Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 82, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 14, 1990 Page: 3 of 28
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By DON HENDRIX
THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRBE. SUNDAY OCTOBER M, 1991-PAGE SA
Suspect arrested at theft scene
Democrat was a Moscow newspaper
When I put together a history of
ncw^nperg in Polk Comity for the
MS Pott County Heritage edition of
the Enterprise, I was pretty sure I
hadn't missed any — at least the
ones (febiiahed in the 1800’s.
Now I find two more!
i I’m uncertain of its name or its
pwbltaber of the first one because of
CMfitettng data within the same
That document is an affidavit of
publication, which is required from
pubUriiers by governmental entities
so that it can be confirmed that such-
and-each legal notice was published
as required by law. The one I found
was smong the papers of a district
court case that was filed in August
: mi
A citation calling for the ap-
pearance of the defendant in court
was sent to the sherffs office with
an qfrder to “dte by publication.”
Sheriff W.J. Galloway returned the
paperwork with the message that he
had had the citation published for
four consecutive weeks in
September 1875 in the “East Texas
Democrat, a newspaper published
and printed in the County of Polk...”
hi October that year, W.J. Brown,
identifying himself as “one of the
publishers” of the/‘East Texas
Democrat a weekly newswpaper
published in the town of Moscow,”
confirmed that he had printed the
citation, and to prove it, he attached
a dipping of the printed legal notice.
But what is more interesting is
found on the backside of that clipp-
ing. Occasionally you get lucky. On-
ly in one place in any given issue of a
paper will you find the box showing
the name of the newspaper, its
pubitther, terms of sale, advertising
rates, etc., and all this it Just hap-
paned to bo on the other side of the
dipping.
But rather than the “blast Texas
/Democrat,” the name is shown as
■ "The Democrat k Farmer." And
Brown isn’t mentioned as a co-
ggkn.fr.__u
This was shown as volume 3,
therefore the newspaper had com-
pleted two years of publication, and
would have been begun between
August 1873 and August 1873. The
dipping also tells us that the
Democrat was printed eVery Satur-
day. A year’s subscription cost the
reader two dollars — in advance.
Advertising rates were a dollar for
1 the first square inch, 75 cents for
subsequent squares.
I can’t help wondering if this W.J.
Brown was the same person as W.
Jeff Brown, who, with his brother
Frank B. Brown, published the
“Polk County Banner” later that
same decade. The short-lived Ban-
ner was being printed here three
{years after the above affidavit was
; made, and possibly sooner.
1 As for Kellie, a check of the coun-
ty’s deed records shows that in
r December 1873 he was publishing
f the East Texas Democrat in Jasper
County when the newspaper was
made the subject of a trust deed to
secure a debt that he owed to a
Galveston merchant.
This deed was filed in Polk Coun-
ty’s records in May1878. None of the
parties Involved in the transaction
lived tn Polk County at the time of
the transaction. So why was it
recorded in Polk County?
I’d guees it was because Kellie had
moved the newspaper to Polk Coun-
ty and it waa still subject to the trust
deed. The possibility of his having
moved here is suggested by the fact
that in December 1875 be bought a
hundred acres near present day
Lakeside Village, and this deed
describes KeUie as a resident of the
county.
But that purchase came three
months AFTER the affidavit that’s
described above, which shows that
W.J. Brown was the publisher. I
could find no deed conveying the
paper to Brown.
In August 1878, Kellie sokl the
same 100 acres he’d bought less than
a year earlier. Perhaps he lived
there and then pulled up stakes, or
maybe the land was Just an invest-
ment There’s no way to know. I
could find no other records of Kellie,
so he must have either left the coun-
ty or became a hermit.
Now for the second newspaper. I
find a publisher's affidavit of Oct. 18,
1177 signed by S.B. Tackaberry. who
I know to have been a lawyer, but
who identified himself as “the
publisher of the State Review, a
newspaper published in Polk Coun-
ty.” A second source, also from 1877,
shows the name as “The Moscow
JWHC iuVWWt
111 see what I can come up with
more about ttie Review for later, but
for right now this column is long
enough.
IJVINGSTON - A 30-year-old
local man was arrested Sunday, Oct.
7. and charged with Class B theft
following the theft of two cartons of
cigarettes from Polk’s Pick-It-Up in
Goodrich.
The incident was reported to the
Polk County Sheriffs Department
and the suspect, Leroy Criswell Jr.,
was still standing in front of the
store when Deputies Byron Lyons
and John W. Sanders arrived, accor-
ding to sheriffs department reports.
The deputies noted that the suspect
fit the description given by the store
clerk. The cigarettes were
recovered from the south side of the
building.
Cleared by recovery is a theft inci-
dent Oct 4, in which a complainant
discovered her purse missing from
her vehicle when she returned from
using the restroom at the rest area
From January task force raid
Ninth drug dealer sentenced
LIVINGSTON - A Polk County
man was sentenced to 15 years in
prison Tuesday after pleading guilty
to drug charges filed in connection
with an undercover drug trafficking
investigation conducted last year.
Jackie Wilson Johnson became the
ninth local drug dealer to go to
prison as a result of the investiga-
tion.
Earlier this year, eight others
entered guilty pleas to charges of
delivering cocaine to an undercover
officer and have received sentences
ranging from five to 20 years.
A ninth suspect entered a guilty
plea last April to an unrelated
forgery charge as part of a plea
bargain agreement. Although the
drug charge was dropped as a part
of that deal, the suspect, Clarence
Renard Allen, 32, of Livingston was
sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Charges against two other men in-
itially indicted in connection with
the drug dealer roundup were drop-
ped earlier this year after it was
learned they had been mid-identified
on video tapes taken during the
undercover investigation.
The suspected drag dealers were
arrested following an undercover
crack cocaine investigation begun
last year by the Deep East Texas
Regional Narcotics Trafficking
Task Force.
The investigation-which began in
October, 1981 - culminated Jan. 31
when about 230police officers armed
with arrest warrants swept through
Polk, Angelina, Cherokee,
Nacogdoches, Panola and Tyler
counties to arrest 218 suspects.
In sentencing Johnson to prison
Tuesday, District Judge Lynn Coker
gave him 108 days credit for the time
he already has saved in the Polk
County Jail.
In related action Tuesday,
Johnson also was sentenced to 10
years in prison after entering a guil-
ty plea in connection with a forged
$100 bill passed on June 22. The
judge ordered the 10-year forgery
sentence to run concurrently with
the 15-year drag delivery term.
During the district court hearings
last week, Jamail Seals also was
sentenced to a five-year prison term
after pleading guilty to passing a
forged $100 bill on June 21. Seals also
was given credit for the 108 days he
has served in the Polk County Jail
since his arrest.
near Seven Oaks. On Wednesday. so-
meone found the purse in a ditch
near the area and took it, to a truck
stop. Reserve Deputy Donald Milner
and Deputy John Sanders recovered
the purse for return to its owner.
Other cases recently investigated
bv the sheriffs department include:
•The burglary of a residence in
Reily Village A neighbor who had
been watching the house in the
owner’s absence reported Oct. 7 that
a screen was off of a rear window .
The owner was contacted, according
to a report filed by Deputy Kenreth
Parrish.
•The burglary of a residence in
Holly Hills subdivision, reported
Monday and investigated by Deputy
Matt Parrish. A window was broken
and kitchen appliances had been
pulled away from the walls, the
deputy noted. An air-conditioning
unit was reported missing
•The burglary' of a building off FM
3126, reported Thursday and in-
vestigated by Deputy Kenneth Par-
rish. The side door was forced open
and a 110-horsepower boat motor
and propeller, depth finder, two
tackle boxes with tackle, eight rods
and reels, a riding lawnmower,
weedeater and microwave oven
were reported missing.
•The theft of a fire extinguisher
and approximately 40 gallons of
diesel fuel from a motor grader own-
ed by Champion International,
reported Thursday and investigated
by Sgt. C.A. Swilley. The grader was
on an old CCC road between FM 942
and Hwy. 287. Someone pried the
right door of the grader open, taking
the fire extinguisher, then broke the
lock on the battery compartment,
but did not take the batteries, accor-
ding to the investigating officer.
•A theft incident at Pott’s Picket-
Up on U.S. 59 South, reported Oct. 7
and investigated by Deputy Matt
Parrish. The complainant reported
that he left his truck there and
returned to find four chains and
binders that were holding the load
missing
Appraisal change considered
from page 1
the company believes will be carried
beyond the campuses into their own
homes. Energy conservation cur-
riculum materials would be in-
troduced into each grade level.
A personal computer is used to
help in the accounting phase. The
t’a program verifies mon-
vestments: and provides reports to
senior management, according to
the proposal.
Merita of the program were
discussed during a special-called
board meeting last Thursday night
and will be addressed again this
'nuireday.
Other items on the Agenda for this
areas; helps manage the budget; district's annual performance
monitors how well each building report and foe proposed addition of a
saves energy, thus fostering a com- resource teacher on foe elementary
petitive spirit among campuses; canqws.
justifies energy conservation in- Trustees are also expected to
Tribe to receive HUD grant
change the date December’s regular
board meeting to avoid conflict with
Christmas vacation, approve
amendments to the 1990-81 budget,
and hear financial, tax, instruction
and special programs reports.
Student and staff achievements
will be recognized and an executive
session wilLbe h«WtO discuss per-
sonnel matters.»
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School.
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CALLING ALL
HOMEMAKERS
Brought To You By
JACK APPLEBY
NEWS FROM FURNITURE
SHOW: MIX OR MATCH
DINING ROOM FURNITURE
At a recent fur-
niture markri, one
of the manufactur-
ers held a press
conference and
they brought out
an interesting
point.
They said that
while a trend has
been developing
over the years to Md appLesy
mix-and-match furniture in such rooms
as the Wing room, game room, den,
and occasional the bedroom, now
some possible mixing-end-matching
is coming along more and more in the
dining room.
The familiar dining room or area,
consisting of a table, sot or eight chairs,
a buffet and china doeet can be, as
always, purchased to match-but lor
the home maker who might Mm to k*
adventuresome, some mixing might
be considered, such as perhaps mixing
some chairs, or simply adding a dis-
tinctive brsakfront, or soma other
different cabinet or other piece of
furniture that’a not part of a regular
dining room sat
The manufacture* said this trend
teems to be gaining some favor around
the country, and we present It for those
of you who want to think about ft. Of
course, there art still many, many
beautiful dining room seta that nuftch,
for the majority of people who want
that The pointis that you can furnish
with mors options, and from more
selection, than war before; and wain-
vfte you to shop here for the al the
wonderful waya to decoratayour home.
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Mon.-Fri. 9am -6pm
Saturday 9am-4pm
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Phil
Gramm has announced the award of
a $537,660 grant to the Housing
Authority of foe Alabama-Coushatte
Tribe.
The funds will be provided by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Ur-
ban Development
The grant will provide funds for
the development of housing by the
public housing authority.
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This just in.
Playground-
breaking
news from
Whatabuiger.
DATELINE - Livingston. Texas
The big news is at the Whataburger, restaurant at 1504
W. Church. Where a tun-filled celebration is taking place on
October 20th and 21st. From 8 a,m. to 5 p.nt. on the 20th. and
11 n.m. to 5 p.m. on the 21st.
Highlights include a newly installed playground for kids. A
new self-serve drink system. And two new
menu items - Colombo* Frozen Yogurt # ^ ™ * %
and biscuits. The party includes
entertainment by a clown from
11 a m. fo 2 p.m. every day of 4
the celebration. Plus prize and 0
coupon giveaways, free bal- 0
loons, and more, all day long. 4
Sources confirm a youth’s
motor cross bike will be I
given away on Saturday. N _
October 20th. Just bring in ®
this entry form lor your ^
chance to Win ^ —
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Entry Form
Please register me to win the youth's
motor cross bike to be given away on
October 20th, at the Whataburger. restau-
rant at 1504 W. Church in Livingston.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 82, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 14, 1990, newspaper, October 14, 1990; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781420/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.