant attitude here, but one of the best informed dry
all working together for the goods merchant of East Texas,
mutual good of each. ! and his store here has been «
from the start under
quite a mile from town. Executives at ftusk last week a
The trouble all started when oampaign Was outlined to get
a large Studebaker driven by ]the membership all In, and Mrs.
Mr. Eison of Tyler, became un-ip. B. Brittain was made Chair-
manageable and went into the p}nan for this District, which
ditch, turning over on its side.'(emprises Alto, Forest and
facing the road. Traffic was Wells. Mrs. J. A. Shattuck was
heavy at this time, it being appointed as publicity Chair-
7:30 Sunday morning, and a ,an at the same meeting.
discon- Ford Sedan from Lindale, being
and Mala-j just behind the Studebaker,
(stopped to render aid, stopping
on the opposite side of the road
from the Studebaker, but even
with it. Right in behind the
Ford Sedan, came the large
Chevrolet Bus with about twen
There is uo doubt but what
fUto, Forest and Wells will
dome up with their quota of the
county's part, but the point
that this paper makes is that
ft is entirely unnecessary to
rtiake this campaign last until
'|he last day. The thing to do is
More such gatherings in success irom me huiit uuuet i -—r"J"Y" i fc mem
every community, will do more the management of Mr. and ty of the Lon Morris students, $,r everybody to get in and give
to promote Christian Fellow- Mrs. Thomas Durbin, aiid his who were en route to Lufkm to their Chairman the necessary
ship and World Peace, than all death was a great blow to them, attend^ the Methodist confer- membership fee which is $1.00
the laws and articles written on
this subject.
E. W. Thurmond
FOR SALE OR TRADE
My 10 room home located
next to the Joe Moore Hotel in
the center of Alto. House is in
first class condition, with all
reasonable conveniences. Also
have 5 1-2 acres of land with
place. Will either sell or trade
for smaller place.
F. A. Jeter,
Alto, Texas.
as Mr. Searls was best know |
i by them as a splendid man anu :
, business executive. While he,
j was not here very much, his j
i visits to Alto and his business -
connections made here, regret'
very much to hear of his death. |
Nothing has been given out
as yet as to what disposition j
will be made of the Alto store,!
but it is thought likely that
the business will be continued
ence. Seeing the Ford on one
side and the Studebaker on the
other, with but about six feet
between them, Carroll McPher-
son who was driving the Bus
and save a whole lot of unnec-
tsary work by the committee,
ho get nothing for their
trouble.
Next week will be the time
for the students, saw that he for the active gathering to
Patronize the merchants who
advertise in this paper.
..
gether of the membership and
when you are requested to join,
don't hesitate a minute, but
give your dollar and get your
button, as you must bear in
CONFERENCE SENDS
A. A. RIDER BACK
ROAD WIDENING
WORK STARTED
Just Received
a Beautiful line of
Costume
B
Jewelry
Rings
Ear Rings
Beads
Bar Pins
Bracelets
We invite you to come in and
look over our line of Quality
Jewelry. -
could not stop and done the
only thing left to do, tried to go
in between the Ford and Stude-
baker, but the space was too
close, the bus hitting the Ford
Sedan, knocking it out of the
road, and the rear end of the
bus was jerked around, pitch-
ing the students in all direc-
tions and turned over on
jside. The injured were
brought to Alto and given firs'1
i aid treatment by local physi-
Icians. and then carried to Jack-
sonville and placed in the
I sanitarium there. '
The injured are Miss DeLois,
House of Wheelock, several,
cuts about the face and right,
ear ; Miss Louise Hardin of| l have d a Floral
Hallsville, cuts, bruised and j Garden in Alto, and will be
shoulder ifiured; Miss Arvis nkdy at any time t0 fill orderg
Adams of Minden, cut about for Qut Fiowers 0f ai| kinds, as
the back of the head and right we|j as pot piants etc. Especial
arm injured; Miss NoiaFrazier attention will be given to
of Diboll, bruised and suffering funera, wreaths and flowers
from the shock; Raymond Pal-jfor funeral services. I also
mer of Hallsville, seriously in-,have a njce ass0rtment of Rib-
jured about the pelvic bone bons and Baskets. I will ap-
and cut and bruised on body ; predate a part of your business,
and Odell Crouch, broken col- j mrg p Burke
lar-bone and a few cuts., ' ' Phone 168. .
Crouch is from Calvert. •. . .
All of the students will be
It was very gratifying news
to not only members of the
Methodist church, but the en-
tire citizenship of this section-
when the news was received
here Sunday night that Rev. A.
A. Rider was to be retained as
pastor of the Alto Methodist
church for another year.
Brother Rider has been pas-
tor of the local Methodist
church but one year, but in
that short space of time, he has
made scores of friends, in
and out of his church who will
welcome him back again.
Rev. R. B. Gately, who had
charge of the Alto circuit, has
been transferred to Laneville
station, and his promotion to a
large field will be good news
to his friends. In his place we
get Rev. C. J. Condrey, who
will move here the latter part
of this week or the first of
next.
Rev. H. B. Smith, one of T .... "7777" , . .
Alto's former pastors, was re-1 1 W1" buy 200 bushels of Ear
tained at Carthage, this being Corn- Phone 3 rin s on ?0.
his third year. Rev. P. S. Wil- "• E- Bai'ey-
son was retained at Troup.!
Rev. Frank Pratt was retained Hodges; Jacksonville station,
at Goose Creek and Dudley G. H. Wilson; Jacksonville cir-
Davis stays at Cushing for an- cuit, C. W. McPhail; Malakoff,
other year. | W. J. Brient; Neches, C. T. Tal-
The Jacksonville District ap- ley. Jr.; Oakwood, R. A. Gates;
pointments were given out as 'Palestine, First Church, E. L.
follows: jlngrum; Grace, A. E. Rider;
Glenn Flinn, presiding elder;! Palestine circuit. George Sto-
Work of widening the San
Antonio Highway began the
first of this week. Mr. Rix hav-
ing a large crew of men on the
job. Work was began on the
highway at the Cotton Belt
tracks on West San Antonio
and will be extended to the
Neches river.
The citizenship along the
road are extending every co-
operation according to Mr. Rix,
and many are already getting
their fences back and Mr. By-
num of the Alto Telephone Com
pany is setting his poles back
out of the way.
If good weather prevails and
no other complications arise, it
is hoped that this work can be
speedily accomplished and the
road fixed up in time for it to be
oiled and put in shape by next
spring.
NOTICE
Alto station, A. A. Rider; Alto
circuit, C. J. Condrey; Athens,
O. W. Hoper; Bullard-Mount
Selman, T. P. Hendricks; Cush-
ver; Rusk station, J. E. Buttrill;
Troup, P. S. Wilson; Wells ,J.
E. McGaughey; Trinidad, Leo
Hopkins; acting president Lon
Morris College, E. M. Stanton;
conference Sunday school
superintendent, F. D. Dawson;
'oor.erence superintendent,!
... . irural work, C. W. Lokey; con-
assistance' was|To°ke; Grapeland Circuit,-R.F.iferehce evangelist. 3. T. Moore.
mind that this committee has **• Davis; Elkhart, T. D.
three hundred calls to make. McCrary; Eustace Grady Ho-
The Red Cross has done won- A"q,i~ ^f^^ston, w•
rful work, both locally and! Hughes; Gallatin, J. W. Tread-
er different parts of l
ovntry where
needed, and as this is the only
means of raising funds, there
should be no hesitancy by any| "
one in joining in the "Band of
Mercy."'
TO THE PUBLIC:
MISTROT'S
Chain Stores
WATCH US GROW WITH ALTO
YOUR Bu s i ne s s Appreciated
I See me for
out of the hospital within a few j have Mallory,
days with the exception of Pal-
your Hats. We
Stetson, Davis,
v . ..1. Wizard and Worth Hats. In
mer, who is thought to be the j fact all the leading brands in
worst injured of all. This boy [fats. We are headquarters for
seems to have received the full | all the best looking head wear
impact of the rear end of thej in Alto for Ladies, Men and
bus as it fell on him. Miss Fra-j B0ys
"un°4°SedfoJ?h"!
doctors to make thorough ex- j after the
amination.
Miss Dorothy
•The Whippet Has'enr
Finer in Quality Far Lower in Price
WHIPPET
INVITES COMPARISON
■ aiter me accident, Mr. Eison
I was unhurt.
_ Bailey from' It was a real tragedy to the
Mississippi, Carolyn Vincent of ,students who were hurt, as most
Beckville, and Reagan Taylor j of them were working their
are confined to their rooms at way through Lon Morris col-
the college. Most of them will lege, and being injured, not
be out within a few days. Tay-jonly stopped their studies, but
lor sustained two broken bones ; also stopped their efforts to
in an ankle. Other occupants of (keep going financially, but the
the bus are none the worse for | citizenship of Jacksonville im-
the experience with the excep-j mediately got on the job, and
tion of a few minor cuts and, through the Jacksonville Pro-
bruises
Passengers of the Ford were
not hurt, as they were all out
of the car when the crash came.
Mrs. Eison, who was with her
husband in the Studebaker,
Kress and the various pastors of
the city, have succeeded in rais-
ing sufficient funds to take
care of the hospital bills of the
unfortunate victims, and no
doubt their other expenses will
was badly bruised up, but wasi be taken care of by the citizen-
able to be taken back to Tylerjship of that progressive city.
J. D. Sartain Filling Station
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1928, newspaper, November 15, 1928; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214490/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.