The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1937 Page: 2 of 6
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"city tennis tournament TO RURAL ELECTRIC LINE TO BE
BE HELD here sunday APRIL 25
COURTHOUSE 'fireauditor's To Purchase Sewing
ready for service april 15 reporter office at NOON Machines for County
Eton
Competition To Start At
2 O'clock Sharp
E. S. ERYVIN, JR.
Cherokeean Sports Editor
1 « city-wide tennis toui'na-
ir.':nt for Rusk wil begin promptly
i\: i o'clock Sunday, April 25th, it
been decided, and players are
:cl to make their application
e . try into the tournament as
i as possible, to expedite mat-
: i making out a program to
• V in the various events.
small entry fee will be
eged, funds derived from
ch will go toward the purchase
s ::-es for the winners and run-
s-ap of the divisions. No di-
on will be played unless there
a minimum of 5 entries in that
division.
More tennis players are in this
citv ihat have not signified their
intention of getting into the
tourney. These are expressly
u.'d to get into the swing of the
affair and make this meet of out-
sta nding importance in the sport
history of the city. If you are
interested, you are invited to
make your application at the
Cherokeean office or at Brown's
Dry Goods store.
Classes of Events
Several of the town's tennis as-
pirants have already made appli-
ha.
urr
for
ser
en:
wh
of
nei
vis
is ;
cation to eat.'' the meet, They
will come under various classes,
■ :-.w- oi v. :ich, naturally, will
! nve exceptions to the rule.
Fallowing are the divisions to
be followed in the tourney, and
the few that have already made
ipplication for play:
Senior Men's Singles
(16 years of age and over. Ex-
ceptions).
J. T. Pryor.
James Pearson.
Ted Butler.
Raymond Brown.
George Nelson, Jr.
Junior's Singles
(Under 16 years of age. Ex-
ceptions) .
Harold Ross.
Billy Phillips.
A. D. BeBrry.
John Ogle Summers.
These entries and others will
make up the players in the senior
men's doubles and junior men's
doubles, senior women's singles
and doubles, junior women's sing-
les and doubles and senior mixed
doubles.
High School Courts
Play will take place on the high
school tennis courts, which are of
the finest in this section of the
state. Competent judges will be
on hand to referee the matches,
every player in the town is urged
to come out and "let's have a
good time, and lots of good, clean,
honest fun."
C!ean-Up Campaign
Here Is A Success
CITY TRUCKS STILL ARE
HAULING TRASH
Declaring the clean-up cam-
paign here a success, Mayor E. R.
Gregg Monday said that the city
trucks are still at work getting
the city cleaner and in a healthier
condition.
Many vacant lots and alleys,
not cleaned for at least 10 years,
have been put into fine 'shape
sirco the annual clean-up cam-
paign began last week, Mr. Gregg
said.
LOCAL SALESMAN ATTEND
MELTING TYLER APRIL 20th
A;iaif Tomlin, salesman for the
Cherokee Motors, has received
an invitation to attend a meeting
of the 100-Car club in Tyler, Tues-
day, April 20th
S' oial accomplishments in
SKl6jKaianship are required to be
at" -j to join the 100-Car club, and
tjforfi salesmen throughout the
sedUtm who have made good will
ir - .i at the Blackstone Hotel in
T . at 9 o'clock.
reader says
our pension
stand right
Jacksonville, Texas,
April 9, 1937
To the Cherokeean Editor:
; I saw a copy of your paper
! some time ago, the one with the
article about old age pension. I
i agree with you there. The ones
that deserve it don't get it. I
! have paid taxes for years, but I
: cannot get it. I am leaving here,
but think I will be back by the
! time you put. on your cheap rates
j think I will subscribe for your
paper, I like it but wish you
would print the monthly expense
of the county after each court day.
. Tell how much each man gets and
everything, well just copy all ex-
pense each commissioner turns in.
People like to see where their
; money is going. The Jacksonville
1 papers printed it awhile but don't
now: don't know why they quit.
Wishing you good luck with
i your paper.
Respectively,
R. P. Heald.
MONEY
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by w to nut tJw follow** nmftcations
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A rural electrification line run-
ning from a mile west of Craft to
Ponta through Turney and Gal-
latin will be ready for use and
electricity for those communities
and intervening points probably
will be turned on by April 15, i'
has been announced by F. C. Rand
manager of the Gulf Public Ser-
vice company, which is erecting
the lines.
All poles over the entire dis-
tance of fifteen miles have been!
set, and 95 per cent of the wire i
is on them. Work now is in prog-
ress on a sub-station at a point
where the line connects with the
company's present lines on the old
Rusk highway west of Craft. This
station will reduce the voltage
from 23,000 to 6,900, Mr. Rand
says.
The task of hanging smaller I
transformers along the line at j
various points to cut this 6,900
voltage down to the standard 115
volts is yet to be accomplished.
It is anticipated that this can be
done, however, and the house ser-
vice connections made by April
15. The company desires to turn
on the entire service at the same
time. The job of making house
connections will be facilitated by
the fact many houses already are
wired. A survey showed that 30
houses in Ponta already are wired
and ready for connection.
It is possible some kind of cere-
mony will be staged when the
lights are turned on, but plans
for it are not complete.
Plans for other lines are moving
forward, Mr. Rand says, and
G.P.S. employes will begin signing
up prospects along the Summer-
field highway Monday looking
to running of a line from here to
Summerfield. It is also planned
to extend this line about two miles
south of Summerfield in the di-
rection of Ponta. Considerable
interest has been manifested in
this direction, and officials of the
company believe plenty of con-
sumers will be secured to justify
this line. The line in this direc-
tion now runs as far as the Jack-
sonville Country club.
In addition to these miles, an I
extension of about a mile is being |
made on the old Summerfield
highway out of Jacksonville, and j
a similar extension of service isj
being made at Frankston.—Daily!
Progress.
koontztells
of forestry
At kiwanis
April 8, 1937.
Warranty Deed
Frc.": 7?nvis, et al, to Mrs. Mattie
Davis, 52 acres (in 5 tracts) on
Tnm'is On
rhree League
Facing Murder Charges
Negro Gives Self Up
An 18-year-old negro boy, H. D. |
Johnson, alias H. D. Graves, j
charged with the fatal stabbing!
of Vernell (Vernie) Walker, 19,1
another negro, in' Jacksonville |
Saturday night, has surrendered j
and is ready to face the charges, j
the sheriff's department here re-
ports.
He surrendered to Chief of Po-
lice F. M. Mills Wednesday night
when he went to Mills' home and
announced that he was ready to
give himself up. Walker died \
Sunday morning after having I
been stabbed in a scrape in a cafe !
in Jacksonville Saturday night.
Road Work Plans
of Highway Board
The Highway Commission Fri-
day made appropriations for six
additional projects, with four add-
j ed to the national recovery works
relief program. The list by coun-
1 ties follows:
Cherokee—Appropriated $10,-
350 for improvemens of connec-
tion from Highway 40 to Forest,
; work to be done under supervis-
I i*m of highway engineer through
i mointainer.ee division.
TWO RUSK COUNTY
NEGROES ADMIT
BURNING AUTO
SIGN STATEMENT HERE ON
ARSON CHARGE
R & G cars are not "ordinary" used cars. Every
R & G car is sold with a written guarantee of satis-
faction or your money back! Ford Dealers are
offering the year's best values in used cars right
now. The selections are larger and prices are lowet}
than for several months. Many of these cars are
R & G values. See them today t
Signed statements from two ne-
groes, Leroy Small and Earl Ben-
ton, have been obtained by Sheriff
Bill Brunt and his men after the
burning, of an automobile near i
Reklaw this week. Witnesses to ■
the crime named Small and Ben-;
ton as the arsonists. Sheriff's j
crew picked them up; they are
now in jail, having signed state-
ments admitting the job.
The negroes live in Rusk county
and were burning the car for in-
surance money, it is said.
ORDERS PIES OR CAKES
The Presbyterian women are
taking orders for pies and cakes
and will fill any order promptly.
Please phone your order to Mrs.
W. H. Wallace.
Forest conservation and the;
activities of the Texas Forest Ser- j
vice were the subjects discussed
by B. Koontz, Assistant Forester,
at the Friday weekly luncheon
of the Rusk Kiwanis club.
The Texas forest se' .'^o is a
division of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college of Texas, with
the main office located at College
Station. E. O. Siecks is director
of the Service. The field office
of the division of forest protection
of the Service is located at Lufkin
with W. E. White in charge.
Forestry in Texas concerns it-
self with right land use. Lands
not capable of profitable agricul-
tural development should be at
work producing that for which
they are best suited. The forested
area of Texas is approximately
35,000,000 acres. Of this forested
area 22 Vz million acres are classed
as protection forests, and are
made up chiefly by the cedar
brakes, east and west cross tim-
bers post oak and mesquite reg-
ions. This area produces forest
products such as fence posts, fuel
wood and lumber. The chief value
of the timber, however, is aiding
in the prevention of soli erosion,
checking the rapid run-off of rain
water and the subsequent silting
of rivers and reservoirs . The re-
maining 12Vz million acres con-
stitute the East Texas commercial
timber belt.
Fifty one per cent of Cherokee
farm lands is in forestration, he
said.
The vast commercial timber
region of East Texas with is nat-
ural forest soil, ample rainfall and
long growing season is ideal for
the growing of timber as a crop.
With this ideal soil and climate
condition, the remaining funda-
mental factors for keeping forest
resources permanent, and timber
growing as a crop, is prevention
and suppression of forest fires
and the proper handling of wood-
lands. By keeping these natural!
forest lands growing timber, prop- i
er land utilization is balanced, the j
continuity of our forest industries !
is assured, and the water sheds j
protected from erosion and soil!
depletion.
Fire Control Problem
The prevention of forest fires
is a problem v,;hich concerns the
general public, the timberland j
owners and the state. Only;
through concientious effort on the
part of all these agencies con- j
cerned can forest fires be pre-
vented and suppressed. The state
maintains organized fire protec-
tion over 10,500,000 acres of forest
land, operates 72 lookouts and
1300 miles of telephone lines. The
1936 fire report of the Texas For-
est service shows that out of 7827
forest fires 7818 or 99 per cent
were man caused and all prevent-
able. In the State of Texas it ir.
unlawful to set or cause to be set
fire to forest lands other than
your own, or to lands which will
communicate the fire to forested
areas. Individuals starting forest
fires through carelessness, such
as, not putting out warming fires
throwing down burning matches,
cigarettes, or starting a fire by
any other means can be punished
under the forest fire laws of the
State.
Forest fires kill the seedling?
and saplings, injure the larger
trees and often kill them. as well
as retard the growth of all sur-
viving trees. Fires also destroy
ground cover and humus that
are so necessary in the prevent-
ion of erosion and controlling of
water runoff.
The activities of the Texas
•Forestry service in advancing
proper forest practices are the
prevention and suppression of
forest fires; the operation of five
state forests, totaling 6551 acres,
located near Kirbyville, Warren,
Conroe, Weches and Maydelle;
operation of four nurseries for the
production of forest trees, locat-
ed near Kirbyville Conroe, Lub-
bock, and Chillicothe; forestry
education; forestry research; tim-
ber surveys and management
plans and farm forestry in co-
operation with the extension ser-
vice.
urant.
Mr. and Mrs. Frar.er Guinn
and son, Billy, and Mrs. Bryan
Stoyall left Thursday for a visit
with relatives in Synder, Texas.
Instruments Filed for "teeorfl On
April r> 1937
DEED
H. G. Hatchett and wife to J. F.
Weaver and wife, 7 acres located
in Timmons Addition to the Town
of Rusk.
D. E. Lattimore and wife to E.
E. Wiggins. Lot 6, of the D. E.
Lattimore subdivision of a part
of 2 and one-seventh acres in
Jacksonville.
Everett Love, et al, to S. E
.Moyers. 25 acres, part of block
8 of Thomas Quevoaa Three Lea-
gue Grant.
Mineral Deed
L. A. Mason, et al, to Mrs. Eva
McKnight. One-eighth interest in
minerals in 44 acres on Jose Pine-
da West 4 League Grant.
H. D. Egger to J. J. Perkins,' et
al, One-twelveth interest in min-
erals in 48.3 acres on M. de los
santos Coy Leaaue.
H. D. Egger to J. J. Perkins, et
al, One-twelveth interest in min-
erals in 54.7 acres on the M. de
los Santos Coy League.
H. D. Egger to J. J. Perkins, et
al, One-twelveth interest in min-
al, One-sixth interest in minerals
in 98.11 acres on M. de lose Santos
Coy League.
H. D. Egger to J. J. Perkins, et
al, One-twelveth interest in min-
erals in 200 acres on Wesley
Dykes survey.
Trustee's Deed
R. C. McKee and wife by sub-
stitue trustee to W. M. Carlton.
Undivided interest of R. C. McKee
as heir of Zackary C. McKee de-
ceased, and Mrs. Martha Jane Mc-
Kee.
Fire alarm at noon called out Order for the purchase of 20
volunteer firemen to the office Silver sewing machines was pass-
of county auditor J. Finan Smith ed in che ComniisE^ner's court
here Fridaay. , meeting here Monday at the reg-
A waste basket next to Smith's I ular session of the court.
desk had become ignited, possibly! Machines will be used by the
from a glowing cigarette stub. Works Progress Administration in
John Butler, fireman extra- j the various sewing rooms now in
ordinary, gained entrance to the operation throughout the county,
office, which was locked, by gent- Purchase will be made direct
ly administering a few kicks from \ from the company at a total cost
his dainty feet onto the locked \ of $475.38.
door. Basket and contents were i
thrown out the window.
Only damage was a faint
"scorching" of the desk and near-
by wall.
Dialville School Has
ANOTHER MILESTONE
FOR STOMACH SUFFERERS
Only a few months ago Gast-
Tons were not known, in this
community although the formula
used: in the compounding of Gas-
Commencement Exercise ?ons by one of the largest phar-
maceutical houses ir) the coun-
Dialville High school had their
1937 commencement program
Thursday night at the school aud-
itorium.
Ernest Roberts, former super-
intendent of the Dialville schools,
and now principal of Federal In-
stitute in Tyler, delivered the ad-, appetites. But today it is anoth-
dress. Ten students were in the ■ er story f0r Gas-Tons are known
1937 class. | jn hundreds of homes as the
School will continue at Dialville product which has brought health
try has been a favorite prescrip-
tion used with great success in
the relief of stomach and duode-
nal ulcers, indigestion, acid dys-
pepsia, sour or upset stomach,
Gassiness, bloating, heartburn,
constipation, bad breath, sleep-
lessness, headaches, and jaded
for two more weeks, passage of
the deficiency appropriation by
the legislature making it possible
for the school to finish out an
eight months term.
NO STOOPING
with this oil range!
Groom yourself for that busi-
ness engagement. It pays to look
tfell.—ALLEN'S BARBER SHOP.
Carolyn McCarty
Buried Sunday
Carolyn McCarty, three-month-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Grady McCarty of Burke, Ange-
lina county, was buried at Ryan
Chapel Sunday afternoon follow-
ing here death'at the Nan Travis
Hospital Saturday afternoon at 6
o'clock.
Rev. Mr. Smith, minister fiom
Jiiboll, conducted the services
with W. H. Wallace, local under-
takers, in charge.
Instruments Filed for Record On
April 10, 1937
Mineral Deeds
Harvey A. Heller and wife to
Imperial Royalties Co. One and
five-sixteenth interest in 127 acres
of A. Ferguson Survey.
Oil and Gas Lease
Mrs. Lilly Woodall, a widow,
and Elmer Woodall to J. H. Pea-
cock and B. H. Giles. 60 acres,
W. A. Reeces and J. C. Morrison j
surveys.
Clarence Woodall. et al, to J. H.
Peacock and B. H. Giles. 50 acres, j
W. A. Reeves and J. C. Morrison j
surveys. '
J W. Ware and wife to The Pure
Oil Co. 80 acres, J. H. Mills and
H. Fuller surveys.
Assignment of Lease
John G. Mayo to W. L. Goldston
One-half interest in lease on 15
acres of Thomas Quevado grant,
said lease originally given by R.
F. Grimes, et al, to Shell Petrol-
eum Corporation.
John G. Mayo to W. L. Goldston
Assigns undivid one-half interest
in lease from Hollywood club.
Lake to Shell Petroleum Corpora-
tion, in so far as the same covers
the south half of 59.26 acres of
Block 35 of the Quevado grant.
John G. Mayo to W. L. Goldston
Assigns undivid one-half interest
in lease originally given by R. F.
Grimes, et al, to Shell Petroleum
Corporation to 38 acres of Thomas
Quevado grant, in so far as said
lease covers the north half of said
38 acre tract.
John G. Mayo to W. L. Gold-
ston. Assigns undivided one-half
interest in lease from Jay B.
Brock to Shell Petroleum Corpor-
ation to 100 acres of Section 33 of
Thomas Quevado grant; in so far
as said lease covers a certain 30
acre portion of said lease.
Stoco Oil company to B. B.
Perkins, Trustee. Assigns one-
sixteenth undivided interest in a
lease from E. B. Parks and wife,
to J. D. Parks, in so far as same
covers 17 and two-thirds acres
of the Joseph T. Cook League.
J. W. Scott Dies
At Cove Springs
High-Power Perftci/on
No. R-879
Beautiful Modern
PE&FECT30N has
convenient oven
SOME stoves look pretty only
until you begin to use them; not
so, with these smart new Perfection
fan ;cs. They are modern in con-
venience cs well as in appearance.
No stooping to this oven. No wait-
in;c for these fast,clean,High-Power
burners! Come in and see this neat,
compact range finished in crsam-
white, or pure white porcelain
enamel. Moderately priced.
charles kerr
Perfection Dealer
RUSK, TEXAS
and happiness to members of
their family, when these condi-
tions were due to excess acid.
There are stories of men and
women who had given up hope
of relief until they were told by
some former stomach sufferer of
the days and nights spent suffer-
ing, with no relief in sight, but
who after trying Gas-Tons for
a short time were on the road to
recovery and who are now happy
to state, with great pleasure, that
none of the old symptoms are
with them and now they sleep
ail night long, go about their
regular work and pleasure, eat
i the things they like most with no
[.ill results. And all the stomach
| sufferers know what this means.
| 'Therefore it is no wonder to
j them why Gas-Tons sales have
| grown by leaps and bounds and
I they can easily see why these
; former stomach sufferers are able
i to go about with a smile on their
j faces in place of the old grouch,
i Gas-Tons are on sale with one
druggist in each town. Gas-Tons
• are sold on a money-back guar-
| antee that you must be pleased,
j Gas-Tons are on sale in Rusk by
j Moseley Drug store.. 25 tablets
j $1, 100 tablets $3. Accept no
1 substitutes for there are several
j who would bask in the light of
I the success of this great form-
ula. 0t41 (adv).
Groom yourself for that busi-
ness engagement. It pays to look
well.—ALLEN'S BARBER SHOP.
IB GROCER? SPECIALS.
John Weston Scott, 23, died at
his home in Cove Springs com-
munity at 2:30 o'clock Saturday
morning.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Frankston cemetery with Rev.
Frank Weedon of this city con-
ducting.
Mr. Scott is survived by his
widow; a son, Gene Edward Scott;
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Scott of Cove Springs; two
brothers, Ed Scott of Frankston
and Fred Scott of Brushy Creek;
three sisters, Miss Jodie Scott of
Cove Springs, Mrs. M. W. Baker
of Gilmer and Mrs. Guy Robin-
son of Canti n.
Mr. Scott was a member of the
Baptist church of Cove Springs.—
Daily Progress.
DROP your watch and DROP
n to see Wal-DROP.
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Radios and Refrigerators
No. 1270
Banks Official Statement of Financial Condition
of the
citizens state bank
At Rusk, State of Texas,
At the close of business on the 31st day of March. 1937, pub-
lished in the Rusk Cherokeean, a newspaper printed and pub-
lished at Rusk, State of Texas, on the 16 day of April, 1937.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts, on personal or
collateral security $ 78,905.06
Loans secured by real estate 16,714.51
Overdrafts 117.87
Securities of U. S., any State or political subdivision56,taoie
Securities of U. S., any State or political
subdivision thereof
Other bonds and stocks owned
Furniture and Fixtures
Real Estate owned, other than banking house
Cash and due from approved reserve agents
Due from other banks and bankers, subject
to check on demand
Stock and | or assessment Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp
Other Resources (Itemize)
166,242.55
13,774.50
4,000.00
4,445.31
103,532.14
2,565.98
712.02
262.68
Total ....
$391,272.62
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $50,000.00
Total Capital Structure $ 50,000.00
Surplus Fund 5,500.00
Undivided Profits, net 7,103.68
Due to banks and bankers, subject to check 1,885.42
Individual Deposits subject to check, including time
deposits due in 30 days 325,418.73
Cashier's Checks Outstanding 1,348.11
Other Liabilities (Suspense Acct.) 16.68
Total $391,272.62
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Cherokee.
We, B. B. PERKINS, as President, and A. R. ODOM, JR.,
as Cashier, of said bank, each of us, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is tsue to the best of our knowledge
and belief.
B. B. PERKINS, President.
A. R. ODOM. JR., Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of April,
A "n 1Q^7
MARY B. JOfcHSON,
Notary Public, Cherokee County, Texas.
CORRECT—ATTEST:
E. R. GREGG.
J. B. SCHOCHLER.
THOS. H. COBBLE, M. D.,
Directors.
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