The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1928 Page: 1 of 6
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The Rusk Cherokeean
WITH WHICH IS CONSOLIDATED THE PRESSJOURNAL
Originally Established February 27, 1850.
RUSK, CHEKOKEE COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, FEB. 10, I91'8
WORKING FOR A GREATER RUSK AND A MORE PROSPEROUS CHEROKFE COUNTY
VOL. 9. No. £6
'Pussyfoot" Johnson To
Be In Jacksonville.
"Pussvfoot" Johnson,the world-
renowned prohibition advocate,
the man who lost an eye in riot
in England, precipated by one of
his speeches, will address a mass
meeting at the Meth( dist ■ hurch
in Jacksonville, Tuesday, Febru-
ary 21st., at 7:30 p. m.
His jsubject will be "As The
Orient Sees America "
Major F. B Ebbert, of Los An-
geles, .nationally known prohib-
tion orator, will also address the
assemblage, his subject being,
"The Unfinished Battle."
Attend Big Kiwanis
Meeting At Denton.
Commissioners Meeting.
The Commisoner's Court met
in regular session Monday, con-
tinuing for two days.
It was the regular annual meet-
ing for general purposes and con-
siderable routine business was up
for consideration.
Bids for the annual Road Pat-
rol work were opened and awards
made.
Rusk was well and ably repre-
sented at the meeting of Third
Distric of Texas, Kiwanis Inter-
nationa] held at Denton, Monday
anrl Tuesday. But shouldn't it
have been? This club is admit-
tedly, one of thejbest in the state
and Rusk the In me of Lieutenant
Governor Gregg, of this district,
dist rict.
Those attending were Dr. T.
H. Cobble, P. H. Musselwhite, C.
H. Pitts, E. R. Gregir, B B. Per-
kins and daughter, Miss Wilma.
'Ail report a great meeting.
\ Governor Gregg presided over
the meeting and made a speech,
which they say made a great hit.
C. D. Poe's Store Badly It Can Be Done--
Damaged By Fire. - Will We Do It?
The big dry goods, clothing and <
furnishings store, located on the1
That season of the year ap-
,, t r i proaches when the periodical and
southwest of the square, was the: .. .,
. .. . „ ' , spasmodic agitation ol the mos
scene of a disatrous fire, Monday .. ,. . .
quilo question again confronts
Old Scout Goes After
The New Ford Car.
evening.
The conflagration was discov-
ered by pn.ssersby, who noticed:
smoke issuing from the rear doori
and window-, about 6:00 p. n.
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1 he fire department responded j
immediately and when entrance i
to the building w-s eflecled it I
was found that the c. iling and the
contents of the rear part of the
store were ablaze
The flames had gained such
headway that it wasquite difficult
to subdue or restrict them and at
first it looked like the adjacent
two-story building of the Moseley
Drug Store was doomed and that
would have meant the destruction
of the entire business block. A
relief appeal was made to jack-
us.
The Rusk Civic League has
taken the initiative, but not with
any intention of taking the lead,
assuming tho responsibility, or
usurping an ' authority or prerog-
ative, in bringing the matter to
attention.
They have been in communic-
ation with E. W. Steel, Municipal
and Sanitary Engineer of A & M
College and been assured of any
co-operation at the command of
his department. He advised that
he had communicated with a rep-
resentative of the State Board of
Health, who will probably be in
Rusk in the near future to confer
with our people.
The following excerpt is taken
Death Of Gallatin Lady
Johnnie Williams, manager and
chairman ot the local Ford dis , ... , xuc iuuuwihu w iancn
. j sonville fire department, out be- „ , , ,, . - , ,
tributine agency, received a mes-1 ,, from the bulletin issued by the
, ,, ° . , • fore it could get started the call1 IT , , , ,
sage (collect) yesterday evening, j canee|]e(j | State Health Department, bear
from the big distributing station, ' ' ing on the organization and plan?
After about thirty minutes of j,. b ,
, , , , . c , ,. ,, ! tor the movement:
hard and heroic fighting on the
! at Houston, advising they were'
Mrs* Etta May Rowe, aged 45,
wife of W. H. Jenkins, departed
this life at her late home, near
Gallatin, February tlth.
Funeral services couducted by-
Rev, J. F. Carter of the First M.
E. Church, of Rusk, were held
Monday morning, after which in-
ment was made in the cemetery
near the old home.
Deceased is survived by her
husband, three children, father,
mother and three sisters.
L. T. Mcore was a Jacksonville
visitor, last Friday.
ready to serve him and to be at
headquarters tomorrow morning
at 10:00 o'clock.
Johnnie took an airplane out
that evening and will drive one
of the new products through Fri-
day evening.
Then the big thin" will start.
part of the department and vol-
unteers the flames were brought
and kept under control, and you
can say what you please about
Rusk's fire fighting facilities, this
is one time they saved a goodly
portion of our town.
The cause of the fire i s, and in
all probabil ity always will be un
Or&aniz ation
City Campaign: The work
should be under the direction of
the mayor, health officer, or sani-
tary commissioner, with a fore-
man or inspector for immediate
supervision,
In the smaller places an em-
ploye such as city mashal, or the
street foreman can do the work,
but others have found it necess-
Jim Benge Pleads
Guilty To One Charge.
Jim Ben</e, who has been under
arrest ;;nd in jail sometime, on
two charges of burglary and one
of assault to murder, entered a
' plea of guilty to theft of over fif-
: ty dollars in connection with the
robbery of a box car. and given a
two-year sentence in the District
Court.
In his plea Benge exhoi orated
his brother, who received alike
sentence on the same charge, at j
the last term of court.
At one stage of the rather long |
drawn out game Jim was given a:
a sanity hearing, at which he was
adjudged insane and committed
to the ayslum, but he did not like
it out there and left in about 36
hours
Some did not believe him in
sane, but since he plead guilty to
the robbery charge, instead of
taking his chances with a jury, it j
is evident that he is not right.
Another Pioneer Drought
Hack Ifoine for Final Iteht
The remains of Mrs. Hallie
Claiborne Evans, wife of Finley
Evans, of Ft. Worth, who passed
away on February 12th , were
brought to Rusk, Monday morn-
ing and laid to res!, in C dar Hill
Cemetery.
Deceased was a daughter of the
late General John M. Claiborne
and came to Rusk when quite
young She was married and lived
here many years, moving first to
Palestine: thence to Fort Worth.
She was about fifty years of age
In addition to her husband, who
is a brother.of Mrs. Ella Reagan
and a cousin of R. E. Finley, Mrs.
Finley is survived by two broth-
ers, Sidney and Jack Claiborne.
Got "Pete" Off On
The Wrong Track.
Work On New Post
Office Building Started
Mrs L. D. Guinn was a week
end guest of friends and relat-
ives in Port Arthur and Houston.
Mrs. Guinn was r^ade the victim
of purse snatchers, while in the
latter city, but when they found
a picture of Judge Guinn in the.
receptacle it was restored to her.
known, but there is no question j ary to employ a man on a part-
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about it orginating in the rear and
and near the ceiling as that part
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ASIOH THEATRE
THE
19th
"Where Everybody Goes"
:: FEBRUARY ::
25th
Sunday-Monday Feb. 19th-20th
George O'Brien--Virginia Valli
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"PAID TO LOVE
In wiii h the Vagabond Cupid vetures into Royalty
With An All Star Cast:
J. Farrel McDonal-William Powell.
Tuesday, February 21st.
Renee Adoree
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James Oliver Curwoods Greatest Story
"BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY"
Wednesday, February 22nd j
Raymond Navarro - Alice Terry
IN
LOVERS
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A dramatic thunderbolt, launched against mankind's
Greatest Enemy SCANDAL
Thursday-Friday, February 23rd-24th.
ADOLPH MENJOU
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A picture so tender, so throbbing with life, so full of rom-
ance," that it will stay with you long after the
^Shadows have flickered away
Saturday, February 25th
WARNER BAXTER
"THE COWARD"
Coming—Mar, 1-2--"TUlle's Punctured Romance"
4arch4-S: EMIL JANNlSlGS In
"THE LAST COMMAND"
time basis. The State Board of
Health is willing to train such a
pian, free of charge.
The Inspector's duties will con
sis: in part of inspection of all
private and public property, for
the purpose of locating and bring-
about the destruction or control
of ali breeding places. To further
this the Model Anti-Mosquito or-
dinance should be passed In ad-
dition to inspection he shou d see
that all possible! drainage isac-
coinplished. A thorough house-
to-house survey at the beginning
of mosquito breeding season will
find such places.
Drainage should be done before
the starting of mosquito breeding
season
Oiling will require careful at-
tention a;.d water not producing
mosquitoes should not be oiled.
| People should make complaints |
I as to the presence of mosquitoes
| about their houses, as they do not
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quickly locate the source."
This is a serious question that
has been met and the condition
ovecome in many other places in
the state and 'there is no reason
why it can not be done in Rusk,
if we start in time and keep up a j
was the first and most seriously
damaged. This borne out by the
fact that goods on top of the high
shelving was burned almost to
the front of the store.
Mr. Poe and Mr. Mansfield had
| left the store only a few minutes
befor • the fire broke out, and no
fires had been in the store that
day
Mr. Poe's damage from the fire
and water will run into t ousands
of dollars, but can not be estim-
ated until a complete inventory
is taken and adjustments made
j with the insurance companies.
! It involved the best, or most ex-
i pensive part of the stock, includ-
j ing ready-to-wear, men's suits,
I overcoats, spring goods, a new
i consignment of shoes, and more or
less damage to practically every-
j thing in stock.
j The ceiling and roof the build-
ing was badly damaged It be
j longs to Capt. E. L. Gregg, and
was insured
We have not talked to Mr. Poe
since the fire, but know that he 1 rue, most of us have be-J
will soon resume business with a come so accustomed to the sting
new stock of goods ( and song of the pestiferous genus
j Culex that it does not bother us !
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE much, he, (or "she" in fact) is a
The construction work on our
new post office building is getting
well under way. The foundation
is being laid and the material is
on the ground with which to rush
it through.
The new 25x75 structure is to
be modernly furnished and con
veniently appointed throughout.
It is located on the south east
corner,;at the intersection of Sec-
ond and Magnolia streets
In our write-ud last week, of
the candidacy of P. B, Mussel-
white, we inadvertently made the
mistake of saying that he was
running for tax assessor, instead
of tax collector
The only excuses are that we
had so long had him associated
with those tax inventories, and
that our conscience was under an
awful strain at the time.
Anyway. Pete is running for
collector and is making a hand at
the undertaking.
Body Of Infant Is
Found In Woods.
Negro's Death A Mystery.
A negro named Willis, a son of
Peggy Willis, died Sunday, after
drinking what has been suspic-
ioned as being poison "shinney.''
Officers are investigating with
a view to try and learn where he
got the deadiy concoction.
Troup, Feb. 10.—The body of
a young baby was found Tuesday
in the woods eight miles south of
here. The body showed no
wounds.
The body indicated that the
baby was only a few days old.
No clues were found leadiug to
the identity of the child.
Burial expenses were paid here
by public donations.
Dr C. A Shaw made a busi-
ness trip to Gatesville the last;
of the week.
E. L. Lewis of Wells, was a vis-
itor inour city, Saturday.
great menace to the rest and com-
fort of the weary traveler, and he
will drive half the night to get to
a non-mosquto infected town
Let's get busy.
Accused Negroes
Are All Discharged.
l)!want you to know that 1 will
appreciate your vote for District
Judge. That there may be no
doubt let me repeat that I mean
each one who votes in the July
primary.
When you consider the fact that
there are about one hundred
thousand people in the three coun-
ties and over twenty thousand The cases of the State vs. Lax
voters, and, |that District Court ton> Claire and Major Alexander, j
is in session in one of the three brothers, charged with murder in
counties all of the time, which connection with the killing of one
necessarily means that I will have Walter Freeman, another negro,
but little time to express to you | a religious gathering, not far
in person my appreciation of your from Jacksonville, last Septem-
support. ber, have all been thrown out of
I could write much more than ic 0 1
is here written, but when finished Laxton was tried and an in
it could all be stated in the four structed verdict of not guilty was j
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THE t:::V2R3AL CAR
.NEW
FORD CARS
WILL BE IN
RUSK
SATURDAY, FEB. 18.
v. i;a ::::« k K k I: « y K
words, "I want your vote."
Yours very truly,
C. A. Hodges.
P. S.— I might add tV-k lam
serving"my first term, and now
asking you for the seend term.
C. A. H.
(Political Advertisement )
returned, and the charges against
the other two were dismissed for
want of sufficient evidence.
The meeting that was broken
up in the fracas, will be resumed
"June 'teenth," the presiding el-
der taking as his text, "Every tub
should stand on its own bottom.''
Come In and Make Your
Selection
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. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1928, newspaper, February 16, 1928; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291340/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.