The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1928 Page: 1 of 6
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WITH WHICH IS CONSOLIDATED THE PRESS-JOURNAL
Originally Established February 27, 1850.
County Warrant Suit
Settlement Agreed.
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CHEROKEEAN
WORKING FOR A GREATER RUSK AND A MORE PROSPEROUS CHEROKEE COUNTY
The familiar and time tried and
court tested suit of Cherokee
County vs The Brown-Crummer
Investment Company involving
some refunding bonds issued sev-
eral years ago, has at last reach-
The remains of Mrs. Charles
Francis, wife of Dr . Charles Fran-
cis, of Farmersville La., were
brought here for burial last Fri-
day. She and her husband lived
he several years ago, moving
from here to Alto and thence to
Farmersville La. Dr. Francis is
ed ^a point of tentative settle an uncle of the Summers here
mint and the approval of the and of a very old family.
court is all that is necessary to A number of friends accompan
close the question. lied the body from Farmersville
The suit grew out of some re- and a number of people from
funding bonds issued by the Alto attended the funeral.
county in lieu of. outstanding in j The deceased's father, Mr Ma-
debtedness, and the county aulh-1 lone, oi Austin, attended the
orities afterward figured that I funeral.
they had not received ir deala fa
and brought suit to cancel some MV-. T. B. Mallard visited
of the obligations. The case was, friends in Tyler, lust week.
pending in the Federal Court at:
Tyler, and at the original trial ! Mrs. Jodie Schochlei and Mrs.
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS. TEICRSD \Y, FKiJ. 2, mS
Mrs. Francis Buried Here. Activities Of League Sudden Death Qf
Proving Effective. Pioneer Citizen.
It would seem that Rusk ac- This community was immeas-
quired what it has long needed-,1 u''ably shocked, curly Monday
a kcivic organization that is de- morning, by the announcement
termined to accomplish some- of the death of J. G. Summers,
thing that appeals to the people one of the earliest,, most promi-
in general. In fact, it is an of- m-nt highly respected citizens of
fort in which all are invited to Cherokee c unty, wbieh <c<:ured
the plaintiff's got a judgment for
something like $21,000.00, but
this was later modified on uie
consideration of the court in ar-
riving at ju^t what the reimbur-
s 'ment was to be, reducing it to
a pproxi mately $ 14,000.00.
Gullion of Alto,
here Monday.
were visitors
things to be taken into consider-
ation.
In the first instance, the case
! would
participate and is for the benelit at.
of the entire community.
They have had the hedge ar.d
other unseemly growth around
the court house removed, the
grounds are bein^ leveled up, and
beautiful flowers and trees plant-
ed around the plot. The first
consignment of the shrubbery
and flowers were received Mon-
day and are being placed in po-
sition in a very artistic manner.
The next big move is one to en-
courage the beautifying and im-
proving of the appearance of the
premises about the town.
Cash prizes will be offered in
this civic contest, which will
about 7:00 o'clock
Mr Summeis had been quite
i . about a week previous, but
bad apparently about lecovered
l'rorn the effects and was going
about town, having bten up to
Jacksonville the evening before.
He was stricken with a heart af-
fliction abdut eight o'clock Sun-
day evening, from which he nev-
er rallied and death relieved his
sufferings at the time stated.
Joe Summers was born near
Rusk, on April 3rd., 1865 He
was the son of William and Iso-
bel Summers, being the young-
est of eleven children, three
brothers and seven sisters, of
whom Mrs. W. II. Allen of Jack"
The case was to be up for final j carrjecj
order on the 26th., but an effort ypafs( vvith the incident expense
was made to compromise, which | and inconvenience, and as there
finally lesulted in the agreement < was no question about the origi
effecting same.
Under the terms of the con-
tract involving settlement, the
defendant's are to pay all costs
and expenses of the litigation, to-
gether with the attorney's fees
of the plaintiff, and ar to take a
re-issue of warrants, with an ex-
tension in the period of same of
ten years, at ii 1-2 Der cent in-
terest.
While it might seem that con-
prove a great incentive to what
should be a natural pride to have; sonviiie is the only survivor.
have been appealed and the property holdings present a Mr. Summers joined the Met,h-
in the I< ederal couit tor pieasjng appearence. jodist church at an early age.
The following prizes will be of- 'n 'u' was married to
fered for this work, which will be Mi>s Annie McClure, to which
judged by non-resident and dis- un'on two children, Kathleen and
interested parties from nearby
towns, who will not even know
who owns the property:
Best kept vacant lot
Most attractive Church
ship and possibly put the county j ^""aUractive Filling
in default
State of Texas vs Eugene Holt,
possessing liquor for sale, verdict
not guilty.
State vs A D. Bridges, trans-
porting liquor, jury discharged
jon account of sudden illnes; of
defendent during the trial
State vs Leonard Fisk, driving
la car while intoxicated, dismiss-
! ed.
State vs Ira Pond, possessing
; liquor, verdict not guilty.
State vs Robert Edwards, pos-
sessing liquor for sale, instructed
verdict not guilty.
State vs George Hawthorne,
transporting iiquor, verdict guilty
and given two years in the pen-
itentiary Motion for new trial
filed.
State vs Earl Dixon, trans-
ferred from Angelina County,
continued for the term because
of failure to send the pap rs in
the case from Angelina County
in time for the trial.
VOL. 9. No.
District Court Works Much Interest In
On Criminal Docket Cotton Beit Hearing.
i nal indebetedness, or the basis of
the obligations being just, and
then if the defendants finally lost
out they would have demanded
payment in full of all obligations
matured and thus work a hard-
$25.00
15.00
Those who have had the mat
ter in charge, and who sincerely
have the interests of the people ,
at heart, deemed this the wise
siderable concession has been ; course to pursue, and that settles j
made, yet, there are several lit.
ASTOK THEATRE
"Where Everybody Goes"
FEBRUARY
5th
1 1th.
Sunday, Feb. 5th. • - Matinee, Is 15 to 4:30
RAY GRIFFITH
IN
tt
WEDDING BELLS"
Monday-Tuesday, February 6th-7th.
W. C. Fields and Chester Conklin
Hats off to these two-they're there with the laugh
"TWO FLAMING YOUTM"
Filled with fast and furious comedy, of romance and hu-
man oddities, boasting many laughable complications.
Wednesday, February 8th
BLANCHE SWEET
In a flaming drama of the New West and its old passions
"SINGED"
Thursday-Friday, February 9th-10th.
The Greatest ALL AMERICAN
Picture Ever Produced
"Old Ironsides"
Great Names Gallant Deeds
Bainbridge, Preble, Decatur, Hull, Rich-
ard Summers, Lawrence
The men who made our Navy the admirationol'our
enemies on the [decks of the "Philadelphia"
and "Constitution" when "Old Ironsides"
announcedtothe World that America was a nation
With a Superb cast
Wallace Beery, George Bancroft Esther Ralston, Chas. Farre 11
Siation
| Prettiest front yard, rent
property
Prettiest back yard, rent
property
Prettiest front yard, own-
ed r roperty
; Prettiest back yard, own-
ed property
! Most attractive vegetable
garden
| Cleanest premises back of
stores
; Prettiest bed of roses
| Best flower garden, child's
j Best window box
| Best bed of zennias
, Prettiest hanging basket
1 In this movement the
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5 00
2.50
1.00
ladies
J who have acted so commendably
I with much determination, ap
'the encouragement that is be
ing tendered by the citizenship
in general Over a 150 members
have enrolled with the League,
and paid their dues, which are
nominal, and practically every
business man and institution in
the town has contributed liberally
toward the fund for paying the
prizes offered for the beautifying
i of the premises, and the list in-
j eludes the following:
Mary ^ete born, the former,
who was married to C. A. Than-
heiser of Houston, passed away
in October 1912.
In 1900 he was married to
Miss Dolle Neely, who survives.
| To the latter union, two sons
10.00 were born, Wilburn M. Sum-
mers, of Wichita Falls, and Joe
10.00 Wyatt, of Rusk.
At the time of his death, Mr.
10.00 Summers was serving as De-
! puty Game Warden, for District
10 001 No 23.
| Rusk and Cherokee county
10.001 never held a better citizen than
Joe Summers, and that was true
of him from his boyhood to his
last days on earth. He was
kind toward and considerate of
all, a loyal neighbor, a kind and
indulgent father, an affectionate
and considerate husband, a
friend of the friendless and not
least of all a gentleman of the
highest order, honor and dignity.
He was too good and easy if any-
thing, and sacrificing to the ex-
treme. During the several years
that he served this county as
treasurer and tax collector, he
endeared himself to all by his
courtesy", haopy manner and ef-
ficient discharge of his duties,
and the most pronounced attest-
ations to this fact was his being
re-elected year after year
He has gone and in his going
I not only his family and nearest
friends have sustained a severe
Attorney E. H. Ellock of Wich-
ita, Kansas, was here the first of
the week on business.
Mr. Gleecen who died at Za-
valla last Friday, was brought
through here last Saturday, en-
route to Maydelle, his former
home for burial. He was 6^
years old. Accompanying his
remains were Simon Graham,
Miss Mary Graham, Miss Tincy
Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Glee-
cen and D. Duncan.
Crouch, B'brt Worth; Jim Crouch
Abilene; Tom Williams, Dallas;
Summers A. Norman, Dallas;
Mrs D T. Howard, Dallas: Mrs.
Ora Bishop, Cleburne; Dr. C. C.
Francis and daughters, Farmer-
ville, La.; Mrs. Minnie Francis,
Nacogdoches; Mrs. Geo. W. Lee,
Diboll; Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Pea-
cock, Turney; Mrs. Pick Lacy,
Doucette; Mr. and Mrs William
King, Jacksonville; Dr. and Mrs
M. E. McClure and son, Alto.
The hearing before the State
Railroad Commission, held at
Alto, Monday and Tuesday of
this week, for consideration of
the application of he St. Louis
& Southwestern Railway Com
i pany, to discontinue its passenger
(service of the Tyler Lufkin
branch, and substitute therefor
: the service of a certain bus line,
(created much interest and was
| quite thorough
The Commission held that in
keeping with the ruling of the
I Attorney General, it had no juris-
diction over the question of the
substitution, bu! took cognizance
of the application to discontinue
the railroad service and proceed-
ed to consider that question
alone.
j The company endeavored to
: show, and by its records disclosed
i that the operation of the service
j had been done at a loss for sever
| years, but the alleged deficiency
! was not as great as had been re-
| ported,
The evidence all the way
through was along the lines that
were generally understood, the
applicants insisting that it was a
great injustice to have to oper-
ate a losing proposition, while
the opponents insisted that it was
a greater injustice to the people
to be deprived of the service.
It was indicated that the Com-
mission would, in no event, per-
mit the excuse of the company
from rendering express and mail
service.
A compromise was proposed to
j reduce the service to one train a
I day, but this is not acceptable to
| the opposition.
The Commissioh took the mat
ter under advisement and will
render its decision at one of its
regular meetings.
The hearing required a day
and a half and was quite thor-
ough.
^or^cl.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
February 16th.-l7th--The picture they are all
talking about—now showing in al principal cities.
"Gentemen Prefer Blonds."
' By
ANITA LOOS
Citizens Bank $25.00
C. D. Poe 10.00
Moseley Drug Store 10 00
Rusk Motor Co 10 00
Parrish Forrest & Williams- 10.00
! Kerr & Hanna 10.00
; Williams Bros. 7.50
Perkins & Perkins 5.00
\y. H Tucker 5.00
T. J. Stoval 5.00
A. G. Odom 5.00
A. R. Odom 5.00
C. E Jay 5.00
Ben F. Pryor.. 5.00
Ed Singletary 5.00
Tom B. Mallard 5.00
Rusk Hotel 2.50
Mrs. Alvin Sherman 2 50
Williamson & Stovall 1.00
Joe Graul 3.00
loss, but the community as well,
and the estimation in which he \
was held was amply and touch j
ingly shown by the beautiful flor- ■
al tributes that graced his bier
and last resting place.
Funeral services were held at
the Rusk Methodist Church,
Tuesday afternoon, conducted!
by Rev. Wilson of Jacksonville,
and Rev. Carter of Rusk, after j
which the remains were interred
in the local cemetery, under the j
beautiful and touching cere-!
monies of the Masonic order.
The active pall bearers were:j
R E. Finley, T. I. Frazer, A. G.
Adams, F. E. Churchill, C. L.
Stone and Dr. E M McClure.
The following friends and rel-
What You Find
ON THE
NEW FORD CARS
Sam Manning, 2.00 atives were in attendance at the
Rusk Hardware & Und. Co 5.00 funeral:
B A. Murphy, 1.00
Allen's BarberShop 2.00
H.O.Ward,-- 2 00
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Mrs. W. R. Allen,Jacksonville;
C. A. Thanheiser, Houston;'
Rev. H. A. Allen and family,!
Dallas; Mr. ar.d Mrs. Russell
Allen, Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs.'
Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Renfro Joe Allen, Kemp; Mrs. W. K.
of Nacogdoches, were guests in ; McDaniel, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs
the C. F. Mehner home. Monday!1 Maurice Totty, Palestine: Fred'
Beautiful new body lines—choice of 4 colors.
55 to 65 MILES PER HOUR
Remarkable acceleration. <,
40-horse-power engine. <
Four-wheel brakes.
Standard, selective gear shift.
Hydraulic shock absorbers.
20 to 30 miles per gallon of gasoline.
Theft-proof co-incidental Lock,
and
Typical FORD Reliabity and Economy
PARRISH, FORREST & WILLIAMS
Authorized Ford Dealers
The Big Filling Station on the Corner
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
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Ward, H. O. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1928, newspaper, February 2, 1928; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291300/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.