The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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WITH WHICH IS CONSOUDATED THE PRESS-JOURNAL
WORKING FOR A GREATER RUSK AND A MORE PROSPEROUS CHEROKEE COUN
ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 27, 1850.
RUSK. CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY AUGUST 18, 1933.
VOLUME 16 NO. 7.
Report for Board of Education
Rusk Independent School Dist.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
On motion the following order
was passed;
Whereas, certain property owned
by Mrs. Allie Lewis has been agreed
upon between the City Council of
the( Town of Rusk and the Board of
I have made personal examination
of two proposed school sites, namely
the location on the north extension
of Main St., being the property of
Mrs. Allie Lewis, and the location at
the south end of Main St., being the
former college propefty. Since no
actual topographical surveys have
Facts About Government
Crops Production Loans
Trustees of Rusk Independent School ^ been made on the plot, and no build-
District, as a choice to be voted upon ing plans completed beyond a pre-
as against the Rusk College property | liminary stage, the actual figures
for a site for the prospective High
School Building; the City Council,
and the School Board both agreeing
to abide by the choice of the people
of the School District in such election
and whereas, the City Council has
withdrawn the Injunction proceed-
ing pending against the School
District in consideration of the above
mentioned election and agreement;
It is therefore ordered that said
election be held on August 22, 1933
and that only property tax paying
voters be permitted to vote in said
election.
Major Chas. E. Kerr is hereby ap-
pointed to act as Judge of said elec-
tion.
The t'ckets for this election shall
be printed thus;
For the College Property.
For the Mrs. Allie Lewis property.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BOY SCOUT MOTHER'S
ORGANIZE CLUB
Eight mothers of Boy Scouts met
in the scout room at the court house
Tuesday afternoon and organized a
Scout Mother's Club. The club will
cooperate with Scout master Vernon
Roach in the boys work and will
help the Troop promote its social ac-
tivities.
The mothers are all deeply grate-
fut the Scout master Roach for his
splendid work with tnefr boys. Any-
one who is at all familiar with the
local troop knows that every Rusk
scout has a special opportunity underi
the tutorship and leadership of so ef-
ficient and devoted a scoutmaster as
Husk is fortunate in having.
The officers elected are',—
President, Mrs. E. S. Erwin; Vice
President, Mrs. George Nelson; Sec-
retary and Treas. Mrs. S. Swan; Re-
porter, Mrs. A. F. Ward.
There are a number of boys eligi-
ble for membership and scout mothers
feel that if the parents of boys who
are not members could be made to
realize the advantages that come to
a scout in a social, ethical and boy to
boy way they would be eager for
their sons to belong.
There will be a meeting of the club
at the City Federation of Women's
Club Building next Tuesday at 3 p.m.
and all mothers of Boy Scouts and
other mothers who are interested are
welcome.
necessary to an absolute report can
not be secured, and this report rep-
resents my personal opinion based
upon my experience gained from
similar problems, and is therefore
an estimate only.
The Lewis property lies in two
tracts, that on the east side of the
street being considered for the school
building, and possibly the gymnasium
and that on the weest for the athle-
tic field. The school building tract
is quite irregular in its level, the
back side being probably 15 feet
higher than the front side at the pro-
posed point of the building, and the
bulk of the acreage being toward
the south lies mch lower, and could
not be advantageously used for the
main building. The depth of this
tract approximately 225 feet average
and will not permit the placing of
the building as far back from the
street as is desirable for an impos-
ing building. Should additional land
east be available this site would be
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LOUIS W. TITTLE DIES
AT HOM* IN AUSTIN
MISS IRENE PRICE
TO CONTINUE WORK
Last week Miss Irene Price Home
Demonstration Agent was advised by
the Commissioners Court that the
county had no funds available to pay
its apportioned part of her salary and
she returned to her home in Paris.
Business men of the county knowing
the valae of such work in the county,
Dr. George P. Francis and Dr. G. beSan a campaign to raise the neces-
C. Lovelace attended a meeting of sa,'y mone>' to moot the states aPP°r-
the Dentists of Cherokee County at
A MEETING OF DENTISTS
Austin, Aug. 16 Louis W. Tittle
73, prominent in state affairs for
many years, died at his home last
night after an illness of several years
and funeral services will be held to-
day.
He was a member of the first Tex-
as prison commission, a member of
the first state board of control and
seived one term as state comptroller.
Tittle came here from Huntsvillc
18 years ago.
Survivors are his wife and six
daughters, Mrs. W. H. Shook, Dallas;
Mrs. W. H. Metcalf, Menphis, Tenn.;
Mrs. F. N. Priest, Miss Fannie Tit-
tle, Miss Pauline Tittle and Miss
Louise Tittle, all of Austin.
Mr. Tittle was clerk of Cherokee
County for years and was a pioneer
citizen. All of his family are well
known here, having lived here.
Jacksonville last Monday evening.
The meeting was in the form of a|
banquet at the Liberty Hotel.
FAIR TICKETS ON SALE
NEXT WEEK
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The sale of family tickets for the wol.^
fair season will be on sale Tuesday
Aug. 22. Committees from Alto,
Rusk and Jacksonville are being or-
ganized and will make every effort
to sell 750 prior to Sept. 1.
In Rusk Oakley Childs heads a
committee composed of Major Kerr,
D. B. Lawson, J. W. Pearson, R. L.
ftte-tchett and J. C. Williams and 250
tionment, knowing that the State
home demonstration department
would do every thing poss;ble to have
the work continued and Miss Price
was notified that the work could be
continued until January 1 and per-
haps longed. Miss Price returned to
Rusk Tuesday and again took up her
Miss Jim Windham left Tuesday
for Shelbyville.
ickets is the quota set for Rusk.
and wife and their children under
16 years of age accompanying them
to admission to the fair and are to be
sold for $1. each. The ticket does
not entitle them to any events at the
grandstand or anywhere else on the
The family ticket entitles a man grounds where a charge is made.
A large percentage of Government
Crops Production Loans will be paid
from the cotton destruction benefits
received by farmers who signed to
plowup contracts and had crop pro-
duction loans. The farmers are re-
quired to list their Government loans
and to agree to pay loans out of the
proceeds of the'r cotton destruction
checks. At least 90 per cent or more
of the farmers acted in good faith
and signed their plow up contract
in their own names, listed their loans,
and agreed to apply proceeds of the
benefit checks on their loans. There
was a few borrowers who had mem-
bers of their family, a tenant or a
landlord to sign the contracts to a-
void pay:ng their government loans.
Some represented in their plow up
contracts that they owed no Govern-
ment loans. W. R. D. Moncure, the
Field Supervisor of the Crop Produc-
tion Loan Office, has checked his
borrowers list with the plow up con-
tracts and has reported to the Coun-
ty Agent all of those who have tried
to defraud the government by using
someone else to sign their contracts
and omitting to list their government
loans.
In the educational campaign laun-
ched in this county to thoroughly in-
form the farmrs to the cotton plow
up program, they w?re repeatedly
and strongly impressed with the fact
that those who had government crop
loans were to pay them off from the
money allowed them on the cotton
acreage plowed up.
Mr. Moncure, states that at the
present current price of cotton that
the coilecions of government crops
loans should be nearly 100 per cent.
Only in <fases where the borrower a-
bandoned his farm and there are no
crops to be harvested will there be
any losses. There are only a few cas-
es of abandoment and in some of
these arrangements have been made
for taking care of the loans.
The Field Supervisor's duty is not
only to protect the tax payers in the
collection of the crop loans but also
to urge and encourage the carrying
out of the objectives of the crop
production loan program. This pro-
gram is to place the farmer where
he will be self sustaining and can go
the year around without buying feed
and food for his livestock and family
and the farmeres who have the gov-
ernment loans agreed in their appli-
cations to plant sufficient feed crop
and a garden to amply take care
of their domestic and farm needs. A
close inspection is being made of
borrowers farms to see that they are
carrying out what they agreed to
do in their applications. The farm-
er is impressed with the fact that he
will have to pay dearly for feed for
his livestock if he is so unfortunate
to run out of feed. The Crop Pro-
duction Loan Office is cooperating
with the County Agent and Home
Demonstration Aigent in educating
the farmer to the importance of a
well balanced farm program which
includes not only cash crops, but a
spring, summer and fall garden, air.
pie canning of vegetables and fruits,
a cow, hogs and chickens. The crop
loan was intended to rehabilitate the
farmer who has a well balanced pro-
gram.
Mr. Moncure states that the gov-
ernment is going to be firm in handl-
ing all cases of violation of the pro-
visions of the mortgage, and the pen-
al provisions of the statute will be
used against those who sold mortg
gaged crops and failed to apply pro-
ceers on their loans. There are quite
a number of cases in 1932 and 1933
Horse SKow Will Be
Feature of County Fair
MORE ABOUT SCHOOL SITES
In his statement as architect, Mr.
Simons did not refer to some other
points in connection with the two
prospective school sites which prob-
ably should be called to the attention
of the people.
Some of our citizens may not
know where the Lewis property is
located. Same lies on both sides of
North Main St, on the way to the
hospital. The portion on the west of
the street or highway, is now leased
where borrowers sold tomatoes and by Mr- Alvin S}le™an a"d is P'ailt-
failed to apply proceeds on loans j ed to cotton' 2nd contains about nine
The Legal Department of the Crop
acres. This is the proposed athletic
Production Loan Office is now as i field" The Portio11 direct'y across the
sembling the facts and evidence and! highway cast from the above men-
in all cases where there has been J«°"ed property is about an average
violation of th,e statute the facts
and evidence will be turned over to
the Department of Justice.
Cherokee County Borrower's Lists
giving name of borrower, his .ddress
and the amount of his loan, has been
setn to W. R. D. Moncure, Field
Supervisor, for distribution to gins,
cotton buyers, merchants and bank
of 225 feet wide and fronts the high-
way 845 feet. This is the proposed
site for the building. There are 4 or
5 acres in this, making a total in the
proposed site of about 14 acres. This
site has to its credit among the other
things mentioned by Mr. Simons the
fact that it is n^ear our present
school and would therefore be con-
venient to our superintendent and
ers who have deep interest in the;
collection of the crop loans. These | possibly enable one janitor and
lists are of especial value to theihis he,Pers to care for both schools-
buyers as it saves them from being | 0n thc other hand the hiShwa* wouid
compelled to go to the clerk office of
the County to run the record and
will save them from being imposed
upon.
The splendid cooperation of many
business institutions and individuals
who have bee anxious to make a
success of the Crops Production
Loan, will help the farmer and pro-
tect the government and the tax
payer from loss, is very gratifying
to the Dallas office of the Crop Pro-
duction Loan. There will be many
agencies in this county that will co-
operate with the Field Representative
to make a collection and pay back
record that will compare with any
in the state. The Dallas office is j
expecting a 100 per cent collection-
separate te athletic field from the
school, causing a certain amount of
danger to the students.
In estimating the value of the col-
lege property, Mr. Simons did not
mention the residence located on the
campus, better known to most of
our people as, the presidents hcuse.
This residence is probably worth a-
bout $1,000. Same could be used for
the home of the janitor, thus provid-
ing a keeper for the property. Ther&
are forty-five acres of land in this
college property.
W. H. HANNA.
A special feature of the live' stock
exhibit at the Cherokee County Fair
which opens an September 12, will
be a show of saddle horses, A. E.
Garner, chairman of the live stock
committee has announced.
There is a large number of fine
saddle horses in this county, Mr,
Garner explained, and we decided
that about two days would be set
aside for a special horse show at
which owners of this stock would
have a chance to show their prize
steeds.
It is hoped that a large number
of entrants in this division can be
secured, and it is felt th;s will be
possible, since no entrance fee is
being charged.
Those desiring to enter stock
should get in communication with
Mr. Garner of Jacksonville imme-
diately.
MR. E. L. RUSSELL
PASSES AWAY
reord. The condition of cotton and
the current prives makes a 100 per
cent collection possible and certain
if the people who put things over in
this county get behind the govern-
ment's collection agent, says Mr
Moncure.
Mr. Moncure announes the follow-
ing' scheduled conferences at which
he will meet all government borrow
ers;
CHEROKEE COUNTY—
Alto State Bank, Alto 9 A. M. on
Thursday, Aug 24, 1933.
Forest Post Office, Forest 2;30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug 24, 1933.
Ponta school house, Ponta, 9 a. m.
Friday Aug. 25, 1933.
Rusk City Hall, Rusk 1 p.m. Friday
Aug. 25, 1933.
Chamber of Commerce, Jacksonville
9 a.m. Saturday Aug 26, 1933.
Cuney school house, Cuney, 3 p.m
Saturday, Aug. 26, 1933.
Bullard school house, Bullard 9 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 29. 1933.
Troup school house, Troup 2;30 p.m
Tuesday Aug. 29, 1933.
Mr. E. L. Russell passed away at
| 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at th
home of his daughter, Mrs. J. B.
Malone, with whom he had made his
home for several years. Mr. Russell
was 84 years of age and a member
of the Baptist Church.
Rev. A. O. Moseley of Houston
county conducted the funeral ser
vices which were held at the Russei*
cemetery, three miles out of Rusk.
Mr. Russell is survived by ten child-
ren, five boys ana five girls. The
sons are; John of Mission, Isan of
Nacogdoches and Bingham, Major
and Albert of Rusk. The daughters
are; Mrs. Jenne Wilson of Slocum
Mrs. Katies January of Denton, Mr?.
Martha Lacy of Palestine, Mrs. L
Owens of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Mrs
J. B. Malone of Rusk.
The body was in charge of the W
H. Wallace Undertakers.
HOME OWNERS LOAN CORP.
APPLICATION BLANKS ARE
NOW AVAILABLE
MEMBERS OF THE
STEERING COMMITTED
ABOUT THE BOND ISSUE
Cherokee County Relief Board
make the following statment in re-
gard to a telegram from Lawrence
Westbrook, State Director cf the
Relief commissioner.
The telegram from Austin clearly
indicates that unless the bond issue
to be voted on August 26th, is car-
ried that no State or Federal funds
will be available after Sept. 1.
At the present time there are 554
families, representing 1803 people, in
this county dependent on relief
funds for actual necessities of life.
Reliable estimates indicate that one
million people in the State are de-
pendent on these funds. Within the
past 30 days Cherokee county has
had 903 families with an average of
four people to the family who have
had to have help.
If State and Federal funds are
not available, the responsibility o\
taking care of the people will fall
back on the towns and communities
of this county. No local funds are
available at this time.
In view of these facts and condi-
tions we conisKler it vitally necessary
that our citizenship realize the ser-
iouness of the situation, and give
their undivided support to this bond
issue. Let it not be said that the
Great State of Texas failed to help
take care of its own. There is every
reason to believe that the coming
winter will demand all the assistance
possible.
We urge everyone to support the
relief bond issue. And this message
is s'gned by the entire board.
HISTORICAL PAGEANT
Austin, Texas, Aug. 14 Two
prominent Texas newspaper publish
ers were added to the Texas Relief
Bond Issue Steering Committee last
H. T. Brown, as Attorney is de- week, according to the announce-
signated to take all applications andjment of William Strauss of Houston,
submit them to the corporation. After I chairman of the committee. Those
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approval by the corporation of the j added are Rufus Higgs,Jr., of Step-
H. T. Brown and William S. Go-
ber returned today from Houston,
where they went to seek complete in-
formation regarding the operation in
Cherokee county of the Home Own-
ers Loan Corporation, a relief agency
for distressed home owners. Brown
was recently appointed Attorney and
Gober was appointed Appraiser for
the coroporation's activities in this
county.
preliminary application, an apprai
sal of the property will be made by
William S. Gober, and in case the
collateral is sufficient the Attorney
will then be called on to examine the
borrower's title. After approval of
title and execution of final loan pap-
ers, a loan may be promptly closed.
Miss Thelma Smith of Jacksonville
is visiting her uncle, Bob Cariker
this week.
henville and Carl Estes of Tyler.
The other members of the commit-
tee, besides Mr. Strauss, are Fred
Florence of Dallas, treasurer; Bea-
man Strong. Beaumont; Stanton
Brown, Waco; Charles Davis, El Pa>
so; John H. Biekett, San Antonio; A.
J. Peterson, Galveston and Julius
Dorenfield, Amrillao.
Miss Reba Gardiner of Goodrich
visited Mrs. Jo« Guinn this week.
Arrangements are being made
with a professional pageant, director
of Dallas to put on a Historical Pag-
eant during the Fair Week, Septem-
ber 12 to 16th, according to present
plans the pageant will be presented
Thursday evening Sept. 14. This
event will attract people from differ-
ent parts of the state as Thursday
has. been designated as Cherokee
County Home Coming Day and it is
expected that many old timers who
have moved away will be back to help
their neighbors and friends celebrate
this day.
Young ladies from every communi-
ty will be asked to take part in the
pageant.
On Wednesday there will be a
style show in which each merchant in
the county will have the privilege of
participating ari't showing the latest
fashions.
On Friday there will be a wrestl-
ing match and prize fight under the
direction of A. G. Acker and Pete
Mussle white.
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