The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1928 Page: 1 of 6
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W;£M
rusk Cherokeean
WITH WHICH IS CONSOLIDATED THE PRESS-JOU RNAL
WORKING FOR A GREATER RUSK AND A MORE PROSPEROUS CHEROKEE COUNTY
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Originally Established February 27, 1850.
BUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1928
VOLUME Hi NO. 8.
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TOM BALL DRAWS
FOUR-YEAR SENTENCE
The cane of the State of Texas
GRAND JURY GRINDS OUT
OVER SEVENTY BILLS.
RUSK-JACKSONVILLE PIONEER
CITIZEN PASSES AWAY.
T'he Grand Jury of the July term
vs. Tom Ball, charged with operat-! of Cherokee County District Court,
ing a still on what is known as the turned in its second and final report,
Satterwhitw farm, about four miles last Friday evening, and from the
below Alto, which was raided by the indictments filed it would seem to
officers last spring, was tried in the have been a fairly active and at least
District Court, last Wednesday and a fearless one.
Thursday, and after deliberating only They seemed to be dealing from
about thirty minutes, the jury return the shoulder, without fear or favor,
ed a verdict of guilty, and the pen- and had some people up before them
iilty fixed at four years in the peni- that did not even know where the
ntotiary. investigating room was located or
A motion for a new trial was over much else.
ruled and notice of appeal given, the The grist was composed of sixty-
bond being fixed at $2,000.00, which felony and seventeen miscemeanor
had not been made at the last re- findings, in most of which arrests
pork have already been made, or will be
This case was hotly contested and before the criminal docket is called
ably defended, and while the penalty | again.
was rather severe, the prominence the sixty felonies twenty were
of the accused and the importance ^or violation ol the prohibitory law
thai seemed to attach to the issue, an<1 thert' were ni e indictments
made it one of more than passing charging .driving automobiles while
interest, and tha verdict seems to be intoxicated.
in keeping with the spirit now so There were but few cases of major
apparent that violations of the pro- felonies, ar capital cases to be con-
hibitory law are to received the | K'dered, and on the whole the result
same consideration and rank of im- the investigations reflects credit
portanee that attaches to other uP°n the county, in that there is
crimes. i comparatively little serious crime ex-
tant, and that the great problem of
the bootlegger is being solved against
DEATH OF A. G. GOBER
Mr. A. G. Gober of this city died
today at about 1:30 p. m., after an
illness of a week's duration, from
some species of intestinal trouble
with complications. Mr. Gober wrfs
56 years of age, and is survived by
his wife atid ten children, seven sons
and three daughters.
For a number of years Mr. Gober
has been engaged in the grocery busi-
ness in Jacksonville, and all who
have had dealings with him are of
one acccord that h.> wa? honest, fair
Charles H. Martin, for many years
a prominent and highly respected
citizen of Cherokee county, departed
this life at 12:30 p. m. Monday,
August 13th., at the home of his
sister, Mrs. J. P. Gibson, in this city.
Funeral services, conducted by
Rev. F. P. Dawson, Methodist min-
ister of Jacksonville, were held at the
home at 10:30'a. m., Tuesday, after
which the remains were interred in
the Cedar Hill cemetery under the
direction of the Rusk Undertaking
Company.
Deceased, who was aged seventy-
two years and eleven days, at the
time of his demise, was reared in this
county, and his youth and early man-
hood was spent in Rusk, but for the
past twenty years, or up until two
months ago, when he became too
frail for active life, he had resided
in Jacksonville, where he held the
position of justice of the peace, re-
signing and retiring to the home of
his sister. •
His first years of active life were
devoted to school teaching, and he
was ordained as a Methodist preach-
er, but later took up the practice of
law, which he followed up t< within
a few years of his death.
Mr. Martin was of the type of an
upright, conscientious, God fearing
, christian gentleman, honored and
about Forest, which was set for to- j respected by all, his life being an
him.
A murder case wherein one negro
is accused of killing another down
CONDITIONS ARE CHANGING
KILLER OF GRANDMOTHER
IS ADJUDGED INSANE.
JONES WELL ESTIMATED
500C BARRELS CAPACITY
The record of the present term j
of the District Court of Cherokee Troy Dover, twenty-year-old youth
county would surely indicate that | who brutually murdered his grand- j
there is already extant, or a salu-
tatory influence being set to work,
that promises to augur a decidedly
improved condition in the morals of
the county.
The recent grand jury was one of
action, as the effects of their deli-
berations disclose, and this is going
to have a decidedly favorable re-
action, on things iri general.
In the first place, there has been
(Fr inri Tuesday's Progress)
The Humble Company's '1. H.
Jones well, which tested a rich oil
sand a week ago, was brought in to-
day at 12:30 p. m., after having been
swabbed three times. It is estimated
that its normal production will be
around five thousand barrels a day.
After the hole cleared itself of mud
and water and was pinched down to
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, at he)
home near Mt. Selman, on December
12, 1927, and who had been in jail
ever since, until about a month ago,
when his case was called for trial and
there seeming to be a very serious
question about the young man's san-
ity, a trial on this quetion was or-
dered. This was started before 1 a quarter inch choke, it was esti-
Judge J. J. Bolton, in the county • mated to be making a thousand bar-
court, when it was agreed that the rels a day.
far less flagrant violations of the accused should be placed in the Rusk j The T. H. Jones makes the fourth
prohibition laws recently, as judged Hospital for the Insane, for a period producer in the Carey Lake field,
by the outward evidences attested by ' of thirty days, there to be closely ! It is located about half way between
less drunkenness and the commis- i observed by the doctors and insanity: Mandelstam No. 2 and Lizzie Smith.
both producers, and about thirteen
miles from Jacksonville. It is on the
other side of Neches river in Ander-
son county.
The cement plug was drilled out
in the well Monday and a number
of necessary things done as a re-
niorrow, was continued for the term.
The ordinary felony docket will be
called next Mondav.
ATTORNEY GENERAL OBJECTS.
Austin, Aug. 13.—A state-wide
| investigation into the recent advance
i in the retail prices >f gasoline will
be launched by the attorney general's
! department, it was announced today
ami courteous ,n all h.s dealings. He ,jy Claudc Pol|apdf atU)I,u,v Kenf,raU
made many friends during his resi- who decIared tha( the in(.rt;ases worc
dene* her... ail ol whom join in ex-al.bitrarv iUU, without visible reason,
tending sincere sympathy to the be-, Two asf/istant, u,„ be assi d to th(>
reaved relatives—Jacksonville Pro- ea,e withjn ten d it vva, annout„.
gTOSS.
ed.
He was never married, but is sur-
vived by his sister, Mrs. Gibson, and
one brother, Percy Martin, and sever-
al nephews and nieces, including
Judge C. F. Gibson, of Austin; G. W.
Gibson, of Jacksonville; and Misses
May and Ruth Gibson, of Rusk.
sions of such crimes as usually at- i experts, and the jury was excused
tend free indulgence. This is due'until Augusst 6th., at which time
largely to the fact that the illicit | they were to hear further evidence.
stuff is becoming more difficult of | At the reopening of the case last
acquisition. j Wednesday, Drs. W m. Thomas,
During this term there has been j Superintendent, and C. A. Shaw, as-
a far greater per centage of con- j sistant, testified at length and from
victions than have ever attended pre-1 their observations and the history of i quisite to developing the well into
vious prosecutions, and it is no long-1 the case there seemed to be no ques-j a producer. This morining it was
er simply a joke to be charged with ' tion but what the young man, was j the intention to bring the well in
common or uncommon bootlegging, j insane, and a verdict returned ac- j about eight o'clock, but officials
One whole family, consisting of the ' cordingly, wereupon he was commit- found that some other things yet hati
husband, wife arid nephew were con-1 ted to the asylum. ^ to be done before the final act of
victed and each given a year in the j If this fellow is not crazy he cer- bringing the well in.
penitentiary. In another case the ! tainly staged one of the best cases With the development of this wel:
accused was convicted of operating j of simulation that was ever con- Humble officials will get busy to
a still and received the decidedly J ceived, and for one of his limited make some definite, permanent and
discouraging penalty of a four year! intelligence, it would have been prac- adequate arrangements about the oil
sentence. In several other cases! tically impossible, and there is no out-put in the field. At present the
] there have been pleas of guilty and question that he was at least tem- facilities for taking care of the oil
porarily insane, probably from drink,: is cramped; they have a small pipe
when he committed this horrible \ line running from the field to Cunev
crime
open book and a noble example to
all who had occasion to observe it. ! reasonably severe penalties followed.
This all goes to show that there
NEW VOTING PRECINCTS
CREATED FOR COUNTY.
has been a change wrought in the
moral attitude of the people gener-
ally, as there has been no denying
that in the past it seemed that re-
gardless of the evidence or the ef-
forts of the prosecutors, it has been
next to impossible to secure concic-
DALLAS PLANS FOR KIWANIANS
in Cherokee county, and some stor-
age tanks at the various wells, which
cannot take care of anything like the
normal capacity of production. It
is highly probable that adequate faci-
lities will now be arranged for at
the earliest possible moment, and all
fr
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Shewing Saturday, Aug. 18th.
Zane Grey's
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A tin tiling story ot the
West, brimful ot action—
again't a background of
striuingly beautiful moun-
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Playing Sunday-Monday
August 19th-20th.
The Original Comedy Combi-
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WALLACE BEERY
RAYMOND HATTON
'PARTNERS IN CRIME'
The Commissioner's Court of Cheor-
kee county, convened in regular
monthly session, last Monday, and
transacted the usual routine of busi-
ness, getting through with its labors
that day.
Among other proceedings was that
of creating two new voting boxes for
the county, and readjusting the two
at Rush.
freeinct. No. 13, to take ca>e of
the vote at Fastrill, was created, the
vot< of this section having heretofore
been cast at Box's creek.
Precinct X". 32 was also created
to embrace a part of Jacksonville,,
Living that city four instead of three
!. \es. as heretofore.
And an order was also passed pro-
viding for the redistricting and rede-
fining of the two Rusk boxes, Nos.
1 and 14, by the provisions of which
the Jim Hogg Highway is to be the
dividing line, with the diversions of
bringing No. 1 one block Ea. t. to in-
clude the court hm:.-e, which is used
a.- a voting place.
These changes and corrections and
; additions were found necessary to
: meet the convenience of voters and
; equalize, as far as possible the voting . old offenders have taken to the brush
tions have been made for wells, and
others are to be made at an early
date, it is stated on good authority.
The Humble Company now knows
where to find the oil, and in addi-
tion to making some new well loca-
tions in proven territory, the com-
pany will continue to do some wild-
Dallas, Aug. 13.—Two thousand
Kiwanians from Texas aisd Oklaho-
ma are expected here for the three-
tlons of the alleged somewhat un-j day district convention, September 2 ! the wells opened up to their normal
popular prohibition law, and this is' to 4, J. M. England, chairman of the j production capacities.
said without any attempt to question j convention committee, said Sunday. Notwithstanding the Humble Coni-
the integrity of the juries, or to bol-; Numerous entertainment featuresj pany has been engaged in develop-
| ster up the officers charged with the | have been arranged for the visitors, j ing the field for some two or three
i enforcement. j including Yeomen Kilties of Oklaho- years, it appears now that the work
But the outstanding fact remains! ma, an organization of the feminine has just begun. Several other loca-
j that we have the same laws, penal-j hornpipe and bagpipe artists.
' ties and rules of proceedure govern- Speakers will include O. Sam Cun-,
I ing prosecutions and have the same | nings, international president of the
officers as enforcement and prose- i organization; Frank C. Smith, inter-'
| cuting agencies that we have had for; national trustee; Fred C. W. Parker, j
| years, yet, there seems to be a change j international secretary, and Gover-
! for the better right at us, and the j nor Dan Moody and Attorney Gen-
I fear of successful prosecution, with | era! Claude Pollard.
! far less chance of escape from the > Invitations to clubs within a radius catting around the edges of the al-
toils of the law is having its effect of 150 miles of Dallas are being ex-: leged dome to determine with a
I and is going to become r.iore potent tended by a "flyinc squadron,, under | reasonable degree of accuracy how
as its realities are developed. guidance of Sam M. Davis. large the field if.
i The fact is that the people are 1 __
I waking up and realizing that condi-
I tions must change if we expect to
s enjoy the distinction and protection
incident to being real law abiding
j citizens, and it is the people who ;
! always control all government and ■
! all forms of government, and unless
they are with and ben in d the :ii. ■ vs
and the law there :■ no hope of suc-
cessful operat ion -the wheeels of
justice.
T'he good time coming is right at
us. The bootleggers aie becoming
scarcer and scarcer and some of the
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strength of the various boxes.
The fact is that, there is really
j a demand for redisricting of the
> entire county and combining some of
; the smaller ones, notably Lone Star
| and Uunion Grove with adjoining
i boxes, and this way be done at a
i later date.
THE CDCMS MAKE BOND
and others are going to find more
congenial climes in which to ply their
nefarious practices. It is a time that
all lawabidng citizens should hail
with loud acclaim and help with their
mora and effectual support.
A NEW DALLAS BUS
LINE IN OPERATION.
>::v_;;sal car
Prices of Model A Ford Cars
Equipped with Bumpers and Extra Tires:
I,on Odom, wife and nephew, ( apt.
Odom, who were convicted in the
District Ccuit, last week, on the
charges of having possessed intoxi-
cating liquor i'oi the purpose of sale |
and each one given a sentence of
one year in the penitentiary, filed
motions for new trials, which were
heard by Judge Hodges laK VVednes-
day, and denied.
Notice of appeal to the Criminal
Court of Appeals was filed and
bonds of $1,000.00 in each case were
fixed and being executed the accused
were given their liberty, awaiting
the action of the higher couit.
CCNNALLY SPEAKING
We have been leguested to
nounce that Hon. Nat Gentiy. Jr., of I ing
The Sunshine Bis Company, which j
has its headquarters in Terrell, and
has been operating a line between
Dallas and Palestine, via Terrell and
Kaufman, has extended it^ operations
to include and make Rusk its eastern
terminus, the service having been in-
augurated la-it Thursday, is is meet-
ing with a very liberal patronage,
considering the fact that its estab-1
lishment was not announced in ad-
vance and it is going to take a little ;
time to acquaint the public with the,
convenient service, which is first-
| class in every partic ular and operated j
I under the permission and direction j
' of the State Railroad Commission. '
Under the schedule the bus runs
three times each way, daily, leaving ,
| I?ii-k at 0:00 and 10:00 a.m.. and j
| t :30 p.m., arriving at Dallas at 12:00 ,
xn-I noon. 4:00 p.m., and midnight: leav-1
Dallas at 9:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m.
Phaeton
Roadster
Coupe -
Business
Coupe
Sedan Tudor
$504.20
494.20
612.20
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612.20
Tyler, will address the people ot
Cherckee county, in the interests of
Tom Connally's candidacy for the
United States Senatorship, at the
city part, at Jacksonville, tomorrow
(Friday) night, at 8:30 o'clok.
and 12:110 a.m., arriving at Rusk as
3:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 12:30a.m.
This will enable passengers to go
to and from Dallas the same day and
have six and one-half hours in which
to tiansact their business.
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Ward, H. O. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1928, newspaper, August 16, 1928; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291366/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.