The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1922 Page: 1 of 10
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The Rusk Cherokeean
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1922
Rusk Schools Graduating Exercises.
The graduating exercises of the
Class of 1922 will be held May
21st and 23d; the baccalaureate
sermon May 21st at the Method-
ist church, 11 a. m.; commence-
ment exercises at high school au-
ditorium May 23d at 8.15 p. m.
Program for Baccalaureate:
Piano Solo, selected
Invocation, Rev. A A. Wag-
non
Duet, Margie and Lucille Pow-
ell
Sermon, Rev. Moore
Song
Benediction.
Program for Commencement:
Orchestra, March
Invocation, Rev. R. G. Behr-
man
Salutatorian, Fabrice Gilford.
Vocal Solo, Hazel Butler
Valedictorian address, Gerald
Chapman
Violin Solo, Mr. R. Guyon
Class History, Pauline Francis
Class Will and Gift, Florry
Guinn
Acceptance of Gift, Robert J.
Garner
Class Prophecy, Ellis Lewis
Address, H. L. McKnight, Sec-
retary Chamber of Commerce,
Nacogdoches.
Presentation of Diplomas and
Awarding of Scholarships, Rob-
ert J. Garner
Benediction.
Tomatoes Coming On Nicely
In conversation with T o m
Mallard this week he exprest the
opinion that s<Jme few tomatoes
might be on the local market this
week. He had been in a large
number of patches during the
past seven days anil saw enough
large tomatoes to warrant the as-
sertion that if he were given good
weather for a week that great
strides would be made by the
crop. All that is needed now to
insure tomatoes for shipment by
the 25th of the month is suitable
•weather for their advancement.
This sounds encouraging and we
hope the weather materializes as
there is an acreage here that will
insure large financial returns.
There are a number of fields with
an excellent showing and we will
be having carlot shipments by
the first of the month under fa-
vorable conditions.
As we have remarked before;
the court house yard is looking
fine. It is an advertisement we
enjoy and does strong pulling for
Rusk.
County Wide Health Work.
An agreement has been signed
between the Red Cross Chapters
of Jacksonville, Rusk and Alto
and the State Board of Health,
which provides for the establish-
ment of a County Health Unit
and for the prosecution of acour.-
ty-wide anti-malaria campaign.
Dr. Wm. H. Sory, who has been
appointed County Red Cross Phy-
sician, states that under t h e
agreement the State Board of
Health is to furnish a Public
Health Nurse to assist in the
county-wide health program, and
is also to provide one man to de-
vote his full time to the fighting
of mosquitoes and malaria in the
county.
The benefits to be derived from
an anti-mosquito campaign are^
clearly shown by the reduction in
malaria cases in Jacksonville,
Rusk and Alto, where mosquito
control has been done for the
past two years. In Jacksonville,
where accurate figures are avail-
able, the number of cases of ma-
laria was reduced from 865 cases
in 1919 to 63 cases in 1921. In
all probability a like reduction
was obt ined in the other two
cities. The average percentage
of malarial infection in the coun-
ty as determined by a survey
made in 1921, is 25.6 per cent.
The first aim of the Health I'nit
will be to assist the farmers in
reducing the material and eco-
nomic loss caused by this pre-
ventable disease. This can be
accomplished through the co-op-
eration of the people in the con-
trol of the mosquito breeding
areas in the vicinity of their
homes. It is the aim of the Red
Cross physician to have every
house in the county visited either
the Health Nurse or the malaria
specialist to assist in the exter-
mination of the mosquito.
Cherokee county has the dis-
tinction of being the first county i
in Texas to put on such a cam-
paign and is to be congratulated
on taking such an important and
progressive step towards the
health and economic welfare of
the people. This work will be
watched with interest by the oth-
er counties of the State which
are contemplating undertaking a
like campaign.
The Cotton Belt is extending
one of their spur tracks west far
enough to accommodate t h e j
Powell Land & Lumber Co. with
cars for loading. This gives the
planer trackage on both sides of
the mill and will facilitate ship-
ments.
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Oflit I SlntpHirnt «f (hp Fiiiaiirial ('ondition of tin-
Farmers and Merchants State Bank and Trust
Company, at Rusk,
State of Tex ts. at the close of business on the 5th flay of May.
The Husk Uherokeean, a newspaper printed and published
Texas, on the 12th da$ of May, 1922:
KESOURCT.S
Loans and Discounts, persona or collateral -
Loans, real estate -------
Overdrafts - -- -- -- -
Bonds and .Stocks, including Federal Reserve Rank Stock
County and City Warrants - - - - - -
Other Real Kstate ------
Furniture and PHvtures ------
Due from other Ranks and Bankers, and cash on hand
Interest Depositors' Guaranty Fund -
Assessment Depositors' Guaranty Fund -
Other Resources: Transit Account - - -
1922,
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publish
usk, St a
1433,
21.
113,
4,
10.
ed In
te of
076.72
709.20
MM
400.00
021.44
880.27
157.00
,041.19
,840.78
,535.27
281.50
590,057.39
1100,000.
2,500.
11.029,
28,755.
411.
4'',594
590.057.%)
TOTAL - . - -
LI ABILITIES
Capital Stock paid In - - - *
Surplus Fund - -
Undivided Profits, net - - - -
Due to Ranks and Bankers, subject to check, net
Individual Deposits, subject to check -
Rills Payable and Rediscounts -
TOTAL
STATE OF TEXAS. I
County of Cherokee, j We, W. T. Norman, us President, and E. B. Mustek
Cashier of said bank, each of us. do solemnly swear that the above statement
true to the best of our knowledge and belief.
W. T. NORMAN. President.
E. R. MUSTCK. Cashier.
Subsc ribed and sworn to before me t his 10th day of May, A. D. 1922,
O. C. SHERMAN,
(SEAL) Notary Public Cherokee County, Texas,
CORRECT-ATTEST;
,T. L. SUMMERS. B. F. SHERMAN, P. T. RUTLER. Directors.
W. B. Bates Announces for Second
Term As District Attorney.
In another column of this pa-
per we carry the announcement
of Honorable W. B. Bates for re-
election as District Attorney.
Mr. Bates has made during his
first term in office one of the
most remarkable records ever
made by an official of this office
as is shown by the records of the
Court and submitted to you in
the following letter addressed to
the voters of this district:
To the Voters of the Second Ju-
dicial District:
This issue of this paper carries
my announcement for reelection
(Second Term) as District Attor-
ney subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries. Since
the time of Washington it has
been the custom of the Demo-
cratic party to give an official
who has performed his duties
conscientiously benefit of a sec-
ond term. I succeeded the Hon-
orable W. B. O'Quinn who was
perhaps your most distinguished
and successful District Attorney.
As a Democrat I ask you to care
fully compare my record with
the record of Mr. O'Quinn and
any other District Attorney.
Mr. O'Quinn obtained twenty
convictions during his last year
in office while I obtained forty-
nine convictions durin r my first
year in office. In fact 1 obtain-
edjnore convictions my first year
in office than he obtained his last
two years in office. These are
convictions where the penalty as-
sessed was confinement in the
penitentiary and does not take
into consideration, except in the
Rusk court, suspended sentences.
For murder 1 have obtained
sentences of twenty years, twen-
five years, forty-seven years, fif-
ty years, and ninety-nine years
which I am sure you will admit
is quite a record for one year,
and especially one's first year in
office. I have secured more con-
victions for violating the liquor
law since becoming District At
torney than has been secured by
any District Attorney of any of
the adjoining districts. It is my
honest belief that 1 have secured
as many, if not more, convictions
for violation of the liquor law
than any District Attorney in
the State. However, 1 realize
that this work is just begun, but
if I am re-elected as your District
Attorney and can secure further
co-operation of the citizenship,
this traffic will have no place in
this district.
I invite you to compare my
record with the record of any
District Attorney of this district,
and if such comparison is not fa-
vorable, I will not claim further
consideration at your hands. If
the same is favorable I solicit
your support and influence for
two terms to which I feel that
the customs and the principles of
the Democratic party entitles
me. Yours respectfully,
W. B. BATES.
Benefit Concert Soon,
The Parent-Teachers Associa-
tion will sponsor an entertain-
ment that will be given in the
high school auditorium Monday
night, May 22. This entertain-
ment will consist of musical num-
bers and a Spanish play and the
proceeds from it will be used to
purchase drinking fountains and
wash bowls for the schools. The
price has been made so wonder-
fully low that we think all can
buy tickets. The ladies of our
club will sell tickets and at 10-2
each you can afford to buy a
number.
The entertainment should be
good, and the cause is beneficial
to all the children and the public
as well. Your generous support
in this tic let sale is earnestly so-
licited.
MRS. PICKETT BUTLER,
Pres. Parent-Teachers Ass'n
Box Factory Resumed Operations
Monday.
The Texas Crate and Basket
Factory resumed operations Mon-
day with a large force of men
employed and are turning out
their products in large quantities.
They have a great lot of orders
and will be able to make a long
run if weather conditions permit
of obtaining supplies.
It is certainly good news for
Rusk that this plant is reopen-
ing as tjiey employ a force of 50
to 60 men and this added payroll
helps materially in making pros-
perity for the town.
The quality of the above en-J
tertainment should not be judged i
by the price asked for the tick- j
ets. The charge was made low, j
10-c to . !1, in order that every-;
one could be given opportunity j
to assist in the worthy cause for
which they are working even tho j
they would not be able to attend
the entertainment; 10-c or even!
50 c is not a great amount to j
give to the cause they sponsor.
. The numbers in this entertain-;
ment are well prepared and much j
work has been put on it by the I
performers. Many individual
numbers you will dechire to "be
amply worth the price asked.
The Spanish play in its spectacu-
ular and musical effects will be
worth many times the price ofj
admission.
It is one of those entertain
ments in which you cannot lose, j
If you buy tickets and attend
you will be repaid many fold,
and if you buy tickets and fail to j
go you will have a realization of j
having assisted in a most worthy 1
cau.-e. Be sure and help the la-
dies in their ticket sales.
Ralson Accidentally Shot.
J. B. Ralson, a farmer about
60 years of age, residing on the
old Bob Pryor place south of
Rusk was accidentally shot
Thursday afternoon. From in-
formation at hand just now it
seems that he saw a hawk and
picked up a 44 calibre Winches-
ter rifle to take a shot at it. The
gun may have been cocked, or
the trigger may have caught, but
in some manner i1 went off and
the bullet entered his jaw and
coursed upward and came out at
the top of his head. His jaw-
bone was broken in two places,
the cheek bone shattered, the
skull broken and the brain expos-
ed tho not touched.
He was hurried to the sanita-
rium in Jacksonville and given
treatment and repot1 this, Fri-
day, morning is that he has •<■
chance for recovery. It was at
first (hot that one eye was gone
but it is possible that it too mny
be intact.
Deacon Dubbs to Alto.
Deacon Dubbs is going to Alto
next Thursday night to present
himself to the people of that city.
They had a very successful even-
ing in Rusk when they appeared
here and now they propose to al
low the sister city to enjoy the
performance. The troupe under |
the direction of Mrs. W. E. Sloan
should be able to please the peo-
ple there and the funds they
make will be given to the Legion
boys. A good show and a good
cause.
Mrs. Edgar Priest Died.
Word was received in Rusk
Tuesday that Mrs. Edgar Priest
of Lubbock, Texas, had died and
the body would be brot to Rusk
for burial. She was the wife oi
Edgar C. Priest and was former-
ly Miss Mozelle Frazer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Frazer, and
was reared in Rusk. It is possi-
ble that the body and those ac-
companying may arrive here
some time Thursday and the fu-
neral will be held soon thereaf-
ter, interment being in Cedar
Hill cemetery beside her parents
who have preceded her to the
Great Beyond. Owing to the
heavy flood of Tuesday and the
consequent interruption of rail
traffic nothing can be certain as
to travel and it may be that the
funeral party may not arrive here
until Friday morning.
Later: Funeral was held
Thursday afternoon, the funerul
party arriving on the Cotton Belt
10.26 train from the north.
Eastern Star Elects Officers.
The Eastern Star Chapter held
their annual election of officers
last week for the ensuing year:
W. M., Mrs. Robinson; W. P., O.
S. Beall; M., Mrs. Forrester;
Conductress, Mrs. Phillips; A.
Con., Mrs. Beall; Treas., Mrs.
Lillie Copeland; Sec., Mrs. Lizzie
Smith; Adah, Mrs. Florence
Guinn; Ruth, Miss Lester Cave-
ness; Esther, Miss May Gibson;
Martha, Miss Tish Windham;
Electra, Miss Ozella P r yor;
Warder, Mrs. Olivia Bolton;
Chaplain, Mrs. Mollie Sloan; Or-
ganist, Mrs. Esther Harrison,
and Sentinel J. W. Jenkins.
Mrs. Joe Gurley who has been
visiting her relatives in Rusk
went to Dallas Saturday. She
recently removed to Dallas from
El Paso.
Legal blanks for sale at this of-
fice.
$1.50 brings you a REAL
newspaper for a whole year.
NO. 45
Will Open Camp to Rusk Business.
The Southern Pine Lumber Co.
which owns great areas of virgin
timber in the Neches bottoms
both in this and adjoining coun-
ties has established a camp
about five miles south of Charles
Holcomb's place. They are
erecting 300 houses there and the
: camp will be a lively one. Their
road runs to Diboll where the
, mil 1 is located and they haul
their tirnber there for manufac-
ture. The place is not reached
, by any good road and as there
' will be much activity there for
I some years to come it is impor-
Itant that a road, other than the
railroad which carries the tim-
ber, should be built there.
Commissioner Ed Finley called
the attention of some Rusk busi-
i ness men to the situation and it
was decided to get busy a n d
build a road if co-operation of
the business men of this place
could be secured to do so. E. R.
Gregg and E. B. Musick there
fore circulated a subscription pa-
per this week and seeured be-
| tween §250 and $300 for use in
opening a road from a point
south of Charles Holcomb's to
' ih • camp and Commissioner Fin-
; I -•>' and his force of men are at
; work building the road.
Rusk is the close.t town to
*. his camp and if means of travel
be provided we should have a
large amount of the trade from
that point. It should also be
I possible for the Rusk merchants
•to -ooperate and have certain
days to make deliveries of feed
I and any merchandising desired
' by the people living there. The
'ease vith which the money was
raised to build the road shows
' that it would also be possible to
work together to care for the
j trade from there. How would it
I be to send a little trade excursion
! down there upon the completion
f of the road?
Building Ice House and Creamery.
Work was started Monday
morning on an ice house on the
! Cotton Belt tracks just west of
1 the stock yards. It Will be used
: to store ice shipped here from
1 Jacksonville and a portion of the
building will be used as an ice
; cream factory by the Rusk
[Creamery. The building is be-
jing well constructed, with con-
! crete foundation and floors, and
; will make a suitable home for
Yates Smith's ice business as
well as the ice cream factory.
Oil leases, assignments, and
royalty contracts for sale at this
office.
For news; The Cherokeean.
Attorney W. H. Shook made a
business trip to Dallas first of
this week.
J. L. Winder and Albert Mere-
dith started westward last Sun-
day. They will spend a couple
of weeks in Arizona in quest of
health, visiting, and with eyes
open to opportunity. M r s.
Winder has a sister living in Ari-
zona and they will spend a little
time there and hope to see sever-
al portions of the state, includ-
ing Douglas and Phoenix. Dr.
Moseley was one of the party as
far as El Paso where he went to
attend a medical meeting.
|
Winder wants to buy those
chickens and eggs you have to
sell.
For a Home paper; The(
Cherokeean. |
No. 1182
Official Statement of the Financial Coodit;on of the
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
at u I la t in. State of Texa*. th ?' <usine*s n tie- 5th day of May.
1022. published in The Rusk ( 'herokee tn. a newspaper print' I and published at
Husk. State of Texas, on (lit* 12th day ' M.ty.
HFSOl' K<' I >
I. >an* and Discounts, persona! ~ •• •.•■) .*25.954.50
Loans, real estate ......... 1.750.00
Heal estate (bankinu liou^ei. ...... ... 3,411.5?
Furniture and Fixtures 1.276.94
Due fron. other Hanks and Hankers, and t*h <>n hand 3.399.57
Interest In Depositors'Guaranty Fund :J00.00
Assfssviji'ttt. Depositors'Guaranty !'.. .1, . 809.M4
TOTAL
I.I A HI LIT I F>
< 'apital Stork paid in
Surplus Fund
I ndivided l-*rolits. net
Individual Deposits, suljeet t>> cheek ..
Cashier's Cheeks
Hills Payable and Rediscount* ...
TOTAL
... 30,902.22
§ 10.000.00
265.00
442.74
21,089 38
♦9.35
5,055.75
36.902.22
STATK OF TKXAS.
County of Cherok'-e Wr. W. T. N-iriuan. as president. and .1. I. Bolton, as
cashier of said bunk, each of us. do *•> emnlv swear that tin* above statement is
true to the best of our knowledge and i -tief.
W. T NOUM.W P!'<-si<l.'t)t.
.1.1. It 1. roN. t 'jishU'r.
Subscribed and sworn it* If- m- i..< th* l"Ui !i■ ty May. A. 1>. lif™.
F. H. MISICK.
N. t.trv 1'uMte. t'heioket <'ounty, T >xa.s.
I'OHKFA'T ATTEST:
l)K. WILEY SMITH. W. II -K. W. Il.tiVKNKi:, Hiiveti.r.s.
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Martin, W. L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1922, newspaper, May 12, 1922; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291253/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.