The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, July 22, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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The Rusk Cherokeean
VOLUME 19
Successor to "The Pioneer" Established 1847
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1938
NUMBER 62
PICKLE MARKET Rusk All Set For
IS CLOSED HERE Election Tomorrow
LAST SATURDAY Candidates and voters are ready J
for the starting signal for voting at
eight o'clock Saturday morning to de-
cide who will fill the state and coun-
ty offices for the next two years.
In Rusk, voters of Precinct No. 1
will vote in the .southeast corner room
of the first floor of the courthouse.
Precinct 14 will vote in the boy scout
room just east of the Courthouse.
Polls will as always open at eight
and close at seven.
It is expected that an exceptional
large percentage of the eligible vot-
ers will visit the polls.
GROWERS RECEIVE $5,000
FOR 238 TONS CUCUMBERS
THIS SEASON
The pickle market closed last Sat-
urday when receipts became so light
that a vat could not be kept open
long enough for filling with total re-
ceipts considerably below what was
expected by officials of the A. & W.
PJykle and Canning Company", Ac-
cording to Ralph Johnston in charge
of the local plant.
A total of 476,000 pounds, or
about 238 tons of cucumbers were
bought this year. The dry weather
of the past few weeks hastened the
end of the season or receipts would
have run considerably higher. Grow-
CHURCHES
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. Wiliam E, Webb announces
j that he will preach at the Christian
eis received approximately $5,000.001 church in Rusk, Sunday only. His
for the crop. i wife, Opal Hilton Webb, singing
The process of pickleing in brine I evangelist and radio singer, will
is now being carried out with the' furnish special numbers.
density of brine being raised two j The public is invited to both ser-
degrees per week until all vats viee3.
reach sixty-five. They will then be! FTHOnisiT rillTRf H
held until the canning plant at Dallas ! METHODIST CHURCH
-is readv for them when they will be j ^ raig, Pastor
shipped to that point in tank cars, j The revival at the Methodist
brine and all.
Mr. Johnjfon predicts that
age will be increased next year to1 good, the preaching is of
the full amount the company' is in ' the hi^hest order' and the sinKin* is
The revival at the
Church is going along very satisfac-
acre-1 *or''y this week. The attendance is
position to contract at this point.
STUDENTS FINISH FIRST
SUMMER SCHOOL WORK
Having (completed the first six
wesks' session of summer school,
Miss Mary Bagley of Rusk and Miss
Ivey Beasley of Wells are junior and
delightful indeed. Most attractive
specials are being brought nightly
by local and visiting singers. Much
good is being done by this meeting.
You are cordially invited to hear the
remaining messages at 8:30 A. M.
and 8:00 P. M.
The service Friday evening will be
a special young people's service to
graduate students, ^respectively, at .... x, ,
Texas State College for Women. Miss | wh'ch the y°un* P^ple of the town
Bagley plans to ramain throughout 1 a"du commun.ty are vnvited The
the second session and return to i a,lults are expected to show the.r ,n-
TSCW in the fall, while Miss Beas-
ley has returned to her home for
the rest of the summer.
Doing their ma/or work ;:.n the
field of home economics, Miss Bag-
ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.: ^ 1
Bagley, and Miss Bea.ley, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs W ll Beasley* ard
also studying science, psychology,
and other related subjects.
terest in the young people by attend-
ing in larger numbers than 'usual.
The regular program of the church
will continue next week. You will re-
call the regular calendar and abide
ELECTION RETURNS WILL BE RE-
CEIVED HERE SATURDAY NIGHT
Arrangements were concluded Monday afternoon
between Will A. Lewis, Chairman of the Cherokee
County Democratic Executive Committee and County
Clerk Melvin Sessions for election returns to be re-
ceived at Rusk just as fast as they are received from
the various voting precincts and posted at the door of
the courthouse as in the past.
Under the arrangement, a telephone line between
here and county democratic headquarters in Jackson-
ville will be kept open for returns only. Mr. Lewis will
phone ttyem here just as soon as they are received
from the precinct chairman.
In case of any unusual delay, Mr. Sessions will
phone the precinct chairman direct.
In addition to the county returns, bulletins on the
governor's race and other important offices will be
read.
FASTRILL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bowman and
3on of l*ine Bluft', Ark., are visiting
his mother and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Carvil Due and son SIXTY-FIVE MEN WORK IN
CURB & GUTTER
ON HENDERSON
GETS STARTED
3,000 Gather For
Free Farm Barbecue
of Rodessa, La. visited in the W.j
Travathan home during the weekend.
Little Joe Carol Powell visitsd his ,
grandmother, Mrs. M. Hendrick, at j
Jones Chapel last week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Beaird and son i
visited in Bossier 'City, ^La., ^thiis
weekend. They visited their son, .*1-
len.
TWO SHIFTS OF •
WEEK STRETCH
Rusk street improvement project
got under way Wednesday morning
when over thirty men went to the
gravel pits to start getting materials
on the ground for the curb and gutter
I he Cherokee County Agricultural
Association all-day picnic proved to
be the largest county political gath-
ering of the year when probably
around 3,000 people gathered to lis-
ten to political addresses and eat
barbecue.
Morning speakers included Senator
Tom Connally and representative
Nat Patton. Patton was introduced
by E. P. Palmer and he in turn intro-
duced Senator Connally. Both Pat-
ton and Connally expressed them-
selves as dissatisfied with the farm
bill 'rscfntly enadfled but ensured
their listeners it was the best they
could do at this time. Connally spoke
favorably of the soil conservation
p.-ogram and reminded his listeners
that he introduced the bill providing
the three-cent cotton subsidy pay-
ment.
The afternoon session was mostly
devoted to speeches by county candi-
dates with all who have opposition
being given the opportunity to be
heard from.
Land Instruments
Filed For Record
GRANT CHARTER
RURAL ELECTRIC
ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS ELECTED WITH
HANKS NAMED BY BOARD
AS PRESIDENT
Mrs. P. Scarbrough and children of i'rom one block north of the square
SCHOTTLAND-DAVIS
Friday afternoon about 2:30 Mr.
Henry S. Davis and Miss Helen
Schottland were married in the Bap-
tist parsonage by Pastor John A.
Williams.
Mr. Davis is southpaw pitcher on
the Jacksonville baseball team. Mi's.
Davis is from Martinsville, Va. The
romance began when Mr. Davis was
playing ball there last season. Two
other members of the Jacksonville
team, with partners, accompanied
the bride and groom.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
M. M. Callaway, Pastor
Rev. Marsh M. Callaway the min-
ister of the local Presbyterian Church
will preach Sunday morning on the
subject, "The Vineyard of Our Lord".
There will be no evening service and
the congregation will worship with
the Methodist Church in their Re-
vival Meeting. However, the Chris-
tian Endeavor Society will hold their
meeting at seven o'clock, Miss Eliz-
abeth McLeod will lead this service.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Joht. A. Williams, Pastor
Preaching at 11 a. m. by the pas-
Red Gate visited friends and relatives
here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rabey of
Cls"eland werie here Wednesday to
see H. Wells who was hurt in the
wreck.
to a point some two or three hundred
feet north of the highway crossing
.ght, and the same kind of work o ■
south Main from the end of the pres-
ent curb and gutter to the railroad
! track.
Miss Lorraine Currie is visiting. In all about sixty-five WPA lab-
Lillian Parson at Jones Chapel this ! orerg wji] be used on the job in two
week. • | equal shifts alternating a weeit at
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Clubb of Rusk { a stretch. It is expected that the
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R ! material work will be completed this
E. Gardiner. week and that actual, work on Hen-
Buddie Thompson and Elmer Roy j derson will start Monday morning.
Wellls played ball wth '.he Diboll . A second curb and gutter, side-
team Sunday against Overton. The walk and paving project has Seen
score was 3 to 2 in favor of Diboll. worked out and sent in by City En-
The little two year old daughter of
Mrs. Sam Jackson died Thursday
An unusual feature of this wed-j tor. No preaching at night because
ding was that five states were rep-
resehted in the wedding party of six
The groom is from Mo., the bride
from Va., the team catcher from
Conn., the 3rd baseman and one
of the Methodist meeting.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
B T U at 7 p. m
On Monday at 4 the WMS will
have a program on Ministerial Re-
young lady from Texas and the oth- j lief aid will make an offering for
er young lady from Greenville, N. C.! needy old ministers. They will also
make an offering of jelly and pre-
serves for charity work in our hos-
pitals
REVIVAL AT HUDSON CHAPPEL
CEMETERY WORKING
There will be a cemetery working
at old Lows Chapel cemetery, north-
east of Rusk, the first Thursday in
August, which is August 4.
Everyt-ne interested is asked to
bring tools and dinner and plan to
stay all day.
Albert Phifer For
Commissioner Pre. 1
Four years ago the tax rate in
Commissioner's Precinct No. 1 was
$2.52 per $100.00; it is now .$1.76 per
$100.00, which is a savings to the tax
payers of thousands of dollars. All
of this has been accomplished during
the time Albert Phifer has served
as Commissioner of Precinct No. 1,
and at the same time, the bonded in-
debtedness of Precinct No. 1 has been
reduced $28,000.00, and the entire in-
terest has been taken care of on the
eintire bonded -debt, and sufficient
funds are now in the Sinking Fund
to take care of the indebtedness as it
matures for some time to come.
At this time, when the Federal
Government is providing large
amounts of money for the purpose of
building roads; it is of great im-
portance that those of experience be
kept in such offices as County Com-
missioner, which at this time is of
such great mportance to the people,!
and it would be a calamity to "change
horses in the middle of the stream",
and for that reason, the voters of this tor of the Woodlawn Baptist church
Precinct should seriously consider, southwest of Rusk, announces that a
what they might loose by failing to j revival started .there jlast Monday
keep our present Commissioner, Al- ( night and will continue through Sun-
bert Phifer. (Political advertisement day night.
paid for by friends of Albert Phifer.) Two services are being held each
Dr. and Mrs. Joe B. Williams of
Corsicana? Texas, well known Evan-
gelistic Missionary workers, will be-
gin a series of services at Hudson
Chappel, 4 miles southeast of Rusk
Sunday, July 23, at eleven o'clock
and will continue through Sunday,
July 31, at which time the regular
Fifth Sunday program will be ob-
served with dinner on the ground.
Dr. and Mrs. Williams will be ac-
companied by Mrs. Ruth Hoskins, of
Monroe La., who is an outstanding
Evangelistic Singer. Mrs. Hoskins
will sing at both the morning and
evening services Sunday, July 23rd.
You will miss a great treat if you I Jure(' men
night and was buried Friday.
Mr. afid Mrs. Oscar Due and fam-
ily of Vivian, La., visited in the Tre-
vathan home this week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Thomas who are
attending school in Commerce visited
here Saturday and Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Evans made a
professional visit to Red Gate Satur-
day.
Mx-. and Mrs. Jack Jones visited in
Lufkin and Red Gate Sunday.
J. C. Kimball and daughter, Nor-
ma Law, and Elmer Roy Wells were
visitors in Houston this week Norma
Lou remained for a visit.
Mrs. Raymon Wallace and little
son are visiting relatives at Alto.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Powers, Donnie
Lou Parkers visited in Groveton Sun-
day. Donnie Lou stayed for a few
weeks visit.
Mrs. C. Bowman who has been vis-
iting her son, Charlie Bowman, at
Groveton has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Roberts visit-
ed at Wells Sunday.
Edward Trevathan who has been
visiting relatives at Groveton has re-
turned home.
Verna Hulan ' of Slocum, Carl
Vaught of Rusk, Clifford and Korean
Trevathan had o picnic at Love's
Lookout Sunday night.
Jack Miae and son of
gineer E. L. Killingsworth and oth-
ers which will benefit practically all
parts of town if it meets with ap-
proval. It is reported the second pro-
ject is being given favorable consid-
eration.
Progress Publisher
Is Taken By Death
Funeral services were held at 2:30
Sunday afternoon for John E. Ms-
Farland, 66, publisher of the Jack-
sonville Daily Progress and Banner
who died suddenly shortly after noon
Friday in the newspaper office from
a heart attack.
Recognized as one of the out-
standing newspaper men of East
Texas and as a leading citizen of
Jacksonville, his death came as a
shock to the community and newspa-
per circles of the state.
Ml-. McFarland was born on March
17, 1872, St. Patrick's Day, four
miles west of Tyler. His father, John
I. McFarland, died before his birth,
and his mother, Cornelia McFarland,
died when he was seven years of age.
He then went to Rusk County, near
Henderson, to live with Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Woodall, the latter being his
mother's sister—now Mrs. J. M. P.
Morrow, who resides in Jacksonville.
The family having moved to Hen-
derson in 1882, he entered the employ
fail to hear these messages in song.
Services each evening next week at
8 o'clock.
There will be a special service on
the Court House Square Sunday aft-
ernoon at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Hoskins
will sing "The Missionary Girl's
Farewell to Her Mother" and other
numbers accompanied with the elec-
trical guitar. The public is cordially
invited to attend these services.
REVIVAL IN PROGRESS AT
WOODLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. L G Whitehorn, of Tyler, pas-
of the late Col. R. T. Milner, editor
Henderson of the Tinles> i„ May, 1885, and re-
am! Bob Washburn of Jasksonville maineci there until he came to Jack-
came to see O. Baird, one of the in- sonville June 17, |"1889, and tfcok
charge of The Banner, in partnership
The
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Goetzman of with O. W. Dodson, editor of
Houston came in Tuesday for a visit News at Henderson.
with his parents. < j Later he became associatd with B.
The Singing Convention was held F. Davis in publication of The Ban-
here Sunday afternoon. The leaders ner. that being in October 1913. At
were the three Dodson Bros., Mr. the time Mr. McFarland took charge
Halbert, Hardy Lester, Emit Grishnm of The Banner, he was the youngest
and Ezell Murdock with Miss Josie newspaper publisher in Texas, being
Session at the piano. only 17. In1 1918, the firm of Mc-
They voted on the next Singing to Farland & Davis took over The Dai-
be at Sardus the third Sunday in Au- ly Progress, publishing both the
gust. weekly and daily since that time. Mr.
I Davis passed away 'in November,
I 1937, and the business had been
day at eleven o'clock in the morn- managed by Mr. McFarland since
ing and at eight fifteen in the even- that time.
ing. The pubic is invited to attend, j Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ivy
Beginning Monday Rev. Whitehorn McFarland; one son, John E. Mc-
will begin a Wo-week lrevivhl afc Farland, Jr., of this city; and two
Old Palestine church three miles east daughters, Mrs. T. Walter Moore of
of Alto. He will be assisted there by Dayton and Mrs. John Shegog tof
Rev. E. M. Ogden, of Nacogdoches. Dallas.
Deed—Vaden S. Taylor, et al, to
Charlees R. Taylor. 10 acres on J. A.
Whitaker Survey.
D'eeil—Vaden S. Taylor to Mrs.
| Dollie Henry and husband. 10 acres
on J. A. Witaker Survey.
Deed—W. H. Wallace, et ux, to
Rob.rt M. Harvey. 50, 22, and 50 ac.
on J. M. Musquez Grant.
Mineral Deed—H. H.Pfarr to Louise
Pfarr. All interest in minerals own-
ed by Grantor in property on the
Wm. Fitzgerald, Adam Johnson,
Jones Wright, James Cook, and T. G
Timmons Surveys.
O. Lease—T. F. C. Mullinix, et al,'
to M. V Cadman. 94.6 acres on Evan j
Bolton, Survey.
Charter—State of Texas to Chero- j
kee County Electric Cooperative As-1
sociation. Articles of incorporation.
Assignment of Oil & Gas Lease—
J. W. Bolton to Paul L. Miller. 10
acres of the J I Sancez Survey.
Iron Ore Deed: Edgar Banks et ux
to Universal Atlas Cement Co. 250.3 j
acres of J. F. Conway Survey.
Warranty Deed: J. H Forster, Sr j
to J. H. Forster, Jr. Lots Nos. 1, 2. |
3, 4, 5, and 6 in Block No. 8 in Bon- !
ner Park Addition to the Town of j
Rusk.
Assignment of Oil & Gas Lease:;
John R. Bunn to John Mayo, Inc. Un- j
divided l-28th interest in 24 acres
and 95 ?Sths acres on the Wade H.
VValters Survey.
Assignment of Oil & Gas Lease:
Pure Oil Co. to John Mayo. 25 acres
on the L. Rhodes Survey, and 76.6 &
100 acres of the Wade H. Walters
Survey.
Oil & Gas Lease: The North Ce> ;
tral Texas Oil Co., Inc., to Donald j
Rein. 98'.4 acres of the S. F. Noble]
Survey.
Warranty Deed: T. A. Shsrman et j
ux to Lloyd Smith. One acre of the :
John Hundley Survey in the Tim- j
mons Add'n to Rusk.
Warranty Deed: Fred G. Draper et j
ux to Tom C. Buxton. Undivided / j
interest in 10.4 acres on the D. Jos-j
lin & Z. Gibbs Surveys, save and ex-1
cept all minerals.
Deed: E. H. McKinley, et ux, to J. i
M. Travis, et al. Lots 6. 7, & 8. Block i
169. Jacksonville.
Oil Lease: J. F. Fuller et ux to G. |
W. Potts, et al. 9 1-9 acres on the J. j
C. Walling Survey.
Oil Lease: J. F. Fuller, et al to G.
W. Pott?, et al. 44 acres on J. C. j
Walling Survev.
T. O. Lease: J. T. Bullard, tc G W '
Potts, et al. 53 acres on the A Gray
Survey.
Deed: Bryan E. Stovall, et ux, to
Royal Harris, et ux. 2 acres on the
James Morgan Survey.
Deed: Royal Harris, et ux, to L. C.
Goff. 2 acres on James Mo'" m Sur-
vey.
Tr's Deed: J. L. Barnes, by Treas-
urer to Federal Land Bank. 106 acres
on Tilman Walters Survey. 8.1 acres
on H. C. Vansickle Survey,
Ded. of St.: R. L. Tucker to the
public. St. in part of Block 31 Tim-
Deed—Mrs. Mattie Stewart, et al
to R T Tompson, 1 acre on Larkin
Baker Survey.
Deed—Mrs. Ora McClure to J. E.
Wallace, small tract on John Hund-
ley Survey.
Mineral Deed—Alvie Tip-ton, et ux
to W. J. Dennis, und. int. in 41 ac-
res on J M. Montez Survey
! A charter was granted the Chero-
j kee County Rural Electrification As-
! sociation last Thursday. The charter
j was received Friday and a meeting
j of the board was called at once to
j elect officers. R. R. Banks was nam-
j ed president, Ras R. Martin of Troup
i was elected vice-president and C. E.
Smith was made secretary-treasurer.
The election was held Friday night
following receipt of the charter and
Thursday the report was sent to
Washington by air mail, allowing a
i lapse of only two days from 'the time
: the charter was granted in Austin
! until the complete report was speed?,
j ing on its way to Washington.
| I he application for the charter and
j preparation of the report to Austin
j was handled by W. T. Norman, re-
| cently appointed attVwey for the
j association.
, Other directors of the association
j besides those elected as officers are:
II. \V. Walker, Grady Dial, Forest;
I Ed Acker, Maydelle and A. M. Jor-
| don, Reklaw.
I No further action can be taken on
| the project until the next step is or-
; dered from Washington.
Murray Sentenced
Ninety-Nine Years
J. L. Murray was found guilty of
murder as charged in the indictment
by a jury in district court Thursday
morning and punishment assessed at
ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.
He was immediately sentenced for
not less than two years nor more
than ninety-nine.
The jury received the case at 11:45
Wednesday night and had its verdict
reday when court convened Thursday
morning.
This cleared the docket for the
State of Texas vs Sammie Crockett
and Robert Stevenson. A special ven-
ire of 75 had been summoned and the
jury was completed Thursday after-
noon.
following are the jurors drawn
for service next week.
R. N. Crossman, Raymond John-
son, J. O. Coupland, A. S. Hassell,
Geo. Tillman, Robt. McCuistion, M.
W. Seale, Russell Moore, Quannah
Price, Marvin Carson, Boyd Horton,
P. V. Autrey, Prentice Burroughs,
Ernest Odom, J. L. Bagley, P. B.
Musslewhite, Minyard Vining, J. O.
Bear den, Jewel Richardson, Egbert
Copeland, Jimmie H. Cone, H. H.
fiolcomb, O. Y. Blaylock, Forrest
Reagon, Leon White, Sam J. Cole,
Marvin Whitesides, Will Langstonv
J. E. Toney, J. W. Hassell, Albert
Singletary, Jim Madden, Jack Dial,
Douglas Boone, H. B. Ham, V. W.
Gray.
Train Wreck Victims
Showing Improvement
All the men injured in the train
wreck near Fastrill are reported
this week to be getting along fine.
Three injured, Lee Pyles, H. Wells,
and T. G. McBroom are still in the
N'an Travis Hospital but are improv-
ing. Some 18 or 20 of the less ser-
iously injured have returned jto
work.
RI SK BOY WINS MEDAL
ALLEN ACADEMY
^adet William David Sherman of
R k, Texas ivas the recrtpient of
s'. "ral meds/s ait Allfcn Acaidemy
tl past year.
was awarded the medal for
hit h scorer honors in the Randolph
Hearst and Eigth Corps Area Rifle
Shoot and in addition won the medal
presented annually at the Academy
to the neatest cadet. •
VERBAL LOUISE JACKSON ,
Little Verbal Louise Jackson, fif-
teen months old daughter of Mrs.
Moline Dunsmore Jackson, died at
her home at Fastrill shortly after
midnight Thursday night.
Funeral services were held at the
Lynch Chapl Church Friday aftrnoon
with Rev. John A. Williams in charge
of the services and W. H.Wallace
in charge of arrangements. Burial
•was made in the cemetery at Lynch
Chapel.
Besides her mother sh is .urvived
by three brothers.
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