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THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN. RUSK. CHEROKEE COUNTy. TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1 937
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STATESMAN—PROPHET
HOGG HAD
REALTEXAS
PHILOSOPHY
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Chapter XXI
THERE are so many good things
to be gleaned from the state
papers and speeches of Gov.
James Stephens Hogg that many
vitally modern things must be left
out. Sentences, paragraphs and
whole pages in these age yellowed
records have the sparkle and zest
of today's news. They are not
dead history. They are alive. Un-
mistakably, one senses that the
soul of a statesman, a great Tex-
an and an American patriot still
marches on with the land he lov-
ed.
"Texas is a great state and de-
serves at the hands of its citizens
affectionate regard, friendly treat-
ment and patriotic aid," Hogg
said in a speech in 1894. In his
life he practiced his own preach-
ment. He was a great Governor,
and an equally great citizen. Only
today are we realizing he was also
a prophet.
Speaking before the Texas
House of Representatives in Jan-
uary, 1897, William Jennings
Brayan was referring almost en-
tirely to Hogg-sponsored reforms
when he said: "In the matter of
securing just and efficient laws,
the State of Texas is taking the
lead among the states of the Un-
ion. In fact I doubt if any state
has reached a more advanced po-
sition on the question of corpora-
tion law—in the regulation of
those great corporations which, to
•a great extent, are doing the work
of the country."
* * *
HOGG then was a private citi-
zen. But, to the very end of
his life he kept trying to make
Texas a better place for the plain
man and his family. He fought
for stronger laws to regulate the
great corporations, particularly
the gaint utilities. He battled
valiantly against the lobbyist evil.
He was not too busy to take part
in politics, or to champion a good
cause. He was not speaking of
himselfw hen he gave this defini-
tion of a patriot's duty, in 1894,
but it fitted him. And it still is
a ringing challenge to good Amer-
icans:
"In time of war it is the duty
of a patriot to defend his country
against encroaching armies and
to protect the defenseless women
and children, as well as the non-
j combatant:; who are too cowardly
to shoulder a gun or unsheathe
a sword against a common foe.
In time of poace the patriot's duty
is to protect his country against
the legislative encroachments of
corruptionists, and to shield the
defenseless women and children
as well as the hordes of men who
are too cowardly to vote or to
publicly express their political
sentiments.
"A patriot finds more difficulty
in protecting his country in times
of peace while the people are
slumbering than in defending it
in time of war when they are
shocked by battle's carnage into
life and action."
4 * *
HERE are more sparks from the
anvil, as brightly glowing to-
day as when Hogg flung them oft,
40 and 50 years ago:
Of government reform. And it
sounds couriously like a commen-
tary on President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's plea for "constructive
criticism only," through Hogg said
it 40 years before the New Deal
was born:
"Reforms are slow. The great
machinery of the government is
heavy, sluggish and almost un-
manageable. If mistakes are
made, in our estimation, by the
leaders of the party, v/e can af-
ford to critize them for purpose
of preventing their repetition.
While doing this, however, we
should not join in the mud sling-
ing of the opposition, who propose
to besmirch our greatest men. If
the officers or members of a
party violate the faith or disobey
the instructions of the people,
then we should censure them and
point out their errors, in hope of
bringing about a correction of the
real or supposed wrongs.
"We should not, however, in-
vite or welcome outsiders to pro-
voke dissentions or to come in and
undertake to 'help out'. Their de-
sire to disturb the harmony and
happiness of party friends and to
strike down the party itself can-
not receive encouragement or
countenance from any self-respec-
ing, good Democrat."
In other words, no "taking a
walk," in strange company.
* •
F gambling and liquor law vio-
lations, Hogg said:
"When from a mauldin senti-
ment or other less commendable
spirit, the people of any country
permit offenders against the gam-
ing and other misdeamor laws,
including those regulating the
| liquor traffic, to go unpunished
in their open and defiant criminal
course, they must expect and be
prepared to submit to the fre-
quent shock of their feelings of
humanity by the crack of the as-
sassin's gun. It is as necessary to
enforce one Uiw as another. An
officer who neglects or refuses to
perform his duties in the sup-
pression of mint,:' offenses is none
too good to connive at higher
crimes, or to avoid all respon-
sibility in relation to their preven-
tion.
"Reform in the suppression of
crime like all other reform move-
ments, must begin at the bottom."
CORINE
OF lynching:
"A band of men that goes to a
jail, takes out a prisoner, black
or white, and hangs him, is com-
posed of bloodthirsty murders
who possesses no respect for con-
stitutional guarantees or the
stability of government or the
lives of human beings. They are
cowardly, criminal outlaws. The
sooner the people of this state
pass laws that will insure a few
neck breakings of these cowardly
murders and assassins who claim
to act as Judge Lynch, the better
it will be for them."
Of President Theodore Roose-
velt: (Hogg arose from a sickbed
to go to Dallas to help welcome
the vigorous T. R., when he visit-
ed Texas in 1905. Roosevelt was
a Republican, Hogg a Texas Dem-
ocrat. But how closely akin the
two were, as American ProgreS'
sives, Hogg's words testify.)
"He (Roosevelt) is the firs
President to obey the will and
sentiment of the American people
absolutely, fearlessly, regardless
of his own environments. He was
the first to lead out to suppress
the trusts of this country that
are now throttling commerce and
destroying individualism. He was
the first to scourge barck from
high places the partisans of his
lifetime, around him as his friends
the corruptionists in high places.
And if the spirit of Andrew Jack-
son has decended to find place
again in the bosom of any man in
the last 70 years, it is in Theodore
Roosevelt.
* * *
IF you will read the biographies
of the men who have occu-
pied the White House, you will
find this is the first man who has
really studied his own country.
He has been upon the plains, un-
der the blanket, to study the great
West. Did you ever know a man
who was reared upon the plains
or who had spent his young man-
hood there in the saddle who was
not opposed to monopoly in every
form?
"He is for the greatest individ-
ual freedom consistent with hu-
man rights in obedience to the
Constitution of this country. And
CORINE, Feb. 18.—Miss Ruth
Boyd visited Miss Veima Oden
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Chitwood
and daughters, Wesley and Freida,
Mrs. L. H. Carroll and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Terry and children
and Harold Simpson, Thomas
Grantham, Warren and Clyfton
Hutto visited in the F. M. Terry
home Sunday.
Mrs. A. Oden and son, Jim
Beacher, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Coyle Oden of Ironton Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Walker and
daughter, Bettie, and Mrs. J. H.
Walker, all of Jacksonville, visited
in the W. B. Bledsoe home Sun-
day.
Brother Clint Acker and Grady
Bledsoe spent Sunday in the H. C.
Acker home.
Miss Billie Louise and Edith
Terry and Troy and Doyle Stemm
visited Misses Loyce and Norma
Spencer Sunday.
Our regular preaching dates
have been changed to the last
Saturday night, Sunday and Sun-
day night of each month.
W. H. Bledsoe is still on the sick
list.
Miss Iris Lankford spent Sat-
urday night with Miss Irene
Wells of Ironton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bearden
of Jacksonville, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Bearden Sunday after-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Stemm and
daughter, Wanda Beth, and Mrs.
Lucy White and daughter, Elsie,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Claud Chit-
wood Sunday.
Mesdames Willie Dee Gray,
Linda Simmons and Faye Chit-
wood visited in Rusk Saturday
afternoon.
Those visiting Misses Louise
and Byrle Rogers Sunday were:
Misses Iris Lankford, Iren Wells,
Annie Dee Terry, Agnes Ormes,
and Claudine and Juanita White.
Ball Team Defeated
The Corine volley ball girls
were defeated by the Ironton vol-
ley girls last Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Collins had
as their guests Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Collins, Mrs. Josey
Smith of Athens, and Mr. and
Mrs. Evert Collins of Palestine.
Corine H. D. C. News
The club met with Mrs. Wesley
Green Wednesday, February 10,
with eight members and two vis-
tors present.
The president called the house
to order and after the reading of
the minutes one of the members
read the program on vitamin "A"
and it was explained.
A picce on education was read
and explained and each turned
in their five cents.
One quilt was quilted and a top
almost pieced.
Lunch was served to all pres-
ent. g
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Linda Simmons Wednesday
February 24.
rrrrTTTfTiTrraSZ
METHODIST CHURCII.
E. L. Craig, Pastor
Sunday school at 9:45, A. S.
Moore, General Superintendent.
Preaching at 11:00 by the pas-
tor.
The Woman's Missionary Socie- ,
ty will meet Monday at 2:30 at |
the church.
Choir practice Wednesday at
7:15, Mrs. E. R. Gregg, Director,
Mrs. Finley, Pianist.
The district Missionary Insti-
tute for the Jacksonville district
was held at Jacksonville Thurs-
day.
A consistent growth in attend-
ance at the services at the Meth-
odist church is clearly noticeable.
Our goal is every member of the
church consistently in the serv-
ices. Can we count on you to
help attain this goal. We shall
look for you there next Sunday
morning and evening. All visitors
are cordially invited. A friendly
welcome awaits you every serv-
ice. Numbers of visitors are com-
ing. Won't you join them.
enlarge the opening and don't
neglect the children. Many satis-
fied clients in this community. No
mail order. Home Office: 305
Lincoln Building, Minneapolis,
Minn. 2t31
Buy your peach trees from
Jacksonville Nursery. One mile
south Jacksonville on old Rusk
Highway. Sacrifice prices. W.
K. Strother, owner. 2t30
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Pledger re-
turned Tuesday from their honey-
moon which was spent in Dallas
and other points.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gibson of
Austin, visited relatives her a this
last wek-end.
;:tex High School Cage Race
Final Standings
W
L
Pts
Ops
Pet.
Rusk
8
2
318
165
.800
Lulkin
7
3
288
215
.700
'Doches
7
3
225
192
.700
Gaston
5
5
193
211
.500
J'ville
3
7
234
311
.300
Henderson
0
10
146
324
.000
Tommy Hill of Arp, vhi.ed
friends in the city Sunday.
Head Stopped Up?
Why suffer! Get a package of BROWN'S
NOSOPEN, the TWO WAY RELIEF
and BREATHE FREELY within 20 MIN-
UTES or your money back. Price $1.00 at
Moseley Drug Store
ONLY AT
3!
BAPTIST CHURCH
John A. Williams, Pastor
vtxrvnmmHk -awa.i
All meetings next Sunday at
the usual hours except that even-
ing meetings are half an hour
later: B. T. U. at 6:3d and preach-
ing at 7:30.
A good workers corference pro-
grain was held with Alto church
last week.
The Missionary Society will
hold its monthly business meeting
at the church next Monday at 3
p. m.
Prayer meetings were discon-
tinued during the prolonged wet
weather of January, but are now
being held on Wednesday eve-
nings at 7:30 to 8:30.
RUPTURE
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JcC A &
p^EATH, in the guise of heaviiy loaded
motor trucks, rides the highways of
Texas every day and every night. The
to!! of human death and injury of these
vehicles is appalling.
In the five-year period, 1932 to 1936,
inclusive, trucks in Texas have partici-
pated in 8,416 highv/ay accidents in
which 2,195 persons were killed and
11,962 injured. In 1936 alone, their
record stood 2,203 accidents with 3,323
persons injured and 576 killed. These
actual records of people killed, as shown
by Texas newspapers, compared with
the number of deaths resulting from all
motor vehicle accidents, as given by the
Bureau of Vital Statistics in Austin,
shew that the average Texas truck par-
th;;:3ies in twite as many fata! acci-
denis as the average passenger car.
Likewise, as might be reasonably ex-
pected from their greater weight and
size, and as shown by the records of the
Texas Railroad Commission, the Car-
rier-for-Hire truck accidents, during
1936, have resulted, vehicle for vehicle,
in three times the number of fatalities
as for the average passenger car.
Increased liability to highway acci-
dent forms an inseparable result of BiG
truck operation. But even now, the
threat of greater highway hazards
hangs over the people of Texas. News-
papers report that operators of BIG
trucks have organized for the purpose
of securing an increase in weight and
speed limits, already too large. These
are the elements, weight and speed,
which, in highway accidents, spell
"D-E-A-T-H."
The right to grant, condition or deny the use of the highways for profit, b?!on?s
to you, the people of Texas, notwithstanding the attempts of the operators of RIG
trucks to take it away and give it to the federal government instead. Your present
laws, limiting the size, weight and speed of trucks, were enacted by reason of your
insistence, and by your insistence they have remained on the statute books. Their
amendment would serve the sole purpose of Increasing the profits of operators of
the BIG trucks, with the certain results of also increasing the mounting in-
juries, deaths and property losses now taking place on your highways.
Public welfare and public safety demand that existing highway regulations
shall be retained and enforced.
T2XA3 RAuARDAI S
Angelina & Nichtl River
nurllnBtoii'Rcck Island
Chicago. Rock Island and Gulf
Cotton Belt
Ft. Worth 4 Otftvtr City
Galveston. Houston A Ht . ilensa
Gull Coast Lints
Quit Cnlorado & Santa Fa
Kansas City Southern
Inlemslional & Grant Northern
Louisiana. Arkansas & Toiaa
Luikln. Hemnhill & Gull
Miisourl-Kansas-Tasat
Missouri Paclfli lines
Pantonine 4 Santa Fa
Paris & Mt. Pleasant
Quanah. «—■ * "atllia
' met
W|t: - a * aouihafa
* units Valley
| when the Senators, from the
Southland opposed Mm, they com-
mitted the political blunder of the
nineteenth century."
* ^ ~ *
IN ALLY 4 phophecy, as good j
M. today (let us hope, anyway)
as when Hogg spoke it, in Hous-
ton. more than 30 years ago:
"The colossal power of wealth
may thwart the will of the people
in some states, but it can not do
more than foil the people for a
season in Texas.
"Between knowledge and belief
that the avaricous hand of cor-
porative power is again on the
throat of Texas, the people, up-
held by faith in their righteous
duty, will press on to Liberty's
portal to shake it off and thely
and Their postrity may be free
forever."
H. L. Hoffmann, Expert, Minn-
eapolis, Minn., will demonstrate
without charge his "Perfect Re-
tention Shields" in Palestine Wed-
nesday, March 3 at the O'Neill
Hotel from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Please come early. Evening by
appointment.
Your physician will tell you
about this serious condition. Any
rupture allowed to protude is dan-
gerous.
My "Keionuon Shields" will
hold your rupture under any con-
dition of exercise and work. They
are sanitary waterproof and prac-
tically indestructible.
Do not wear trusses that will
/
GUAAA;
Used car buyers are finding an entirely new kind of
protection today at Ford dealers. Our exclusive R & G
plan makes used cars as safe to buy as new onest
With any R & G used car you get a written guarantee
of the car's exact condition signed by your Ford dealer
—a promise to refund your money if you are dissatis*
fied with the car for any reason. Assortments are large
right now. Prices are low. Trade-in allowances are
generous. See your Ford Dealer today. Terms c««* •
arranged to suit your convenience.
CARS
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Next: Shadow Against the Stars
—Conclusion.
PS
ON
'You were risht... this sure was
The Old Reliable Exterminator
Used the world over for many generation!,
to kill rats, mice and noxious animals. A
sure way to do away with dangerous peats.
Bale to handle. Sold by general stores and
druggists. 25c. SOc • box. Manufactured bj
E. S. WELLS. Chemist
worth saving for!
I'M A KEEN
WORKER!
Keener, longer-lasting,
kind to the skin. Tree!,
Blades are uniformly f
good! And only 10* for \
4 superb blades.
SOMETIMES good things just happen
... but you can make them happen
too!
Whether it's that long trip into
new country, or a little summer camp
at the lake, or a new wing on the
house ... if you can save faithfully,
and keep your savings, you can
make the wish come true.
Our place in your planning is an
important one. For savings i
vested with us, an. in t"-"
by us in first mortgage 1
reasonably be counted on for liberal
and regular dividends.
And along with income, we offer
insured safety for your savings. Up
to a maximum of $5,OOP, the safety
of your investment with us is in-
sured by the Federal Savings & Loan
Insurance Corporation — an instru-
me ality of the Government, created
by Congress with a full-paid capital
of $100,000,000.
Why not drop in, and let us help
you work out that plan in detail?
BLADES
Fit UM EVUMtOOT BUMS
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FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION OF RUSK
RUSK TEXAS
DIVIDEND RATE
5% PER ANNUM
LOAN RATE
7.2 % II YEARS
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Miller, Elton L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1937, newspaper, February 19, 1937; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341699/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.