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The Rusk Cherokeean
"THE OLDEST AND LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN CHE*- lie* J'. UNTY."
VOLUME 17
THE RUSK CIIEKOKEEAN, RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 1935.
NUMBER IT
7)
CHEROKEEAN COOKING SCHOOL OPENS THURSDAY 14TH
Old Age Pension Gets
Favorable Report From
Conference Committee
Special to The Cherokeean:
Austin, November 5.—Confer-
ee committee here today agreed
on a plan to authorize old age as-
sistance to citizens of this state
ho are sixty-five years old and
who have lived in the state fop
one year prior to filing applica-
tion and who have lived in Texas
five years out the the past nine,
Senator John S. Redditt, of Luf-
kin, Senator from the 3rd district,
informed the Cherokeean today
of the action of the committee.
To be eligible applicant, if sin
gle, must not have income over
$360 per year nor property of
value $5,000.00 nor cash or nego-
tiable securities of $500. If mar-
ried person, must not have an-
nual income of over $720, nor
property of value $7500, nor
cash or negotiable securities of
$1000.
Pension plan will be adminis-
tered by a state board that will
be appointed by the governor, with
local administrative body to be
appointed by the state, will put
up not to exceed $15 per month.
It is expected that the federal
government will put up an amount
not exceeding $15 for each pen-
sioner also.
Cherokee Baptists
Meet on Tuesday
SACRED HARP
SINGING WILL
BE AT MAYDELLE
The Sacred Harp Singing con-
vention will meet at Maydelle
Sunday according to Judge J. A
Bolton.
The sinfers of the entire coun-
ty and visitors are invited to come
and brir" their lunches prepared
to spend an entire day.
Cherokee Baptists meet Tues-
day with the Central High Bap-
tist church in the Central High
community for the workers con-
ference.
Dr. O. L. Powers in the princi-
pal speaker.
The program is:—
Theme: Echoes of the Conven-
tion. *i,
10:00 a. m.—Song Service.
10:10 A. M.—Devotional—
Rev. Finis Schochler.
10:30 A. M.—Report of B. S.
U. • Convention—Miss Virginia
Martin.
10:45 A. M.—Convention Re-
port of W. M. U.—Mrs. John A.
Williams.
11:05 A. M.—Report of Gen-
eral Convention—Rev. J. M. P
Morrow.
11:25 A. M.—Special music.
11:30 A. M.—Sermon—Dr. O
t>. Powers.
12:15—Lunch.
1:30 P. M.—Conferences.
2:1.5 P. M.—Business.
2:30 P. M.—Report on Lay-
men's Convention—Rev. John A.
Williams.
2:45 P. M.—Address—Rev.
Wallace Clark.
3:15 P. M.—Adjourn.
DIRECTS CHATAUQUA HERE
• : -v ; . .
innings
Pick
Up Over 1934
Report on cotton ginnings in
Cherokee county through Oct
David Sutton
Buried Salem
David Maxwell Sutton„ son of
Mrs. Annie Jenkins Sutton Hin-
18th, as released by Clyde C. Tid-iSon 0f Eddy, died Saturday in the
well, special agent, show that the Scott and White hospital at Tem-
1935 crop has jumped ahead of pie. Young button, who had just
the 19334 crop on the same date.! passed his thirteenth birthday,
Ginnings lagged behind for^^} been j]j 31 days- with blood
some months, the reports show, poison.
but after a start was made they. He was born andi reared in the
picked up and now show an in-j Salem community, three mile3
crease over the previous year's south of this city, and there on
production. A total of 10,833 bales Sunday afternoon he was laid to
had been ginned prior to Oct. 18, rest jn a grave banked with flow-
1935, while only 8,624 had been el.s an(} surrounded by a large
baled out by the same date of last
year. ,1
R. S. Marshall
Appointed Here
As M. E, Pastor
Rusk Woman
Dies Here on
Monday A.M.
Mrs.- Mary Emma Greenrock,
61, passed away at her home, 108
Barron street, at 12:15 a. m. on
November 4th. She had been in
ill health for the past three years.
Mrs. Greenrock is survived by
the following: husband, A. J
Greenrock, Rusk; one daughter,
Mrs. Wade Lovell, New Orleans;'
three sons, M. E. Greenrock, A. |
L. Greenrock, L. E. Greenrock, all
concourse of relatives and friends
Active pallbearers, all first
cousins of the deceased, were:
Fred Lunsford, G. W. Hickey,
James Jenkins, Harold Sutton,
Mansel Sutton and Jack Jenk
ins.
Honorary pallbearers were 12
friends from Salem school.
David is survived by- his mother
and one brother, Miller Sutton.
Mrs. Johnetta Howard, nation
ally-known economist, will b<
presented in The Cherokeean'
annual Kitchen Chatauqua to b
held in the W. H. Wallace buil<
on the east side of the court-
house square on Thursday, Fri-
day and Saturday of next week.
Lectures will begin at 2 and
close at 4 o'clock each afternoon.
Every housewife in Rusk and
Cherokee county—and TiusBand,
too, as that matters—has a per-
sonal invitation to attend. Valu-
able attendance prizes will ba
awarded each afternoon.
Mrs. Howard will demonstrate
modern cooking in her lectures
and will give valuable advise one
may ill afford to miss.
A little snow, tumbled a bit, ft
done craftily, and with conditions
in harmony for snow tumbling1,
soon becomes a mountain. Jusfc
so, with the secret formulas to
be given freely to the ladies and
their husbands, if they desire tr
learn of them, and most husbant
do, in the coming free city-wic
and community-invited Cherokeea
Funeral services were conduct Kitchen Chautauqua to come 1
Wells-Pirates
Defeat Indians Gos^set, Palestine; seven sisters,
NOUI^E: The merchants
GENE GREGG MAKES
HONOR ROLL AT
HOCKADAY
E. R. Gregg received
of that his daughter, Gene,
(notice
always
Rusk ar- requested to close their honor student of Rusk, had also
places cf business
Day, Nov. 11.
Ar-e -jran Legion, Post 296.
WEIXS SENIORS
ELECT OFFICERS
Wells. November 5
The senior class of
on Armistice^ made the honor roll at Miss Hock-
aday's school in Dallas. She has
received no demerits for misbe-
havior and has done exceptionally
well in all of her studies. She is
taking EJnglish,\ English >history,
French, and chemistry and is also
a member of the Dramatic Club.
(Special)—.
Wei'.s high
school met Friday and elected of- MRS JOSEPHINE HARRIS
ficers for the coming year, C. W.1
Sneed, president, Farris Ivie, vice-
president, Mildred Melvin, secre-j
tary and ifreasurer, Lyndean
Stewart, reporter.
The high school has one of the
largest senior classes in the
school's history; 29 students have
registered in the class with 20
girls and 9 boys.
DIES; BURIED THURSDAY
WESTErN UNION
OFFFICF. MOVED
The western union office was
moved to the railroad station of-
fice fror' the former location on
the south side of the square last
week.
Miss Betty Willie, of Corsicana,
who has been here for several
vj weeks as telegraph operator, re-
f turned to Corsicana where she
will work part of the time in that
office.
Marvin Greenrock,/ messenger
boy, will resume his old duties as
operator and messenger boy at
an increase in salary.
Rev. and Mrs. W. A. McKee
were guests of his sister, Mrs. Al-
vin Sherman, Sunday night and
Monday after attending the con-
ference in Henderson Sunday
Rev. McKee was transferred from
Trinity to London, near Hender-
son.
A profit of $68.15 has been
made by Mrs. Levi Vaughn, co-
operator for the Oak Flat Home
Demonstration Club in Rusk coun.
ty, from the sale of strawberries
and wild dewberries. In april 1934,
Mrs. Vaughn and her family put
out 1,000 strawberry plants at a
cost of (2.85.
Mrs. Josephine Jarratt Harris,
73, who died late Tuesday in a
Jacksonville hospital, was buried
at the Jarratt cemetery Thurs-
day afternoon. Rev. John A. Wil-
liams, pastor of the local Baptist
church, conducted the services.
She was living at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Johnson,
prior to the time when she became
fatally ill. Word of her death
came too late this week for an
extensive obituary in The Chero-
keean.
Rev. R. S. Marshall is the new
pastor of the Methodist church
here. He was appointed at the
annual conference of the Metho-.
dist /church which met at Hen-
derson last week. Rev. Marshall
will preach his first sermon here
Sunday.
Rev. Jesse Thomson and Mrs.
Thomson, former pastor of this
church and wife, removed to
i Trinity church, Port Arthur, this
week. Rev. Thomson had held
this pastorate for three years.
Other appointments for this dis-
trict, the Jacksonville district
were: Presiding elder, A. J, Mc-
drary; Al/to, F. C. Woodward;
Alto circuit, J. W. Treadwell
supply; Athens, R. E. Connell;
Bullard, J. F. Everett; Cushing,
A. A. Kidd; Elkhart, J. L. Webb;
Eustace, C. A. West; Frankston-
LaRue, R. B. Moon; Grapeland,
B. A. Watson; Grapeland circuit,
L. F. Maedgen; Jacksonville, L.
MRS. FINIS STOVALL
IS CONVALESCING
Mrs. Finis Stovall, who recent-
ly underwent an operation for ap-
pendicitis at Nan Travis hospital
Saturday, is reported to be resting
well.
DESTROY OLD
PEACH TREES
There are many old peach trees
which are so badly infested with
borers and scale that their useful
days are over. Such trees becaus0
they harbor insects and diseases
should be destroyed.
In many cases they are not des-
troyed because of the time and
labor involved. However, a W. P
A. project for destroying th«o
old peach trees is in effect in
Cherokee county. If anyone hav
ing old peach trees will notify the
county agent the proper authori-
ies will be advised and the trees
will be dug up and burned by the
person who has charge of the P.
W. A. project.
ed by Rev. E. O. Stewart, pastor
of the Salem church, who bapti-
zed David last year. He was as-
sisted by Rev. John A. Williams,
paster of the local church. Wal-
! lace Undertaking company
brought the body from Temple
and supervised the funeral.
Among out of town visitors
were: Dr. arid Mrs. R. S. Sutton,
Bartlett; Joe A. Sutton, Houston;
Dee T. Sutton, Jacksonville;
Wells, November 5.—The Wells
high school Pirates defeated the
Alabama Indians at Indian Vill-
age, Polk county, in one of the
fastest basket-ball games ever
played in this seetion of the coun-
try, according to Lewis B. Tay-
lor, cor. ispondent. The score
changed several times, with one
team leading and then the other,
The Pirates were leading by one
point when the whistle sounded
the score 25 to 24.
The Pirates have been playing
the Indians at Indian Village for
several years and this is the first
time they have ever defeated
them on their own court. The In-
dians are coming to Wells Friday
night for another engagement.
of this city; one grandson, Sammy „ „
_ „ , , ,, _ , . I John T. Jenkins of Elgin; R. G.
Dugan, Rusk; one brother, Robert ... „ . . . t \ ■ *
; Jenkins, Butler: A. L. Jenkins of
Oakwood; G. H. Jenkins from
1 Elkhart; Rev. and Mrs. S. E.
Harry, Corrigan; Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Brown, Palestine; Billie Mor-
row and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Jones, Gallatin.
MA SUBSIDY Will
BE PAID ON BAIES
What must farmers do to get
W. Nichols; Jacksonville circuit, the extra or subsidy payment on
R. F. Stewart; Malakoff, G. C.' their cotton sales?
Hardy; Neches, G. G. Cecil; Oak-j The A. A. A. will pay the dif-
wood, J. L. Weatherby; Palestine,1 ference between the average of
Grace, J. H. Malone; Palestine,1 the ten spot markets on the day
First, L. H. Mathison; Palestine the cotton is sold, and 12 cents
circuit, Mouzon Bass, supply;' per pound. In order for the farm-
Rusk, R. S. Marshall; Rusk Cir-J er to get the subsidy payment
cuit, Eugene Harris, supply; he should get from his buyer a
Trinidad, E. W. Soloman; Troup,
John W. Goodwin; Wells, E. V.
Tunnell; commissioner South-
western Advocate, R. E. Connell;
president Lon Morris college, C.
E. Peeplee; professor religious
education, Lon Morris college, R.
E. Ledbetter.
Other appointments of pro-
bable interest are: J. E. Buttrill,
Teague and R. L. Jackson, Col-
lege Station. Both are former as-
tors of the Rusk church just pre-
ceeding Rev. Jesse Thomson.
CERTIFICATES NOT
RETURNED FROM
*34 POOL
In a letter dated October 24
from T. E. Rattan, the party
charged with the responsibility of
issuing the unsold certificates
from the pool, he stated, "I wish
to advise that the issuance of
certificates for the unsold equity
in the 1934 National Pool will
be completed within a week or
ten days, for the state."
Form C. A. P.-l which is a certi-
ficate of sale. This form gives the
date of sale, number bales sold,
and the total weight of bales. The
original of the form will be mail-
ed in to the county agent's office
by the buyer. The producer may
kepp a copy for his records.
SLOCUM WHIPS
DOWN THE EARS
OF WELLS, 35-10
Mrs. Elton L. Miller went to
I.aRue Thursday to spend a few
days.
Wells, November 5 (Special)—•>
The Wells basketball team suf-
fered one of the worst defeats in
five years at Slocum Friday night,
the locals letting them down 35
to 10. The Pirates held them to
nine points in the first half, but
were unable to stay with the tall
Slocum boys in the last half and
they chalked up 26 points while
the Pirates only made 7.
Slocum is scheduled to play at
Wells November 15.
Mrs. Sallie Steele, Llano, Texas;
Mrs. Laura Congleton, Palestine;
Mrs. Edna Maine, Palestine; Mrs.
Callia Lively, Palestine; Mrs. Am-1
anda McMahon, Rusk; Mrs. Elma'
Congleton. Neches; Mrs. Fannie
Huddleston, Montalba.
The funeral was held at Fields
Chapel at 3:00 p. m. Monday,
with Rev. John A. Williams, pas-
tor of the local Baptist church,
officiating. Benton Brothers, local
funeral directors, were in charge
of the arrangements.
Active pallbearers: Picket But-
ler, J. H. Forster, Major C. E.
Kerr, Jim Cound, Neil Snelling,
F. Zachery.
Honrary pallbearers: I. R. Au-
fricht, James Birmingham, G. W.
Corley, Roy Ginn, A. C. Cloud
J. B. Belvin.
Mrs. Greenrock had been a resi-
lent of Rusk for the past twenty
years.
Mrs. Wade Lovell, of New Or-
leans, daughter of the deceased,
was not present because she is in
a critical condition in a New Or-
leans hospital.
An unusually large crowd is
anticipated Monday evening for
the sham battle that will be staged
by the National Gifarfdsmen of
this city. The place will be Fair'
Park.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
O. M. Ferguson and Dorothy
Fain.
Edward B. White and Vera
Leora Perry.
J. Oran B;rock |and Florine
Wooster.
Elmer Boatman and Maxine
Smith. 1 *
Woodrow Willson Woodall and
Violet Steelman.
Henry Jordan and Lena Tut-
man.
Herman Bradley and Heavel
Vales.
felton V. Sexton and Claudia
Thelma Hester.
Henry Aldredge and Mary Jane
Menson.
Ernest Dudley and Wynona
Pannell.
Horace L. Berry and Thelma
Wallace.
Edwin Powell and Theda Lout.
Barney Edward How"ard and
Grace Hodge Stell.
J. C. Lewis and Lanelle Davis.
Dock Johnson and Meliza Van
zandt.
Emmitt Houston and Lauvie V.
Jones.
Jfoe H. Durrett and Gladys
Dowling.
Robert C. Armstrong I and
Cleanna Smith.
Miss Nell Bland, of Kaufman,
is visiting Mrs. C. E. Jay.
Mrs. Laura Musick, of Alto,
visited her daughter, Mrs,
Wallace this week-tnd.
Corn-Hog Men
Vote "Yes" To
Referendum
Texas corn and hog produueers
clearly favor a continuance of
the corn-hog adjustment program
as was shown by 33,373 producers
voting "yes" against 'a small min-
ority of 6,417 "no's" in the corn-
hog referendum held October 26,1 and secret formulas are possib
E. M. Regenbrecht, chairman of that w111 make certain that happi
this city soon.
This is of most vital important^,
and it will be lead by that genial-
hearted, informative - minded
Southern lecturer, Mrs. Johnetta
Howard. Her reputation for plain,
understandable, interesting, short
-course, post graduate giving,
language and demonstrations that
hold audience interest throughout,
has preceeded her by weeks. And,
it is all free, and a most hearty
invitation is extended to every
houflewife in this city and the
communities around, together
with their husbands.
"Men are taking most seriously
to the master art of the world-
"Cookery," is an emphatic word
that comes in advance from Mrs.
Howard. "Leadership men
throughout the nation are learn-
ing more and more the post grad-
uate points of home-happiness*
cooking. They have learned and
are learning that the paramount
health and happiness pinacle of
the home centers at the k'tchen.
Science has proved it, experience
has taught it and now it is free
fo rthe managers of the homes of
ths city—the housewives and their
husbands.
In this fashionable parade of
the preparation of food's, its value
to health and happiness, harmonv
the State Corn-Hog Review Board,
announced.
"One of the most significan
angles of the referendum was the
increased interest Texas corn and
hog producers had in voting over
last year," Regenbracht comment-
ed. "A total of 39,790 votes was
cast this year which was more
than double the number, of votes
Cast Iftst year. Approximately
18,000 votes were cast in 1934.'
According to final tabulations,
83.8 percent of the voting pro-
ducers were in favor of continu
ing the corn-hog program.
Of the total votes cast 20,358
were by contract signers and 19,-
432 were by non-contract signers.
Contract signers voted 92.4 per-
ess will have its play in the fami
life. Whether it's the style, mod
fashion, pattern, elegance, -prepa
ation, griddling, coddling, jug
ling, deviling, steaming, cooking,
roasting, braising, baking, broil-
ing, frying, par-boiling, stewing,
panning, frizzling of making food
ready for the family table, there
are secret formulas and harmon-
ized relations that must be known
if kitchen and hoine-harroiness is
to be a star in the domestic circle.
The housewife of Foday does not
have to run to the back po'-eh and
"grab the cow with the iron tail"
—the hand pump—to get water.
She is surrounded with th- most
modern and convenient electrical
mechanical and scientific idvaces
of this modern civilziatior. waiting
cent in favor of continued adjust-j jjgek an(j caj] an(j -reduce
ment, the final report showing, her worries and work.
18,785 ad 1,556 against. Non- _
signers also favored the program JOCKEYS HURT
by voting 75 percent in favor of DURING MEET
continued adjustment as shown by, .
14, 572 voting "yes" and 4,860 " ~
,, ,, .. 1 The following riders were m-
More than 50 per- , , . ,
jured during the recent meet at
the East Texas Down:
On Oct. 31 Pierson, San
voting "no". More than 50 per-
cent of the contract signers cast
votes.
Fannin county turned out theAntonia rpex
largest number of votes with 1,- hig horse ^urin one or
190 voting for the corn-hog pro- and sustains! rumei
gram and 110 against it, for a He waa r^hed to the
total of 1,300. hospital ir - B .iton F*
The corn-hog referendum .vhs lance, fo- mi r-rency
held upon the single question: "Do X-Ray pict« r> -'ea("rt
you favor a corn-hog adjustnv at en bones.
program to follow the 1935 pro-1 Qn Saturday A
gram which expires November 1, more, Maryland,
1935? mashed foot wl.
it, th 'own fron*
a1,
br.n.
Gaith'
<* rr
was riding mov.'d too clo 0 the
inside rail. He ,vas removed to
Forms for making the 110-lb
exemption on cotton for home use'Nan Travis hospital in a Benton
have arrived at the County Agents Bros, ambulance, where he was
office and are available to cotton ! riven emergency tr "tmont. X-
Bud producers making applications for ' 'V ";ctures in this c >e 8.so re-
them. vealed no broken bones
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