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THE ALTO HERALD
F. L. WEIMAR, EDITOR AND OWNER
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 'PER YEAR
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O VOLUME XXXVII
THE ALTO HEUALD, ALTO, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 10, 1938.
NO. 41.
AL!tt!eAdo
About
Something
By A. Hick
SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY
HAS 13 ELIGIBLE FOR
MEMBERS!!!!* NOW
(f1Q5i Baylor University
rated Its ninety-third birthday, and
correctly acclaimed "the oidest in-
itution of learning in Texas." From
news Item we giean the statement
at there has been "no smoking on
,e campus" for ninety years. "The
, noking tabu began shortiy after the
' hool at Independance was granted
CO
Thirteen Lon Morris college stu-
dents are now eligible for member-
I ship in the Rho chapter of Phf Theta
< Kappa, national honorary scholarship
recently cele- society, of the college, Miss Donnella
! Smith, faculty sponsor, said this
week after checking first semester
grades.
Those eligible arc Melba Roddy,
Summerfield; Frances Blanton, Alto;
Robert Stewart, Rurk; Elizabeth
Harris, Dayton; Frances Carolyn
Wood, Sadie Ruth Kerlin, Frances
Stevens, and Morris Stevens, Jack-
sonville; Bill Wisener, Wells; Herbert
Robinson and Mildred Garland,
Agricuiturat
Commissioner To
Be At JacksonviHe
charter by the Congress of Texas
:public in 1845. It came then by
jdent vdte and has been kept and
.served by students throughout the Stewart, Travis; and
Addie Mae Thompson, Centerville.—
ars.
^This is indeed an enviable record
have maintained to this day and
losctl t it g pf tradition smashers of the jazz
Contrasts
a. However, Bayior University has
,' wMc yays been distinctive. It has stood
,sinn ire*- high idedls and has meant some-
a numb*,ng very definite to the whole
)ple of Texas regardless of re-
g of the ious creeds and differences of
toma Dui inion. "We congratulate Baylot
Wattes iversity for her ninety-three years
Robert splendid service, and we bespeak
her and 'her distinguished Presi-.
it, Hen. *Pdt M. Neff, many more
U\TY C Mrs of successful Christian leader-
's TO )i'p.
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moon
le First
Jacksonville Journal.
Big Decrease !n
Tomato Acreage
Says Co. Agent
The tomato crop in the Alto and
Rusk area will be extremely short,
according to statements from R. R.
Banks and C. M. Heald, the latter
county agent of Cherokee county,
who were here yesterday morning.
"Very few farmers arounu Rusk
and Alto are planting thig year,"
The well known magazine, Time, ^ Mr. Heald, because cf th*
that the office of lieutenant
losses suffered last year from inferior
Tomatoes from the Alto and Rusk
area that were shipped last year.
M'c 'ernor Is a political graveyard.' f^it.
ningt : eg we stop to think about it, noj
Ve do s[tenant governor of Texas ever i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Ri ud tf. ^t the woods on fire to date developed "blisters" the worst way,
if Time will keep his weather-eye j after they were wrapped and packed
led, he will see plenty of smoke ^ crates, and when the fruit was
urogram ^ Walter Woodul gets going good.
tes in
)rrow
MS
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The V fotlced where a San Antonio mer-
hc Vtc! *nt has called on the Texas Preda-
' Animal Control Association to
i in Gob him rid his store of rats. The
irgmta not only destroyed many cases
igarettes, but took to chewing his
-ndar : Hey and Brown Mule!
ksonviHt A-H
ry in otrnd here it is Spring again and
Churc! peach trees blooming. We hope
r in our peach trees know more about the
'atestiw ther than the ground hog.
y in A-H
r's Chrie many beautiful flower yards
y in t lto home lovers are now gay with
t and borders of tulips, jonquils,
issus, and other early flowering
s and shrubs. We know of
ing that gives more pleasure
3uch a small outlay of time and
ey.
HHSZ^xt Monday is Valentine's Day
- the official gardening date for
IjlC ^ Texas. All during the winter
_, *3 we have been studying the va-
iYtH seed catalogs that have come
^ vay. Never before have we seen
gorgeous pictures as are
— ..gating the 1938 books. We have
D / r* and revised and revamped our
every time a new catalog
s, and if the seed turns out ac-
g to the pictures the Hick gtr-
11 be the show place of the
But we fear the worst, judg-
^ y past experience. For every
that we have been able to coax
d through the ground, there
diately appeared 57 varieties of
worms, beetles, flies, moth,
rabbits, and other what-nots
^'She off with our prospective
n-sass that looked so lovely
in the seed catalogs.
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lough Easter does not arrive
''April 17, the stores everywhere
isplaying Spring toggery—new
!G T\nd gowns for the femmes and
soles. The frocks seem to be
from just anything handy,
t, tin as bed-ticking, mosquito bar,
fa!! w curtains, and even the Sun-
Saw'^ chapeaus to top
^ ,.j, e ensemble remind one of a last
from birds nest filled with carrots
"P )matoes. But be that as it may,
3"' " the dear ladies get rigged out
er<* to
own
11 set to go, they will
the men-folks
look
will
;p i
m
)le—and
md pay."
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n a recent news dispatch we
that some one has written to
vemment for an appropriation
mk "W^Texas Wild Life." Of
)f[H3 be swell to get pay,
'' one realty wants to get the
irA^own on wild life in Texas, all
do is stroll up and down tht
opened up at market points it was
anything but desirable, stated Mr.
Heald. He attributed this to the worn
out soil in this section, and stated
that it would require a long drawn
out plan of soil conservation before
this section would regain its
supremacy as a tomato section.
Messrs. Banks and Heald were
here in the interest of getting farm-
ers to piant the famous Bryant Me-
bane Cotton Seed this year in order
that a uniform yield might be had
from this section.
SUBSCRIPTION RENEWALS
Texas Commissioner of Agricul-
ture. J. E. McDonald, will speak to
the farmers and business men of
Cherokee County on the question of
domestio allotments and foreign
markets, the two price system for
American farm products, at the City
Auditorium, Jacksonville, Texas, on
Friday February 18th, 1938, at seven
thirty o'clock, p. m. The subject is
one of greatest importance to the
people of the South, and all citizens
are invited to hear Mr. McDonald's
message.
Rusk Gets Oit
Ptay From Three
Dritting Tests
Rusk, Feb. 5.—Cherokee county
took the spotlight in oil driliing
operations during the past week
when the third well spudded in-
more wclis actually drilling than at
any time in the history of the
county, even during the "oil boom."
The DuPree No. 1, Gray & Wolfe,
f Tyler drilling contractors, was re-
torted to be down 4,300 feet. It is
located one and one half miles south-
west of the discovery well in the
southwest part of the county. The
rig is powered by a $30,000 Diesel
engine and is said to be capable of
sinking a well faster than the usual
steam-powered outfits. The derrick
was moved from the J. E. Huggins
well in the same territory which
produced salt water.
Public interest somewhat lulled by
oil talk of the past tests that failed to
develop, was focused on all three
tests. This was especially true in
Rusk, near the hub of the circle abotft
which the three wells are in process.
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
CLINIC TO HE HELD AT
JACKSONVILLE MARCH 2
War Ptanned On
Reck!ess Drivers
By State Patro)
MCDONALD ANNOUNCES
FOR RE ELECTION
The following have our thanks for
their subscription since our published
report of last week:
J. T. Ahearn, Jacksonville.
S. A. Hughes, Alto.
A. E. Boyd, Alto.
Leslie Ross, Rusk.
H. M. Treadwell, Alto.
C. A. Gipson, Alto.
N. L. Dominy, Alto.
Mrs. Julia Gulledge, Alto.
Mrs. M. E. McClure, Alto.
J. T. Moseley, Alto.
F. M. Inge, Alto.
Clarence Covington, Alto.
M. J. Hogan, Alto.
Mrs. Annie Harrison, Alto.
M. L. Hutson, Alto.
Elwood Campbell, Alt.,.
Burly Grady, Alto.
T. A. Kelly, Alto.
Clayton Ash, Rusk.
E. E. Roark, Alto.
Mrs. Myrtie Bynum, Alto.
S. T. James, Alto.
M. E. Goff, Alto.
Dixie Page, Forest.
Mrs. J. R. Luker, Alto.
R. A. Rogers, Rusk.
Lester Rozelle, Oakwood.
R. R. Banks, Rusk.
Abe Crenshaw, Livingston.
O. L. Smith, Alto.
Eugene Holcomb, Alto.
Mrs. Willie Wilcox, Alto.
C. L. Miller, Alto.
Newt Smith, Alto.
Ernest Boyd, Goldsmith, Texas.
Luther Boyd, Wink, Texas.
highways, stop at road houses, lour-
ists camps, night clubs, roadside
parks, and the various wrecks
strewed along the concrete. One can
pick up a book full without any
government appropriation.
A-H
Passed by Maurice Holcomb's the
other day and he had a bunch of
workmen tearing down his residence.
He said he was going to clean off
the land whether he ever got another
house or not. However, we have a
sneaking notion that Maurice will
soon have a nifty looking wigwam of
some sort occupying the ancestral
acres.
Austin, Feb. 7.—J. E. McDonald
today announced for re-election to
the office of State Commissioner of
Agriculture. In making the an-
nouncement he made the following
statement:
Upon the record of my service as
Commissioner of Agriculture, I ask
the voters of Texas for re-election.
With the able assistance of those
associated with me in the Department
work, a constructive and courteous
service is being rendered.
During my administration there
has existed at all times, pleasing
harmony and full co-operation with
all Federal and State Agricultural
Departments and Institutions, and I
wiil continue to co-operate in the
administration of such agricultural
measures as the Congress may pass.
Every American farmer is entitled
to his fair share in the American
market, for which he should receive
a parity price; a price on a level with
the necessities he buys in a tariff
protected market. It is my opinion
that our farmers will not have this
protection, nor will the Cotton South
know agricultural stability until the
Domestic Allotment Plan has been
adopted and wisely administered.
Unemp!oyed Benefits
Now Being Paid
From Security Fund
Announcement has been made by
C. K. DeBusk, of Jacksonville, a Di- j
rector in the Texas Society for!
Crippled Children, that a clinic will j
be held here on March 2. I ^ stern war against speedsters
This clinic is being held under thej^^^ reckless drivers was under way
auspices of the service clubs and the j week as the Texas Highway
Cherokee County Medical Society in
co-operation with the Texas Society
for Crippled Children.
A group of noted Orthopedic Sur-
geons headed by Dr. W. B. Carrell of
Dallas will
animations.
be in charge of
Patrol turned its full attention to a
curbing of wild driving in an effort
to cut the traffic toll in Texas to re-
spectable levels.
These orders, issued by Patrol
ex* Chief L. G. Phares, came on the heels
of news that 2,043 Texans lost their
and adjoining counties will Register
for this clinic. Those who are in-
terested in crippled children's work
have been invited to aid in this pro-
gram in order that every afflicted
child in the area might be given
proper attention.
Dr. L. L. Travis of Jacksonville is
chairman of the Cherokee County
Society for Crippled Children.
500 TRENCH SILOS TO
BE BUILT IN CHEROKEE
During the first week of benefit
payments, which began January 25,
$10,966.89 was issued to 2,520 elig
ibol unemployed Texans from the
unemployment trust fund, Orville S.
Carpenter, director of the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Commission, said
this week.
Payments are issued weekly and
do not exceed $15. Recipients receive
checks during varying periods de-
pending upon their previous work
record and whether they find em-
ployment. Aid to find jobs is given
by 116 Texas State Employment
Services over the State.
h is expected that a large number. [ives during 1937 In violent auto-
of crippled chiidren from Cherokee , mobile crashes. Many thousan? more
were mangied and crippled in auto
crashes, while the property damage
resulting from highway accidents
ran into the thousands of dollars.
To aid in the war on accidents, the
Highway Patrol, under an act of the
Legislature, is being expanded to be-
tween 260 and 270 Patrolmen. More
than 3,000 applicants have filed for
the 75 new places which are being
created, and those selected will soon
enter a training school for Patrolmen
in Austin.
In past years, the Patrol has de-
voted a considerable part of its ef-
forts to the enforcement of the Texas
law which forbids trucks to haul
loads of more than 7,000 pounds. Last
year 10,890 trucks were stopped and
their drivers arrested for violating
this law.
On the other hand, Patrolmen
made only 3,368 arrests for speeding,
1,551 for drunken driving, 51 on hit
and run complaints, and 8,208 arrests
for miscellaneous infractions of high-
way laws.
But this year, Chief Phares asserts,
only 20 Patrolmen will be assigned
to truck-weighing duties, leaving the
other Patrolmen free to comb the
highways for reckless and too-fast
drivers.
Phares recognizes that this shift of
emphasis from truck law violation*
to speedlaw enforcement will bring
loud protests from railroads.
Jacksonville, Feb. 5.—Five hundred
trench silos in Cherokee county wi.'l
be the goal of a committee appoint-
ed in a meeting of the agricultural
division of the chamber of commerce.
Members of the group are C. M.
Heald, of Rusk, county agent; and
chairman, Tom Dean; Allen Goforth,
Perry Owen and G. A. McKee. It is
planned that a series of meetings will
be scheduled throughout the county
to enlist co-operation of farmers.
EUGENE IIOLCOMB ANNOUNCES
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Eugene Holcomb places his name
in the political announcement column
this week as a candidate m. Com.
missioner of Precinct No. 2, Cherokee
county.
Mr. Holcomb is well known to the
people of this precinct, having resided
here for many years.
Several years ago he moved to
Houston county, and during the time
of his residence there, he was county
commissioner for two terms, volun-
tarily retiring from the office after
four years of very efficient service.
With four years experience as
county commissioner, Mr. Holcomb
believes that he is welt qualified to
be commissioner of this precinct,
and wishes it stated that if he is
chosen by the people of this precinct,
that he will give the position his full
<,time and attention.
His present duties will keep him
from seeing all of the people in this
precinct until later in the summer,
but asks that he be given due con-
sideration until he can personally
present his candidacy to the voters
of the precinct.
BOY WANTS JOB
Young man wants job on some
farm for reasonable wages. If you
are looking for a good industrious
boy get in touch with the Herald
) office.
FARM ORGANIZATION MEETING
AT SCHOOL HOUSE HERE
FRIDAY NIGHT
Everyone who is interested in ag-
ricultural matters is urged to attend
a meeting of farmers and business
men to be held at the high school
auditorium in Alto Friday night.
Many questions of vital importance
to agriculture will come up at this
meeting, and the Farmers Agricul-
tural Association will also be re-
organized.
Alto business men are invited and
urged to attend this meeting, accord
ing to A. J. McCuistion and J. E.
Cates, who are calling the meeting.
BIRTHDAYS CELEBRATED
Time does pass—another year has
rolled by, this was realized Sunday
when relatives from far and near
came home to greet "Dad and Grand-
dad" Mr. Geo. Singletary, on hln
76th birthday. It was also the 13th
birthday of Little Miss Jessie Mar-
garet Fisher, grandaughter of Mr.
Singletary.
A dinner was prepared at the old
home and all spent the day very
happily. Each year this occasion is
celebrated, but quite often several
members of the immediate family
are absent. This year Uncle George
had the happy privilege of having
each son, daughter and their fam-
ilies present.
Relatives present Sunday were:
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Roddy and
daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Ellie Single-
tary, Mr. and Mrs. Hollie Singletary
and two children, Port Arthur; Miss
Roberta Fisher, Beaumont; Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Singietary and Jewel Marie
Singletary, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. For-
rest Reagan, Rusk; Rayford Holcomb
and Carl Roddy, Jr., Houston; Miss
Nellie Singletary, Jacksonville; Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Singletary and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Singletary and
children, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Fisher
and children, Mesdames John Hol-
comb and John Singletary, Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Holcomb, Messrs. Jim
King and Lynch Black, Alto.
Miiitant Methodist
G. B. Carter
In 1918 when our General con-
ference met in Atlanta, Ga., Dr. W.
W. Pinson spent whole nights in
prayer for a rededication of out
church to the cause of Missions. He
brought to the conference a resolu-
tion that we, the Methodist church,
South, raise in the next five years
the sum of $35,000,000. That sounded
like a fantastic dream. Bishop At-
kins said when nearly 3,000,000
Methodists go from their knees to
any task it can be done. It was done.
Even better than we had supposed
could be done. More than 50,000,000
dollars were raised. Following that
we had the greatest increase in mem-
bership we had had in many years.
Methodism has set her hand to an-
other task of even larger magnitude
than the raising millions of money—
that of rejuvinating the spiritual
lives of her more than 10,000,000
members. Not only of bringing
spiritual life to her millions of earth
but to the life of the nations every-
where.
No greater task could a church set
for herself. There is no greater need
to day. It must be met, and met
heroically. It can be done. When
10,000,000 Methodists go from their
knees it will be done. Away from
the regenerating power of spiritual
life the nations are doomed. No na-
tional or international pacts, no
economic, or industrial relations
committees are going to bring to
the world a spirit of peace and rest
Our troubles are not economic, in-
dustrial, nor social so much as they
are a matter of the heart. The
hearts of the nations must be made
right. When this is done other mat-
ters will adjust themselves.
It is this task we have set our
hands to do. Through the Aldersgate
commemoration, the 200th anniver-
sary of the conversion of John Wes-
ley, we are striving toward the
heartwarming experience that made
Wesley such a vital factor in the re-
newed spiritual life of the world.
When more than 10,000,000 Metho-
dists go from their knees to this task
the world will feel the spiritual im-
pact of such a movement and this
will drive back the maddening clouds
of hate and war. When more than
300 Methodists in Alto go from their
knees they will perform their part' in
this world regenerating movement.
UNEMPLOYMENT DATA
FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY
Cherokee County has 2,107 persons
totally unemployed and who want to
work, 503 employed in Federal emer-
gency projects and 1,198 who are
partly employed and desire more
work, according to the census on to-
tal and partial unemployment recent-
ly made public in Washington. In th+
entire State there are 451,769 men
and women who are entirely or par-
tially unemployed or are working on
WPA, NY, CCC or other emergency
work. Figures for the Nation show
5,821,035 totally unemployed and de-
siring work, 2,001,877 emergency
workers and 3,209,211 part time
workers who need additional em-
ployment, making a grand total of
more than 11 million men and "women
in the army of unemployed and
partly employed.
APPRECIATION
Life is a pleasure that is to be
appreciated. Good health is a treas-
ure that money cannot buy. Whea
you are ill and your friends extend
every effort to help you, and are al-
ways bringing comfort by kind words
and deeds, it is good to know and
have such friends. Ill health has kept
me confined for many weeks, but the
thoughtfulness of my many friends,
has made my burdens much easier to
bear. May God bless and keep you
always is our prayer for you.
Martin D. Thomas.
Jack Foreman and daughter,
Jessie, of Riverside spent last week
here with relatives.
CLOSE OUT SALE
We are closing out our entire
stock of Drugs and Sundries at and
below cost, between now and Febru-
ary 15. Many bargains for cash
buyers, who want new, fresh
medicines and sundries at bargain
prices. This is all new stock.
Brittain Drug Store.
Take your choice! Fried Chicken,
Oyster or Steak Dinner, at the Hi-
Way Coffee Shop next Sunday. We
will appreciate you coming.
Thomas Horrick, 42, of Leeds, Eng.,
was forced into bankruptcy when his
love affairs culminated in two breach
of promise suits with heavy verdict*
against him.
Mesdames D. S. Beauchamp and
Mamie Lee Carter, and Marshall
Bynum were visitors in Lufkin Sat-
urday.
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