The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1969 Page: 2 of 10
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OF RUSK, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AIMUBT fl, 19*9
Cherokeean
CUSS POSTAGE PAID AT RUSK, TEXAS 75785
PUfeUSHED WEEKLY ON THURSDAY MORNING, IY
E. H. WHITEHEAD ENTERPRISES AT 618 NORTH MAIN
STREET, RUSK, TEXAS 75785. PHONE 683-2257
SUBCRIPTION RATES:
IN COUNTY—$4.00 PER YEAR. $2.25 SIX MONTHS
OUT OF COUNTY—$5.00 PR YEAR, $2.75 SIX MONTHS
* Comments * Columns
Pillition
(In The Worst Possible Way)
Hw greatest problem facing this country to-
day coald «*11 be pollution; bat lnsteat of air
and vacar pottatlon, we are taking about
pollatlon of tbe ralid. And It cannot be said,
with any Justification, that we are powerless
to stop tel
Uacft Billy's Whiz Bang would seem, today,
aboat it iraiocuous as a stroll in the park be.
sido the pornography that is available on the
newsstands, many drive-ln grocery stores,
and elsewhere. And while the kids used to
be seen sitting around reading funny books
while their parents did the shopping, today's
teen, agsn, as well as their elders, can be
seen scanning the dozens «pon downs of pub.
Ucatlons available almost everywhere you go
these days, publications the Supreme Court
couldn't have seen before handing down Its
decision with what they were pleased to call
"freedom of the press", etc.
Use of the malls is being prostituted by these
purveyors of AM to the extent that many cities
and towns have begun to be concerned with It,
and small wonder.
Pornography, and the emphasis on sex, go
hand In hand with crime, which is growing at
the same rapid date as the proliferation of
this type of degrading material is coming off
the presses In New York and California, which
seem to be the principal sources.
LSD, Marijuana, add, or whatever, are given
the same cavalier treatment as sex by die
writers of tbe day, who, for the most pert,
do not mm the stuff out under their own names;
while the hill color, slide paper publication.
In magazine form, quite often fall to carry any
Identifying address.
Heywood Broun once said that "the field of
sex Is about as limited as any subject we know
of, or words to that effect. But that was
back in the thirties! And although hi was con.
sidered something of a liberal for his time,he
was a moral man, and we cannot help but be-
lieve he wold be as disgusted and appalled
at the freedom with which pornography is
being displayed today as we are.
The theatre, one of our favortle art forms,
is not doing anything to '^elevate the mind"
either* and. we are pleased to see that The
New Yorker magzalne has seen fit to call
some of the more recent productions on and
off Broadway exactly what they are; filth.
Roger Devlin, Is the Tulsa WorM, quoted
Bobby Newton the other day on the subject of
Broadway actors when he amended an old
cliche: "If at first you don't succeed—take
off your clothes I"
And if you think "your" town is free of the
type thing we're talking about, you've got a lot
to learn.
Why not look around on your own one of these
days?
Fred Pool-Manager
East Texas Chamber
of Commerce
Wisdom and Champagne Bubbles
We recently came across an article by Band,
loader Lawrence WeDc in a newspaper called
Christian Economics. The piece was en-
titled '^Guaranteed Wage and Human Dignity"
and presented the musician's views on the
piaranteed annual Income. This Is the pro-
posal that wculd dole out a fixed sum of mon-
ey to every family In the UnltedStates whether
they work or not.
Mr. •Velk cited his own childhood as an ex-
ample of poverty and how he learned the value
and satisfaction of working for a living. He
wrote} "A human being is far too valuable to
be paid off in money. A human being grows
and prospers through the dignity of work. A
further stated the alternative to the guaran,
teed annual income: "Rather than give a man
money, simply because he exlstmlet us educate
him to the glory that can be found in workm
and then bend every effort towards helping him
find and hok) a job."
Unfortunately, space will not allow the re-
printing of the piece at fell length, but we
would like to share a few paragraphs with
you that we believe provide good reasons for
opposing a guaranteed handout. Mr. Welk
wrote; 'To my way of thinking this is a neg-
ativo approace which does not solve die basic
problem. Instead of Inspiring and helping a
man ftilfill his potential by working to support
himself and his family, it actually encourages
him to sit back and do nothing, secure in the
knowledge that the government will take care
of him. This destroys his initiative and his
will be succeed. It robs him of his natural
human dignity, and even the right to direct his
own life.
. '1 am also concerned about the effect such
a guaranteed wage plan would have on our
children. A child raised in an atmosphere of
defeat and apathy, and taught to expect that
his every need will be taken care of whether
he works or not, stands Httle little chance of
developing a strong character. His own
natural eagerness to learn and to grow and
to excel is cut off at tbe very beginning of his
Ufe, and he may never know the thrill
of achievement on his own.
, if
* go ahead!
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FARMING TODAY
With JOHNNY McKAY
County Agent
Weaning weights of calves
can be real important In se-
lecting replacement heifers
and in culling mother cows, 1
weighed and graded a pasture
of calves at Barron and M. J.
Florence's place at Henry's
Chapel this past week. As we
were going through their herd
records and pairing the calves
with their sires and dams,
they mentioned several cows
that had a record of outstand-
ing calves for several years
that they were saving replace-
ments from. They also men-
tioned some that didn't do well
last year and were showing up
the same way this year that
would have to go. In compar-
ing some of the weights Barron
remarked that the Brahman-
British crossbreeds seemed
to consistently outweigh the
straight bred animals, or even
the British breed crosses by
50 to 100 pounds. Weaning
weights and good records en-
able you to do a much better
Job of analyzing your individ-
ual cows.
While we were weighing the
calves, I was talking some
with Mr. M. A. Florence Bar-
ron's and M. J.'s dad, about
the drouth. He's been around
the area a little longer than
some of us, and he says its the
worst year he has ever seen.
It's the first year that he
hasn't seen a good ear of corn
or enough peas to furnish loc-
al demand. He remarked that
if farmers in the county still
depended upon row crops, they
would all be broke, and I bel-
ieve he is right. Cherokee
County livestock and livestock
products sold for nearly 7
million dollars In 1968, com-
pared to less than 1 million
dollars Income from crops.
R. B. Buell was in the office
last Friday; and since he does
lots of custom hay baling, we
got around to the subject of
grass varieties. He says
coastal bermuda is definitely
the best grass that we have at
the present time. He pointed
out that common bermuda will
give two pretty good cuttings,
but doesn't usually do much
after July 15. I asked him
about Bahia. He says he doe-
sn't like it much for hay, and
that for grazing, it should de-
finitely be planted in wet bot-
tom land and not on our old
hill land. That hay baler tells
a pretty good story.
Several have asked me how
cattle are doing over the coun-
ty, They are doing surpris-
ingly well considering the
shortness of the grass. Some
cattle are bejtinnlng to lose a
little weight, but generally
cattle are in good condition.
At least two factors are con-
tributing to this. What grass
we have, has grown under dry
conditions and is low in mois-
ture and pretty good in nutri-
tive value, or " strong" as
some people put It. Theoth.y
factor is something that we
can manage for every year;
that is, grazing our grass
close enough to get the maxi-
mum from it. Some.whohave
been grazing coastal so that It
stayed nearly half knee deep
or more to their cattle have
been dissatisfied with it. Th*y|
have said their cattle wef§
starving to death grazing kneej
deep in it.
The drouth forced many to
rotate grazing and keep the
grass down to 2 to 4 inches
*vwrra«-ow i«o
REMINDER
COLUMN
• Have wife to water, lawn
to keep grass alwive, so hus-
band can buy good lawn mower
from Ike,
• Watch lawn for fade-out
spots, this can be caused by a
ftingus, treat these areas with
Manzate D.
• Creep feed your calves with
good Nutrena Calf Creep rel-
iefs, Momma Cow willap.
predate it.
• Are those hogs acting like
a hunch of hippie -, if so they
are Juit asking for Nufrana
IJ? Hog Finisher.
• Maybe the reason the Rus-
sian Cosmonaut•- could not
find Cod |s they were looking
In the wrong place (nuier
«pare), I found him In mv
hear ,
r
Ike Daniel
Your
Nutrena Dealer
this year, and they found their
cattle stayed fat where they
thought they might lose wei-
ght. Sometime we learn from
adverse situations. The young
tender leaf growth from the
shorter grass was much high-
er in nutritive value than the
mature stems of the taller
grass.
Ed Harvard, County Agent
down in Newton County, tells
me they made a pretty good
hay crop this year and will
have some for sale. If you
need hay, you may want to
check lown that way.
Clover harvest in Cherokee
County was pretty light last
spring and locally grown seed
may be difficult to find. A
couple of people have men-
tioned to me that they will have
arrow leaf clover seed avail-
able--Dr. Edgar McPeak of
Rusk and Bill Warner ofAlto.
Dr. McPeak says he will also
have some crimson clover
seed available.
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By: MORGREE MONROE
THE ROBE FAMILY
REACHES FAR
This may surprise you, but
there are some members of the
rose family which we never
seem to associate with the love-
ly rose.
They are the blackberry, the
Mtrawberry, plum, pear, cherry,
peach, raspberry and apricot. If
you doubt this—the next time
you see any of theae fruit* bkw-
trame, look at them cloeely—you
will find them to be miniature
rofteti.
We love the real rose, and our
selections are always complete.
Lovely long stem beauties ex-
press your love and admiration
when words fail. Phone today,
we'll deliver your message in
flowers.
MONROE
FLOWER SHOP
REKLAW HWY.
THE
LIONS
DEN
By: E. B. Mustek, Jr*
FUNERAL
NOTICE
Mrs. Ruth Alice Reeves, age
77, passed away Thursday,
August 14th In a Rusk hospi-
tal after an extended Illness.
Servlcss were held Friday at
2;00 p.m. in the Wallace rom-
eral Chapel. Interment was
in Sunset Cemetery in Naco-
gdoches. Rev. Charles Lamb
of Bea imont officiated forthe
final rites.
Mrs. Reeves was born in
Nacogdoches August 13, 1882,
She was a member of the
Methodist Church of Rock-
dale.
Survivors include two daugh-
ters, Mrs. E. I. Farrell of
Rockdale and Mrs. Wesley
L, Pietzsch of Corpus Christ!;
two sisters, Mrs. Burton
Crain of Jacksonville and
Mrs. Lillie Boozer of Rusk;
and six grandchildren.
It Is "Rodeo Time In Rusk,
Texas" the gates open wide
dt 8 P.M. Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday nights. "You-
all" come.
Lion George Dodd presented
Lion George Brown who Is a
chemist for the Texas Depart-
ment of Public Safety, l ion
Brown presented a most In-
teresting and Informative
program. He has been with
the department for 13 years
and his job Is to find out If
a particular substance
brought In to him Is a nar-
cotic or not. He stated the
following: most addicts like
to use disposable syringes,
however most use an eye-
droper, use a part of a dol-
lar bill and put a needle on
the end of it. They usually
put a narcotic, water and a
jHece of cotton In a spoon
cooker or bottle cap cooker
then heat until narcotic dis-
solves, then puts in syringe
for the shot. Most have an
old dirty hankerchlef that they
may u9e after the needle has
been wlthdraen to blot up the
blood etc. When they get
In a real tight spot for a shot
they will cut the blood spots
out of the hankerchlef, put
in a spoon cooker with a little
water and cook, hoping to get
encxigh for one more kick. It
Is just as much a crime to
be found with the spoons,
needles, etc. as it is the
dope. It is Impossible to
be come addicted accldently.
Marijuana is becoming the
problem in Texas with one
out of three young people un-
der the age of 20^ that is from
16 to 20^ having had experience
with marijuana. 90^ of the
youngsters have been around
it. If you have a teenager,
this should scare the pants
off of you. Marijuana Is a
plant and It grows well In
Texas, very little Is im-
ported. It Is a big plant and
within 4 weeks will be 3 to
4 feet tall and 12 feet tall In
10 Weeks. The leaves will
always have odd number
points. They pick the leaves
and flowering tops, hangdiem
up to dry, then rub through
screen and it is then ready to
roll Into a cigarett. The
crimp end usually denotes who
rolled them. Just like finger-
prints will identify a per-
son. They are generally
rolled In Wheat Straw paper,
they like it better because it
burns smoother. Space does
not allow the rest of the dope
s tory. See you Thursday noon
Plnevlew Restaurant and at
the Rodeo Thursday night.
Final Rites
Held For H.
C. Bridges
Funeral services for Henry
Clifton Bridges of Bonner
Street in Rusk, w«re held at
SjOO p.m. Sunday in the
Wallace Funeral Chapel. Rev.
Howard K. Williams officiated
for the final rites. Inter,
ment was in Lynch's Chapel
Cemetery near Alto.
He passed away early Sat-
urday morning, August 9,1969
in Rusk Memorial Hospital
following a lengthly illness.
Mr. Bridges was born No-
vember 13,1887 in Mississippi
and had lived in Rusk for the
past 50 years. He retired
in 1957 from Rusk State Hos-
pital. He was a member of
the First Methodist Church of
Rusk.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Modena Bridges of Rusk;
four step-sons, Sam A. Jack-
son of Copperas Cove, Mlhon
Jackson of Centerville, yirgll
Jackson of Ft. Worth, and
Sammy Jackson ofRusk;aild9
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were W.C,Dayv
Willie Weeks, Ray Wallace,
Earnest Keel, A. W. Coker,
and Glenn Miller.
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A PLACE TO PRAY
Man can. and should, pray anywhere God has placed
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no limitations on his communing with him
Cur Lord has said, " . Ask and ye shall receive." G<4fl
listens when we seek him, no matter where, however
he desires that we gather together in prayer loo.
. . mine house shall he called on house of prayer for
all people."
The Church is God * appointed agency in this wojld
for spreading the knowledge of His love lor man ond
of His demand for man to respond to that love by
loving his neighbor Without this grounding in th
love of God, no government or society or way of 'if
will long persevere and the freedoms which we hold
so dear will inevitably perish Therefore, even from
a selfish point of view, one should support the Church
for the sake of the welfare of himself and his family.
Beyond that, however, every person should uphold
and participate in the Church because it tells the truth
about man's life, death and destiny; the truth which
alone will set him free to live as a child of God.
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