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THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN, RUSK, TEXAS
JULY 6, 1950
TEXAS
BUSINESS
NEWS
AUSTIN, Texas, July — Build-
ing activity in May, as measured
by the value of permits issued,
hit the million dollar mark in
13 Texas cities, the University
of Texas Bureau of Business Re-
search reported.
Houston led all Texas cities in
the amount of building permits
granted during May, with §14,-
164,391. Ranking- second and third
were Dallas and Fort Worth, with
$9,377, 654 and $6,550,184, res-
pectively. Permits were valued at
$6,062,692 in Austin and $3,894,
050 in San Antonio.
Othe cities granting permits in
May totaling more than a million
dollars were Corpus Christi, El
Paso, Lubbock, Amarillo, Waco,
Galveston, San Angelo, and Ab-
ilene.
May building permits for the
state as a whole climbed 29 per
cent from the previous month to
better seasonal expectations by 51
per cent. The Bureau's index sky-
rocketed in May to a level of al-
most 11 times as high as the
1935-39 base period. The index
stood at 727 in April and 508 in
^^May "1949.
Only three cities reported May
1950 building permits below the
comparable month of 1949. Permits
decreased 31 per cent in Texas
City and 24 per cent in Sherman
3and Gainsville.
Building permits more than doub-
led from April to May in Wes-
iaco, Cleburne, Vernon, San Mas-
cos, Brownwood, Denison, Fort
"Worth, Borger, Austin, KerrviUe
and El Paso.
Monthly decrease in May build-
ing permits varied from a slight >
dip in Waco to a 78-per-cent-drop j
in New Braunfels.
Phenomenal gains over year-
earlier figures in building permits
were recorded by San Marcos,
Vernon, Lockhart, Brownsville,
Childress, Cleburne and Galvest-
on.
May 1950 permits were more
than three times as high as those
granted during May of Last year
in Coleman, San Angelo, Weslaco,
Littlefield, Lamesa, Pampa, Bor-
ger, McAllen, Kerrville, Fort
Worth, Denton, Austin, Denison,
El Paso, Brownfield, and Corpus
Christi.
Building permits for 49 Texas
cities amounted to $61,809,627 in
May Climbed 114 per cent from
the $28,906,635 for May 1949.
AUSTIN, Texas, July ?—Cotton- j
seed received at Texas mills in
April, totaled 114,611 tons, fall-
ing 10 per cent from March, the
University of Texas Bureau of
Business Research reported.
Cottonseen received at Tex-
as mills in April was 20 times
greater than the April level a
year ago.
Cottonseed crushings slipped 15
per cent in April- from March, but
rose 224 per cent from April, 1949.
After adjustment for seasonal
variation, the Bureau's index of
cottonseed crushings stepped up
64 per cent from March to 313
percent of the prewar (1935-39)
base period in April.
RELIGIOUS MESSAGE
AUSTIN, Texas, July ?—Texas
business faillures numbered 18
during May 1940 as compared with
17 in April and 14 in May 1949,
according to reports from Dun and
Bradstreet to the University of
Texas Bureau of Business Re
search.
Liabilities per failure averaged
$16,000 in May, S24.000 in April,
and $20,000 in May 1949.
Business fatalities in Texas from
January through May 1950 totaled
95 as contrasted to 71 failures
during the similar period of last
year, 27 in 1948, and 17 in the
first five months of 1947.
AUSTIN, Texaas, July ?—Elec-
tric power consumption in Texas
stepped up 6 per cent in May
from April and 13 per cent from
May 1949, the University of Tex-
as Bureau of Business Research
reported.
Commercial power usage was
up 10 per cent in May from April,
while industrial and residential
usage ros? 6 per cent and 4 r/c re-
spectively. —
o —
TRADITIONAL RAIN
ARRIVES ON SCHEDULE
STAMFORD—Never in 20 years
has it / failed to rain here just
about the time they get the bunt-
ing all put up for the 4th of July
Cowboy Reunion. Last week it
happened again, just as the decor-
ators were putting the finishifig
touches on the gay bunting, along
came a heavy downpour, and ev-
erybody knew the show would be
the usual big success. Oh well,
there's no time to look at the
decorations anyway, what with all
the beautiful girls who attend as
sponsors from neighboring West
FIREMEN LOSE ONE OF
THEIR BEST ASSISTANTS
FREDERICKSBURG—Poor old
Bugler died last week, while do-
ing the thing he liked best. Nine
years ago he appeared as a nonde-
script stray pup at the fire station,
where he soon became a favorite
with all the fire boys. When an
alarm came in Bugler would dash
up and down in front of the station
barking, and acting as though he
was trying his best to rally his
mates to the job of putting out the
fire. Last week old age caught up
with him, and he was accidentally
run over by one of the trucks as
it pulled out in response to a fire
alarm.
o—
The American Cancer Society
has awarded 102 fellowships to
young scientists in the last five
years.
Clyde Cauthen
Plan Now to Make His World
His Future — Secure!
Your children look to you for guidance,
will expect your help until they are able
to stand alone and look the world squarely
in the eye. Plan for his future now.
To pay for education.
To start in business
To cushion financial losses
FARMERS & MERCHANTS
STATE BANK
A- Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Member Federal Reserve System
By Roy L. Lyon
SEEKING THE KINGDOM
The Power Of Experience
Many years ago, a small un-
attractive man with weak eyes
walked into the city ol Athens.
It was then the center of learning
for the whole world. The great-
est thinkers flocked there to talk
about the problems of philosophy,
and to discuss the latest findings
in "science" and education. This
little man who came into the city
was highly educated and he felt
that he was equal to any occasion
that might develop in the great
city. He believed that his learn-
ing was a match for any of the
learned philosophers, so he walk-
ed into the city confidently, ready
to take it by storm for Christ,
for he was a minister of the Gos-
pel.
It was not long until he found
himself in the midst of a great
discussion that dealt with what he
called the "Unknown God", to
whom the superstitious Athenians
had build an alter, so that they
would be sure not to leave out
the worship of the deity through
ignorance.
Quoting from his knowledge of
philosophy and history, he argued
with the learned Athenians that
there was a God whom they had
over-looked who was all-powerful,
But his logical discourse failed
miserably and his sermon had
few results. Quickly Paul, for that
w&S his name, left the city of
Athens and went to Corinth. He
did not preach any learned ser-
mons there. Afterwards in writing
about his experiences in his first
letter to the Corinthians, he said:
"And I, brethren, when I came
unto you, came not with excell-
ency of speech or of wisdom, de-
claring unto you the testimony of
God. For I determined not to
know anything among you, save
Jesus Christ, and Him Crucified."
(I Cor. 2:1-2) He meant by this
statement that when he did finally
gain courage to speak of Christ
in the wicked city of Corinth, he
determined not to try to argue
with men about what to believe,
but rather to tell them of his
experience with the crucified, risen
Lord, who could save to the ut-
termost. Everything we read from
Paul after he went to Corinth,
is filled with Paul's personal ex-
perience with Christ. Vou may
argue with a man about wh.it
someone else has written, but
you cannot argue him down on
the things that he has experienced.
The Bible never argues about
whether there is a God; it starts
out with God in the first sentence
and God is in every sentence
from Genesis to Revelation. The
Bible is a Book of God because
it was written by men who had
great and abiding experiences with
God. Do not try to overpower a
man with your proofs of the ex-
istence of God, because he will
find God only through faith. "But
without faith it is impossible to
please Him. for he that cometh to
God must believe that He is, and
that He is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him." (Heb-
rews 11:6). The kind of faith that
brings men to God is inspired
only by experience with God. A
man wants to know whether the
Christian life "works" before he
is willing to try it. Show him by
the way you live and by the test-
imony of your own experience
what a saving relation with Christ
can mean.
SHERIFF ENLISTS 'GATOR
IN WAR AGAINST SNAKES
HEARNE—When he heard a
party of fishermen nad captured
a live alligator in the Navasota
River, Sheriff Bob Reeves offered
the reptile a home. He needed
to 'gator to put in his lake at his
farm home, to help him rid the
place of snakes, he said.
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Every person with a party-line
telephone at home knows at least
three things about the service.
He knows the line must be shared
fairly to be useful to everyone—
just as a street is shared by those
cn it
He knows he appreciates courtesy
from others on the line—such as
not interrupting, and recognizing
his emergency needs for the line
now and then.
He knows whether party-line serv-
ice meets his needs. About half
our customers have always pre-
ferred party-line service.
Today, out of each four families
with telephones, about three have
party-line telephones and one of
them has asked for a different type
of service.
We'd like to be able to give it
to them. We are working toward
that, and are making some prog-
ress despite the continuing heavy
demand for telephones from those
still without any service.
We have on file thousands of
requests for some other type of
service Wherever local conditions
permit, we are meeting these re-
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record of all requests, to act on at
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1950, newspaper, July 6, 1950; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth326214/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.