The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1935 Page: 1 of 12
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RUSK
"THE CAPITAL OF
CHEROKEE COUNTY"
The Rusk Cherokeean
"THE OLDEST AND LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN CHEROKEE COUNTY."
Cherokee Co.
'EAST TEXAS SCENERY
AT ITS BEST"
VOLUME 17
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, TRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1935
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Politicians Ponder Fate Of Patton
As Result Utility Probe; Stone
Likely To Be Candidate For Office
Rumors were circulating in
Cherokee coirtity this week that
District Attorney Emerson Stone
of Jacksonville might be in the
race for congress in the next el-
fition as politicians pondered the
ite of Congressman Nat Patton
• lor re-election following the Util-
ity probe in Washington during
the past week.
Only a few here believed that
(%e could overcome the unfavor-
able front page publicity he has
received while on the witness
stand.
From the Athens Review the
following was clipped:
Patton is serving his first term
in Congress, being elected last
year from the newly created 7th
district. He defeated Roger Davis
of Nacogdoches in the second pri-
mary, after Patton and Bonner
Frizzell of Palestine had run neck
and neck for several days.
He served one term in the
Texas House of Representatives
from 1925 to 1927 and was
member of the Texas Senate from
1927 to 1934.
Patton has had long experience
in political affairs of the state
and county, and a former judge
of Houston county. He once de
clined appointment by
Carl Sherman
Dies on Friday
C. C. Sherman, 44, prominent
local insurance and lease purchas
ing agent, business manager for
DrsJ Travis and Travis (Nan Trav-
is hospital) in Jacksonville, was
buired here Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Sherman succumbed at the
Jacksonville Isariitarium at 5:30
o'clock Friday morning.
Funeral services were held at
the First Baptist church with Rev.
John A. Williams, pastor, con-
ducting, assisted by Rev. R. H.
Dehrman, pastor here when Mr,
Sherman was converted.
Mr. Sherman was an active lay-
man in the Baptist church.
He is survived by his widow and
son, Carl, Jr., a student of Baylor
university, Wac<#) five sisters—•
Mrs. P. H. Chatman, Palestine;
Mrs. J. A. Lattimore, Fort Worth;
Mrs. John Benge, Galveston; Mrs.
John Watson, Maydelle; and Mrs.
Gene Bothwell, Maydelle. Four
brothers—Frank and Alvin of
Rusk; J. M. of Pasadena; and W.
Governor W. Sherman of Maydelle, also sur-
W. E. Sloan
Dies Tuesday
W. E. Sloan, 68, for years a prom
inent Rusk , citizen and a director
in the Citizens State Bank, was
buritd' Wednesday afternoon at
the local cemetery following fun-
eral services at the home. Mr.
Sloan passed away at 8:30 o'clock
Tuesday morning.
For /the past few years Mr.
Sloan has been in ill health, having
been confined to his bed at
times. Even |)n his pain, how.
ever, he was cheerful and always
greeted his friend's on the Man-
ning corner.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed by Rev. John W. Goodwin,
pastor of the First Methodist
church of Troup, former pastor
here, Rev. Jesse Thomson, local
pastor, and Rev. John A. Williams,
pastor of the Baptist church. He
was a member of the Methodist
church.
Wallace Undertaking company
had charge.
An extensive land and building
owner in the city, Mr. Sloan was
of the Citizens bank directors. He
was tax assessor of Cherokee
WESTERN UNION TO
HON. NAT G. PATTON
The following message was
wired to Hon. Nat Patton,
congressman from this the 7th
Congressional District, by the
editor Saturday afternoon:
Hon. Nat G. Patton
U. S. Congressman
Washington, D. C.
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN-
TENSELY INT ERESTED
PACKAGE EPISODE STOP
EXPLANATION SENT AIR-
MAIL TODAY RUN NEXT
ISSUE APPRECIATED
ELTON MILLER
EDITOR
RUSK CHEROKEEAN
Murder, Fire and Crime
Rampant Cherokee - co.
Over Past Week - end
PATTON WRITES TO
CHEROKEEAN
EDITOR
Dan Moody as state comptroller, vive.
The eleven counties which com- Mrs. John Sherman of Maydelle
prise the seventh congressional mother of Mr. Sherman, survives,
district which Patton represents, Miss Jessie Boone, great-great
are located in East and South- gronddaughter of Daniel Boone,
east Texas, where agriculture, oil sister of the deceased, had been
production and industry receive living with the family for a num-
almost equal attention. The dis- ber of years.
trict had 43,842 votes in the last
primary.
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FRIZZELL TO RUN AGAIN
Unless he has changed his mind
Bonner Frizzell, superintendent
of Palestine city schools, will be
in the race again next jear. Friz-
zell was nosed out by Patton in
the first primary by only 521
votes. Frizzell had never before
been a candidate for office and
in a letter t0
ing his defeat he said: "Urged by
friends and encouraged by tfhe
large vote received, I shall again
offer my services to the people
of the Seventh District at the
proper time in 1936."
In the first primary in this
county Frizzell received 1263
votes to Patton's 182. Patton,came
back to defeat Roger Davis in
the county in the second primary,
and defeated him in the district
by approximately 3,000 votes.
In his career Patton has run
for office twelve times, being de-
feated six times. He first ran for
Congress in the 10th district to
fill the unexpired term of a mem-
ber who died. Defeated in that
race he came back to be elected
in the newly created seventh dis-
trict which is composed of a num-
ber of counties that made up the
old tenth. He was serving as State
CONGRESS OF UNITED STATES
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
July 29, 1935.
VIA AIR MAIL
Mr. Elton L, Miller,
Rusk Cherokeean,
Rusk, Texas.
My Dear Friend:
Answering your wire, please be
county six years and traveled for' advised that j am assembling a
the Lee Hardware company out report of all my private income
of Shreveport about 18 years. He
since I have been a member
was at one time connected with'Congress Therefore, I believe
the Sam D. Goodson hardware ■ it will be better to wait untfl M
store in Jacksonville, being there j this has been prepared. I hope to
about 10 years. For sometime he have this ready within a day or
was assistant postmaster here un- two> and am going to present it
Active pallbearers were: Dr.
William Thomas, Summers Nor-
man, Pickett Butler, Elma B.
Musick, J. L. Shook, Albert Mere-
dith, Edgar Banks, and Newton
Long.
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
R. T. Travis, Dr. J. M. Travis, and
Dr. Lewis Travis of Jacksonville;
Dr. J. F. Johnson, Howell Long,
Clay Bingham, V. R. Roach, Rusk;
the'voters'follow" I Mr" Eze11 and Euf?ene Roach' May"
voters ioiiow | de]le. p B Musslewhite, W. H.
Hanna, and' W. T. Norman, Rusk;
Chas. L. Miller and Roy Nichols,
Alto; Gus Blankenship, Mr. Ben-
nett, Arch Rowan, and Carter
Childs, Jacksonville; A. M. Vin-J
der C. O. Miller.
Survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mollie Sloan, he also leaves three
brothers — W. W. Sloan of Fort
Worth, Fred of Port Arthur, and
Frank of Rusk, as well as one sis-
ter, Mrs. Annie Miller of Hous-
ton, t0 mourn h/is passing. He
leaves several nephews and nieces.
Active pallbearers wert: Ray
Odom, W. T. Richey, E. R. Gregg,
Leo Tosh, Johnnie iWlliams, J. T.
Acker, Jr., Lester Maness and L.
T. McKinzie.
Dr. A. Speegle
Injured In Car
Wreck On Friday
Dr. A. Arthur Speegle, co-owm
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RuskCherokeean
FOR
REAL BARGAINS!
ing, Lee Holcomb, and Eldridge er of the famous Speegle-Dupuy
hospital in Palestine, was seriously
injured and a woman companion
suffered only slight injuries Fri-
day night when the car in which
they were riding struck a' parked
bus on Highway 40 about a mile
and a half north of Alto.
They were rushed to a Jackson-
ville hospital in a W. H. Wallace
ambulance for treatment Dij.
Speegle was removed to his own
hospital in Palestine Saturday.
The bus, which had enocunter-
ed trouble on the road, had all
lights turned on and the flares
were burning when Dr. Speegle's
car got out of control.
The automobile was completely
demolished.
Dr. Speegle suffered internal
injuries and it was not known the
extent of his injuris when he was
removed to Palestine. A rib was
thrust into his lung, it wos stated
by hospital attendants.
in full to not only the Senate |
Committee and it will clearly ex-
onerate me of any wrong doings
what-so-ever.
I am sure my friends every-
where are believing in me and this
is to assure you that I am abso-
lutely in the clear and the good
people of my District certainly
will know about the whole situa-
tion just as soon as I have put
the material all together.
I will mail you a complete
statement within the next few
dayys. Thanking you for your in-
terest and with kindest personal
regards, I am
Sincerely your friend,
Nat Patton, M. C.
7th District of Texas.
Fort Cook Monument
" -
Gregg, Rusk; and W. H. Shook,
Dallas.
BIOGRAPHY
Carl Clifford Sherman was born
at Maydelle, this county, on Oct-
ober 10, 1890, the child of oJhn
and Elizabeth Sherman.
On July 2, 1913, he was mar-
ried to Miss Birdie Louise Babers
of Rusk. To this union three child-
ren were born, Carl B., and two
daughters who died in infancy.
In 1924 Carl Sherman confess-
ed Christ and joined the Rusk
Baptist church. He and his son
were baptized together by Rev.
Robert Behrman, now pastor at
Nr.ples.
Prominent in Cherokee county
affars, he was a member of the
Norman and Sherman insurance
firm.
An overflowing auditorium at
the Baptist church paid last res-
psct Saturday afternoon. Benton
Brothers had charge of arrange-
ments.
ED SPINKS NAMED
TO SUCCEED
CARTER
Ed Spinks was named by this
County Commissioners, court to
succeed F. C. Carter, deceased, as
justice of the peace for precinct
No. 1, Monday at their regular
meeting.
Mr. Spinks is former county
clerk here and has held other im-
portant official positions.
Mr. Carter was the third justice
of the peace in succession to die
in office.
Commissioners completed egu
alization work at the meeting
Mondany, Judge Frank Devereux,
Jr., said.
Johnnie Rankin
Is Given 2-Year
In Murder Case
Service Rates
Here Highest
In The State
Johnnie Rankin, constable in
the Griffin precinct, was given a
two-year penitentiary sentence by
a jury in Judge C. E. Brazil's dis-
trict court here Saturday at 10
o'clock.
Rankin, charged with the moon-
shine slaying of Jesse Jones, Gould
community, when he and other
officers were making a raid on
the Jones farm, will appeal the
case, it was thought around the
courthouse earlier in the week.
His lawyers were due to file an
appeal by Thursday, it was said.
He was represented by Perkins
and Brown.
Rusk has the highest electric
rate of any city in the population
range 2,500 to 5,000 of any in the
state, according to government
figures released from Washing-
ton-last week. The Federal govern-
ment made the survey.
Figures disclosed showed that
the Gulf Public Service company
charges $6.80 per 100 kilowatt
hours, which is 71.7 percent above
Georgetown, where la municipal
plant is located and charges
$3.96'for the same amount.
News reports in the state papers
during the past week gave the
city considerable publicity con-
cerning her high electric rate.
A table appearing in the rate
book received at The Cherokeean
showed Rusk listed in 30th place,
or on bottom in her division on
the 100 kilowatt hour charge and
tied with Center for 21st place
in the 25 kilowatt hour class with
a $2.75 charge. The city was also
25th, tied with Shamrock, Well-
ington, .Paducah, Memphis, Has-
kell Dalhart, and Clarandon on
the 250 kilowatt hour charge of
$9.75.
The nearest in line that Rusk
ran with other cities was on the
"lighting, refrigeration, cooking,
water heating, etc., 250 kilowatt
hours for $9.75."
A monument on the old R usk-Alto highway was erected
several years ago near the old Fo rtj Cook site. The Rusk Boy Scouts
had charge of the work.
Pictured here (reading fro m left to right) are: Benjamin
Priest, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Priest; Robert Rickotts, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Will Ricketts; and L. owell Thomas, son of Dr. and Mrs.
William Thomas. They are all Ea gle scouts.
AVERAGE RUSKITE HAS, GIVEN LIQUOR
ELECTION QUESTI01LIITLE THOUGHT
State evidence attempted to
prove that Rankin was a partner
of Jones in the whiskey business
that he had been paid by Jones
for protection. Rankin's plea was
that the slaying of Jones was ac
cidentaT. >-
Ruskites and Texans haven't
given the forthcoming prohibition
election much thought.
"Aw, I don't much care; haven't
thought about it; may go wet, may owner> replied:
go dry; won't matter much which
way it goes, you can get anything
you want at any time as it is now,"
is about the way Mr. Average Cit-
izen thinks about the problem that
before the 18th amendment
brought weeping widows and
white-haired, wrinkle faced fathers
out t0 prohibtion rallies in mobs.
Jack Guinn, acting the part of
of the inquiring reporter Tuesday,
found the following facts:
W. K. Deckard, cafe operator:
"I don't know —> elections don't
bother me at all."
Mrs. Minton Moseley of the
drug store: "I don't have any
idea."
Mrs. Tom Frazier: "I haven't
time to think about it."
George White, dry goods deal-
er: "I don't know — I hope that
it goes dry."
P. B. (Pete) Musslewhite, in-
surance man, says: " Is that for
the paper? Then I can't qualify."
Mrs. Frank Coupland, operator
of a Dress Shop: "I don't know.:
W.H. Wallace, hardware dealer
and undertaking establishment
'We won't know
until after the election is over."
(Jrfme, death, murder — ran!
rampant in Cherokee county over
the week-end.
At Alto, Pete Arrant, arrested
and indicted in this county on
liquor and gambling charges a
number of times, was dead Surfr
day following the 7:30 o'clock
affray with City Marshall Bill
Brunt in a vacant building just off
Alto's main street.
Arrant, City Marshal Bjruni
said, had run his automobile
through the Alto streets at a
reckless and dangerous speed sev-
eral times, turning the main cor-
ner on two wheels. Brunt stated
that he yelled at Arrant to slow
down, but that he said, "Go to
hell!"
At the vacant building where
the operator of the domino parlor,
closed by Sheriff J. A. Smith and
his crew sometime ago, had gone,
the city nightwatchman demand-
ed' that the men let him in.
After a short convfersation,
Pete Arrant began firing at the
dor. Brunt returned fire and the
companions came out, hands in
the air — except Arrant. The lat-
ter died before he reached a Nac-
ogdoches hospital, two miles west
of Douglass, Deputy Sheriff Dan
Lowe said Monday. Garrett Hol-
comb, Jr., and John L. Arrant
were charged in the case. There
were other companions in the
fracas. Grand' jury, in session
Monday, was considering the case.
Shooting came out of trouble
between the two men that dates
back even before Brunt was made
city marshal by the present ad-
ministration at Alto.
Robeft Lyles of Weils, was burn
ed to a crisp Saturday night and
four companions injured when
their burnirtg automobile on a
highway toward the CCC camp
just off Highway 40. It was
thought that an explosion of the
gasoline tank caused the blaze.
Charles Shaw was taken to a
Jacksonville hospital and three
men were arrested in connection
with a shooting scrape in this
a mile from Troup Saturday after-
noon late. The three men John
Alexander and his brother, whose
first name local peaceofficers did
not know, and Forrest Cook, raced
up and down the road near Shaw's
home, disturbing peace, and, ac*
cording to Shaw's "testimoney,
drunk.
C. E. Jay, constable of precinct Pr|fst
Mrs. Bessie Colley, beautician,
hopes that it is dry ,and Tish
Windham, Jacksonville Journal
reporter and double-dip stand op.
erator, hasn't had time to think.
Walter Caywood was the first
to say thai the eicc-<on would be
a moist affair.
Mayor E. R. Gregg of the Citiz-
ens State Bank hasn't "the least
idea," and Johnnie Williams, of
the Ford Station, hopes that not a
drop will be left for drink.
Congressman George B. Terrell,
who was for submission of the
question, says postively that "It
will be dry."
B. E. Lannon, Texas Theatre
manager, hasn't given it enough
thought, while, as expected, Rev.
John A. Williams. Eaptist mins-
ter, belives positively that it will
be ah arid poll. Dr. R. C. Priest
predicted otherwise, with Edgar
Ford joining in t0 back up Dr.
No. 1.: "I think it will be dry."
Vernon R. Roach, assistant tax
assessor and Boy Scout leader,
averred: "I hope that it goes dry."
Pope A. Guinn, captain Co. A
143rd Inf- Texas National Guard,
clerk tax collector's office: "I
haven't got tiwe to think; I don't
know."
George Nelson, congeniail ex-
press man, says: "I believe it will
be dry."
F. D. Waldrop, jeweler, looks
through dry glasses and Dr. T. H.
Cobble doesn't venture a jv.ess.
Claude Manning can't tell and
Ray Odom thinks it will be wet.
John Parks, dry cleaner, doesn't
know, with J. P. Acker positive
it will be wet.
J. N. Sanders, jewelry dealer,
on tjje north side, hasn't given it
a thought, he says, neither has A.
O. (Bud) Odom. «.
Shaw made an attempt to quiet
the men. He was shot with his
own pistol, which one o^ the three
men picked from the ground when
Shaw dropped it, he said. His
aged mojthei^ Mrs. Dora Shaw,
and his wife saw the shooting.
One of the men menaced1 the night
watchman's wife with the pistol
when she attempted to aid her
husband. Sheriff Tom Sikes of
Smith county, made the arrest.
While Troup was calling for
aid in the shooting there, Deputy
Sheriff Dan Lowe was chasing
an automobile loaded with drunk*
that ran over a car parked on the
Summerfield-Jacksonnville high-
way. The atuo had stopped to fix
a flat when the drunken driver
smashed into the rear, hurting the
occupants slightly and endanger-
ing their lives.
Mr. Lowe located the car of
men as they stopped for repairs
two miles from Henderson on the
Arp highway. They were place 1
in the Henderson jail, where invsti-
gation vas . 'o concerning liquor
haufcig the m'en purported!/
made, and brought to Cherokee
county jail Sunday.
Announcement came from tho
Sheriff's office Monday that Man-
uel Green, indicted by the grand
jury here in its first sessions dur-
ing this term of courts had been
apprehended at Ponta.
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