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THE ALTO HERALD
AH & SON. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
LV1I
T HE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS'. MAY 6,
1948.
ptang
Around!
,ntA4
n reached Monday by
,t',,,nn'.'. Waifl Burke, and
^M rnt'y J. W. Summers,
B*[; n Day drawings here
M(., wire illegal, wiii
icntliinH effect on future
(i: this nature.
H:;; . [)fticiais are tube
<)h<r their stand in this
give evidence that they
effort to see that
of chancc of any kind may
in Cherokee County.
Attot ney Burke spoke very
f the people of Cherokee
fuw days ago, and made the
that this county was one
ancst in his district and it
nrieavor to make it as near
red per cent as possible, to
ery iaw abiding citizen will
lecision on the Alto Trades
iwings wiM also fit other ac-
ng the same lines and may
the citizenship as a whole,
less it it is a law violation,
te who eiected these men to
iannot expect them to close
tyes to violations just to suit
rticuiar occasion.
e with the Trades Day de-
his wiii mean that the va-
T. A. organizations that have
aving carnivals that operate
of chance, wiii have to draw
ain on these events in the fu-
decision wit) also stop the
j(iut) carnivais that have been
<1 Husk and Alto every year, or
^tts nf them wherein a game of
is operated.
E" s in various communities in ]
^ at districts who have been ;
; t hances on quiits and drawing!
pa.ie for a winner, aiso come]
this iaw, and the ladies wiit
;tn tind some other means of
funds for their different
a * a *
in street observations: Eugene
n making some good improve-
in the Broqkshire Bros. Store,
meat department is being moved
t'ont and ait of the feed busi-
is going in the back end of the
The paint brush is aiso work-
overtime around the store, and
n the job is compietedit wiii
e a different looking store with
h improvement.
* * * *
omebody teft a bunch of roses on
f'ont doors of Moore's Food Mar-
and Jake's Auto Parts Store Sun-
night. Pierce Moore says when
found the roses Monday morning,
muidn't figure it out. Said he
lev. he was not dead himseif and
business was very much alive.
Hoicomb believes somebody
*'Hht he had a birthday. Anyhow,
were giad to be remembered.
* * * *
^'"ia Lee Ailen is now behind the
'"'tf'* Webb's Department Store.
everybody to come to see me,"
Subscription Price $2.00 per year in Cherokee County. $2.50 per year outside of County
NO. 48.
CHAPMAN MURDER
TRIAL ON IN
DISTRICT COURT
Willie Chapman of Athens, former
Henderson County jailer, went to'
triai in district court at Rusk Mon-
day on a charge of murder, arising*
cut of the fatai shooting of .!. D.
Robertson in Athens on the [sight of'
August i5. 1947.
Robertson was siain in a corridor!
of the Henderson County jaii, where'
he had gone in an attempt to arrange'
for the reiease of a friend.
The case was brought to Cherokee,
County on a change of venue after}
defense had succeeded in convincing [
the court that an impartiai triai in
Athens wouid not be possible. Or- *
iginaliy scheduled to be tried during}
the January term of court at Rusk,
the case was continued because of in-
ability of witnesses and veniremen to
reach court on account of inclement [
weather.
The case did not get underway un-
til 10:30 Monday morning and it re-
quired the balance of the day and all
day Tuesday to seiect a jury, and the
case went into trial Wednesday
morning, and from the array of wit-
nesses called, it is likely that the
case will consume the better part of
this week. ^
In the selection of the jury, it was
noted that the prosecution indicated
they will not ask for a death penalty,
as no juror was asked if he was
against this mode of punishment.
As the case went to trial, an array
of le%al talent was drawn up on op-
posite sides of the counsel table.
Chapman is represented by Justice,
Moore & Justice of Athens. Lewis &
Chandler of Jacksonville, and Nor-
man, Stone. Rounsaville & Hassell of
Jacksonville and Rusk.
Representing the State are District
Attorney John Dowdy of Athens, of}
the Third Judicial District, County [
Attorney Oene Day of Athens, Cher-
okee County Attorney J. W. Sum-
mers, Second Judicial District At-
torney Ward R. Burke of Lufkin and
Special Prosecutor Bob R. Reeves of
Palestine.
THERE WILL BE A
TRACES DAY !N ALIO
I
There seems to be some question about having
the Trades Day in Alto, and whether or not it wiH
be continued.
At a meeting of the business men of Alto Tues-
day night in which more than two thirds of the bus-
iness houses were represented, it was definitely de-
cided that THERE WILL BE A TRADES DAY in
Alto Saturday and that $50.00 in cash and seven
merchandise checks, good for $5.00 in trade will be
given away absolutely free.
Butler's Melody Makers will be on hand to
furnish the music for the occasion which will be
broadcast in the usual manner..
Cherokee Farmers
Organize New
Association
The Progressive Farmers' Associa-
tion of Cherokee County, recently
organized to benefit dirt farmers in
this county, has rapidly expanded
to a membership of 400 and is taking
an active stand to bring benefits to
its members.
Already they have accomplished j
several aims, such as buying fer
TOMATOES MOVING
OUT OF RIO
GRANDE VALLEY
Tomatoes started moving out of
the Rio Grande Valley this week in
car iots and are expected to rott
regularl) for the next three or four
weeks.
in spite of ail the reports that
came from that direction several
week ago, predictions are now being
! made that 2000 cars or more will be
tiiixer, Seeds and seeds at greatly re- shipped from the valley this year.
]Mt. Zion Church
Building Not To
Be Moved
Plans are now underway and funds
being raised to rebuild and remodel
the Mt. Zion Methodist Church
building at its present location.
This matter has been under con-
sideration for some time, and work
is to start just as soon as sufficient
funds are on hand to do the work.
There was some discussion about
moving the church building over on
highway 69, but this idea has been
abandoned, and the buiiding will be
remodeled on its present location.
THIEF DENIES
ROBBING HAMILTON
JEWELRY STORE
Church Of Christ
Has New Pastor
bth
L]i
Evangelist J. B. Stephens of Irving,
Texas, will do the preaching at the
Alto Church of Christ for the pres-
ent, according to George<Holcomb.
Evangelist Matthews, who had
been pastoring the church for the
past few months, has been called to
Fort V^prth.
Church services will be held each
Sunday, both morning and evening,
as weli as Bible School every Sunday
morning and prayer meeting every
Wednesday night.
The public is invited to ali of these
services.
ALTO WOMAN S
MOTHER D!ED AT
CENTER THURSDAY
Mrs. Clara Eiizabeth Thomas, 75,
mother of Mrs. R. P. Hughes of this
city, died at the family home in Cen-
ter last Thursday.
Mrs. Thomas was a life long resi-
dent of Shelby County. She was a
member of the Baptist Church and
lived a Christian life throughout her
lifetime.
Surviving relatives include four
daughters, Mrs. R. P. Hughes, Alto,
Mrs. R. P. Oliver, Mrs. Ollie Stoker
and Miss Fleeta Thomas, Beaumont;
two sons, Henry Thomas, Center, and
Andrew Thomas, Beaumont; fifteen
grandchildren and six great-grand-
children. Her husband preceded her
i:: death four years ago.
LOCAL BOY
MAKING GOOD
!N HOUSTON
\ etna Lee. We have, but inas-
much as it is advertising, this column
titer get a pocket handkerchief
^'t of the deal.
* * * *
Houston is happy again, he's
f'' his restaurant over." Ever so
f ''' he gets a working streak on and
I* '"sforasaw, hammer, lumber.
P <nt and brush and Finley, and then
arts. Congratulations are in or-
r ' it looks better now^'than before
title fire,
* * * +
i 'mmy Erwin has vur sympathy
week. Saturday afternoon he
been painting up at his dad's
^ "se and had just started to get 3
of java to steam him up to paint
*T*e more, and about that time hij
' lie was called for a $20.00 gift at
" ' trades Day drawing. Jimmy was
' iock off and didn't hear his name
^'"ed, therefore didn't get the 20
^eks. That's genuine hard luck.
* + * *
t"te Highway Department comes
" for some criticism; they're widen-
'"H 'he road just this side of Wells
' ' highway 69, and have all the as-
phalt removed, which cuts the auto-
mobile speed down to about 75 miles
en hour, and the boys who think they
are in a hurry are complaining about
it.
a * * *
No more gambling, says the Dis-
trict and County Attorney. This puts
Lewis Thomas, Grover Norwood,
Ralph Rozelle, Martin D. Thomas,
Jim Bauman. Marshall Bynum, Hu-
bert Womack and others on guard.
No more matching for kawfee at Reds
every morning.
a * * *
This tomato crop may be late, but
the patches that can be seen from the
tughways look mighty good, and it
shouldn't be too long before the yel-
low Cotton Belt cars begin to gang up
on the side tracks on both sides of
Alto. The tomato season is almost
upon us. It's the one big event of the
year we all look forward to.
YOU ARE INVITED
Notice has been received that Oma
Morris Cole has been promoted to
the position of District Manager for
the Occidentai Insurance Company.
Oma Morris is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oma Cole of the Grange Hall
community.
He attended school at Grange Hall
and graduated at Alto High School.
This is a splendid record for Oma
Morris since he has only been with
the company about a year and a half.
He went with them less than a week
after leaving the Navy. Until recent-
ly he worked in California, when he
was made manager of the South-
western District for the Company,
and moved to Houston, where he now
has his office.
Do you have a church home? If
not, we invite you to attend church
services at Old Palestine Church each
Sunday, and to prayer services each
Wednesday night at 8:00 o'clock.
W. H. Roberts, Pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Boyd of
Camden, Ark., have been visiting for
several days in the Latham home.
They had as their guests Sunday. Mr.
and Mrs. Boyd Bolton and children,
Paul and Sara, of Longview.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dickey of Cush-
ing, spent Thursday with Mr. and
Mrs. O. E. Cole.
W. A. Brooks of Houston, spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Brooks.
Jerry Mynard of Crockett, spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Mynard.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Acker of Tyler,
spent Thursday of last week with
Mrs. Acker's aunt, Mrs. Corrie
Shuptrine.
J. C. Lawson, alias Tommy Vaughn,
who was arrested in Chicago the last
of March with Randolph Johnson,
Alvin Johnson and their wives, has
confessed to robbing Jim's Jewelry
and entering the Grapeland Motor
Company and taking a new car here
March I, according to Sheriff Wayne
MeConneil, says last week's Grape-
land Messenger.
MeConneil and Deputy Grady
Young, accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Shuptrine of Cherokee Coun-
ty, spent the first of the week in Fort
Worth questioning the prisoner, who
admitted the Grapeland robberies,
but denied knowledge of the robbery
of Hamilton's Jewelry in Alto. Law-
son also denied entering Levy's
Service Station the same night the
jewelry store was burglarized.
Lawson, the two Johnsons and
their wives iive in Fort Worth, but
were arrested by Chicago police act-
ing on a tip reiayed them by Sheriff
MeConneil. The five were returned
to Fort Worth by the FBI' to face
several burglary charges and trans-
porting a stolen automobile across
state lines.
Officers said Lawson admitted tak-
ing over $4,000 worth of jewels from
Jim's and said that he had all the
gems with him when arrested in Chi-
cago with the exception of those re-
covered by officers from a Fort
Worth woman previously. However,
Lawson said, he saw the jewels in
the Chicago police station before he
was returned to Texas and it didn't
look like they were ail there to him.
Lawson told county officers that
Randolph entered the motor company
and went through the company's of-
fice. He didn't know what he
(Johnson) got. Officers did not ques-
tion Johnson.
The FBI is mailing the jewels,
along with two pistols, taken from
the suspects in Chicago, to Dailas,
where Houston and Cherokee County
officers, Jim Counts, owner of Jim's
Jewelry and Jake Hamilton, owner
of Hamilton's Jewelry in Alto, will
attempt to identify their merchandise.
It is believed that one of the pistols
in the loot is the one taken from the
Grapeland Motor Co., the night it
was entered.
Sheriff MeConneil expressed a be-
lief that several East Texas bur-
glaries will be cleared up when all
the details are worked out- on the
case.
duced prices for members.
Started by a group of returned
veterans, the association welcomes
any dirt farmer who wants to join
and share in any benefits that may
be realized.
Farmers in the Alto section who
are interested, may get any informa-
tion they desire from Ernest L. Rhea
or John T. Mize at Jacksonville.
WHISKYSTILL
SEIZED IN
HOUSTON COUNTY
Here's an item that appeared
in the Crockett Courier of last week
and sounds like old tim%s. This is the
first stili that has been reported in
this section of East Texas for some
time. The Courier says: )
A crude whisky still was attracting
much attention on the northeast cor-
ner of the court house square Satur-
day. The equipment was hauled in
Friday afternoon, after seizure by a
Truck shipments started from
there last week, but the fruit was
small and could not be ciassed as
top quality. The price ranged around
18c.
Rains in East Texas has brought
out the tomato crop in this section
and farmers are reporting their to-
matoes are now growing in good
shape, and unless something happens,
a good yield will be made in this
section.
Shipments are expected in volume
the first week in June, and there
are early patches that may cause
truck shipments to be made the lat-
ter part of this month.
JASPER COUNTY IS
PLANTING SEEDHNGS
Jasper County farmers planted an-
other 60,000 pine seedlings last
month, to bring their season total to
125,000, County Agent S. W. Monroe
reports to C. W. Simmons, extension
member of the sheriff's department, farm forester of Texas A. & M.
It is said that the still was located
near Creek and that the operators
apparently suspected the stiil was
under scrutiny and remained away
from it.
The crude apparatus included six
mash barrels. An iron drum formed
the cooker and another was arranged
for cooiing the copper coil, which
cooled the whisky from the cooker
and released it into containers. A
blackened washtub was also included !
in the articles unloaded on the court}
house square.
College.
Pruning of limbs, proper tree spac-
ing, pine varieties, estimating timber
and burning are some of the prob-
lems that have been worked on re-
cently in Jasper County. Monroe has
developed a sharpened pole for
planting young seedlings, and he also
uses the pole method for pruning
them after several years growth.
Pine seedlings were planted 800 to
the acre. The plantings range from
one to twenty years, and the older
I ones are now showing need for thin-
The mash barrels still contained j Many of these older saplings
some grain and reeked with the odor! ^ down in their growth
because of overcrowding.
Wiilie Milner is an East Texas pine
] farmer from Jasper that has been ex-
perimenting with fence post treat-
ments. He has one drum for giving
the "ground" end of posts a long and
thorough soaking treatment, and an-
other large drum that is made of two
drums welded end to end. This one
he uses for soaking the above ground
part of the post, and gives them a
lighter treatment than the ground
ends. In a demonstration, Milner
cut two posts for seasoning. One had
been peeled green, and the other had
the bark left on.
After seasoning both for three
months, he found that the one that
had been "barked" was soaked to
the center with the preservative, and
was heavier than the other. Milner
of whisky mash Saturday.
FAMILY DAY AT
ALTO BAPTIST
CHURCH SUNDAY
Sunday, May 9, is Family Day at
the Alto Baptist Church. "Come and
bring the entire family.
A bouquet will be given the family
with the largest number present, the
couple who have been married the
longest, and the most recently mar-
ried couple.
A corsage will be given the oldest
mother present.
L. A. Thigpen, Pastor.
SILVER TEA
TOM PICKETT FILES
FOR CONGRESS POST
Mrs. W. C. Hooks, who underwent
a major operation in the Bracken-
ridge Hospital at Austin recently, is
in a critical condition, according to
word received here from her son,
Morrison Hooks. Complications have
set up since the operation that is
causing great concern.
The regular monthly business and
social meeting of the Alto Parent-
Teacher Association wiii be heid in! plans to use the weaker preservative
the High School Auditorium Thurs-; strength for the posts that will take
day May 6 at 3:00 p. m. i"P preserving treatment easier.
The program will be presented by ! Many cords of pulp wood are being !j
the pupils of the First Grade and is cut daily in the young forests, and i: .
of unusual interest to next years' be- has become a big business. Milner '}
ginners since they and their mothers says this brings up a big question '}
are being given special invitations to that is in the mir!d of all pine farm- ,
attend.
The social
ers: "What effect will this pulp wood
will be a silver tea, program have on the future timber
arranged by Mrs. Murchison and the j resources of the country?" A big t
room-mother chairmen, at which, question that needs a good answer.
Washington, May 4.—Representa-
tive Tom Pickett of Palestine Friday
fiied for re-election from his district.
Pickett was elected to Congress in
1944. He served on the veterans af-
fairs committee during his first term,
on the House administration commit-
tee for a time and now holds the
Texas spot on the important public
works committee, on which he suc-
ceeded the late J. J. Mansfield.
time all visitors will be given the
privilege of donating to a fund to be
used for the benefit of the school.
Aprtzeof$3.50 will be given to
the room that registers the greatest
number of visitors at the tea.
Everyone is urged to lend his sup-
port in making this meeting a
success.
Pubiicity Chairman.
Wearing apparel and preserved
foods are on display in the South- !
western Electric Service Co., show
window. You are invited to go by }
and see them. They were made and j
prepared by the Home Demonstration
ladies of the Central Hifh Club. The
items in the window are to be sold
Saturday.
NOTKE CITY TAX PAYERS
Some people learn how to relax.
Others never learn how to do any-
thing else.
All persons who owe city of Alto
delinquent taxes may pay same with-
out interest and penalty attached,
provided they are paid by July 1,}
1948.
C. A. Gipson, Mayor.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dear of Pitkin.
La., spent several days of last week
with the latter's sister, Mrs. Corrie
Shuptrine.
A Call to Worship
EACH SUNDAY
Bible Study 10:00 A. M.
Sermon 11:00 A. M.
Communion 11:S0 A. ML
Training Program 7:30 P. M.
Sermon 8:00 P. M
EACH WEDNESDAY
Bibit Study ..... 7:30 P.M.
You Are Cordiaiiy Invited
To Worship With
THE CHURCH OF CHR!ST
Where Christ *nd Christian* meet
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F. L. Weimar & Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1948, newspaper, May 6, 1948; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215082/m1/1/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.