The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1929 Page: 1 of 6
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Rusk Cherokeean
WITH WHICH IS CONSOLIDATED THE PRESS-JOU RNAL
WORKING FOR A GREATER RUSK AND A MORE PROSPEROU S CHEROKEE COUNTY
Originally Established February 27, 1850.
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1929.
VOLUME 10, N'O. 30.
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BURGLARS ENTER FOUR
STORES IN JACKSONVILLE
Monday night what might be term-
ed wholesale robberies took place in
this city, four business houses having
been entered by a band of burglar?,
who appeared to be pretty familiar
with the local surroundings and con-
ditions. The four places entered
were Ray & Haws, G. & M. Cash
Store, Browns Cash Store and Ben
Hunt's. In each instance entrance
was gained by the use of ladders
through the sky-lights in the roofs.
Inasmuch as business men have long
since learned not to leave much
money in the safes and cash regis-
ters at night, the burglars did not
make a very rich haul at any of the
places, money seemingly having been
about the only item the burglars were
after.
Ray & Haws report that $10.00 or
$15.00 was taken from their cash re-
gister. Their safe was lo-ked and not
tampered with. G. & M. Cash Store
report that some 100 pennies were
taken from its cash register, and a
few cans of coffee from the stock.
Browns Cash Store did not report
anything missing. The safe, which
is left unlocked at night, was entered
and the papers gone through. Xo
money is kept in the safe, and con-
sequently the burglars got none there
Ben Hunt reports that a pocketbook
containing $3.00 in small change was
taken from his establishment.—.Jack-
sonville Progress.
DISTRICT COURT IS
COMPARATIVELY AT EASE
LOCAL MAN HONORED
Potentate A. J. Balcom of Hella
Shrine Temple, Dallas, has appointed
E. B. Musick as his personal repre-
sentative in Rusk territory.
Hella Temple's spring ceremonial
session will be held at Dallas Friday,
May 10, and this section is expected
to be well reperesented in the class
of novices. It is promised that the
ceremonial will be fully up to Hella
precedent for unique and entertain-
ing features.
This year's imperial council ses-
sion will be held at Los Angeles, June
3, 4 and 5, and Texas temples will
be in the limelight as a Texan Frank
C. Jones of Houston, is the imperial
chief officer. Hella's special train
carrying it party to Los Angles, will
leave Dallas Monday, May 27, and
the itinerary will take the delegation
over an especially selected scenic
route.
After one of the most strenuous
terms of the District Court of Chero-
kee county that has been held in
years, the January term is drawing
to a close, with the docket as near
clear as one is often found in this day
of legal procrastination.
The Court is hearing nothing but
exparte, or court cases this week,
no jury having been drawn, and final
adjournment will be taken Saturday,
which is the statutory day for its
expiration, and Judge Hodes will
open a term at Nacogdoches, Monday
morning.
Not only has this term been mark-
ed by the volume of business trans-
acted, but more particularly by the
remarkable number of convictions
that have followed the criminal pro-
secutions, particularly along the line
of infractions of the prohibitory law,
which heretofore have been more or
less of a joke, when it came to trying
to secure convictions, but this time
it has proven different and a number
of convictions with more than nomi-
nal punishment has followed, and in
only two trials have there been ac-
quitals.
Two murder cases were success-
fully resisted, but they were evident-
ly won on merit and not for want of
(vigorous prosecution or disrespect
for the law.
The grand jury was in session
Monday and Tuesday and adjourned
until today, when it expects to make
its final report.
JIM NELSON IS ACQUITTED i SERIOUS STABBING AFFRAY MRS. J. E. ADAMS "A3T TEXAS TOMATO
OF MILLER HOOVER KILLING, i STAGED NEAR IRONTON. IS CALLED iN DEATH. CROP WIL.r EE SHORT
The case of the State of Texas vs. j What promised at first to be a
Jim Nelson, charged with murder in; fatal altercation between two Chero-,
connection with the killing of Miller
Hoover, at Alto, on October 13th.,
1928, which had been on trial in the
District Court since Wednesday
morning, went to the jury immediate-
ly after the noon adjournment Sat-
urday, and a verdict of not guilty
was returned in about two hours, a
major portion of which was consumed
in reading the Court's charge, and it
is rumored that but one ballot was
Mary Ella, wife ol James E. Adams
Austin, Feb. 20.—Reports from
kee county youths was pulled off
about one mile west of Ironton, some
time after dark, last Saturday night.
The facts, as far as they have been
developed and there does not seem
to be much discrepancy in the re-
ports, are that four or five young
fellows were engaged in gambling in
an outhouse in the vicinity of a place
where tliey were having a dance. In
the bunch was Sam Hammonds, about
taken as to the guilt or innocence of j 19 years of age, who lived in the
the accused. , neighborhood and John Clardy, aged
This was one of the most impor- | 23, whose home is near Emmaus, on
tant cases tried here in years, due to j the east side of the county,
the prominence of the principals and j The account rung that the game
the wide publicity that had been given had narrowed down to these two
chief Deputy Sheriff of Cherokee j Jacksonville and Tyler, center of the
county, departed this life in this city ! industry, indicate a reduction of 25
at 3:30 a. m„ Thursday, February | '1er cent in the tomuto acreage this
21st, death resulting from a com- 1 ■:eaEon' Geor*e li Terrell, CommIm-
plication of ailments. : s,oner of Agriculture, stated Tuesday.
Funeral services were held at j "More than half of all early plants
Troup, her former home, Friday after were kille(J by the freezt about two
noon, being conducted by Rev. J. H. w"'ks a~'0-" Terrell said. "Many
Griffin, pastor of the Troup Bantist ' Showers have planted their seed beds
church, after which internment took j a*ain but a K°0(1 man>' wi!1 not Plant
place in the Bradford cemetery, the j over because of the lateness in the
last sad rites being attended by a | season.
large concourse of friends of the! ^he tomato acreage in the lower
Rio Grande Valley has been slightly
the case, and standing room in the
court room was at a premium from
the time the jury was called until the
argument closed. It was likewise one
young men, who became involved in
an argument over the stakes in what
proved to be the last and most im-
portant pot, which started with a
of the most stubbornly contested f fist fight, and wound up with Ham-
cases ever before the local tribunal,
with the best legal talent obtainable
arrainged on both sides.
The charge grew out of the fata!
shooting of Miller Hoover, a promi-
nent and popular school teacher of
the south part of the county, by Nel-
son, then deputy sheriff, who never
denied the act, but claimed that it
was unavoidable and deviod of cri-
minal intent.
The facts as brought out by the
evidence did not vary materially
from rejfftrts current at the time, but
monds being severely cut accross the
breast, the laceration extending down
across the left side, severing four
ribs and opening the abdominal cavi-
ty, inflicting a very dangerous and
ordinarily fatal wound.
The injured man was taken to a
sanitarium in Jacksonville, where lit- Mrs Adams ha(J ,onf, been a de_
tie hopes were held out lor his re-i voted and active member of the Bap-
tist church, living her life in keeping
family, including quite a number
from Rusk.
Deceased, whose maiden name was
Wilkinson, was born in this county,
near Bell school house, a few days
over forty years ago, and that com-
munity had been her home all her
life.
Eight years ago she was married
to James E. Adams, and to this union
two daughters were born, Jimmie
Beth, aged six years, and Dorothy
Ruth, aged three years, who together
with the husband and two step-child-
ren, Bernice, aged 15 and Louise
aged 9, are left to mourn and suffer
the irreparable loss.
ncreased but not enough to offse
the reduction in East Texas, Terrell
said.
OLD TIME PRINTER DIES
covery, but up to Thursday morning
he was still alive with strong pros-
pects of his ultimate recovery.
It was first thought that a man
named Haskins, of Rusk County, was
Ben F. Adams, age 72 years, died
here last Wednesday, of flu. He was
born in Anderson county but came
here some fifty five years ago and
has lived here ever since. He never
married. He was a printer for many
years. Three sisters and one bro-
ther survive him. Mrs. John T.
Tribble of this place being one of his
sisters. W. T. Adams of Austin his
brother.
naturally there was some discrepan-, the weilder of the knife, he having
MANDAMUS SOUGHT IN
LITIGATION OVER OFFICE
Lufkin, Feb. 2G.—Sam II. Town-
send, former district attorney of An-
gelina. Cherokee and Nacogdoches
counties, and who was elected to this
office in the last general election, has
filed an application for a mandamus
in the Supreme Court to force Comp-
troller Terrell to issue him a warrant
for his salary since January 1, 1929.
The comptroller has refused to is-
sue a warrant on the ground that the
Fortieth legislature passed a law ab-
olishing the district attorney's office
for this district, with Townsend
claiming that the said legislature
subsequently enacted a measure re-
creating the office.
Henry King, ex-courty imin
er, of Alto was here Monday
sione
business
commis-
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cies in the testimony of eye witnesses (
but this is only natural in a scene of
such exciting proportions and at-
tendant confusion.
The facts were substantially, as i
disclosed by the evidence, that the
deceased, in company with Oilie Lan-
drum and Joe Henry Moffatt, was in
the vicinity of a carnival perfor- ;
mance being staged in Alto, on the j
evening of the day mentioned. That j
Landrum was alleged to be under the
influence of liquor, and Nelson ap- j
proached him and admonished him
to go home or he would have to place j
him under arrest, that being his sec-,
ond warning, or words to that effect.
| and when he started to carry out the
' threat Hoover interceded and offer-
ed some resistance; that Nelson hit
him over the head with his pistol and
! jumped back, whereupon Hoover fol-
j lowed up and in a clinch Hoover was ;
I shot through the addomen and died i
I a few hours afterwards, in a Jack-;
| ville sanitarium. On the point of
| when the fatal shot was fired there !
was a marked difference in the testi-1
1 mony, four witnesses for the state |
i testifying that it was fired before th« !
clinch, while a number testified for j
I the defense that it was while they
j were scuffling on the ground,
j It makes no difference what any-!
| one may think of it, and their con-'
been seen coming form the direction
of the tragic scene just after the
fight, and he was arrested by the
sheriff at Henderson and placed un-
der a $1,000.00 bond for his appear-
ance at a preliminary hearing in Jack-
sonville, Monday, but his arrest prov-
ed to be unwarranted and he was dis-
charged.
In the meantime Sheriff Richard
Gray, of this county, had run down
the facts and placed John Clardy
under arrest at his home, Monday!
and brourrht him to Rusk and lodged*
him in jail, where he now awaits the *
action of the law, which will depend
on the result of the victim's wounds.
Clardy does not deny that he did
the cutting, but stoutly claims that
it was done in self defense and ex-
pressed much satisfaction on being
advised that the chances for the re-
covery of Hammonds was improving.
with the Christian spirit and passed
away strong in the faith that offers
the only reward and comfort beyond
the tomb.
During her brief residence here the j
good lady had acquired the sincerest
friendship of all who came in contact
with her, and her noble, motherly
spirit and devoted life was attested
by the large circle of real friends
who are most sincere in their expre
BILL WILL EXTEND
RURAL SCHOOL TERMS
Austin, Feb. 23.—Rural schools
which would otherwise be compelled
to suspend next week on account of
shortage of funds, will be permitted
to extend their terms a few weeks
longer by action of the Legislature in
passing and the Governor in signing
sions of profound regret at her de- i tke $300,000 emergency appropria-
parture and join in one accord in ex-1 *'on ^or a'c' *° rura' schools.
pressions of sympathy
roaved loved ones.
for the be-
COUNTY COURT JURY
County Judge J. J. Bolton has set
an adjourned term of the February
County Court to be held Tuesday,
March 12th., at which time he will
have a jury for the hearing of both
S. M. N. Marrs, state superinten-
dent, announced Saturday that the
Governor had assured him he would
sign the bill.
"The rural aid bill passed by the
Fwrtieth Legislature was intended to
guarantee six months school to every
district which complied with its re-
quirements," Marrs said. "This ob-
ligation was met for the year 1927-
28, but on account of applications be-
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Gable's Novelty Show
Vaudeville and Pictures
15c PRICES 40c
JUESDAY, MARCH Stti.
LADIES SILVERWARE NIGHT
All Ladies atencling Theatre given 1 piece Lorain Silverware
On Ttie Screen
"THE JAZZ AGE"
WITH ALL STAR CAST
The jury commission to prepare the
list of jv.-ors for the J"ly term of j
the District Court of this county. !
was named by Judge Hodges last
Saturday, and is constituted of the j
following:
Dr. J. F. Johnson, of Rusk.
Dr. M. E. McClure, of Alto,
C. S. Owsley, of Jacksonville.
The commission met and organ-
ized Monday, and has since been!
civil and criminal cases, and proposes ing received from more than 400 ad-
to make an effort to clear up the! ditional schools for the year 1928-29
docket, and if it is not possible to 1 it was found necessary to reduce the
get the business disposed of during ' amount granted to each school 20 per
that week he will have a second week i cent. This necessitated the emer-
jury, and all parties interested should j gency appropriation if the schools
govern themselves accordingly. ! were to continue full term."
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viction would probably be passed on
their prejudice in the case, as much
feeling was extant on lioth sides, but' engaged in making the selections, as
as the jury, which was made up j provided by law, but as it is quite j jj|
from the best citizenship in the coun- j an undertaking, the major portion of ! gj
ty, containing no less than three min- j the week will probably be consumed : j§!
isters of the gospel, heard the evi-
dence and the arguments in the ease,
and were no doubt governed largely
by the law in the case as well as the
evidence, seemed to be of one accord
in arriving at an early verdict, there
is nothing to assume but that jus-
tice was done, deplorable as the cir-
cumstances and results may have
been.
PALESTINE NEWSBOY VICTIM
OF TRAGEDY NEAR HOME.
in the work.
HOUSE VOTES TO
CUT AUTO LICENSES.
Austin, Feb. 25.—The call of Tex-<
as automobile owners for a reduc- j j
tion in registration was heeded today j j
when the house by overwhelming j j
vote declared for a 50 per cent cut. i j
The bill must yet go to the senate. I j
If passed there it must go to the |
governor.
| Rep. Walter Beck, Fort Worth, j
I who opposed the cut, says Governor i
! Moody will be forced to veto it or: i
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Palestine, Texas, Feb. 25.—"Good-
bye, mother. I'm going downtown to j cripple the highway department. Rep,
sell papers," were the last words i Ray Holder of Dallas, author of thi
Alvin Tynes, 15, ever uttered. Late
Saturday afternoon Alvin shouted
these words back to his mother a- he
crossed the road in front of the home
which faces Missouri Pacific Rail-'
road tracks on Cottage avenue, and
attempted to board a moving freight
train and ride down town. The youth
50 per cent cut, says that the fees u-
provided will lie sufficient with the
tour-cent gasoline tax which the
house committee hfts reported favor-
able.
All horsepower fees are abandoned j
and the rating will be put on weight, j
according to the measure. T"hc taxa-
in some manner was dragged under tion coumittee had voted for a 3"
the wheels of the moving train and
was so badly injured that death came
shortly after midnight Sunday morn-
ing.
He suffered a badly crushed hip
and a head injury which probably
caused death, physicians stated.
Alvin was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Tynes afid sold newspapers
on the streets of the city, being a
familiar fig-ure in the business sec-
tion. Funeral services had not been
announced Sunday.
per cent cut but the house ordered
still further reduction on passenger
vehiciles. Trucks, trailers, and trac-
tors were reduced as recommended
by the committee. The schedules ap-
ply only to private vehicles. Those
operated for hire are to be put on
another bill.
The fees are to be collected oy
counties. After collection the coun-
ties will retain all up to $50,000;
and half of the amount from $50,000
to $300,000, - d J "8* t.NfW
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Ward, H. O. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1929, newspaper, March 1, 1929; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291394/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.